RECENT CREDITS
How About You (FILM)  Nov. 14, 2008
Crusoe (TV)  Nov. 7, 2008
Robinson Crusoe (TV)  Nov. 7, 2008
Flawless (FILM)  Mar. 28, 2008
Asylum (FILM)  Aug. 12, 2005


HIGHLIGHTS
1962 - 1964 Served as associate director, Mermaid Theatre, London
1962 Debut as theater director, "The Plough and the Stars", Mermaid Theater, London
1957 Returned to UK
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Actor
Film


Prisoners of the Sun   -Prof. Mendella
Actor
Film


How About You  2008 -Donald Vanston
Actor
Film


Crusoe  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV
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Flawless  2008 -MKA
Actor
Film


Asylum  2005 -Jack Straffen
Actor
Film


Frederick Forsythe's Icon  2005 -General Nikolayev
Actor
TV


Actor
Film


Henry VIII  2003 -Henry VII
Actor
TV


No Good Deed  2003 -Mr. Quarre
Actor
Film


K-19: The Widowmaker  2002 -Marshal Zelentsov
Actor
Film


Othello  2002 -James Brabant
Actor
TV


Jean Simmons: Picture Perfect  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Milk  2001 -The Vicar
Actor
Film


Passion of Mind  2000 -Doctor Langer
Actor
Film


Heat of the Sun  1999 -Max Van der Vuurst
Actor
TV


Firelight  1998 -Lord Clare 'Jimmy'
Actor
Film


Swept From the Sea  1998 -Mr Swaffer
Actor
Film


Testament: The Bible in Animation  1997 -of Noah, of Samuel
Voice, Voice
TV


D3: The Mighty Ducks  1996 -Hans
Actor
Film


Surviving Picasso  1996 -Matisse
Actor
Film


Deadly Voyage  1996 -Captain
Actor
TV


Hidden in Silence  1996 -Josef
Actor
TV


Julius Caesar  1996
Actor
TV


Daisies in December  1995 -Gerald Carmody
Actor
TV


A Kid in King Arthur's Court  1995 -King Arthur
Actor
Film


Citizen X  1995 -Bondarchuk
Actor
TV


Occhiopinocchio  1995 -Brando
Actor
Film


Jacob  1994 -Isaac
Actor
TV


The Princess and the Goblin  1994 -of KingPapa
Voice
Film


Mother's Boys  1994 -Lansing
Actor
Film


Nowhere to Run  1993 -Franklin Hale
Actor
Film


They Do It With Mirrors  1992 -Lewis Serrocold
Actor
TV


The Mighty Ducks  1992 -Hans
Actor
Film


Ashenden  1992
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Once Upon A Crime  1992 -Hercules Popodopoulos
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Murder of Quality  1991 -Terence Fielding
Actor
TV


A Woman Named Jackie  1991 -Aristotle Onassis
Actor
TV


Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey  1991 -DeNomolos
Actor, Song Performer
Film


The Object of Beauty  1991 -Mr Mercer
Actor
Film


The Secret Life of Ian Fleming  1990 -General Helstein
Actor
TV


The Hunt for Red October  1990 -Andrei Lysenko
Actor
Film


The Palermo Connection  1990 -Man of Power
Actor
Film


Jekyll & Hyde  1990 -Dr Lanyon
Actor
TV


To Kill a Priest  1989 -The Colonel
Actor
Film


Lethal Weapon 2  1989 -Arjen Rudd
Actor
Film


The Man Who Lived at the Ritz  1988 -Hermann Goering
Actor
TV


A Zed and Two Noughts  1988 -Van Hoyten
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


White Mischief  1988 -Sir John 'Jock' Delves Broughton
Actor
Film


Codename: Kyril  1988 -Sir Richard Bryant--
Actor
TV


The Sicilian  1987 -Don Masino Croce
Actor
Film


Queenie  1987 -Sir Burton Rumsey
Actor
TV


Shadowlands  1986 -C S Lewis
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Lady Jane  1986 -Sir John Bridges
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Rough Cut  1980 -Inspector Vanderveld
Actor
Film


Saint Jack  1979 -Yardley
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Silver Bears  1978 -Henry Foreman
Actor
Film


Royal Flash  1976 -Sapten
Actor
Film


One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing  1975 -B J Spence
Actor
Film


Great Expectations  1974 -Joe Gargery
Actor
TV


England Made Me  1973 -Hiller
Actor
Film


The Happiness Cage  1972 -Dr Frederick
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Sheltering Desert   -Colonel Johnson
Actor
Film


To the Ends of Time   -King Francis
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Villain   -Edgar Lowis
Actor
Film


Crescendo   -Carter
Actor
Film


Operation Daybreak   -Janak
Actor
Film


Spys   -Martinson
Actor
Film


The Apple   -Hippy LeaderMr Topps
Actor
Film


The Black Windmill   -Superintendent Wray
Actor
Film


The Bridge   -Smithson
Actor
Film


Mad Dogs and Englishmen   -Inspector Stringer
Actor
Film


Mr. Forbush and the Penguins   -Head of Board
Actor
Film


New World   -Lyford
Actor
Film


Moscow Zero   -Tolstoy
Actor
Film


I'll Be There   -Evil Edmonds
Actor
Film


First and Last   -Alan Holly
Actor
Film


Giorgino   -Father Glaise
Actor
Film


Hitler: The Last Ten Days   -General Burgdorf
Actor
Film




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Highlights

1962 - 1964 Served as associate director, Mermaid Theatre, London
1962 Debut as theater director, "The Plough and the Stars", Mermaid Theater, London
1957 Returned to UK
1954 Moved with family to Central Africa where he worked as a tea planter, then returned to stage there and also worked as disc-jockey and scriptwriter
1950 Film debut, "Seven Days to Noon" (uncredited)
1946 London stage debut, "The Hasty Heart"
Worked in a brewery, then on a dairy farm before studying acting


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