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Maurice Denham 1909 - 2002

M. Margaret Dunn

Trained as an Engineer.
First appeared on stage in 1934. Started out in Rep. in Hull for 2 years and then in 1936 with another Rep. company in Brighton and Croydon.
Joined the Army in 1939.
Radio Series : ITMA and Much Binding in the Marsh.
In 1992 he was awarded O.B.E.




Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1934 Little Theatre, Hull The Marquise Hubert .. ..... .. ..
1936 Arts Theatre Rain Before Seven George Furness .. ..... .. ..
1936 Comedy Theatre Busmans Honeymoon George .. ..... .. ..
1937 Arts Theatre Flying Blind George Lumb .. ..... .. ..
1938 Players Theatre Heaven and Charing Cross Eddie Norman .. ..... On the High Road ..
1938 Savoy Theatre A Room in Red, White and Blue Peter Mansky .. ..... The Marvellous History of St. Bernard Bonaventure
1938 Gate Theatre The Heart Was Not Burned Fletcher .. ..... A Hundred Years Old Alonso
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... Badger's Green ..
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... Laburnum Grove George Radfern
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... Many Waters ..
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... Hay Fever David Bliss
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... Edna's Fruit Hat George
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Take My Life Defending Counsel
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Man Within Smuggler
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Upturned Glass Mobile Policeman
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... They Made Me a Fugitive Mr. Fenshaw
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Holiday Camp Camp Doctor
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Jassy Jim Stoner
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Captain Boycott Lt. Col. Strickland
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Fame Is the Spur Prison doctor
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... The End of the River Defending Counsel
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Daybreak Inspector
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Miranda Cockle Vendor
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Oliver Twist Chief of Police
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... My Brother's Keeper Supt. Trent
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... London Belongs to Me Jack Rufus
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Here Come the Huggetts 1st Engineer
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Blind Goddess Lord Brasted's Butler
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Look Before You Love Fosser
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Escape Crown
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Blanche Fury Major Fraser
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Easy Money Inspector Kirby
1949 Ambassadors Theatre Fumed Oak Henry Gow .. ..... Poet's Pub Constable
1949 Ambassadors Theatre Fallen Angels Willy banbury .. ..... The Spider and the Fly Colonel de la Roche
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... Traveller's Joy Fowler
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... Once Upon a Dream Vicar
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... It's Not Cricket Otto Fisch
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Bill Martin
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... Don't Ever Leave Me Mr. Knowles
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... Madness of the Heart Dr. Simon Blake
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Blue Lagoon Ship Captain
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... Landfall Wing Cmdr. Hewitt
1951 Arts Theatre Shaw Festival of One Act Plays ..... .. ..... No Highway Major Pearl
1951 Arts Theatre The Great Adventure Ilam Carve .. ..... .. ..
1952 Q Theatre The House at Bury Hill Sam and George Titmarsh .. ..... .. ..
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Time Bomb Jim Warilow
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Street Corner Mr. Dawson
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Million Pound Note Mr. Reid
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Net Prof. Carrington
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Malta Story British Officer
1954 Whithall Theatre Satellite Story Stefan .. ..... Eight O'Clock Walk Horace Clifford
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Purple Plain Blore
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... Animal Farm All Animals
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Doctor at Sea Easter
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Carrington V.C. Lieutenant Colonel B.R. Reeve
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Simon and Laura Wilson
1956 Wyndham Theatre Shadow of Fear Sir Mark Evershed .. ..... Checkpoint Ted Thornhill
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... 23 Paces to Baker Street Inspector Grovening
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... History of the Cinema Narrator
1957 .. .. ..... Angel Pavement Mr. Smeeth Night of the Demon Professor Henry Harrington
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... Barnacle Bill Mayor Crowley
1958 Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith / Garrick Theatre The Dock Brief Fowle Armchair Theatre - I Can Destroy the Sun Dr. Lunn .. ..
1958 Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith / Garrick Theatre What Shall We Tell Caroline Arthur Loudon .. .. .. ..
1958 Cambridge Theatre Who's Your Father Arthur Crabb .. ..... .. ..
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Our Man in Havana Admiral
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Captain's Table Major Broster
1960 .. .. ..... Armchair Mystery Theatre - Madeleine Inspector Boileau Sink the Bismarck! Commander Richards
1960 .. .. ..... Maigret - A Man of Quality ..... Two Way Stretch The Governor
1961 Mermaid Theatre The Andersonville Trial Henry Wirtz .. ..... The Greengage Summer Mr. Bullock
1961 Edinburgh Festival King John King John .. ..... The Mark Arnold Cartwright
1961 Old Vic King John King John .. ..... Invasion Quartet Doctor Barker
1961 Old Vic Macbeth Macbeth .. ..... .. ..
1962 .. .. ..... Out of This World - Vanishing Act Edgar Brocklebank The Very Edge Crawford
1962 .. .. ..... .. ..... H.M.S. Defiant Mr. Goss
1963 Ashcroft Theatre The sky is Green Stone .. ..... The Set-Up Theo Gaunt
1963 .. .. ..... .. ..... Paranoiac John Kossett
1963 .. .. ..... .. ..... The King's Breakfast Narrator
1964 Hamstead Theatre Club Do You Knoe the Milky Way Dr. Neuross .. ..... Downfall Sir Harold Crossley
1964 .. .. ..... .. ..... The 7th Dawn Tarlton
1965 .. .. ..... The Third Man - The Trial of Harry Lime Hargest McCrea The Nanny Dr. Beamaster
1965 .. .. ..... Sherlock Holmes - The Retired Colourman Josiah Amberley The Heroes of Telemark Doctor
1965 .. .. ..... The Legend of Young Dick Turpin Mr. Fielding The Alphabet Murders Police Inspector Japp
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Trawler Skipper
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Hysteria Hemmings
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Operation Crossbow RAF Officer
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Night Caller Dr. Morley
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Uncle Mr. Ream
1966 .. .. ..... Danger Man - Someone Is Liable to Get Hurt Volos Caccia alla volpe Chief of Interpol
1966 .. .. ..... Disneyland - The Legend of Young Dick Turpin Mr. Fielding .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... Talking to a Stranger Edward Stevens .. ..
1967 Mermaid Theatre Nathan the Wise Nathan The Willow House School ..... Torture Garden Uncle Roger
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... Rocket to the Moon Narrator
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Long Duel Govenor
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... Danger Route Peter Ravenspur
1967 .. .. ..... Theatre 625 - A Slight Ache ..... .. ..
1968 .. .. ..... From Chekhov with Love ..... Attack on the Iron Coast Sir Frederick Grafton
1968 .. .. ..... Theatre 625 - Home Sweet Honeycombe ..... Negatives The Father
1968 .. .. ..... Thirty-Minute Theatre - Of Public Concern ..... .. ..
1968 .. .. ..... Play of the Month - St. Joan Bishop of Beauvais .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... The Troubleshooters - It's a Very Bad Day for Travelling Henry Burton Midas Run Crittenden
1969 .. .. ..... Play of the Month - Julius Caesar Julius Caesar A Touch of Love Doctor Prothero
1969 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Best House in London Editor of The Times
1969 .. .. ..... .. ..... Some Girls Do Mr. Mortimer
1970 Mermaid Theatre The Apple Cart Proteus Play of the Month - In Good King Charles's Golden Days ..... The Virgin and the Gypsy The Rector
1971 Royal Court The Lovers of Viorne Pierre Lannes .. ..... Countess Dracula Master Fabio
1971 .. .. ..... .. ..... Sunday Bloody Sunday Mr. Greville
1971 .. .. ..... Nicholas and Alexandra Kokovtsov .. ..
1972 - 1973 .. .. ..... The Lotus Eaters Nestor Turton .. ..
1973 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Day of the Jackal Gen. Colbert
1973 .. .. ..... .. ..... Luther Johann Von Staupitz
1974 .. .. ..... The Carnforth Practice - The Last Roman Ernest Railton .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... Fall of Eagles Kaiser Wilhelm I .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... An Unofficial Rose Hugh Peronett .. ..
1974 - 1977 .. .. ..... Porridge Rawley .. ..
1975 .. .. ..... Play of the Month - Love's Labour's Lost Armando .. ..
1976 .. .. ..... Angels - Walkabout ..... Shout at the Devil Mr. Smythe
1977 .. .. ..... Secret Army - Good Friday Father Girard Julia Undertaker
1978 .. .. ..... Return of the Saint - The Village That Sold Its Soul Prince Lorenzo .. ..
1978 .. .. ..... Edward & Mrs. Simpson Archbishop of Canterbury .. ..
1978 .. .. ..... The Professionals - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant Sir James Temple .. ..
1979 .. .. ..... The Gate of Eden Mr. Faulkner .. ..
1979 .. .. ..... Jackanory - The Hobbit ..... .. ..
1979 .. .. ..... My Son, My Son Captain Judas .. ..
1979 .. .. ..... Schalken the Painter Gerrit Dou .. ..
1981 .. .. ..... .. ..... From a Far Country Sapieha
1982 .. .. ..... Minder - The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs Billings .. ..
1982 .. .. ..... The Chinese Detective - Trials Edward Ruthven .. ..
1982 .. .. ..... The Agatha Christie Hour - The Case of the Discontented Soldier / The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife Parker Pyne .. ..
1983 .. .. ..... The Home Front Mr. Garlick .. ..
1983 .. .. ..... The Old Men at the Zoo Dr. Edwin Leacock .. ..
1983 .. .. ..... Martin Luther, Heretic ..... .. ..
1984 .. .. ..... Doctor Who Prof. Edgeworth The Chain Grandpa
1985 .. .. ..... Love Song Sir William Hatchard Mr. Love Theo
1985 .. .. ..... Mr. Palfrey of Westminster - Official Secret Benedict .. ..
1985 .. .. ..... The Black Tower Father Michael Baddeley .. ..
1985 .. .. ..... Minder on the Orient Express Meredith Gascoyne .. ..
1986 Sadler's Wells Shakespeare Birthday Festival ..... Boon - For Whom the Chimes Toll Major Hopkinson .. ..
1986 .. .. ..... All Passion Spent Gervase Bucktrout .. ..
1987 Royalty Theatre Semi_Monde ..... Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Old, Old Story Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans 84 Charing Cross Road George Martin
1987 .. .. ..... Great Performances - Monsignor Quixote Senor Diego .. ..
1987 .. .. ..... 4.50 from Paddington Luther Crackenthorpe .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... The Dog It Was That Died Vicar .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... Tears in the Rain Fordingbridge .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Quality of Life Wedding Guest .. ..
1989 Theatre Royal, Bath In Praise of Rattigan ..... Behaving Badly Herbert .. ..
1990 .. .. ..... The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Voice .. ..
1991 .. .. ..... Inspector Morse - Fat Chance Reverend Lance Mandeville .. ..
1991 .. .. ..... You Rang, M'Lord? - The Night of Reckoning Captain Cedric Dolby .. ..
1992 .. .. ..... Memento Mori Guy Leet .. ..
1992 .. .. ..... Lovejoy - Benin Bronze Sir Max Spence .. ..
1993 .. .. ..... The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - The Last Vampyre Reverend Augustus Merridew .. ..
1993 .. .. ..... Peak Practice Douglas Hart .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... Prisoners in Time Padre Babb .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... The Bill - Who Cares? John Houghton .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... Bed Man .. ..
1996 .. .. ..... Pie in the Sky - Doggett's Coat and Badge Striker of the Yard El Último viaje de Robert Rylands Hume
1997 .. .. ..... The Beggar Bride Lord Evelyn Hurleston .. ..
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