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Derek Francis (1923–1984)

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Portly, owlish British character actor, at home in pompous or officious roles, often as civil servants or clergymen. Noteworthy in several instalments of the 'Carry On' series and as the first major guest star on Doctor Who (as Nero in 'The Romans'). See more trivia »

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1984 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Pemberton
 
1984 Pope John Paul II (TV movie)
Bishop Lec
 
1984 Winter Sunlight (TV mini-series)
Ernest
 
1983 Jemima Shore Investigates (TV series)
Ira Bartholemew
The Damask Collection (1983) … Ira Bartholemew
 
1983 Pinkerton's Progress (TV series)
Mr. Beech
 
1978-1982 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Lord Chamberlain / Saburo
The Portrait (1978) … Saburo
 
1978-1982 The Professionals (TV series)
John Howard / Len Hatch
You'll Be All Right (1982) … Len Hatch
Look After Annie (1978) … John Howard
 
1982 Shelley (TV series)
Fran's Lawyer
Shelley Vs Shelley (1982) … Fran's Lawyer
 
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour (TV series)
Uncle George
The Mystery of the Blue Jar (1982) … Uncle George
 
1975-1982 Crown Court (TV series)
His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings / Judge Hastings
Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up: Part 3 (1975) … His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings
Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up: Part 2 (1975) … His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings
 
1982 The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (TV movie)
His Grace
 
1981 Great Expectations (TV mini-series)
Mr. Jaggers
Episode #1.11 (1981) … Mr. Jaggers
Episode #1.9 (1981) … Mr. Jaggers
Episode #1.8 (1981) … Mr. Jaggers
Episode #1.7 (1981) … Mr. Jaggers
Episode #1.6 (1981) … Mr. Jaggers
 
1981 Partners (TV series)
George Gilkes
Fair Shares (1981) … George Gilkes
Marriage of Convenience (1981) … George Gilkes
Business Relations (1981) … George Gilkes
Partnership (1981) … George Gilkes
 
1980 In Loving Memory (TV series)
Mr. Browning
The Fall of the House of Unsworth (1980) … Mr. Browning
 
1978-1980 Rings on Their Fingers (TV series)
Mr. Frewin / The Room Waiter
If You Can't Beat Them... (1980) … Mr. Frewin
Vive la différence (1978) … The Room Waiter
 
1980 Keep It in the Family (TV series)
Bank Manager
The Non-Mechanical Man (1980) … Bank Manager
 
1979 The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris (TV series)
Dr. Bunnion
Episode #1.6 (1979) … Dr. Bunnion
Episode #1.5 (1979) … Dr. Bunnion
Episode #1.4 (1979) … Dr. Bunnion
Episode #1.3 (1979) … Dr. Bunnion
Episode #1.2 (1979) … Dr. Bunnion
 
1979 Electric Eskimo
 
1978 Bernie (TV series)
Episode #1.7 (1978)
 
1978 Wodehouse Playhouse (TV series)
Sir Jethro Mott
Big Business (1978) … Sir Jethro Mott
 
1978 Bless Me Father (TV series)
Bishop O'Reilly
 
1978 Sexton Blake and the Demon God (TV series)
Hubba Pasha
Part 6 (1978) … Hubba Pasha
Part 5 (1978) … Hubba Pasha
Part 3 (1978) … Hubba Pasha
Part 2 (1978) … Hubba Pasha
Part 1 (1978) … Hubba Pasha
 
1978 Miss Jones and Son (TV series)
Mr. Ellerby
Will You Be My Wife? (1978) … Mr. Ellerby
 
1977 Odd Man Out (TV series)
Mr. Bedford
Clunk Click (1977) … Mr. Bedford
 
1977 Just William (TV series)
Mr. Whitfield
 
1977 Coronation Street (TV series)
Charles Beaumont
Episode #1.1749 (1977) … Charles Beaumont
 
1977 The Cost of Loving (TV series)
Mr. Charlesworth
Albert's Part (1977) … Mr. Charlesworth
 
1968-1977 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Karl / Withers
Short Back and Sides (1977) … Withers
Remember the Germans (1969) … Karl
 
1977 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
Wackford Squeers
 
1977 Rising Damp (TV series)
Mr. French
Clunk Click (1977) … Mr. French
 
1977 Jabberwocky
Bishop
 
1977 Doctor on the Go (TV series)
Gervaise Gascoigne
For Your Own Good... (1977) … Gervaise Gascoigne
 
1977 Three Dangerous Ladies
Benson (segment "Mrs. Amworth")
 
1976 Sykes (TV series)
Mr. Belvadere
Inventions (1976) … Mr. Belvadere
 
1976 The Sweeney (TV series)
Raymond Meadows
Down to You, Brother (1976) … Raymond Meadows
 
1976 Dickens of London (TV mini-series)
Stage Manager
Success (1976) … Stage Manager
Love (1976) … Stage Manager
 
1976 The New Avengers (TV series)
The Bishop
House of Cards (1976) … The Bishop
 
1976 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
Edward
The Nicest Man in the World (1976) … Edward
 
