AN ACTOR who played an iconic children's TV character has died aged 55 - as tributes flood in to the "versatile ... of Station Officer Steele in Fireman Sam, passed away on December 10.

Follows the adventures of the Pontypandy Fire Station as Fireman Sam, the ultimate hero next door, races to the rescue of his friends and colleagues caught in all sorts of perilous situations.

Another lamented: "Devastating to hear the news of David Carling, Fireman Sam VA of Steele, Tom Thomas, Mike Flood from Series 6-16, taking over from John Sparkes in S5, has now died. Can only ...

David Carling, who was the voice of Station Officer Steele in the British cartoon Fireman Sam, passed away on December 10. A source confirmed: “David died earlier this month. It’s terrible ...

Fireman Sam In Action is a 1996 live-action stage play and a 62-minute film featuring three stories, Fire Station Flood Alert, Dilys’ Attic Fire and Pontypandy Fireworks Party. It was especially ...