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Clifford Parrish

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1919-01-01

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#1The Saint

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes • as Mr. Roach

7.4 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

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.

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#2BBC Play of the Month

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as First Lord of the Admiralty

5.3 / 10
Drama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

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#3Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Alnutt

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

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

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#4Tales of the Unexpected

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Frank Miller

6.8 / 10
Drama

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.

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#5Crown Court

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Philip Gordon

5.7 / 10
Drama

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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#6Van der Valk

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Pathologist

6.2 / 10
Drama

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.

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#7Rumpole of the Bailey

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Mr. Thripp

7.1 / 10
DramaComedyCrime

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

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#8The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Finch

7.5 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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#9The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Dr. Ewing

7.5 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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#10Public Eye

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Coroner

8.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Public Eye is a British television drama broadcast from 1965 to 1975 on ITV1. Produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four, the programme follows the investigations and cases handled by the unglamourous enquiry agent Frank Marker.

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#11Poldark

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Sir John Trevaunance

6.9 / 10
Drama

Poldark is a television drama based on Winston Graham's novels of the same title. It was first transmitted on BBC Two across two seasons between 1975 and 1977. The adaptation covered all seven novels (of the eventual twelve) published up to the time. In late 18th-century Cornwall, Ross Poldark loses his fiancée, well-bred beauty Elizabeth, to his cousin Francis. He ends up marrying his servant, Demelza Carne, but his passion for Elizabeth simmers on for years. Meanwhile, he strives to make his derelict copper mines a success. Life is hard, smuggling is rife, and Ross finds himself taking the side of the underclass against the ruthless behaviour of his enemies, the greedy Warleggan clan.

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#12The Forsyte Saga

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as Gradman

8.5 / 10
Drama

The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.

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#13Worzel Gummidge

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Vicar

6.2 / 10
KidsSci-Fi & FantasyFamily

Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which was set in New Zealand.

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#14Manhunt

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Inspector

6.8 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.

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#15Londoners

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Housing Clerk

8.8 / 10
Drama

London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, ranging from Soho to the Law Courts, Wembley to the docks. Of the twelve episodes, eleven are believed to be lost.

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#16Battle of Britain

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Kelly's Butler (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
WarHistoryAction

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.

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#17Villains

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Frank Matthews

7.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

Follows the linked fates of nine bank robbers, led by George. It begins with the nine men meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody.

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#18The Barchester Chronicles

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Handy

7.3 / 10
Drama

The Barchester Chronicles is a 1982 BBC television serial produced by Jonathan Powell and dramatised by Alan Plater, based on Anthony Trollope's first two Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden (1855) and Barchester Towers (1857). Against the sumptuous background of Peterborough Cathedral and its environs, one is carried into Trollope's world of the intriguing machinations of the clerical establishment of Barchester. Backed by the authenticity of the period detail, the portrayal of all the characters accurately conveys the whole range of human emotions within the stories.

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#19Ladies in Charge

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Mr Swainton

6.5 / 10
MysteryComedyDrama

Ladies in Charge is a 1986 British television drama, an expansion from a 1985 pilot in the Storyboard anthology programme. Produced by Thames Television for ITV, the six-episode programme stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills, and Julia Swift. After serving as World War I ambulance drivers, three women start a private agency in London to solve problems for clients, blending mystery and drama with a lighthearted tone. They take on various cases, from finding lost items to uncovering secrets, often challenging societal expectations for women of the era.

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#20The Mayor of Casterbridge

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Longways

6.8 / 10
Drama

The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles, with Alan Bates as the title character. Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and, for five guineas, sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.

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#21Sense and Sensibility

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Doctor Harris

6.3 / 10
Drama

A story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility.

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#22The Life and Death of King John

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Citizen of Angiers

7.3 / 10
HistoryDramaTV Movie

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.

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#23Henry V

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Duke of Exeter

6.2 / 10
DramaWarTV Movie

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind, and prove himself as a leader.

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#24All the Way Up

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Mr Hadfield

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his family more socially acceptable.

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#25Someone at the Top of the Stairs

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Harold

7.7 / 10
ThrillerTV MovieHorror

A young woman and her friend rent a room in a boarding house. Soon they become aware of the fact that the other "renters" are a very strange lot, and that there are some very odd goings-on in the house that seem to be centered in the attic... Part of the ITV 'Thriller' anthology series.

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#26London Is Drowning

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Thompson

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

A fictional look at what might happen if the Thames were to flood before completion of the Thames Barrier at the end of 1982. A series of freak weather conditions coincide and there is a real possibility that the Thames will flood as a surge tide is racing down the East Coast.

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#27The Fools on the Hill

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as BBC Chairman

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on November 2, 1936 at Alexandra Place in London. It was produced to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

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#28The Winslow Boy

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Drama

The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why, moreover, is he hiding in the garden in the rain?

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#29Casting the Runes

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Wiggin

7.0 / 10
MysteryTV MovieHorror

The producer of an investigative television programme which is critical of an occultist finds out that he has a curse put on her.

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#30The Bond

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Stan

8.0 / 10
TV MovieDrama

Newlyweds Chris and Sally are young and attractive, with successful careers and a beautiful home. Their future is rosy. However, trying to make marriage work is not easy.

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