Stuart Organ dead aged 72: Actor known for playing Grange Hill favourite Peter Robson dies
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Grange Hill star Stuart Organ, who was best known for playing Peter Robson in the children's television drama, has died aged 72.
The British actor played a firm but fair role as a PE teacher in the drama, going on to become the longest-serving member of staff at the school.
He also played a geography teacher who later got promoted as the headteacher in the show, which ran from 1978-2008.
His other appearances in television include Brookside, Doctor Who and medical dramas Casualty and Holby City.
He also acted in several films, including 1990's Those Glory Glory Days, Present Spirits in 1994 and Fork In The Road in 1997.
Born in 1956, he started his professional career at the Leeds Playhouse in 1975 in a performance of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead.
As well as appearing in TV, he continued to work in the theatre throughout his career appearing in plays such as An Englishman Abroad, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf and The Comedy of Errors.
