Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Saxon (12 June 1955 - 2 July 2003) was a British character actor. He often played aristocrats or middle class characters. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made a career on screen with leading parts in television series such as the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1987), the ITV comedy Brass (1982), the brief revival of Poldark (1996), Time Riders (1991) and Brush Strokes (1986). His occasional guest appearances included Jonathan Creek (2001), as a school inspector in Chalk (1997), Murder Most Horrid (1994), Lovejoy (1993), A Touch of Frost (1994), Boon (1990) and Oscar Botcherby in the 1985 Doctor Who story, The Two Doctors, alongside both Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton.