Lysette has yet to comment on the news, but Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has paid tribute.<\/p>\n
In response to a tribute post on Instagram from a Doctor Who fan, the screenwriter commented: \u201cOh that\u2019s sad news.\u201d<\/p>\n
Actor and stand-up comedian Toby Hadoke also paid tribute to the late star.<\/p>\n
He wrote on Instagram: \u201cDashing, charming, and a strong actor with a bit of a twinkle \u2013 very sorry to learn of the death, too young, of Marcus Gilbert, with whom I had a lovely time in Liverpool about a decade ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was also great in Doctor Who\u2019s Battlefield and had a terrific role in Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness. He also told me how much he earned from being part of the second Gold Blend saga of commercials: eye-watering! Lovely chap: wore his attributes lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as his work in TV and film, Marcus – who was once said to have been in contention for the role of James Bond but lost out to Timothy Dalton – appeared in dozens of advertisements and also worked in theatre, where he had begun his career.<\/p>\n
Just weeks before his death, Marcus paid tribute to his late father and grandparents.<\/p>\n
He wrote on Instagram: \u201cThis is in remembrance of my father, George Michael Gilbert (1927-1970). Sadly, I never really had the opportunity to know him very well, but I remember his panache, his sense of adventure and his larger-than-life personality. I still mourn his loss and can only guess what his influence may have become in my life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is also to remember my loving grandparents, Emily and Oswald, who lost their lives that same Halloween night. I remember the smell of Wright\u2019s Cold tar soap, cornflakes with warm milk and tales from his travels as a Royal Marine. A thought to those children who lost their parents far too early in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lysette has yet to comment on the news, but Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has paid tribute.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[78013,95,1975,690,6179,156,3173,107140,98844,111,139,69,29445,1076,2737],"class_list":["post-231718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-78013","tag-and","tag-at","tag-dead","tag-died","tag-entertainment","tag-gilbert","tag-iii","tag-marcus","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rambo","tag-riders","tag-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}