Mike Savage

Acting
1943-05-20
County Clare, Ireland

Biography

Mike Savage is a UK based character actor of 30-odd years experience in regional theatre, West End productions, national tours, films and hundreds of television programme's ranging from prestigious television drama plays, drama series, comedy-drama series, situation comedy series, narrations, voice-overs and commercials. As a co-founder of XED Film & Television Associates with his writing partner, Allan Bardsley, he is also a script writer.

Known For & Full Filmography25 Titles

#1Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Bernie

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#2Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Dipso Pete

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#3A Touch of Frost

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Bill Duggan

7.5 / 10
DramaCrimeMystery

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

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#4Grange Hill

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Mr. Browning

6.7 / 10
Drama

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

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#5The Professionals

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Spray Operator

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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#6The Sweeney

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Ward

8.1 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaCrime

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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#7Dempsey and Makepeace

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Ripley

6.7 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.

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#8Lovejoy

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Wendover

7.4 / 10
ComedyDramaMystery

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

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#9The Vice

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Alex Davies

5.6 / 10
CrimeDrama

The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. Spanning five short series from 1999 and 2003, it follows the London Metropolitan police force's vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and such organised crime are regular occurrences. Most episodes end where the main villain is caught but often not in a 'naturally' concluded way expected from other TV dramas, and often ending with more unanswered questions than answered. Leader DI Pat Chappel struggles to manage the balance between his private and professional lives — as do the rest of the team. Working in the seedy underworld leads to a continual dilemma — the tension between the Vice Squad and vice-related crimes runs throughout the series and gives the show a rich viewing experience. The line of the team staying on the right side of the law is often blurred, as almost every member at different points submits briefly or permanently to the dubious temptations, sometimes with drastic consequences.

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#10Return of the Saint

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Falkner

7.0 / 10
Action & Adventure

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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#11The House of Eliott

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Stan Butcher

6.6 / 10
Drama

Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.

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#12Hammer House of Horror

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as P.C. Jenkins

7.1 / 10
MysteryDrama

Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

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#13Danger UXB

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Private

8.0 / 10
Drama

Danger UXB is a 1979 British television series developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers. The programme is titled and partly based on the memoirs of Major A. B. Hartley, M.B.E, RE, Unexploded Bomb - The Story of Bomb Disposal, with episodes written by Hawkesworth and four screenwriters. The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company which, as a result of thousands of unexploded bombs in London during the Blitz, has become a bomb disposal unit. As with all his fellow officers, Ash must for the most part learn the techniques and procedures of disarming and destroying the UXBs through experience, repeatedly confronted with more cunning and deadlier technological advances in aerial bomb fusing. The storylines were primarily military, with a romantic thread between Ash and an inventor's married daughter, and other human interest vignettes.

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#14Pennies from Heaven

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Arnold

7.6 / 10
Drama

Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.

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#15Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Kevin's Dad

5.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.

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#16A Little Bit of Wisdom

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as James

8.8 / 10
Comedy

A series of occurrences launch Norman Wisdom on a succession of remarkable and unpredictable adventures.

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#17The Witches and the Grinnygog

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Police Sergeant

7.5 / 10
FamilyMysteryKids

When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.

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#18Heart of America

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m as Dave

5.1 / 10
Drama

It is the last day of high school and the unthinkable is about to happen. Distraught at the constant abuse and bullying they have been subjected to, two students have made a suicide pact. But before they take their own lives, they are determined to cause chaos and murder amongst their fellow students.

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#19Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as Sergeant

6.2 / 10
CrimeComedyTV Movie

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.

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#20Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

4.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Dramatization of the romance and July 1981 wedding of Great Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

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#21The Stick Up

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Lorry Driver

5.6 / 10
ComedyCrimeRomance

Duke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes. For some reason, he believes that his larcenous ways will bring him prosperity in the country which at one time or another has had rulership over a large portion of the globe. While there, he meets Rosie McCratchit (Pamela McMyler), a lovely Irish gal who could do with some improvement in her fortunes as well. Together, they have a series of legal, quasi-legal and definitely illegal adventures, including Duke's cow-roping and Rosie's response to the mud-wrestling challenge of the Amazon Lady, as well as an attempted armored-car robbery.

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#22The Witches and the Grinnygog

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Police Sergeant

8.0 / 10
FantasyFamilyTV Movie

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.

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#23Mummy and Daddy

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as David

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Arthur takes early retirement, and with his wife Marion, moves into a bungalow by the sea, bought by their son. However, disillusionment sets in after a year when the plans he had do not work out and life is not what they expected or hoped.

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#24Knockback: 1

Movie - 1985, 2h 15m as Officer

7.5 / 10
DramaThrillerTV Movie

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.

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#25Black Island

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as River Police Sergeant

8.0 / 10
CrimeFamily

Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.

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