William Abney

ActorWriter Jan 7 (died age 76) Upminster, Essex, England, UK 1955–1986 (31 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Highest Rated

Detective

1964 · as Marcus Windle-Scott

9.0

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · as Rivers

8.2

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970 · as Sir Frances Bryan

8.1

Known For

Film

The City of the Dead

Policeman

Film

Two-Way Stretch

Visiting Room Warder

Film

Curse of the Pink Panther

Hugo the Houseman

Film

The Legacy

Butler

Film

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Voss

Film

Macbeth

Old Siward

Film

Cone of Silence

First Officer

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Rivers

Filmography

Acting (24)

Movies (14)

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Hugo the Houseman

Macbeth

as Old Siward

The Legacy

as Butler

One Day at a Time

as Elizabeth's Husband

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

as Voss

Two Faces

as Voice

We Shall See

as Shaw

On the Run

as Jock MacKay

Flight from Singapore

1962

as Flight Lt. Bob Elliott

Cone of Silence

1960

as First Officer

6.7

Two-Way Stretch

1960

as Visiting Room Warder

6.7

The City of the Dead

1960

as Policeman

6.5

The Man Who Was Nobody

1960

as James Tynewood

7.0

The Steel Bayonet

1958

as German Artillery Officer

5.4

Television (10)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1986

as Rivers

Sherlock Holmes

as Rivers

Cribb

as Joseph Tussaud

All Creatures Great and Small

as Sidlow

The Adventurer

as Le co-pilote

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970

as Sir Frances Bryan

8.1

Detective

1964

as Marcus Windle-Scott

Sir Francis Drake

as Don Pedro

Armchair Theatre

as Det Insp Sheffield

6.0

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as John Adams

8.0

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Journey to the Unknown

1968

Story

7.0