Gregory de Polnay is a London-born actor who is noted for his work on British television. Probably best remembered for his role as Det. Sgt. Mike Brewer in Dixon of Dock Green, de Polnay was also a regular in the Australian situation comedy series, The Group. De Polnay's credits include: Space: 1999, Doctor Who, Poldark, Enemy at the Door, Tenko, The Fourth Arm, One by One, Howards' Way and Boon. De Polnay has been an actor, director and voice teacher for nearly forty years, working in all aspects of the theatre with several West End credits to his name and appearing with the RSC in his own production of You Can't Shut Out The Human Voice with Peggy Ashcroft and Ben Kingsley. He also has over 100 TV appearances and 350 radio broadcasts to his name. Due to an accident sustained while playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, USA in 1987, de Polnay retrained as a voice specialist at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he gained the Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies and later on an MA at King's College London in Text and Performance Studies. 

October 17th, 1943 in (Age 80)