James Hazeldine
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James Hazeldine (born 4 April 1947; died 17 December 2002) was a British film, stage and television actor. He was born in Salford, Lancashire.
His most notable television appearances were in London's Burning in which he played Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson from 1988 to 1995. He also directed some episodes.
He also played the lead role of Tom Crane in the 1979 paranormal thriller series The Omega Factor, and starred in the series Chocky (1984) and its sequels Chocky's Children (1985) and Chocky's Challenge (1986), all scripted by one of The Omega Factor's writers, Anthony Read.
When Hazeldine died suddenly of septicemia following heart surgery, Trevor Nunn, director of the Royal National Theatre, described him as "a leading actor of minutely observed truthfulness, comic brio and emotional daring".
Before his untimely death Hazeldine was begining to embark on a new career as a mainstream theatre and television director.
His son, Sam, is an actor, as are his nieces, Robyn Moore and Angela Hazeldine.
