Background
Craze was born in Newquay, Cornwall.
Craze was born in Newquay, Cornwall.
He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. He got into acting by chance as, at the age of twelve, he discovered through Boy Scout Gang Shows that he had a perfect boy soprano voice. Once he had left school, he went into repertory and got into television through his agent.
His first television was a show called Family Solicitor for Granada, which was followed, amongst others, by a part in American Broadcasting Company television"s 1960 series Target Luna (written by Malcolm Hulke and Eric Paice and produced by Sydney Newman).
Before Doctor Who, Craze founded a film company, Mantic, and produced an award-winning short film entitled Fragment directed by Norman J Warren. lieutenant was exhibited at the Commonwealth Film Festival.
He worked on several Independent Television productions, including one episode (The Last Visitor) of Hammer Films" first television series Journey to the Unknown in 1968. Other television roles include parts in Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars.
In the 1970s Craze appeared in two cult Norman J. Warren horror films: Satan"s Slave (1976) and Terror (1978).
He also appeared in the horror/fantasy/romance film Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972). In the 1980s, Craze acted only occasionally and also managed a public Craze died of a heart attack on 8 December 1998.
He had fallen down some steps the previous day while picking up his neighbour"s paper for her, and owing to a heart condition, was unable to be operated on.
Craze"s funeral was attended by hundreds of Doctor Who fans, who had become devoted to him through his regular appearances at Doctor Who conventions, as well as series stars such as Anneke Wills, Deborah Watling and Wendy Padbury. The Doctor Who theme music accompanied his coffin at the funeral.
Craze was cremated and his ashes were scattered on the river Thames.