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name: "William Gaminara"
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born: "1 January 1956"
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# William Gaminara

Writer. Born 1 January 1956 in Lusaka, Rhodesia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Lusaka, Rhodesia
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** Will Gaminara

## Biography

William Gaminara is a British actor, screenwriter and playwright. Born in 1956 in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), he was educated at Winchester College and Lincoln College, Oxford. He began his career with a role in the 1986 film *Comrades* and has worked extensively in television, radio and theatre.

Gaminara is best known for playing Professor Leo Dalton in the BBC series *Silent Witness* from 2002 to 2013, reprising the role in 2017. His other television credits include Dr Andrew Bower in *Casualty* and appearances in *Death in Paradise*, *Father Brown* and *The Alienist*. On radio he has played Dr Richard Locke in *The Archers*.

As a writer, Gaminara contributed episodes to *This Life* (1997) and *The Lakes* (1999), and adapted the novel *Ella and the Mothers* for television (2002). His plays include *According to Hoyle* (1995), *The Three Lions* and *The Nightingales*. He is married to actress Kate Lock.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Fi1m 57, as William — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *This Life* (1996), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)

## Also known for

- *The Alienist* (2018), Alexander MacLeod
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), Dr. El Ganol
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), Chris Darlow
- *The War Between the Land and the Sea* (2025), Ted Campbell
- *Spooks* (2002), Victor Gleeson
- *Father Brown* (2013), Samuel Harrogate
- *Silent Witness* (1996), Leo Dalton
- *Casualty* (1986), Andrew Bower

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