John Boyd-Brent

Acting
1919-05-05
Reigate, Surrey, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles

#1Sergeant Cork

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Alf Strong

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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#2The Caves of Steel

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Clousar

7.0 / 10
DramaSci-FiTV Movie

In the future New York City, the Deputy Commissioner of Police is assisted by a robot detective in solving the murder of a scientist.

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#3Doctor Who: The War Machines

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Soldier

7.4 / 10
Sci-FiDramaAdventure

The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer.

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