What English actor performed in a show in which a family was transformed into the first vampires?
Original Vampires (The Vampire Diaries) The Original vampires, in the universe of "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals", are a family of vampires from which all current vampires descend, as well as being the most powerful and indestructible of their kind. In Autumn 1001 AD, after the death of her youngest son Henrik at the hands of werewolves, the powerful witch Esther performed an occult blood ritual in order to protect her five remaining children—(Finn, Elijah, Niklaus, Kol, and Rebekah)—and her husband, Mikael. The ritual transformed her family into the first vampires.
Richard Mayes Richard Mayes (born Derek Leonard Richard Mayes; 26 December 1922 in Luton, Bedfordshire, - died 22 October 2006 in England) was an English stage and television actor. A well-known face on British television, he was primarily a theatrical actor. He appeared in many roles on stage and small screen, including roles in "Doctor Who" and as Jebediah Dingle in "Emmerdale". He suffered a stroke in 2004 but recovered and resumed acting as a corpse.