Manning Wilson
Biography
Manning Wilson was a British actor known for his roles in various television dramas and films, including "I, Claudius" and "The Avengers."
Known For & Full Filmography19 Titles
Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes • as Inspector Quercy
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Captain Holcroft
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes • as Lord Guthrie
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes • as Sir Charles
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Marsus Vibius
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Narrator
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • as Reverend Hailey
Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Vicar
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Commercial Voice
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected save for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. The series avoids typical monster horror clichès, moreso focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Commercial Voice
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Bishop
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Inspector Jagger
A famed concert pianist's hands are destroyed in a plane crash; when he receives transplants from a recently executed strangler, his murderous new mitts attract the attention of a sleazy illusionist turned blackmailer.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Cicero
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Inspector
When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Narrator
On a cold day in January 1850, a group of travelling actors arrive out of the snow at the remote country estate of Count Horvath, in eastern Hungary. The Count is delighted to have an excuse for re-opening the old family theatre, closed since his childhood. But other members of his household wonder whether these unexpected guests should be made quite so welcome.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Captain Holcroft
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Sgt. Bates
Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewellery from the stranger's own safe.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Uncle Walt
When Mr Coleman was alive he found it hard to talk to his son. Since his death he finds it strangely easier.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Frederic Wilder
A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.