Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea Devils with Jon Pertwee. He also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. His early film work included a lead role as real life British criminal Donald Neilson in the 1977 film, The Black Panther.
He also appeared in many television films and serials, including adaptations of Dickens' novels: Nicholas Nickleby in 2001, Great Expectations in 1999 and Bleak House in 1985. Also in 1985, he was remembered for the part of villain Ronnie Day in Big Deal. He played the part of suspected serial killer Alexander Bonaparte Cust in the (1992) Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, The ABC Murders. He has also appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Holby City, and A Touch of Frost. He also had a recurring role as Uncle Ginger in the Children's BBC series The Queen's Nose. He played Harold Chapple in Our Friends in the North, and portrayed the physicist Max Planck in Einstein and Eddington. He has also been seen as Kemp in the horror-drama series Being Human. In 2011 he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).
as Chairman
as Eddie's Father
as Quincy(8 eps)
as Sir James(1 ep)
as Bishop Peter Ball(2 eps)
as Zharkov(2 eps)
as Mabeuf(3 eps)
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
as Paul Macy
as Garson(10 eps)
as Paddy Ashdown
as Seer(2 eps)
as Jim Arthurton(4 eps)
as Grandfather
as Sidney(2 eps)
as Josh Crawford(1 ep)
as Tiresius(1 ep)
as Arthur Bigge(2 eps)
as Samuel Greg(4 eps)
as Emil Valdemar(1 ep)
as Gordon Pyke(2 eps)
as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
as Julian Hereford(1 ep)
as Peter Edlin QC
as Maester Luwin(14 eps)
as Voice of Creation
as Pythol (voice)
as Pentonville Governor
as Man on bench
as Lord Halifax
as Kemp(9 eps)
as Max Planck
as The Fisher King(1 ep)
as Parson Tringham(3 eps)
as King Edward
as Erasmus Darkening(2 eps)
as Yuri
as Simon Martlesham(3 eps)
as Alfred Singleton
as Mr. Gerald Gardiner
as Tim Donohue
as The President(1 ep)
as Indenrigsminister Nacuk(2 eps)
as Alfie Clemens
as Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam(1 ep)
as Farrington(1 ep)
as Jimmy Fisk(1 ep)
as Ronnie Johnson(1 ep)
as Dr. Savran
as Stephen Kirby(1 ep)
as Benni Baum
as Mr. Brooker
as Mr. Brooker(2 eps)
as Keith Sullivan(2 eps)
as Leveret
as Compeyson
as Compeyson(2 eps)
as Supt. John Mayberry(6 eps)
as Tim Settingfield(1 ep)
as Ahmed Yaasin
as Commander Harold Chapple(4 eps)
as Brackenbury
as Uncle Ginger(16 eps)
as Salgado
as Kartashov
as Maynard(1 ep)
as Michael, le père
as Frank
as Claudius
as CS Derek Gillman(1 ep)
as Cust(1 ep)
as Edward Peveril(3 eps)
as Makov
as Makov(1 ep)
as 'Nemo'(2 eps)
as Frank(1 ep)
as Ronnie Day(1 ep)
as Dave
as Trev(4 eps)
as Paul Brack(10 eps)
as Roscoe(1 ep)
as Harry(3 eps)
as Pompeius
as Tom
as Sudbury(1 ep)
as Stanley Reeves(1 ep)
as Pogossian
as Brother Martin Jerome
as Agent
as Donald Neilson
as Spalding
as Ned Corbould(1 ep)
as Brother Martin Jerome(1 ep)
as Heslop(1 ep)
as Aram(4 eps)
as Mark
as Briley(1 ep)
as Brenman(1 ep)
as Johnny
as TV Concert Producer
as David
as Johnny(1 ep)
as Dellow
as Norman's Friend
as Commander Ridgeway
as Villiers(1 ep)
as Party Guest
as Steve
as Gezool(1 ep)
as Max
as Leary(1 ep)
as Pete Laver
as Sparks, the Radioman
as Enrico Casali
as David
as Pat Newman(1 ep)
as Enrico Casali(6 eps)
as Commander Ridgeway(3 eps)