Worst actor to have ever appeared on TV?

Some former Eastenders actors were pretty dire:

Brian Croucher (Ted Hills) - very wooden acting, could only do "miserable"
Peter Dean (Pete Beale) - how he lasted 8 years is beyond me
Nedjet Salih (Ali Osman) - agreed with the earlier poster, especially when he had his nervous breakdown
Bobby Davro (Vinnie Monks) - couldn't see the point of this one dimensional character, who was just "Bobby Davro"
 
I just find him overly dramatic a lot of time. Got sick of him in Doctor Who with his incessant gurning.

That said, he was good in Takin Over The Asylum and Casanova, but for the most past, I find his acting quite annoying.
 
Jan Francis. She was in Just Good Friends and Secret Army and she might as well have been playing the same character in both and just changed her costumes. She turned up in New Tricks too a while ago....yep, same character but with a few more miles on the clock.
 
All this fuss over Last Of The Summer Wine ending has just reminded me...

The worst actor on TV is undoubtedly Russ Abbot.

I loved his sketch shows in the 1980s, but see his performances in Married For Life (the flop ITV version of the hit US sitcom Married... With Children), his guest appearance on My Family (although ham acting appears to be compulsory on that programme), Last Of The Summer Wine and even the critically acclaimed ITV light-drama September Song.

It's almost like a sketch where Basildon Bond, his incompotent secret agent character, starts a new career as a rubbish actor.
 
I dwell in the Who forums here, and bazellis has some sort of personal vendetta against her, so I don't think its a popular opinion.

I think sometimes it depends on the role, too. I can't name a specific bad actor/actress I've seen...not one to make me completely lose credibility in the scene, anyway.
 
So was he better or worse than the bloke who played Mehmet :p

The bloke who played Ali was in Pirates of the Caribbean (well, according to Wikipedia) and the actor who played Mehmet was in Buffalo Soldiers and is a well known actor in Turkey :)
 
You can't form a proper opinion on seeing a few films. You might have seen 3 of his worst films, and he made a few bummers over the years. But he's done some excellent films too.
 
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