Tales of the Unexpected(1979-1988)
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Overview
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
Seasons: 9 • Episodes: 112
Created by:
Last Episode
13 May 1988 12:00 - 37 years ago
9x10 - Mr Know-All
Cast
Roald Dahl
Self - Introduced By
Self - Introduced by(uncredited)
36 episodes
Andrew Ray
Jerry Wilde
Steve
Harry Pope
Percy Hayward
and 2 more...
6 episodes
Forbes Collins
Police Sergeant
Police Officer
Mr Ford
Inspector
4 episodes
Paul Herzberg
Henri
John Bannister
3 episodes
Lucy Gutteridge
Molly
Soroya
3 episodes
Peter Tuddenham
Control Voice (voice)
Tommy
Control (voice)
3 episodes
William Hootkins
Peter Bligh
Harry Chester
3 episodes
Mark Lewis
The Man
Carlo
Showroom Manager
3 episodes
John Mills
William Perkins
The Man
Sam Morrissey
3 episodes
Joan Collins
Suzy Starr
Natalia Turton
Clare Duckworth / Julia Roach
3 episodes
Richard Johnson
Tanner
Parnell
James
3 episodes
Douglas Lambert
American Passenger
Henry Snape
Mr Harrington
3 episodes
Sheila Gish
Laura Parker
Mary Hitchman
Frances
3 episodes
Cyril Luckham
Gavin
Mr Gainsborough
Rawlsden
3 episodes
Jack Weston
William Botibol
2 episodes
Gloria Grahame
Olivia
2 episodes
Roy Marsden
Gerald Overton
2 episodes
Suzanne Danielle
Milly
Elaine
2 episodes
Derek Jacobi
The Stranger
2 episodes
Simon Cadell
Co-Pilot
Sam Luke
2 episodes
Susan Strasberg
Madame Myra
Roberta Elton
2 episodes
Jim Norton
H.A.K. Bates
Dr Mellish
2 episodes
Jacqueline Hill
Melanie Litmayer
Mrs Milvain
2 episodes
Susan Penhaligon
Mary Ashburn
WPC Mary Bryan
2 episodes
Neville Phillips
Waiter
English Passenger
2 episodes
Geoffrey Chater
James Hamilton
The Magistrate
2 episodes
Antony Carrick
Inspector
Mike Schofield
2 episodes
Susan George
Mary Marney
Mabel Taylor
2 episodes
Tom Smothers
William
Marvin Castlemore
2 episodes
Anthony Steel
'Timber'
The Stranger
2 episodes
Charles Hallahan
Charlie
Jack Lowry
2 episodes
Kenneth Tigar
Merrifield
Semple
2 episodes
John Gielgud
Jelks
Cyril Boggis
2 episodes
Elaine Stritch
Mary Pearl
Pamela Beauchamp
2 episodes
Joss Ackland
Jack Cutler
Colonel George Peregrine
2 episodes
Siobhán McKenna
The Landlady
Mrs Grady
2 episodes
Amanda Redman
Anna Warrack
Pat
2 episodes
Jeremy Clyde
George Stamford
Charlie Prince
2 episodes
Elizabeth Spriggs
Aunt May
Martha
2 episodes
Colin Blakely
Colin Mearns
Dr David Rankin
2 episodes
Joseph Cotten
Edward
Lionel
2 episodes
Shane Rimmer
Janet Murdoch
Arthur Beauchamp
2 episodes
John Alderton
Robert Sandy
Rev George Duckworth
2 episodes
Anthony Valentine
Bob
Roland Trent
2 episodes
Julie Harris
Mrs Bixby
Mrs Foster
2 episodes
David Healy
Auctioneer
Jack Harrison
2 episodes
Celia Gregory
Fatima
Edna
2 episodes
Judy Geeson
Mary
Sandra
2 episodes
Michael Troughton
Andrew
Steward
2 episodes
Cyril Cusack
Percy Hampton
Michael Fish
2 episodes
Geoffrey Bayldon
Dr Applegate
Sid
2 episodes
Kate Harper
