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Frank Barrie

Acting
1936-09-19
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

#1The Professionals

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Martell

7.6 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

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#2ITV Playhouse

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as Cecil

7.0 / 10
Drama

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

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#3No Hiding Place

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

4.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.

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#4Secret Army

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Hercule Becker

7.7 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

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#5Howards' Way

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Mr. Kennedy

5.9 / 10
DramaSoap

The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.

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#6The Main Chance

Drama Series - 1969, 16 episodes • as Richard Pryce-Hartley

8.3 / 10
Drama

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

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#7The Adventurer

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Wemer

6.3 / 10
Action & Adventure

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.

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#8Murder in Suburbia

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as JJ

7.6 / 10
DramaMysteryCrime

Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has a sharp, analytical mind; her working-class partner, Detective Sergeant Emma Scribbins, relies on her instincts. Together this sassy, sexy investigative team uncovers the dark urges behind suburban Middleford's placid façade.

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#9Calendar Girls

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Lecherous Photographer

6.5 / 10
DramaComedy

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

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#10The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Bad Lord William

7.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

Five ghosts occupy the titular Motley Hall. Each hails from a different era and all—save for newly deceased Matt—are unable to leave the confines of the building.

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#11A Man Called Harry Brent

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as George

8.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

A company director has been murdered by a perfect stranger. DI Alan Milton is put in charge of the case. He is the former fiancé of the victim's secretary. She is now about to marry a mysterious figure with a connection to the murder suspect.

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#12Jekyll & Hyde

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • as Poole the Butler

5.9 / 10
HorrorThrillerTV Movie

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an uninhibited brute who seeks violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom induced by the drug. He can commit the most enjoyably revolting deeds, then return to his laboratory and use an antidote to change back to his original form, so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.

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#13The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Sir Eglamour

6.5 / 10
ComedyRomanceTV Movie

Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothed Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia - and he too becomes besotted.

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#14John Keats: His Life and Death

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Joseph Severn

8.8 / 10
Drama

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

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#15Life After Death

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Dr. Edwards

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.

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#16On Giant's Shoulders

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Solicitor

9.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.

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