1976 To the Devil a Daughter
Bishop
 
1975 Village Hall (TV series)
Major Tapwick
Silver Threads (1975) … Major Tapwick
 
1975 The Main Chance (TV series)
Sir James Darren
It Couldn't Happen Here (1975) … Sir James Darren
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
Thomas Partridge
Liberty Tree (1975) … Thomas Partridge
 
1974-1975 Thriller (TV series)
Sam / Shelby Grafton
Murder Motel (1975) … Sam
K Is for Killing (1974) … Shelby Grafton
 
1975 Affairs of the Heart (TV series)
Herbert Loder
Leonie (1975) … Herbert Loder
 
1975 Mrs. Amworth (short)
Benson
 
1974 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
Episode #12.9 (1974)
 
1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Edward VII of England
 
1974 My Name Is Harry Worth (TV series)
Arnold Hobbs
The Go-Between (1974) … Arnold Hobbs
 
1974 Who Killed Lamb? (TV movie)
Octavius Lamb
 
1973 Oh, Father! (TV series)
Father Matthew / Sub Prior, Father Matthew
Bid Time Return (1973) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
 
1971-1973 Justice (TV series)
Charles Breedon / Judge
Dummy Scoular Against the Crown (1973) … Judge
Witnesses Cost Extra (1971) … Charles Breedon
 
1973 Whoops Baghdad! (TV series)
Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
The Caliph's New Concubine (1973) … Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
Ali and the Thieves (1973) … Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
A Cargo of Crumpet (1973) … Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
The Wizard Prang (1973) … Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
Genie of the Bottle (1973) … Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
 
1971-1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Police sargeant / Prof. Morell
The Death of Adolph Hitler (1973) … Prof. Morell
Big Soft Nellie (1971) … Police sargeant
 
1972 Thirty Minutes Worth (TV series)
Episode #1.3 (1972)
 
1972 Sutherland's Law (TV movie)
John Sutherland
 
1972 Carry on Matron
Arthur
 
1964-1972 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Harold Harbinger / Mr. Harcourt / Restaurant Manager
Idle at Work (1972) … Restaurant Manager
Wild, Wild Women (1968) … Mr. Harcourt
Good Luck Sir, You've Got a Lucky Face (1964) … Harold Harbinger
 
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Dixon
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo (1971) … Dixon
 
1971 Shirley's World (TV series)
Sir Mathew Hardcastle
The Colonel (1971) … Sir Mathew Hardcastle
 
1971 Jason King (TV series)
Umberto Bellini
Wanna Buy a Television Series? (1971) … Umberto Bellini
 
1971 The Last of the Baskets (TV series)
Mr. Higgins
For Richer, for Poorer (1971) … Mr. Higgins
 
1971 The Ten Commandments (TV series)
Principal
Black Eye on Sunday (1971) … Principal
 
1971 Paul Temple (TV series)
Lord Everton
Requiem for a Don (1971) … Lord Everton
 
1971 Carry on Henry VIII
Farmer
 
1971 Say Hello to Yesterday
Park Keeper
 
1971 Catweazle (TV series)
Inspector Pugh
The Sign of the Crab (1971) … Inspector Pugh
 
1971 The Statue
Sanders
 
1971 Up the Creek (short)
 
1971 Man of Violence
Sam Bryant
 
1970 The Adventures of Don Quick (TV series)
Arborel
The Higher the Fewer (1970) … Arborel
 
1970 Carry on Loving
Bishop
 
1970 Codename (TV series)
Vaslva Baroviev
The Unbidden Guest (1970) … Vaslva Baroviev
 
1970 Up Pompeii! (TV series)
Senator Lecherous
The Senator and the Asp (1970) … Senator Lecherous
 
1969-1970 Oh Brother! (TV series)
Sub Prior, Father Matthew
The Fullness of His Days (1970) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
A Stone of Stumbling (1970) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
The Hand of Esau (1970) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
A Fool Returneth (1970) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
The Laughter of a Fool (1970) … Sub Prior, Father Matthew
 
1965-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Cornelius Shafton / G.C. Stoupe / Minister / …
It Wasn't Me (1969) … Cornelius Shafton
The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967) … The Procurator
The Connoisseur (1966) … G.C. Stoupe
 
