Stuart Wagstaff has died in a Sydney hospital aged 90.

Wagstaff came to Australia in 1958 after starting out in theatre and TV in England.

He appeared in shows on all the Australian commercial networks and theatre productions in Melbourne and Sydney.

"Just heard the news, my dear old friend Stuart Wagstaff has just passed on. Bless your beautiful heart old mate," Russell Crowe tweeted.

Just heard the news, my dear old friend Stuart Wagstaff has just passed on. Bless your beautiful heart old mate. ? Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 10, 2015

Wagstaff was hospitalised in July with pulmonary fibrosis.

He died at Sydney’s Greenwich Hospital on Tuesday.