death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
25 august 2014 rego new york park , queens , new york city , 21 june 1929 1963 & ndash ; 2007 john brandon -lrb- actor -rrb-
 john brandon television actor
john brandon -lrb- actor -rrb-

john edward barandon -lrb- june 21 , 1929 - august 25 , 2014 -rrb- was an american character actor who has appeared in movies and on television .
he played captain william handler on the television series `` dynasty '' and detective john walsh on `` hill street blues '' .
using the stage name john brandon he played in three iconic productions .
he played an american sgt , who became the first victim of the cybermen in the first episode of `` the tenth planet '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , the final story of william hartnell as `` doctor who '' .
brandon also played an immigration officer -lrb- who spoke the line `` where 'd you you get that scar from , tony -lrb- expletive deleted -rrb- ? '' -rrb-
in the first scene of brian de palma 's `` scarface '' .
and , he was a corrupt police captain , william handler , in the last nine episodes of the final season of dynasty -lrb- 1989 -rrb- .
