Carl Forgione

Carl Forgione
Born
Carlo Forgione

(1944-05-03)3 May 1944
Dundee, Scotland
Died10 September 1998(1998-09-10) (aged 54)
Kensington, London, England
Occupationactor

Carl Forgione (3 May 1944 – 10 September 1998) was a British actor, best known for his television appearances.

Life and career

Born of Italian immigrant grandparents, Forgione grew up in the Rhondda Valley.[1] He began his career as an extra with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into repertory for two years, appearing at Sheffield, Salisbury, Theatre Royal Stratford East and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. This was followed by joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, performing in a West End production of Mrs. Wilson's Diary where Forgione impersonated David Frost and George Wigg before going on to appear with the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.[2][3]

He appeared in two Doctor Who serials - Planet of the Spiders in 1974 and Ghost Light in 1989.

Other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Jesus of Nazareth, Blake's 7, Star Cops, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm and The House of Eliott.

In the sixties, Forgione founded the Quipi Basement Theatre with David Halliwell and Walter Hall before leaving in the early 1970s with Hall to form their own Basement Theatre, which functioned in various different Soho basements and above ground elsewhere.[4] In 1994, he became a founder member of the Bare Boards Theatre Company.[5]

While performing in The Country Girl at Greenwich Theatre in 1995, Forgione was diagnosed with cancer. He fought the illness for the next three years, dying peacefully at the Royal Marsden Hospital.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Big Zapper Kono's Boy
1977 Jesus of Nazareth Plotinus TV Mini-Series

References

  1. ^ a b "Carl Forgione". The Stage. 15 October 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 14 December 2025. (Obituary)
  2. ^ "New faces at the Octagon". The Bolton News. 11 June 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Scrooge thinks a lot of Mrs Cratchit..." The Bolton News. 22 November 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. ^ Hayman, Ronald (2024). The Set-Up: An Anatomy of the English Theatre Today. Taylor & Francis. p. 217. ISBN 9781040183762.
  5. ^ "Theatre group's gamble to move a stage further". Wembley Observer. 29 December 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2025.


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