Denis Cleary

Acting
1927-02-21
Willesden, London, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Peasant

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#2The Avengers

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Ambulance Man

7.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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#3Theatre 625

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Sievers

7.2 / 10
Drama

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.

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#4Theatre 625

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Clerk

7.2 / 10
Drama

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.

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#5Churchill's People

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Smithers

5.0 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

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#6Redcap

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as 2nd Highland RS

8.0 / 10
Drama

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. It ran for 26 episodes over two series between 1964 and 1966, being about 50 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for a 1960s ABC Weekend Television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.

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#7Beasts

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as James Dodge

7.0 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama

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.

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#8A Man Called Harry Brent

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Tom

8.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

A company director has been murdered by a perfect stranger. DI Alan Milton is put in charge of the case. He is the former fiancé of the victim's secretary. She is now about to marry a mysterious figure with a connection to the murder suspect.

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#9The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Waiter (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
HorrorSci-Fi

After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.

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#10Beasts: During Barty's Party

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as James Dodge

9.0 / 10
HorrorTV MovieMystery

A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.

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#11Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Peasant

6.3 / 10
Sci-FiActionAdventure

The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.

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#12To Encourage the Others

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m as Close

5.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.

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