Clodagh Jansen
Mary Tregallas
2 episodes
Allan Corduner
Store Assistant
Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
2 episodes
Andrew Bicknell
Macker
Giles Wimbourne
2 episodes
Roland Culver
Mr Foster
Sir Alex Bullen
2 episodes
Pauline Collins
Eve Peregrine
Pat Lewis
2 episodes
John Castle
John Burge
Derek Johnstone
2 episodes
Andrew Burt
The Vicar
Edward
2 episodes
Ronnie Stevens
Mr Rudge
Jeweller
2 episodes
Bosco Hogan
Tony Medway
Tom
2 episodes
Olivier Pierre
Leclerc
Arnaud
2 episodes
Genevieve Allenbury
Croupier
2 episodes
Helen Horton
Martha
American Passenger
2 episodes
Tony Osoba
Police Officer
Dr Hartley
2 episodes
Avril Elgar
Thelma
Nancy
2 episodes
Constantine Gregory
Jacques Vareille
Helmut Weinrich
2 episodes
Rachel Kempson
Nell Bridges
Mrs Mason
2 episodes
Christopher Blake
Israeli Officer
1 episode
Micheline Presle
Madame Lagrue
1 episode
Joan Greenwood
Emma Adkins
1 episode
Gary Bond
Max de Marechal
1 episode
John Beck
Jack
1 episode
Eli Wallach
Gerry Williams
1 episode
Deborah Harmon
Daisy Flock
1 episode
Telly Savalas
Joe Brisson
1 episode
Peter Copley
Man at Railway Station
1 episode
Lisa Eichhorn
Sally
1 episode
Miriam Margolyes
Mary Burge
1 episode
Elaine Paige
Suzie
1 episode
Evelyn Laye
Mrs Standing
1 episode
Janet Leigh
Joan Stackpole
1 episode
John Forgeham
Police Officer
1 episode
Margaretta Scott
Lady Birdwell
1 episode
Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Young Bruce Foxley
1 episode
Peter Cellier
Wilkins
1 episode
Jennifer Hilary
Wendy
1 episode
Peter Firth
1 episode
Helmut Griem
Alois
1 episode
Roxanne Hart
Cara
1 episode
Stephanie Cole
Miss Harrison
1 episode
Julian Fellowes
George
1 episode
Dina Merrill
Marjorie
1 episode
Richard Greene
The Colonel
1 episode
June Ritchie
Jenny Morrissey
1 episode
Pamela Stephenson
Cathy
1 episode
Michael Byrne
Patrick Marney
1 episode
Wendy Hiller
Louisa
1 episode
Helen Fraser
Beryl
1 episode
Bernard Kay
Detective Sergeant Jim Gordon
1 episode
Tim Woodward
Timothy Burton
1 episode
Moray Watson
Sir Ian Masterson
1 episode
Harry H. Corbett
George Balsam
1 episode
Leslie Caron
Nathalie Vareille
1 episode
Jan Francis
Leila
1 episode
Clive Swift
Latham
1 episode
Bud Cort
Newt
1 episode
Peter Barkworth
Richard Mellor
1 episode
Patsy Byrne
Jean
1 episode
Robert Beatty
Pulver
1 episode
Cyd Hayman
Janet Murdoch
1 episode
Tara Buckman
Sally Fenton
1 episode
Charles Keating
Peter Madison
1 episode
Van Johnson
Gerry T. Armstrong
1 episode
Elizabeth Bradley
Mrs Bradley
1 episode
Eleanor Bron
Polly Knox
1 episode
Sharon Gless
Caroline Coates
1 episode
Richard Basehart
Slade
1 episode
Anthony Higgins
Cassan
1 episode
Don Johnson
Reeve Baker
1 episode
Zoë Wanamaker
Margaret Smythe
1 episode
Charles Kimbrough
Eric
1 episode
Lois Smith
Sara
1 episode
George Peppard
Sergeant Guedo
1 episode
Michael Jayston
G.B. Shaw
1 episode
Brad Dourif
Hitch-hiker
1 episode
Ed Begley Jr.
