Sam Dastor

Actor Oct 2 (died age 84) Bombay, India 1967–2025 (58 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Bad Girl

1992 · as Dr Hawkesworth

10.0

Julius Caesar

1979 · as Casca

8.5

The Alchemists

1999 · as Ben Seligman

8.0

Known For

Film

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Hal Ashby

Film

Jinnah

Gandhi

Film

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Dr. Longton

Film

I, Claudius

Cassius Chaerea

Film

Spooks

Riyad Barzali

Film

Pope John Paul II

Józef Teitelbaum

Film

Space: 1999

Ed Spencer

Film

Such a Long Journey

Dinshawji

Filmography

Acting (34)

Movies (19)

Prisoners in Space

2025

as Dr. Ed Spencer

Banglatown Banquet

2006

as Tariq

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

as Hal Ashby

6.6

Saint Paul

2003

as Self

The Alchemists

1999

as Ben Seligman

Jinnah

as Gandhi

Such a Long Journey

as Dinshawji

Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

1998

as Self

The Heart Surgeon

as V. J. Krishna

Bad Girl

as Dr Hawkesworth

Teams from Hell

Pope John Paul II

as Józef Teitelbaum

The Comedy of Errors

as Angelo

Inspector Ghote Moves In

1983

as Inspector Ghote

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

as Dr. Longton

Julius Caesar

as Casca

Made

as Mahdav

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows

1970

as O'Brian, Johnny, Bennett, Sean O'Casey

The People’s Jack

1970

as Lord Boggis

Television (15)

Yes, Prime Minister

2013

as Kumranistan Ambassador

Spooks

as Riyad Barzali

The Alchemists

as Ben Seligman

The Heart Surgeon

as V. J. Krishna

A Touch of Frost

as Majendie

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

as Alun

Fortunes of War

as Dr Shafik

Shoestring

as Counsel

Blake's 7

as The Caliph

Hazell

as Attard

I, Claudius

as Cassius Chaerea

Space: 1999

as Ed Spencer

Van der Valk

as Paul

The Edwardians

as George Edalji

ITV Playhouse

as Lord Boggis