Ian Watkin
Ian Watkin (25 January 1940 – 18 May 2016) was a New Zealand actor known for the films Braindead and Sleeping Dogs. Watkin grew up in Greymouth, and started his career in theatre and radio plays, and working as a magazine editor before emigrating to Australia in 1999  where he continued to appear in numerous television and theatre roles and also became a wine broker. He was also known as Mr. Big Cheese due to a television commercial in which he appeared. After having appeared in Pukemanu, he featured in an episode of Ngaio Marsh Theatre in 1977. His later roles included Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Charlotte's Web in 2006. Death
Ian Watkin died of cancer on 18 May 2016, aged 76. Selected filmography
 Pukemanu (1971-72) - Town doctor 
Sleeping Dogs (1977) - Dudley
Wild Man (1977) - The Colonel
Middle Age Spread (1979) - Wrightson
A Woman of Good Character (1980) -  Stock Buyer
Goodbye Pork Pie (1980) - Father in Car
Nutcase (1980) - Godzilla
Bad Blood (1981) - Detective Sgt. Knight
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982) - Kevin Ryan
Carry Me Back (1982) - M.C. The Lost Tribe (1983) - Mears
Utu (1984) - Doorman
Death Warmed Up (1984) - Bill
Pallet on the Floor (1984) - Amos
Send a Gorilla (1988)
Just Me and Mario (1988)
My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992) - Father Vincent
Braindead (1992) - Uncle Les
Savage Honeymoon (2000) - Frank
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) - COO-2180 (uncredited)
Charlotte's Web (2006) - Fair Official (final film role)

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1940 births
2016 deaths
New Zealand male film actors
New Zealand male stage actors
New Zealand male television actors
People from Greymouth
People educated at Greymouth High School