George Princey
1 episode
Sondra Locke
Edna
1 episode
Gareth Thomas
Telfer
1 episode
Caroline Goodall
Holly Peverill
1 episode
Michael Brandon
Stephen Baker
1 episode
Devon Scott
Jane Chenies
1 episode
Jim Broadbent
Mr Lovejoy
1 episode
Topol
Professor Max Kelada
1 episode
Michael Kitchen
Arthur
1 episode
Warren Clarke
Bob
1 episode
Anthony Quayle
Kyros Kassoulas
1 episode
Joanna Pettet
Betsy
1 episode
Caroline Langrishe
Ellen
1 episode
Gary Burghoff
Harry Flock
1 episode
Rita Gam
Lisa Brisson
1 episode
Frank Finlay
Arthur Pearson
1 episode
Michael Craig
Moira
1 episode
Robert Lang
Arthur
1 episode
James Faulkner
Patrick
1 episode
Tom Chadbon
Frank Parker
1 episode
Dorothy Tutin
Don
1 episode
Bernard Cribbins
Charlie Krebs
1 episode
Keith Barron
George Hitchman
1 episode
Marius Goring
Dr John Landy
1 episode
Rod Taylor
Paul Duveen
1 episode
Timothy West
Albert Taylor
1 episode
Robert Morse
Stephen Shaw
1 episode
Ivor Roberts
Gas Inspector
1 episode
Joyce Redman
Linda Knox
1 episode
Godfrey James
Claud
1 episode
Denholm Elliott
Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker
1 episode
Sandra Payne
Miss Pulteney
1 episode
Katy Jurado
Woman
1 episode
Phil Brown
F. Milton Willis
1 episode
Valerie Mahaffey
Jane
1 episode
Toyah Willcox
Marigold
1 episode
Peter Egan
Keith
1 episode
Cherie Lunghi
Karen Masterson
1 episode
Bill Owen
Meakins
1 episode
James Aubrey
Robert Simpson
1 episode
Ian Holm
Alan Corwin
1 episode
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Cotter
1 episode
Frances Tomelty
Norma
1 episode
Lou Jacobi
Waiter
1 episode
Laurence Payne
Collingwood
1 episode
Brenda Blethyn
Carol Hutchins
1 episode
Julie Dawn Cole
Emma
1 episode
Richard Pearson
Michael Carey
1 episode
Darren McGavin
Sheriff Milt Singleton
1 episode
Bryan Marshall
Frank Jesmond
1 episode
Phyllida Law
Maggie Patton
1 episode
Phyllis Calvert
Mabel Ince
1 episode
Lynsey Baxter
Jane
1 episode
Dick Smothers
Dr Humphrey Baxter
1 episode
John Bailey
Winterluck
1 episode
Arthur Hill
Terence Carter
1 episode
Elaine Giftos
Grace
1 episode
Bettye Ackerman
Ruby
1 episode
Joan Hackett
Brenda
1 episode
Malachy McCourt
Judge
1 episode
Jenny O'Hara
Pearson's Wife
1 episode
Will Hare
Old Man
1 episode
Carol Lynley
Elizabeth
1 episode
Frank Converse
Jack
1 episode
Charles Dance
Robert Smythe
1 episode
Jeremy Gittins
Dominic
1 episode
Richard Briers
Albert Dobson
1 episode
Benedict Taylor
Nicholas Lillie
1 episode
Eamonn Walker
Bates
1 episode
Nigel Havers
Miller
1 episode
Vivien Heilbron
Mother
1 episode
Nigel Hawthorne
Charles Drummond
1 episode
Logan Ramsey
Philbert
1 episode
Deryck Guyler
Commissionaire
1 episode
Roger Rees
James Howgill
1 episode
Saeed Jaffrey
Dr Kunzru
1 episode
John Carson
Arthur
1 episode
Daragh O'Malley
Jimmy
1 episode
Thorley Walters
Harry Gold
1 episode
Ron Moody
Richard Pratt
1 episode
Anna Massey
Irene Wrzaszcyzk
1 episode
Robert Morley
Henry Knox
1 episode
Betsy Blair
Mrs Wilbur
1 episode
Michael Aldridge
Sir Basil Turton
1 episode
Rupert Frazer
Basil Dashwood
1 episode
Michael Hordern
Cyril Bixby
1 episode
Michael Ontkean
Tommy
1 episode
Mark Jones
Detective Sergeant Jameson
1 episode
Paul Seed
Director of Commercial
1 episode
Jennie Linden
Faye
1 episode
Carol Drinkwater
Linda Larch
1 episode
Joe Gladwin
Heeny
1 episode
Tom Bosley
Ralph Stackpole
1 episode
Terry O'Quinn
Cop
1 episode
Victoria Tennant
Bernice
1 episode
Peter Jeffrey
Mr Stewart
1 episode
Hugh Fraser
Paul Standing
1 episode
Royce D. Applegate
Deputy Eddie Ream
1 episode
George Sewell
Laughlin
