Tom Georgeson obituary

2026-03-24 - 20:40

Accomplished character actor best known for his TV roles in Boys from the Blackstuff and Between the Lines The actor Tom Georgeson, who has died aged 89, starred in two groundbreaking TV drama series as characters on both sides of the law, playing a social security cheat in Boys from the Blackstuff and a police officer rooting out force corruption in Between the Lines. When Alan Bleasdale wrote his original, single BBC play The Black Stuff (1980), Georgeson, a firm socialist, played Tommy Dean – nicknamed “Dixie” after the legendary Everton footballer – the foreman of a group of Liverpol tarmac layers working in Middlesbrough. Continue reading...