Basil Moss

Basil David Moss 25 May 1935 28 November 2020 was a British character actor who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s He was educated at St Pauls School which he followed with actors training Despite leaving St Pauls in 1953 Mosss connections with the school remained strong throughout his life both through his involvement in the Pauline Meetings and his work for the Old Pauline Club In the early 1960s he had a longrunning screen role as Alan Drew in the BBC TV series Compact He later had an even longerlasting part in the radio soap Waggoners Walk which ran for more than a decade and achieved ratings of four million listeners on Radio Two in the United Kingdom This grew so popular that it nearly caused the cancellation of The Archers His credited film roles include appearances in One Brief Summer 1970 and Clinic Exclusive 1971 As he grew older Moss did less acting in order to concentrate on other interests although he continued to appear in comic roles5 including The Gigolos He died on 28 November 2020 at the age of 85