1 episode
Anna Neagle
Fanny Soane
1 episode
Stephen Greif
Rinaldo
1 episode
Ray Lonnen
Dr Steve Hutchins
1 episode
Peter Cushing
Von Baden
1 episode
Samantha Eggar
Gwen Carter
1 episode
Max Gail
Charlie
1 episode
Warren Oates
Harry
1 episode
Robert Loggia
Harry Elton
1 episode
Kevin Dobson
Fred Pearson
1 episode
Jane Asher
Jane
1 episode
Dennis Christopher
Killer
1 episode
Bradley Lavelle
The Lawyer
1 episode
Nina van Pallandt
Marthe Drouard
1 episode
Oscar James
William - Fisherman
1 episode
William Boyett
Simpson
1 episode
Denis Quilley
Captain Waterhouse
1 episode
Martin Benson
Vasco
1 episode
Stuart Wilson
Dave Brigham
1 episode
John Bennett
Royden
1 episode
Michael Gambon
Andrew
1 episode
James Greene
Garage Attendant
1 episode
Hugh Cross
Police Doctor
1 episode
Hilary Mason
Mrs Pardoe
1 episode
Fulton Mackay
Edward
1 episode
Edward Albert
Sam
1 episode
David Cassidy
Donald / David
1 episode
Sheila Burrell
Lady Eleanor Benson
1 episode
Denys Graham
Doctor
1 episode
Jennifer Holmes
Marcie
1 episode
Patrick O'Neal
Sutton
1 episode
Kathleen Doyle
Ann
1 episode
Peter Davison
Jeremy Tyler
1 episode
David Suchet
Yves Drouard
1 episode
John Nettleton
Hotel Manager
1 episode
Heather Sears
Margaret Pearson
1 episode
Maureen O'Brien
Janet
1 episode
Brian Blessed
Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
1 episode
Carmen Silvera
Carmen La Rosa
1 episode
Ann Doran
Mary Deacon
1 episode
Heinz Bernard
Charlie
1 episode
Liza Goddard
Barbara Colport
1 episode
Patricia Routledge
Milly Dobson
1 episode
Jemma Redgrave
Violette Charbonneau
1 episode
Jo Rowbottom
Joy
1 episode
Peter Bowles
Major Haddock
1 episode
Hayley Mills
Claire Hawksworth
1 episode
Bruce Boa
Mr Groober
1 episode
David Buck
Father
1 episode
Geoffrey Beevers
The Health Inspector
1 episode
Stuart Whitman
Sam Jenner
1 episode
Robert Arden
Berners
1 episode
Sean Barrett
Steward
1 episode
Lisa Dunsheath
Gloria
1 episode
Debbie Farrington
Louise Schofield
1 episode
Joanne Lara
Maria
1 episode
Andrew MacLachlan
Police Sergeant
1 episode
Frank Gatliff
Thomas Keyes
1 episode
Benjamin Whitrow
Fergus Locke
1 episode
June Watson
Audrey Locke
1 episode
Diana King
Ruth
1 episode
William Moore
Crisp
1 episode
Donald Eccles
Vicar
1 episode
Timothy Carlton
Walter Jameson
1 episode
Peter Howell
Louis Kendall
1 episode
Vincent Wong
Art Dealer
1 episode
John Judd
Police Inspector
1 episode
David Webb
Ronnie Carey
1 episode
Philip Jackson
George Forester
1 episode
Margaret Courtenay
Marge
1 episode
Anne Carroll
Lena
1 episode
Christopher Fulford
Bill
1 episode
Barry McCarthy
Jeff
1 episode
Gabrielle Hamilton
Doris
1 episode
Kirstie Pooley
Eva
1 episode
John King
Taxi Driver
1 episode
Gayle Hunnicutt
Susan Mandeville
1 episode
Burnell Tucker
Peter Blundell
1 episode
James Carroll Jordan
Alan Brodie
1 episode
Elliott Reid
Dick Archer
1 episode
Ellen Geer
Stella Archer
1 episode
Heather Locklear
Pat Ward
1 episode
Eugène Lourié
Vingleberg
1 episode
Gretchen Corbett
Martha Parker
1 episode
Nicholas Hormann
John Spalding
1 episode
Harry Northup
Fred
1 episode
Ted Gehring
Bartender
1 episode
Vince Howard
Detective
1 episode
Tom Finnegan
Barfly
1 episode
Mark Jax
White
1 episode
Sue Vanner
Zara Luke
1 episode
Ian Tyler
Bellhop
1 episode
Barbara Rosenblat
TV Interviewer
1 episode
Patrick Mower
Walter
1 episode
George Hall
George
1 episode
Rick Crom
Photographer
1 episode
Fritz Weaver
Princey
1 episode
Denise Galik
Melanie Todd
1 episode
Amanda Boxer
Jenny Overton
1 episode
Evie Garratt
Mrs Cromer
1 episode
Tamara Ustinov
