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Tom Bell (I) (1933–2006)

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Tom Bell was one of the UK's finest actors but he never achieved the star billing or recognition he so richly deserved. His career spanned some 50 years. Time and time again, Bell gave memorable performances. From the able seaman ordered to be flogged by a sadistic officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, in the film... See full bio »

Born:

Thomas George Bell
in Liverpool, England, UK

Died:

(age 73) in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Still of Ben Chaplin, Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones and James Purefoy in Feast of July Still of Kathy Bates, Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Tom Bell and Zoë Wanamaker in Swept from the Sea Still of Rachel Weisz, Tom Bell and Zoë Wanamaker in Swept from the Sea Still of Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones and James Purefoy in Feast of July Tom Bell
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2008 Love Me Still
Lenny Ronson
 
2006 Blue Murder (TV series)
Vinny McAteer
– The Spartacus Thing (2006) … Vinny McAteer
 
2006 The Battle for Rome (TV mini-series)
Scipio Nasica
 
2006 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (TV movie)
Bill Otley
 
2006 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV series)
Nasica
– Revolution (2006) … Nasica
 
2006 Dead Man's Cards
Billy The Cowboy
 
2005 Kraft (short)
 
2003 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Prof Hugh Cullen / Prof. Hugh Cullen
– Breaking Glass: Part 2 (2003) … Prof. Hugh Cullen
– Breaking Glass: Part 1 (2003) … Prof Hugh Cullen
 
2003 Oh Marbella!
Ronnie, Ackerman
 
2003 Pollyanna (TV movie)
Old Tom
 
2003 Devil's Gate
Jake
 
2002 Long Time Dead
Becker
 
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (TV series)
Chief Inspector Ellis
– Voodoo Feet of Death (2001) … Chief Inspector Ellis
 
2001 My Kingdom
Quick
 
2001 Lava
Eric
 
2001 The Last Minute
Grimshanks
 
2001 Taggart (TV series)
Jack Hooper
– Falling in Love (2001) … Jack Hooper
 
1999 Four Fathers (TV series)
Frank Yallop
 
1999 Tube Tales
Old Gent (segment "Horny")
 
1999 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Oliver Fisher
– Recalled to Life (1999) … Oliver Fisher
 
1999 Swing
Sid Luxford
 
1998 The Grand (TV series)
Clive's Dad
– Episode #2.6 (1998) … Clive's Dad
 
1997 The Boxer (uncredited)
 
1997 Swept from the Sea
Isaac Foster
 
1997 Preaching to the Perverted
Henry Harding MP
 
1997 Insiders (TV series)
Tom Whitby
– Soft Touch (1997) … Tom Whitby
 
1996 Dangerfield (TV series)
John Rust
– Eden (1996) … John Rust
 
1996 No Bananas (TV mini-series)
Thomas Slater
– Blitz (1996) … Thomas Slater
– Raids (1996) … Thomas Slater
– Cricket (1996) … Thomas Slater
– A Soldier's Story (1996) … Thomas Slater
– Dunkirk (1996) … Thomas Slater
See all 10 episodes »
 
1995 The Great Kandinsky (TV movie)
The Professor
 
1995 Feast of July
Ben Wainwright
 
1994 Capital Lives (TV series)
Jimmy
– Possession (1994) … Jimmy
 
1994 The Cinder Path (TV mini-series)
Edward MacFell
– Episode #1.3 (1994) … Edward MacFell
– Episode #1.1 (1994) … Edward MacFell
 
1993 Spender: The French Collection (TV movie)
Tommy Thornton
 
1993 Spender (TV series)
Tommy Thornton
– Christmas Special - The French Collection (1993) … Tommy Thornton
– Puck (1993) … Tommy Thornton
 
1993 Prime Suspect 3 (TV movie)
Sgt. Bill Otley
 
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
– Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom (1993) … Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
 
1992 Screen One (TV series)
Jack Travis
– Seconds Out (1992) … Jack Travis
 
1992 Angels (TV movie)
Michael
 
1991-1992 Hope It Rains (TV series)
Harry Nash
– Episode #2.6 (1992) … Harry Nash
– Episode #2.5 (1992) … Harry Nash
– Episode #2.4 (1992) … Harry Nash
– Episode #2.3 (1992) … Harry Nash
– Episode #2.2 (1992) … Harry Nash
See all 13 episodes »
 
1991 Let Him Have It
Fairfax
 
1991 Prospero's Books
Antonio
 
1991 Prime Suspect (TV mini-series)
DS Bill Otley
 
1991 Van der Valk (TV series)
Freddie Brugmans
– Doctor Hoffmann's Children (1991) … Freddie Brugmans
 
1990 Screenplay (TV series)
Grant
– Available Light (1990) … Grant
 
1990 Chancer (TV series)
Mr Love, Derek's father / Mr. Love, Derek's father
– History (1990) … Mr. Love, Derek's father
– Wreckage (1990) … Mr Love, Derek's father
 
1990 The Krays
Jack 'The Hat' McVitie
 
1990 Dark River (TV movie)
Johnny Deacon
 
1989 Red King, White Knight (TV movie)
Tulayev
 
1989 Resurrected
Mr. Deakin
 
1986-1989 Screen Two (TV series)
Frank Meredith / Mr. Seaford-Warwick
– Words of Love (1989) … Mr. Seaford-Warwick
– Hard Travelling (1986) … Frank Meredith
 
1988 The Rainbow (TV series)
Old Tom Brangwen
– The Darkness of Paradise (1988) … Old Tom Brangwen
– The Widening Circle (1988) … Old Tom Brangwen
– Ghosts (1988) … Old Tom Brangwen
 
