Bill Horsley

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1Upstairs, Downstairs

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Perry

7.8 / 10
Drama

Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.

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#2Public Eye

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Vicar

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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#3The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Herr Wiegand

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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#4Sergeant Cork

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Forster

7.2 / 10
Drama

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

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#5Shoestring

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Man on Cassette (voice)

7.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

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#6Elizabeth R

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Dutch Envoy

7.5 / 10
Drama

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.

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#7The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Footman

8.0 / 10
DramaAction & Adventure

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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#8Going Straight

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Man In Line-Up

7.7 / 10
Comedy

Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set. It sees Fletcher trying to become an honest member of society, having vowed to stay away from crime on his release. The title refers to his attempt, 'straight' being a slang term meaning being honest, in contrast to 'bent', i.e., dishonest. Also re-appearing was Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber, who was Fletcher's naïve young cellmate and was now in a relationship with his daughter Ingrid. Her brother Raymond was played by a teenage Nicholas Lyndhurst. Only one series, of six episodes, was made in 1978. It attracted an audience of over 15 million viewers and won a BAFTA award in March 1979, but hopes of a further series had already been dashed by Beckinsale's premature death earlier in the same month.

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#9Holly

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Court Official

8.8 / 10
Drama

Holly Elliot is a university graduate taking an evening class in art appreciation. Her husband, David, on the other hand, works for a mail-order firm and is trying hard to keep up with Holly by taking an extramural degree in his spare time. Their lives are about to be irrevocably upended.

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#10Atlantic Wall

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as R.A.F. orderly

6.2 / 10
AdventureComedyWar

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.

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#11Ring of Bright Water

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Timid man

5.8 / 10
DramaFamily

Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends.

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#12Never Mention Murder

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Philip

6.0 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

When a surgeon discovers that his wife has a lover he plans murder.

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#13Night Is the Time for Killing

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Waiter

6.0 / 10
MysteryHorrorTV Movie

Film starring Judy Geeson, James Smilie, Charles Gray, Alister Williamson

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#14Jumping Bean Bag

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Vicar

8.0 / 10
DramaMusicTV Movie

At an end-of-term school play, Ozzie and his band join in with a hard rock contribution. However, this leads to the unexpected fame of the schoolboy rock group, and they find that there is a darker down-side to fame and being successful music stars.

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#15A Bit of a Lift

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Vicar

9.0 / 10

A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

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