1969 Crossplot
Sir Charles Moberley
 
1969 Carry on Camping
Farmer
 
1969 What's Good for the Goose
Harrington
 
1965-1968 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
John Scott Eccles / Mycroft Holmes
 
1968 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
Mr. Brooke
Scandals (1968) … Mr. Brooke
The Husbands (1968) … Mr. Brooke
Homecoming (1968) … Mr. Brooke
The New Doctor (1968) … Mr. Brooke
Marriage (1968) … Mr. Brooke
 
1968 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
Ralph Nickleby
The Duel (1968) … Ralph Nickleby
Madeline Bray (1968) … Ralph Nickleby
Escape (1968) … Ralph Nickleby
 
1968 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Doctor James Vance
Property of a Gentleman (1968) … Doctor James Vance
 
1967 Sexton Blake (TV series)
Sir Gerald Trevona
Christmas Special: The Vanishing Snowman (1967) … Sir Gerald Trevona
 
1959-1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Behrend / Det. Insp. Hudson / Harry Dietzler / …
Top of the Ladder (1967) … Mr. Pitt
We Thought You'd Like to Be Caesar (1965) … Major Black
The Offence (1964) … Det. Insp. Hudson
Acquit or Hang (1964)
For King and Country #4: The Enemy (1963) … Behrend
 
1967 The Golden Age (TV series)
Doctor / Philip Henslow
The Theatres: Ben Jonson (1967) … Philip Henslow
The Discoverers (1967) … Doctor
 
1967 The Queen's Traitor (TV series)
Lord Burleigh
Episode #1.1 (1967) … Lord Burleigh
 
1965-1967 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Henge / Mr. Rummins
That Woman (1967) … Mr. Henge
Parson's Pleasure (1965) … Mr. Rummins
 
1967 Witch Hunt (TV series)
Colonel Cooper
Episode #1.1 (1967) … Colonel Cooper
 
1967 Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Puddleby
 
1967 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series)
Elderson
A Family Wedding (1967) … Elderson
Afternoon of a Dryad (1967) … Elderson
The White Monkey (1967) … Elderson
 
1966 Press for Time
Ernest Corcoran (alderman)
 
1966 The Man Who Never Was (TV series)
Randolfo
Things Dead and Done (1966) … Randolfo
 
1966 Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn (TV movie)
Dr Leander
 
1966 King of the River (TV series)
Mallory
A Beautiful Pea-Green Boat (1966) … Mallory
 
1966 Court Martial (TV series)
Abbot
Retreat from Life (1966) … Abbot
 
1963-1966 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Clive Dudley / James Paterson
You Never Can Tell Till You Try (1966) … James Paterson
A Bird to Watch the Marbles (1963) … Clive Dudley
 
1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Innkeeper
 
1966 Secret Agent (TV series)
Fenton
Dangerous Secret (1966) … Fenton
 
1966 Softly Softly (TV series)
Mr. Allen
Off Beat (1966) … Mr. Allen
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Dr. Leander
Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn? (1966) … Dr. Leander
 
1965 Blackmail (TV series)
Charles Watson
 
1965 The Mask of Janus (TV series)
Charles Caswell
The Public Interest (1965) … Charles Caswell
 
1965 Love Story (TV series)
David Banner
The Weather House (1965) … David Banner
 
1965 The Wednesday Thriller (TV series)
Corbey
The Initiate (1965) … Corbey
 
1965 Pity About the Abbey (TV movie)
Lord Barnett
 
1965 Our Man at St. Mark's (TV series)
Major Hubert Paxton
The Galloping Major (1965) … Major Hubert Paxton
 
1965 The Little Ones
Paddy
 
1962-1965 Z Cars (TV series)
Alec Kettle / Mr. Wilson / Samuel Fitton
Market Square (1965) … Samuel Fitton
Five and a Match (1963) … Alec Kettle
Suspended (1962) … Mr. Wilson
 
1965 Undermind (TV series)
Beymer
The New Dimension (1965) … Beymer
 
1965 Public Eye (TV series)
Mr. Hordern
But the Joneses Never Get Letters (1965) … Mr. Hordern
 
1965 Doctor Who (TV series)
Nero
Inferno (1965) … Nero
Conspiracy (1965) … Nero
All Roads Lead to Rome (1965) … Nero
 
1963-1965 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
John Goggin / Walter
I've Got a System (1965) … Walter
The Snag (1963) … John Goggin
 