1987 Wish You Were Here
Eric
 
1987 The Magic Toyshop
Uncle Philip
 
1986 Unnatural Causes (TV series)
Harold
– Hidden Talents (1986) … Harold
 
1985 The Innocent
Frank Dobson
 
1985 The Detective (TV mini-series)
Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Cdr. Kenneth Crocker
 
1970-1984 Play for Today (TV series)
Abel Broom / Alan / Colonel Steiner / …
– Desert of Lies (1984) … Abel Broom
– Stronger Than the Sun (1977) … Alan
– A Choice of Evils (1977) … Colonel Steiner
– Angels Are So Few (1970) … Michael Biddle
 
1984 Summer Lightning
Mr Clark
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series)
Dzerzhinsky
– Shutdown (1983) … Dzerzhinsky
– The Last Journey (1983) … Dzerzhinsky
– The Trust (1983) … Dzerzhinsky
– After Moscow (1983) … Dzerzhinsky
– Endgame (1983) … Dzerzhinsky
See all 6 episodes »
 
1982-1983 King's Royal (TV series)
Fergus King
– Episode #2.2 (1983) … Fergus King
– Episode #2.1 (1983) … Fergus King
– Episode #1.10 (1982) … Fergus King
– Episode #1.9 (1982) … Fergus King
– Episode #1.8 (1982) … Fergus King
See all 12 episodes »
 
1981 Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers (TV mini-series)
Walter Morel
 
1980 Sweet Nothings (TV movie)
Tom Fearon
 
1980 Une maison, une histoire (TV series)
Duke of Wellington
– Wellington (1980) … Duke of Wellington
 
1979 Blue Peter Special Assignment (TV series)
Duke of Wellington
– The Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye (1979) … Duke of Wellington
 
1978 The Sailor's Return
William Targett
 
1978 Out (TV series)
Frank Ross
– I Wouldn't Take Your Hand If I Was Drowning (1978) … Frank Ross
– The Moment He Opened His Envelope (1978) … Frank Ross
– A Little Heart to Heart with Miss Bangor (1978) … Frank Ross
– Maybe He'll Bring Back a Geisha (1978) … Frank Ross
– Not Just Pennies (1978) … Frank Ross
See all 6 episodes »
 
1978 Holocaust (TV mini-series)
Adolf Eichmann
– Part 4 (1978) … Adolf Eichmann
– Part 2 (1978) … Adolf Eichmann
– Part I: The Gathering Darkness (1978) … Adolf Eichmann
 
1977 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Larry
– The Proofing Session (1977) … Larry
 
1976 Death of an Informer (TV movie)
The informer
 
1975 Royal Flash
De Gautet
 
1974 Armchair Cinema (TV series)
Ray Carter
– Sea Song (1974) … Ray Carter
 
1974 Late Night Theatre (TV series)
The man
– Little Fears (1974) … The man
 
1974 Second City Firsts (TV series)
– The Actual Woman (1974)
 
1974 The Protectors (TV series)
Shadbolt
– Shadbolt (1974) … Shadbolt
 
1959-1972 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Albert Stokes / Cass Cassidy / Danny Blake
– The Folk Singer (1972) … Danny Blake
– No Licence for Singing (1961)
– A Night Out (1960) … Albert Stokes
– No Trams to Lime Street (1959) … Cass Cassidy
 
1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Vic Crawley
– The Samaritan (1972) … Vic Crawley
 
1972 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Eilert Lovborg
– Hedda Gabler (1972) … Eilert Lovborg
 
1972 Straight on Till Morning
Jimmy Lindsay
 
1972 The Spy's Wife (short)
Tom Tyler
 
1971 Quest for Love
Colin Trafford
 
1971 The Ten Commandments (TV series)
Mike Lee
– Be Lucky (1971) … Mike Lee
 
1971 All the Right Noises
Len Lewin
 
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters!
Shaftoe
 
1968 In Enemy Country
Ian
 
1968 The Long Day's Dying
Tom Cooper
 
1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Cpl. Johnny Moon
– Johnny Moon (1967) … Cpl. Johnny Moon
 
1967 The Violent Enemy
Sean Rogan
 
1966 Sands of Beersheba
Dan
 
1965 He Who Rides a Tiger
Peter Rayston
 
1965 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Billy Mack
– No Trams to Lime Street (1965) … Billy Mack
 
1964 Ballad in Blue
Steve Collins
 
1962 The L-Shaped Room
Toby
 
1961-1962 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Tom Knowles
– Drama '62: The Slaughter Men (1962)
– Drama '61: The Long Distance Blue (1961) … Tom Knowles
 
1962 A Prize of Arms
Fenner
 
1962 Damn the Defiant!
Evans
 
1961 The Kitchen
Paul
 
1961 I Promised to Pay
Blackie
 
1961 Echo of Barbara
Ben
 
1960 Concrete Jungle
Flynn
 
1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Rod Copley
– Cul de sac (1960) … Rod Copley
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Larry Meath
– Twentieth Century Theatre: Love on the Dole (1960) … Larry Meath
 
1959 Friends and Neighbours (scenes deleted)
 
1959 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Andrew Turtle
– Promenade (1959) … Andrew Turtle
 
1959 Dial 999 (TV series)
The Boxer
– Extradition (1959) … The Boxer
 
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2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (video)
Col. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
 

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Personal Details

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(1961) He acted in the play, "Progress in the Park", at the Saville Theatre in London, England with Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Magee, Brian McDermott, Bee Duffell, Michael Coles and Norman Rossington in the cast. See more »

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

If you act you need to have threat. Without threat, nobody notices you. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Polly Bell by his partner of 30 years, the costume designer Frances Tempest, with whom he also had a step-daughter, Nellie. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo