Desmond Cullum-Jones

Acting
1924-12-01
Seattle, Washington, USA

Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles

#1Dad's Army

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes as Private Desmond

7.4 / 10
ComedyWar & Politics

Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.

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#2Danger Man

Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.3 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

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#3Dempsey and Makepeace

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Coltrane

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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#4Doomwatch

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Patterson

6.4 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.

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#5Shoestring

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Nigel Cantly

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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#6Suspense

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Ambulanceman

6.7 / 10
MysteryDrama

Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.

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#7Suspense

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Major Ware

6.7 / 10
MysteryDrama

Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.

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#8Father Brown

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Police Constable

6.8 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is a Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective.

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#9The Good Life

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as 2nd Workman

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.

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#10The Rag Nymph

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes as Magistrate

6.9 / 10
Drama

It’s 1854 and ten-year-old Millie is taken in by ‘Raggie Aggie’ after her mother dies in a Newcastle brothel. The spirited young Millie is exposed again to the corrupting influences of the streets of Newcastle.

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#11A Man Called Harry Brent

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Stone

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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#12The Desperate People

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Sergeant Bellamy

7.5 / 10
MysteryDrama

Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a deceased friend and his search takes him to Dublin. Sometime later, Larry learns that Philip never went to Dublin, but instead has disappeared.

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#13Dad's Army

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Private Desmond

5.0 / 10
ComedyWar

Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

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#14The Big Switch

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m as Chief Inspector

4.7 / 10
Crime

Playboy John Carter picks up a woman in a discotheque and takes her home. When she is murdered and he is framed for the crime, he finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld plot.

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#15Doctor Who: The War Machines

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Worker

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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#16The Switch

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Merrall

7.0 / 10
Crime

A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.

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#17The Breaking Point

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Evans

5.8 / 10
CrimeThriller

A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.

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#18The Steal

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m as Man at Newsstand

5.9 / 10
ThrillerComedy

A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.

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#19Freak Out

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Merv`s Boss

5.6 / 10
ComedyHorror

Two best friends, Merv Doody (James Heathcote) and Onkey (Dan Palmer), take a hapless escaped mental patient under their wing and attempt to teach him how to become a real serial killer.

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#20Wuthering Heights

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Servant

9.5 / 10
DramaTV MovieRomance

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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