Maurice Denham

Actor Dec 23 (died age 92) Beckenham, Kent, England, UK 1938–1996 (58 year career)

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Biography

Maurice Denham OBE (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Film

The Day of the Jackal

General Colbert

Film

Animal Farm

All animals (voice)

Film

Oliver Twist

Chief of Police

Film

Night of the Demon

Professor Henry Harrington

Film

84 Charing Cross Road

George Martin

Film

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Trawler Skipper

Film

The Heroes of Telemark

Doctor

Film

Julia

Undertaker

Filmography

Acting (180)

Movies (129)

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

1996

as Hume

6.1

Bed

1995

as Couple Man

The Last Vampyre

as Augustus Merridew

Memento Mori

as Guy Leet

Nona

as Don Fransciso

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

as (voice)

8.1

The Dog It Was That Died

1989

as Vicar

Seeing in the Dark

1989

as Old Man

Tears in the Rain

1988

as Fordingbridge

4.9

84 Charing Cross Road

1987

as George Martin

7.2

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987

as Luther Crackenthorpe

7.3

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

1987

as Klaus Barbie

Mr. Love

as Theo

All Passion Spent

as Gervase Bucktrout

Monsignor Quixote

as Senor Diego

Love Song

as Sir William Hatchard

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

as Edgeworth

The Chain

as Grandpa

The Hope and the Glory

1984

as Joe

Martin Luther, Heretic

1983

as Father Staupitz

From a Far Country

as Sapieha

Recluse

The Gate of Eden: Part Two - Sue

1980

as Tom Falconer

The Gate of Eden: Part Three - Peter

1980

as Tom Falconer

The Gate of Eden: Part One - Mr. Falconer

1980

as Tom Falconer

Schalcken the Painter

1979

as Gerrit Dou

5.5

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

as Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury

Julia

as Undertaker

Shout at the Devil

as Mr. Smythe

Love's Labour's Lost

as Don Adriano de Armando

Go as You Please in Britain

1975

Luther

1974

as Johann von Staupitz Vicar General

5.6

The Day of the Jackal

as General Colbert

Countess Dracula

as Master Fabio

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Kokovtsov

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mr. Greville

The Virgin and the Gypsy

as The Rector

Some Girls Do

as Mr. Mortimer

Midas Run

as Charles Crittenden

A Touch of Love

as Doctor Prothero

Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

The Best House in London

1969

as Editor, The Times

3.6

From Chekhov with Love

1968

as Alexander Chekhov

Negatives

1968

as The Father

5.7

A Slight Ache

1967

as Edward

Danger Route

1967

as Peter Ravenspur

5.5

Torture Garden

1967

as Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")

The Long Duel

as Governor

After the Fox

as Chief of Interpol

The Heroes of Telemark

as Doctor

Operation Crossbow

as RAF Officer

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

as Trawler Skipper

The Nanny

as Dr. Beamaster

Hysteria

as Hemmings

The Alphabet Murders

as Inspector Japp

The Night Caller

as Dr. Morley

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965

as Mr. Fielding

The 7th Dawn

as Tarlton

The Uncle

as Mr. Ream

Downfall

as Sir Harold Crossley

The Very Edge

as Crawford

The Set Up

as Theo Gaunt

Paranoiac

1963

as John Kossett

6.6

The King's Breakfast

1963

as The King

Long Past Glory

1963

as Charles

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

as Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

6.5

For Better, For Worse

The Greengage Summer

as Mr. Bullock

Invasion Quartet

The Mark

as Arnold Cartwright

Sink the Bismarck!

as Commander Richards

Our Man in Havana

as Admiral

Two-Way Stretch

as Governor Horatio Bennett

Ali and the Camel

The Captain's Table

as Major Broster

Piping Hot

as Narrator

A Desperate Case

1958

as Narrator (voice)