1965 Frankie Howerd (TV series)
Episode #1.4 (1965)
 
1964 The Tomb of Ligeia
Lord Trevanion
 
1964 The Comedy Man
Merryweather
 
1964 Diary of a Young Man (TV series)
Mr. Baggerdagger
Power (1964) … Mr. Baggerdagger
 
1964 Master Spy
Police Inspector (uncredited)
 
1964 The Midnight Men (TV series)
Tillio Grunditz
The Man from Miditz (1964) … Tillio Grunditz
 
1964 Detective (TV series)
Rosseter / Samuel Ogden
Death in Ecstacy (1964) … Samuel Ogden
The Moving Toyshop (1964) … Rosseter
 
1963-1964 Sergeant Cork (TV series)
Adrian Fitzgerald Tarbuck / Klein
The Case of the Penny Plains (1964) … Adrian Fitzgerald Tarbuck
The Case of the Gold Salesmen (1963) … Klein
 
1964 Ring of Treason
Chief Supt. Croft
 
1961-1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Arthur Tilsley / R.R. Harris / Supt. Brett
The Verdict (1964) … Supt. Brett
Backfire (1962) … Arthur Tilsley
Never Back Losers (1961) … R.R. Harris
 
1964 This Is My Street
Fingus
 
1964 First Night (TV series)
Goldie Fairchild
Day of the Drongo (1964) … Goldie Fairchild
 
1964 The Verdict
Supt. Brett
 
1964 Smokescreen
Dexter's Doctor (uncredited)
 
1963 Farewell Performance
Supt. Raven
 
1963 The Hi-Jackers
Jack Carter
 
1963 The Sentimental Agent (TV series)
Klaus
The Beneficiary (1963) … Klaus
 
1960-1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Belton / Chaytoe QC / Roger
To Bury Caesar (1963) … Chaytoe QC
No Cause for Alarm (1962) … Roger
After the Party (1960) … Belton
 
1963 To Bury Caesar (TV movie)
Chatoe Q.C.
 
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Chayotn, QC
To Bury Caesar (1963) … Chayotn, QC
 
1963 Ghost Squad (TV series)
Peter Brenner
The Man with the Delicate Hands (1963) … Peter Brenner
 
1963 Maupassant (TV series)
Wives and Lovers (1963)
 
1963 The Plane Makers (TV series)
Charles Melton
Has Anybody Seen Costigan? (1963) … Charles Melton
 
1963 The Bergonzi Hand (TV movie)
Sir Godfrey Clayton-Brown
 
1963 Bitter Harvest
Mr. Jones
 
1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Hiram B. Otis
 
1962 The Scales of Justice (TV series)
Henry Dobbs
The Guilty Party (1962) … Henry Dobbs
 
1962 Somerset Maugham Hour (TV series)
M. Le Sueur
Appearance and Reality (1962) … M. Le Sueur
 
1962 Saki (TV mini-series)
Umberleigh
Episode #1.8 (1962) … Umberleigh
 
1962 Night Creatures
Squire Anthony Cobtree
 
1962 Lisa
Detective Inspector
 
1962 Backfire
Arthur Tilsley
 
1961 The Pocket Lancer (TV series)
Sergeant Finch
A Million Pounds (1961) … Sergeant Finch
 
1961 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
 
1961 Deadline Midnight (TV series)
Maurice Dobling
Man in a Frame (1961) … Maurice Dobling
 
1961 Harpers West One (TV series)
Hinchcliffe
Episode #1.13 (1961) … Hinchcliffe
 
1961 Two Living, One Dead
Broms
 
1961 No Love for Johnnie
Frank
 
1961 Jango (TV series)
Supt. Bullock
A Little of What She Fancied (1961) … Supt. Bullock
 
1961 Never Back Losers
R.R. Harris
 
1960 Concrete Jungle
Priest
 
1960 The Long Way Home (TV series)
Gaston Rondeur
The Boathouse (1960) … Gaston Rondeur
 
1960 International Detective (TV series)
Emlyn
The Stevenson Case (1960) … Emlyn
 
1960 Knight Errant Limited (TV series)
Angelo
The Last of the Saracens (1960) … Angelo
 
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2007 Beginning the End: Making 'The Time Warrior' (video documentary short)
Nero
 
1983 What a Carry On (TV series)
 
1981 Carry on Laughing (TV series)
 

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(1956-1957) He acted in the Old Vic Theatre season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, Margaret Whiting, Derek Godfrey, Ralph Richardson, Robert Helpmann, Fay Compton and Dudley Jones in the cast. Michael Benthall was the director. See more »
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Trivia:

Portly, owlish British character actor, at home in pompous or officious roles, often as civil servants or clergymen. Noteworthy in several instalments of the 'Carry On' series and as the first major guest star on Doctor Who (as Nero in 'The Romans'). See more »

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Scorpio