Beryl
1 episode
Jason Carter
Youth
1 episode
Ruth Kettlewell
Wife
1 episode
Bryan Matheson
Husband
1 episode
Francesca Brill
Jane Fisher
1 episode
John Horsley
Giles Rowley
1 episode
Jonathan Coy
William Haddock
1 episode
Raad Rawi
Crown Prince Zawi
1 episode
Rowland Davies
The Bank Manager
1 episode
Nadim Sawalha
Zayid Halim
1 episode
Stefan Kalipha
Chief Inspector Aziz
1 episode
Michael O'Hagan
Detective Superintendent Burke
1 episode
Glynis Barber
Lilian / Sylvia Brett
1 episode
Nicholas Ball
Ken Johnson
1 episode
Albert Welling
Detective Inspector Gunter
1 episode
Michael Wisher
Dexter
1 episode
Kim Thomson
Elly Somerton
1 episode
Edward Wiley
Jasper Cranley
1 episode
Steve Plytas
Professor Daxatides
1 episode
Steffanie Pitt
Angela Dalton
1 episode
Erika Hoffman
Suzie Anderson
1 episode
José Ferrer
Carlos
1 episode
Vass Anderson
Huntsman
1 episode
Alan Chuntz
Taxi Driver
1 episode
Anthony Dawes
Clergyman
1 episode
Don Fellows
Renshaw
1 episode
Davyd Harries
Purser
1 episode
Jana Shelden
Mrs Renshaw
1 episode
Julia Watson
Maid
1 episode
Brian Capron
Airport Official
1 episode
Ann Beach
Miss Unwin
1 episode
Jacob Witkin
Boris Duckworth
1 episode
Paul Greenhalgh
Simpson
1 episode
Michael Sheard
Inspector
1 episode
Alfred Burke
Herbert
1 episode
Pat Keen
Vera
1 episode
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Mrs Wilkinson
1 episode
Dudley Sutton
Detective Sergeant Jack Sherrard
1 episode
Geoffrey Lumsden
Solicitor
1 episode
Stephen Boswell
Doorman
1 episode
Nancy Nevinson
Grande Dame
1 episode
Michael Ryan
Man at Airport
1 episode
Bernard Miles
Mr Rummins
1 episode
Lee Montague
Mr Storker
1 episode
Roger Milner
Mr Hawkins
1 episode
Patricia Quinn
Phyl Tinker
1 episode
Diane Holland
Blanche Cutler
1 episode
Tim Bentinck
Meech
1 episode
Roger Brierley
Jack Parsons
1 episode
Alan Foss
Hector Wilcox
1 episode
Murray Ewan
Professor Coburn
1 episode
Raymond Francis
Mr Peckham
1 episode
Vic Tablian
Arab Officer
1 episode
Albert Moses
Arab Patrolman
1 episode
John Wyman
Guest
1 episode
Judi Bowker
Ann
1 episode
Anthony Franciosa
Arnold Bourdon
1 episode
Shirley Knight
Elizabeth Bourdon
1 episode
Deborah Geffner
Miss Grecco
1 episode
Annie McGreevey
Nurse
1 episode
Harry Andrews
Klausner
1 episode
James Warwick
Dr Scott
1 episode
Margery Mason
Mrs Saunders
1 episode
Keith Drinkel
Sim
1 episode
Cheryl Hall
Irene Rankin
1 episode
Edward Grover
Bailout
1 episode
Damian London
Mr Grunge
1 episode
Tad Horino
Coroner
1 episode
Gérard Lartigau
Henri
1 episode
Alan Gifford
Edward
1 episode
Belinda Mayne
Anna Kleiber
1 episode
Linda Liles
Miss Graham
1 episode
Nat Jackley
Mr Deacon
1 episode
Ralph Bates
Paul Foster
1 episode
Sharon Duce
Sophie Trent
1 episode
Edward Jewesbury
Psychiatrist
1 episode
Stephen Bent
Car Dealer
1 episode
Sheila Ruskin
Louise
1 episode
Bernice Stegers
Kaye
1 episode
Rosalyn Elvin
Waitress
1 episode
Lill Roughley
Blonde Girl
1 episode
Frank Henson
Van Driver
1 episode
Edward Burnham
Henry Bliss
1 episode
Ian Redford
Detective Sergeant Harvey
1 episode
Tom Cotcher
Detective Sergeant Talbot
1 episode
Peter Baldwin
Desk Clerk
1 episode
Siân Phillips
Hermione
1 episode
Artro Morris
Tom
1 episode
Lynne Ross
Samantha
1 episode
Jessie Matthews
Hazel
1 episode
Bill Maynard
Merv Pottinger
1 episode
Peter Sallis
Solicitor
1 episode
Carol MacReady
Liz Ferguson
1 episode
Colin Farrell
Dave Ferguson
1 episode
Phoebe Nicholls
Carol
1 episode
Info
Status
Ended
Original Language
English
Networks
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