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name: "Dursley McLinden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dursley-mclinden"
fi1m_id: "dursley-mclinden"
imdb_id: "nm0572905"
tmdb_id: 1230735
wikidata_id: "Q5316771"
roles: []
born: "29 May 1965"
died: "7 August 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:39:54.704684+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dursley McLinden

## Identity

Dursley McLinden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dursley-mclinden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dursley-mclinden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0572905
- **TMDB ID:** 1230735
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5316771
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dursley_McLinden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5316771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230735

Actor. Born 29 May 1965 in Douglas, Isle of Man, UK. Died 7 August 1995.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 May 1965, Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
- **Died:** 7 August 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dursley_McLinden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5316771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230735

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## Biography

Dursley McLinden was a British actor born on 29 May 1965 in Douglas, Isle of Man. He moved to London at the age of 16 to train at the Mountview Theatre School.

His screen roles include the title character Tim Diamond in the 1988 film *Just Ask for Diamond* and its 1991 television spin-off series *The Diamond Brothers*, Sergeant Mike Smith in the 1988 *Doctor Who* serial *Remembrance of the Daleks*, and the Shoe Salesman in the 1990 *Mr. Bean* episode 'Mr. Bean Goes to Town'.

McLinden's stage career focused on musicals, with appearances including Young Ben in the 1988 revival of *Follies* at the Shaftesbury Theatre and ensemble and understudy roles in *The Phantom of the Opera* from 1992. He died on 7 August 1995 in London.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mr. Bean* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Shoe Salesman — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bean.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Diamond Brothers* (1991), series, as Tim Diamond
- *Mr. Bean* (1990), series, as Shoe Salesman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bean.md)
- *Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks* (1988), as Mike Smith
- *Just Ask for Diamond* (1988), as Tim Diamond
- *After Henry* (1988), series, as Edward
- *Anticasanova* (1985), Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Mike — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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