death_date death_place birth_place name parents siblings birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name
8 september 2006 northwood , london , england eaglescliffe , county durham , england frank middlemass thomas middlemass mary elizabeth hoggett dorothy born 1909 -rrb- jean theresa -lrb- born 1916 -rrb- mary -lrb- born 1907 -rrb- margery elizabeth -lrb- 28 may 1919 never married 1957-2005 frank middlemass
 francis george middlemass
frank middlemass

francis george -lrb- `` frank '' -rrb- middlemass -lrb- 28 may 1919 8 september 2006 -rrb- was an english actor , who even in his early career played older roles .
he is best remembered for his television roles as rocky hardcastle in `` as time goes by '' , algy herries in `` to serve them all my days '' and dr. alex ferrenby in `` heartbeat '' .
middlemass was also active in the royal shakespeare company and was the fourth and final actor to play dan archer in `` the archers '' .
