Career
Born in London, he trained as an actor in New York City following service in the Royal Air Force as a radar mechanic, and has since worked mainly in British television Graham is known for his voice work for the series Doctor Who and Thunderbirds during the 1960s. Graham played several characters in the science-fiction television series Doctor Who during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably Dalek voices in the serials The Daleks (1963-1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965.
In which he also provided Mechanoid voices) and The Daleks" Master Plan (1965-1966).
He performed in person as barman Charlie in The Gunfighters (1966) and as time-travel scientist Professor Kerensky in City of Death (1979). Graham also provided the regular voices of Gordon Tracy, Brains, Parker and Kyrano for the Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds (1965-1966), as well as its film sequels: Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968).
Other credits from his association with Thunderbirds producer Gerry Anderson include Four Feather Falls (1960), Supercar (1961-1962), Fireball XL5 (1962-1963), Stingray (1964-1965) and The Secret Service (1969). Graham has also appeared in Callan, Timeslip, So Haunt Maine, Danger Manitoba, The Saint, Howards" Way, Softly, Softly, Armchair Thriller, Ace of Wands, Justice, The Regiment, The Bill, The Fixer, The Sentimental Agent and The Avengers (in the 1963 episode "Manitoba in the Mirror").
He contributed puppet voices to two episodes of The Tomorrow People.
In the "1984" television Super Bowl advert, filmed in 1983 to introduce the Apple Macintosh computer, Graham played the role of Big Brother. His other voice work includes the animated children"s television series Moomin and Dominion: Tank Police. More recently, Graham provided the voices of Grandpa in Peppa Pig and Wise Old Elf in Ben and Holly"s Little Kingdom.
He reprised the voice of Parker in Thunderbirds Are Go!, the computer-animated remake of Thunderbirds, which was broadcast early 2015 in the United Kingdom. In February 2013, Graham was interviewed by Paddy O"Connell for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 about his role as one of the early voices of the Daleks, following the death of the Dalek designer Ray Cusick.