William Simons

ActorWriter 1951–2011 (60 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Julius Caesar

1979 · as Trebonius

8.5

The Sweeney

1975 · as Maurice Pope

8.0

The Darling Buds of May

1991 · as Ted Watson

7.9

Known For

Film

The Woman in Black

John Keckwick

Film

Heartbeat

PC Alf Ventress

Film

Mandy

Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Film

Doctor Who

Mandrel

Film

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

Inspector Fox

Film

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

Mandrel

Film

Where No Vultures Fly

Tim Payton

Film

Cribb

PC Edward Thackeray

Filmography

Acting (52)

Movies (16)

The Woman in Black

1989

as John Keckwick

6.9

Death Is Part of the Process

1986

as Erasmus

Bird Fancier

1985

as Tom Reagan

A Month in the Country

1985

as Matvey

Pope John Paul II

1984

as Foreman Krauze

6.9

Being Normal

1983

as Richard

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

1979

as Harvey

Julius Caesar

1979

as Trebonius

8.5

Even Solomon

1979

as Doctor

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

1977

as Mandrel

7.0

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows

1970

as Joseph Connolly, Barman

The People’s Jack

1970

as Moore

Capital Visit

as Narrator

West of Zanzibar

as Tim Payton

Mandy

as Boy with Ball (uncredited)

7.0

Where No Vultures Fly

1951

as Tim Payton

6.3

Television (36)

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

5.0

The Royal

2003

as PC Alf Ventress

7.6

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

as Inspector Fox

Heartbeat

as PC Alf Ventress

Love Hurts

The Darling Buds of May

as Ted Watson

Haggard

A Bit of a Do

Wish Me Luck

as Josef

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Det. Insp. Michael Baker

The New Statesman

as Catchpole

Lovejoy

as Dave Goodis

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985

as Tennant

6.4

Time for Murder

1985

as Arthur Henry Strapp

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

as Gamekeeper

Number 10

as Parslow

The Bell

as Mark Strafford

Bergerac

as Chater

Cribb

as PC Edward Thackeray

Minder

as Pongo Harris

Enemy at the Door

as Kapitanleutnant Erlich

7.8

Secret Army

1977

as Lebrun

7.5

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Det. Sgt. Wilmer

The Sweeney

as Maurice Pope

The Legend of Robin Hood

as Thurkill

Churchill's People

as Hair Face

Wessex Tales

as Jones

Crown Court

as Martin O'Connor

Country Matters

as Jesse

The Guardians

Play for Today

as Doctor

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Chris Payer

ITV Playhouse

as James Connolly

Doctor Who

as Mandrel

The Old Curiosity Shop

1962

A Castle and Sixpence

1954

as Christopher Sixpence

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Hardcore

Screenplay