PROLIFIC CAREER

British Star From ‘The Crown’ Dies at 87

The beloved actor passed away due to a “short illness.”

The Crown and A Touch of Frost star David Killick has died at 87. Killick passed away Friday at St John’s Hospice, North London, following a “short illness,” his agent from Stanton Davidson Associates confirmed. “David was an actor for over 60 years, loved the business and his fellow actors, and was loved and respected in his turn by all who were lucky enough to work with him,” his agent said in a statement, adding that “he will be sorely missed.” Killick regularly appeared as a pathologist alongside David Jason in the ‘90s drama A Touch of Frost, which ran for 15 seasons, and appeared in Season 5 of The Crown as Mess President. Killick also had a decades-long and prolific career in theater and voice acting. He acted in the musical Guys and Dolls with the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company and contributed as a voice actor to audiobooks like The Judgement of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who: The Lost Stories. Most recently, he performed in Agatha Christie’s play Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall last year. His agency Stanton Davidson Associates praised him for being a “delightful, talented and vastly experienced actor.”