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Best known for his role as "The Captain" in the Dr. Who episode "The Pirate... moreFilmography
Actor:
- Another Life (2001) .... Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett
- "Bob Martin" .... Frank (1 episode, 2000)
- Mr. and Mrs. (2000) TV episode .... Frank - "ChuckleVision" .... Hiram J. Cugalschriber (1 episode, 2000)
- Double Trouble (2000) TV episode .... Hiram J. Cugalschriber - Esther (1999) (TV) .... Commissioner
... aka Bibel - Esther, Die (Germany)
... aka Ester (Italy)
... aka Ester regina di Persia (Italy) - Killer Net (1998) (TV) .... Geoff Hearn
... aka Lynda La Plante's Killer Net (Australia) - The Sea Change (1998) .... Oldberg
... aka Cambio de rumbo (Spain) - David (1997) (TV) .... Jesse
... aka Bibbia: David, La (Italy)
... aka Bibel - David, Die (Germany) - Richard III (1995) .... City Gentleman
- "Ruth Rendell Mysteries" .... Bearded Man (1 episode, 1995)
- The Strawberry Tree (1995) TV episode .... Bearded Man - "The Bill" .... Man with shot-gun (1 episode, 1987)
- The New Order of Things (1987) TV episode .... Man with shot-gun - Lionheart (1987) .... Simon Nerra
... aka Lionheart: The Children's Crusade (USA) - Playing Away (1987) .... Fredrick
- Casanova (1987) (TV) .... Major Grandi
... aka Veneziano, vita e amori di Giacomo Casanova, Il - "Casualty" .... Spiderman (1 episode, 1986)
- Teeny Poppers (1986) TV episode .... Spiderman - Return to Treasure Island (1986) (TV) .... Trelawney
- "The Tripods" .... Ali Pasha (2 episodes, 1985)
- Episode #2.12 (1985) TV episode .... Ali Pasha
- Episode #2.11 (1985) TV episode .... Ali Pasha - Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) (TV) .... Rabbi Mandel
- Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) .... Jerzy Loparicz
... aka The Pope - Other Halves (1984) .... Irwin
- "Play for Today" .... Goff / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1983)
- Atlantis (1983) TV episode .... Goff
- Even Solomon (1979) TV episode .... Jake - Henry IV, Part II (1979) (TV) .... Earl of Northumberland
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part II (USA: video title) - Henry IV, Part I (1979) (TV) .... Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I (USA: video title) - "Quatermass" .... Tommy Roach (2 episodes, 1979)
... aka The Quatermass Conclusion
- Lovely Lightning (1979) TV episode .... Tommy Roach
- Ringstone Round (1979) TV episode .... Tommy Roach - "Blakes 7" .... Gola (1 episode, 1979)
- The Keeper (1979) TV episode .... Gola - Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979) .... Father Maxim
- The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) .... Tommy Roach
- The Quiz Kid (1979) .... Wally
- "A Horseman Riding By" .... Parson Augustus Bull (4 episodes, 1978)
- 1914: The Last Hot Summer (1978) TV episode .... Parson Augustus Bull
- 1905: The Hollow Victory (1978) TV episode .... Parson Augustus Bull
- 1903: An Outbreak of Romance (1978) TV episode .... Parson Augustus Bull
- 1902: The Party (1978) TV episode .... Parson Augustus Bull - "Doctor Who" .... The Captain (4 episodes, 1978)
- The Pirate Planet: Part 4 (1978) TV episode .... The Captain
- The Pirate Planet: Part 3 (1978) TV episode .... The Captain
- The Pirate Planet: Part 2 (1978) TV episode .... The Captain
- The Pirate Planet: Part 1 (1978) TV episode .... The Captain - "Rumpole of the Bailey" .... Leslie Delgado (1 episode, 1978)
- Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade (1978) TV episode .... Leslie Delgado - "The Devil's Crown" .... Count of Anjou (1 episode, 1978)
... aka Couronne du diable, La (France)
- If All the World Were Mine (1978) TV episode .... Count of Anjou - "BBC2 Play of the Week" .... Ernest (1 episode, 1977)
- Exiles (1977) TV episode .... Ernest - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1977) (TV) .... Provost
- "Supernatural" .... Herr Steekebeck (1 episode, 1977)
- Mr. Nightingale (1977) TV episode .... Herr Steekebeck - "Crown Court" .... Plet Roux (1 episode, 1976)
- You Won't Escape When Hendrik Witbooi Comes (1976) TV episode .... Plet Roux - "The New Avengers" .... Prof. Lopez (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (France: dubbed version)
... aka The New Avengers in Canada (Canada: English title: last season title)
- Target! (1976) TV episode .... Prof. Lopez - "I, Claudius" .... Sabinus (1 episode, 1976)
- Hail Who? (1976) TV episode .... Sabinus - "Play of the Month" .... Taffy (1 episode, 1976)
- Trilby (1976) TV episode .... Taffy - "Clayhanger" (1976) TV series .... Big James (unknown episodes)
- "Edward the Seventh" .... Czar Alexandra III / ... (3 episodes, 1975)
... aka Edward VII (UK: short title)
... aka Edward the King (USA)
... aka The Royal Victorians
- The Royal Quadrille (1975) TV episode .... Czar alexander III
- Dearest Prince (1975) TV episode .... Czarevitch Alexander
- The Invisible Queen (1975) TV episode .... Czar Alexandra III - Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) (TV) .... Walrus
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) (uncredited) .... Colonel Meinertzhagen
... aka Party for Hitler
... aka Undercovers Hero (USA) - "Fall of Eagles" .... Von Plehve (2 episodes, 1974)
- Absolute Beginners (1974) TV episode .... Von Plehve
- Dearest Nicky (1974) TV episode .... Von Plehve - "Vienna 1900" .... Adele's father (1 episode, 1973)
- Man of Honour (1973) TV episode .... Adele's father - The Optimists (1973) .... Park Policeman
... aka The Optimists of Nine Elms - "Doomwatch" .... Norman Sylvester (1 episode, 1972)
- Waiting for a Knighthood (1972) TV episode .... Norman Sylvester - "Softly Softly" .... Det. Sgt. Kershaw (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title)
- Resolution (1972) TV episode .... Det. Sgt. Kershaw - Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... Morton
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) .... Caithness
... aka Macbeth (USA) - "The First Churchills" (1969) TV mini-series .... Duke of Buckingham
- "The Flaxton Boys" .... Sergeant Bentley (1 episode, 1969)
- 1854: The Deserter (1969) TV episode .... Sergeant Bentley - "Callan" .... Blair / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1969)
- Land of Light and Peace (1969) TV episode .... Det. Sgt. Lynn
- Goodbye, Nobby Clarke (1967) TV episode .... Blair - "The Paradise Makers" (1967) TV series
- Othello (1965) .... Company
- "The Big Spender" (1965) TV series .... Weston (unknown episodes)
Self:
- Parrot Fashion (2007) (V) .... Himself
- 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993) (TV) .... The Captain
... aka Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis (UK: video title)
Archive Footage:
- Paris in the Springtime (2005) (V) .... Pirate Captain
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"Doctor Who"
- Logopolis: Part 4 (1981) TV episode (uncredited) .... Pirate Captain
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