George Sewell

Actor Aug 31 (died age 82) Hoxton, London, England, UK 1959–1998 (39 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant N…

Known For

Film

Barry Lyndon

Barry's Second

Film

Get Carter

Con

Film

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Mendel

Film

This Sporting Life

Jeff

Film

Doppelgänger

Mark Neuman

Film

Operation: Daybreak

Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator

Film

Robbery

Ben

Film

The Criminal

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (37)

Let's Stick Together

1998

as Carter

The Fix

1997

as Chairman

2.8

Sticky Wickets

1990

as Friedrich

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

1988

as Ratcliffe

9.3

Mark of the Devil

1984

as Det. Inspector Grant

4.0

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

as Knocker

Wet Job

as Haggerty

Invasion: UFO

as Col. Alec Freeman

Running Blind

as Slade

Winterspelt 1944

as Colonel

Barry Lyndon

1975

as Barry's Second

8.0

Operation: Daybreak

1975

as Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator

6.9

Taking Leave

1974

as Father

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

Diamonds on Wheels

as Henry Stewart

UFO: Take them Alive

as Colonnello Alec Freeman

UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop

as Col. Alex Freeman

Get Carter

as Con

UFO: Destroy Luna Base!

1971

as Colonnello Alec Freeman

6.5

The Haunted House of Horror

as Bob Kellett

Doppelgänger

as Mark Neuman

Suspect

as DI Barnes

The Vengeance of She

as Harry

Robbery

as Ben

The Education of Corporal Halliday

1967

as Staff Sgt. Graham

The Voices in the Park

1967

as Gurney

Deadlier Than the Male

1967

as Car Park Assassin

5.8

The Investigation

1967

as Witness

Kaleidoscope

1966

as Billy

4.9

The Coming Out Party

1965

as Ricketts

Three Clear Sundays

as Johnny May

Up the Junction

as Barny

This Sporting Life

as Jeff

Sparrows Can't Sing

as Bert

The Informers

as Fred Hill

A Place to Go

as Market Trader

The Criminal

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

6.3

Television (46)

The Detectives

1993

as Superintendent Cottam

6.7

The Detectives

1993

as Superintendent Cottam

Heartbeat

as Ray Walker

The Upper Hand

as George Carver

The Nineteenth Hole

as Ray Smollett

Home James!

Bulman

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

as Det. Inspector Grant

6.4

Andy Robson

1982

as Peter Mueller

9.5

The Chinese Detective

as Jack Longman

The Gentle Touch

Tales of the Unexpected

as Laughlin

Minder

as Frank

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979

as Mendel

7.6

The Bass Player and the Blonde

1978

as The Drummer

The Sweeney

1975

as Vic Tolman

7.9

Churchill's People

1974

as Colonel Michelburn

1.0

Rising Damp

1974

as Detective Constable Baker

Armchair Cinema

The Adventurer

as Harry Venner

The Edwardians

as Gus Elen

Six Days of Justice

as Anthony Brown

Home and Away

Play for Today

as Father

UFO

as Alec Freeman

Manhunt

as Allard

Shadows of Fear

as Harry

The Main Chance

as Harry Kenton

Paul Temple

as Sammy Carson

Special Branch

as Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven

The Expert

as Louis Scammell

The Caesars

as Ennius

Callan

as Haggerty

Man in a Suitcase

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

as Mr. Stapleton

The Informer

1966

as Vaughn

Public Eye

as Jakeman

Gideon's Way

as Tim Murphy

The Power Game

as Frank Hagadan

The Man in Room 17

1965

as Shelton

5.3

Londoners

1965

as Bert

The Wednesday Play

Detective

Doctor Who

as Ratcliffe

Z-Cars

No Hiding Place