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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-12-23 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Maurice Denham

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.

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Known For

Acting

1996

1995

Bed as Man

1994

Pie in the Sky as Striker of the Yard

1993

The Last Vampyre as Augustus Merridew
Peak Practice as Douglas Hart
Peak Practice as Mr. Hart

1992

Memento Mori as Guy Leet

1991

Nona as Don Fransciso
Performance as Don Francisco

1990

You Rang, M'Lord? as Captain Cedric Dolby

1989

1988

Tears in the Rain as Fordingbridge

1987

84 Charing Cross Road as George Martin
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Luther Crackenthorpe
Inspector Morse as Lance Mandeville

1986

All Passion Spent as Gervase Bucktrout
Lovejoy as Sir Max Spence
Casualty as William Turnbull
All Passion Spent as Bucktrout

1985

Love Song as Sir William Hatchard
Mr. Love as Theo
Monsignor Quixote as Senor Diego
Screen Two as Guy Leet

1984

The Chain as Grandpa
Sherlock Holmes as Reverend Merridew
Miss Marple as Luther Crackenthorpe

1983

Martin Luther, Heretic as Father Staupitz
The Old Men at the Zoo as Dr Edwin Leacock

1982

1981

1980

1979

Schalcken the Painter as Gerrit Dou
Minder as Billings
Minder as Meredith Gascoyne

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward and Mrs Simpson as Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Return of the Saint as Prince Lorenzo

1977

Julia as Undertaker
Secret Army as Father Girard
The Professionals as Sir James Temple

1976

Shout at the Devil as Mr. Smythe

1975

Love's Labour's Lost as Don Adriano de Armando
Rumpole of the Bailey as Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans

1974

Luther as Johann von Staupitz Vicar General
Fall of Eagles as Kaiser Wilhelm I
Porridge as Rawley

1973

The Day of the Jackal as General Colbert

1972

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mr. Greville
Countess Dracula as Master Fabio
Great Performances as Senor Diego

1970

1969

Some Girls Do as Mr. Mortimer
Midas Run as Charles Crittenden
The Best House in London as Editor, The Times
Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
A Touch of Love as Doctor Prothero

1968

Negatives as The Father

1967

Torture Garden as Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")
Danger Route as Peter Ravenspur
The Long Duel as Governor
A Slight Ache as Edward

1966

After the Fox as Chief of Interpol

1965

Operation Crossbow as RAF Officer
The Night Caller as Dr. Morley
The Nanny as Dr. Beamaster
Hysteria as Hemmings
The Uncle as Mr. Ream
BBC Play of the Month as Julius Caesar

1964

The 7th Dawn as Tarlton

1963

Paranoiac as John Kossett
The Set Up as Theo Gaunt
The Very Edge as Crawford
Long Past Glory as Charles
Doctor Who as Edgeworth / Azmael

1962

H.M.S. Defiant as Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

1961

The Mark as Arnold Cartwright
The Greengage Summer as Mr. Bullock

1960

Two Way Stretch as The Governor
Sink the Bismarck! as Commander Richards
Maigret as Tiburce de St. Hilaire
Danger Man as Volos
Sunday-Night Play as Uncle Arthur

1959

The Captain's Table as Major Broster
Piping Hot as Narrator

1958

A Desperate Case as Narrator (voice)

1957

Night of the Demon as Professor Henry Harrington
Barnacle Bill as Crowley
Theatre Night as Arthur Loudon

1956

23 Paces to Baker Street as Inspector Grovening
Checkpoint as Ted Thornhill
The Spanish Gardener as Pedro (voice) (uncredited)

1955

Doctor at Sea as Easter
Simon and Laura as Wilson

1954

Animal Farm as All animals (voice)
The Million Pound Note as Jonathan Reid
Eight O'Clock Walk as Horace Clifford
Carrington V.C. as Lt. Col. Reeve

1953

Malta Story as British Officer
Power to Fly as Narrator
Time Bomb as Jim Warrilow
Street Corner as Dawson
The Net as Prof. Carrington

1951

1950

Traveller's Joy as Fowler

1949

Madness of the Heart as Dr. Simon Blake
It's Not Cricket as Otto Fisch
The Spider and the Fly as Colonel de la Roche
Poet's Pub as PC Windle
The Blue Lagoon as Captain
Don't Ever Leave Me as Mr. Knowles
Landfall as Wing Commander Hewitt

1948

Easy Money as Detective-Inspector Kirby
Here Come the Huggetts as 1st Engineer
London Belongs to Me as Jack Rufus
Daybreak as Inspector
Oliver Twist as Chief of Police
Blanche Fury as Maj. Fraser
Miranda as Cockle Vendor
Quartet as Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")

1947

The End of the River as Defence Counsel
The Man Within as Smuggler
Jassy as Jim Stoner
Captain Boycott as Lt. Col. Strickland
Holiday Camp as Camp Doctor
Take My Life as Defense Counsel
Fame Is the Spur as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
The Upturned Glass as Mobile Policeman

1938

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