I Can Destroy the Sun

1958

as Dr. Lunn

Night of the Demon

1957

as Professor Henry Harrington

7.0

Barnacle Bill

1957

as Crowley

6.4

The History of the Cinema

as Narrator

Checkpoint

as Ted Thornhill

The Spanish Gardener

as Pedro (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

as Inspector Grovening

Simon and Laura

as Wilson

Doctor at Sea

as Steward Easter

Animal Farm

as All animals (voice)

7.0

The Million Pound Note

as Jonathan Reid

The Purple Plain

as Blore

Carrington V.C.

as Lt. Col. Reeve

Eight O'Clock Walk

as Horace Clifford

Power to Fly

as Narrator

Street Corner

as Dawson

Time Bomb

as Jim Warrilow

The Net

as Prof. Carrington

Malta Story

as British Officer

No Highway in the Sky

Traveller's Joy

as Fowler

Scrapbook for 1933

as (voice)

The Spider and the Fly

1949

as Colonel de la Roche

6.8

Madness of the Heart

1949

as Dr. Simon Blake

5.9

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949

as Bill Martin

4.5

Landfall

1949

as Wing Commander Hewitt

The Blue Lagoon

as Captain

Once Upon a Dream

as Vicar

Don't Ever Leave Me

as Mr. Knowles

Poet's Pub

as PC Windle

It's Not Cricket

as Otto Fisch

Look Before You Love

as Fosser

Easy Money

1948

as Detective-Inspector Kirby

Oliver Twist

as Chief of Police

Quartet

as Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")

Daybreak

as Inspector

My Brother's Keeper

as Trent

Miranda

as Cockle Vendor

Here Come the Huggetts

as 1st Engineer

Blanche Fury

as Maj. Fraser

The Blind Goddess

as Johnson

London Belongs to Me

as Jack Rufus

The Man Within

as Smuggler

Fame Is the Spur

as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)

6.5

Jassy

1947

as Jim Stoner

5.4

They Made Me a Fugitive

as Mr. Fenshaw

The End of the River

as Defence Counsel

Captain Boycott

as Lt. Col. Strickland

Take My Life

as Defense Counsel

Holiday Camp

as Camp Doctor

The Upturned Glass

as Mobile Policeman

Many Waters

Television (51)

Pie in the Sky

1994

as Striker of the Yard

Peak Practice

as Douglas Hart

Performance

as Don Francisco

You Rang, M'Lord?

as Captain Cedric Dolby

Behaving Badly

Inspector Morse

as Lance Mandeville

Casualty

as William Turnbull

Lovejoy

as Sir Max Spence

Boon

All Passion Spent

as Bucktrout

Screen Two

as Guy Leet

The Black Tower

as Father Michael Baddeley

6.8

Sherlock Holmes

1984

as Reverend Merridew

8.1

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

as Benedict

5.0

The Old Men at the Zoo

1983

as Dr. Edwin Leacock

5.0

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

6.7

The Chinese Detective

Minder

as Meredith Gascoyne

My Son, My Son

Return of the Saint

as Prince Lorenzo

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

as Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury

The Professionals

as Sir James Temple

Secret Army

as Father Girard

Angels

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

as Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans

Porridge

Porridge

as Rawley

Fall of Eagles

as Kaiser Wilhelm I

The Carnforth Practice

1974

as Ernest Railton

An Unofficial Rose

The Lotus Eaters

as Nestor Turton

Great Performances

as Senor Diego

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Gerrit Dou

Omnibus

as Dou

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

as Dr. Phelps McCarthy

Talking to a Stranger

1966

8.5

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais

5.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Crowther

Theatre 625

as Oscar

Sherlock Holmes

Doctor Who

as Edgeworth / Azmael

7.9

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Out of This World

as Edgar Brocklebank

Drama 61-67

as Tom Cayter

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Uncle Arthur

Danger Man

1960

as Volos

7.3

Maigret

1960

as Tiburce de St. Hilaire

7.2

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Inspector Boileau

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Dr. Lunn

5.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mr. Fielding

7.8

The Gate of Eden