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Film & TV
Birmingham, England, UK
His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the…
Known for
- 28 Weeks Later — Geoff2007
- Bad Girls — Clive Mills1999
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain — Davies the School1995
- Born Kicking — William Curtley1992
- Heartbeat — Jim Pinder1992
- No Job for a Lady — Norman1990
- The Nineteenth Hole — George Brady (The Captain)1989
- You Must Be The Husband1987
- Lovejoy — Commander Jolly1986
- Murder Elite — Inspector Moss1985
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1913-04-04
- Active to
- 1983-04-30
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Dilys Laye
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1931-04-19
- date of death
- 2009-12-05
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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