Glyn Jones obituary

A chilling performance as the paedophile Sidney Cooke in the BBC's 1994 documentary drama The Lost Boys was the last British television appearance of my friend Glyn Jones, who has died aged 82. His theatrical career took him all over the world and he appeared regularly on television, film and radio.

Born in Durban, Glyn was the son of Llewelyn Jones, a Welsh-born gold prospector in Southern Rhodesia, and Rosa Angela Paino, a teacher from northern Natal, whose pupils included the writer Alan Paton and the actor Sid James. Llewelyn was a cousin of the composer Edward German.