Personal Info
Birth date
1923-11-07 (101 Years)
Day of death
1984-03-27
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as
-Derek Francis
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Derek Francis (born 7 November 1923 in Brighton - died 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Crown Court
5.4
Overview:
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.The Sweeney
7.75
Overview:
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.The Professionals
7.489
Overview:
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.No Hiding Place
3.7
Overview:
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.Thriller
6.6
Overview:
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.Man in a Suitcase
7
Overview:
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.Farewell Performance
NYR
Overview:
After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.Sykes
6.4
Overview:
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.Z-Cars
7
Overview:
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.The Scales of Justice
6.7
Overview:
Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and followed the "Scotland Yard" series of shorts also introduced by Edgar Lustgarten. Production was sporadic (presumably filling gaps in the Edgar Wallace schedule), the first three released Nov-Dec 1962, a second batch of three released Sept/Oct 1963, two more in Feb 1965, one in Dec 1965 and a final batch (in colour) Sept 1966 to March 1967. The usual Merton Park recipe of familiar British actors in tightly plotted screenplays (based on real cases) with better than usual B movies production standards. All thirteen have now (Oct 2012) been released on DVD by Network.Softly, Softly
5
Overview:
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.The New Avengers
6.978
Overview:
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Thirty-Minute Theatre
3.833
Overview:
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.No Love for Johnnie
6.2
Overview:
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
7.4
Overview:
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.Catweazle
7.5
Overview:
A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 was directed by David Reid and David Lane. Both series had thirteen episodes each, with Geoffrey Bayldon playing the leading role. The series was broadcast in Ireland, Britain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Nicaragua and Quebec. The first episode is available to view in full at the BFI Screenonline site.Justice
6
Overview:
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.Press for Time
5.6
Overview:
Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low placesA Christmas Carol
7.464
Overview:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.Say Hello to Yesterday
4.2
Overview:
Approaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows herself a sexual fling with a brash young hunk she meets on a commuter train.The Hi-Jackers
7.1
Overview:
A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.The Main Chance
7.7
Overview:
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.Scrooge
6.819
Overview:
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.Carry On Loving
5.7
Overview:
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.Fall of Eagles
6.9
Overview:
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).Jason King
7.3
Overview:
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!Sherlock Holmes
6.4
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.Detective
NYR
Overview:
A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC programmes made before the early 1970s, many of its episodes no longer exist. Of the eighteen episodes from the first season only twelve are currently known to exist; likewise six of the sixteen editions from the second run are considered lost, and just one of the final ten survives in the archives.Acting
2005The Best Of Dick Emery as Unknown
1984A Christmas Carol as Pemberton
1984Pope John Paul II as Bishop Lec
1983The Wicked Lady as Lord Kingsclere
1982The Agatha Christie Hour (1 Episode) as Uncle George
1982The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as His Grace
1981Great Expectations (8 Episodes) as Mr Jaggers
1979Electric Eskimo as Unknown
1977The Professionals (1, 1 Episode) as Len Hatch, John Howard
1977Beryl Reid (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977Three Dangerous Ladies as Benson
1977Short Back and Sides as Withers
1977Jabberwocky as Bishop
1977Nicholas Nickleby (5 Episodes) as Wackford Squeers
1976The New Avengers (1 Episode) as The Bishop
1976Dickens of London (1 Episode) as Stage Manager
1976To the Devil a Daughter as Bishop
1975Murder Motel as Sam
1975The Sweeney (1 Episode) as Raymond Meadows
1975Mrs. Amworth as Benson
1974Rising Damp (1 Episode) as Mr. French
1974Fall of Eagles (1 Episode) as Edward VII of England
1974K Is for Killing as Shelby Grafton
1974Who Killed Lamb? as Octavius Lamb
1973Thriller (1, 1 Episode) as Shelby Grafton, Sam
1973Whoops Baghdad (6 Episodes) as Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir
1973The Death of Adolf Hitler as Prof. Morell
1972Carry On Abroad as Brother Martin
1972Crown Court (3 Episodes) as His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings
1972Sykes (1 Episode) as Mr. Belvadere
1972Carry On Matron as Arthur
1972Shirley's World (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Justice (1, 1 Episode) as Charles Breedon, Judge
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Dixon
1971Jason King (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Carry On Henry as Farmer
1971The Ten Commandments (1 Episode) as Principal
1971The Statue as Sanders
1971Say Hello to Yesterday as Park Keeper
1970Scrooge as 1st Gentleman of Charity
1970Carry On Loving as Bishop
1970Man of Violence as Sam Bryant
1970Codename (1 Episode) as Vaslva Baroviev
1970Catweazle (1 Episode) as Inspector Pugh
1969Crossplot as Sir Charles Moberley
1969Paul Temple (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Up Pompeii! (1 Episode) as Senator Lecherous
1969Remember the Germans as Karl
1969The Main Chance (1 Episode) as Sir James Darren
1969Carry On Camping as Farmer
1968Oh, Brother! (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1968Wild, Wild Women (7 Episodes) as Mr. Harcourt
1968Nicholas Nickleby (11 Episodes) as Ralph Nickleby
1967Carry On Doctor as Sir Edmund Burke
1967Contrasts (1 Episode) as Jonathan Swift
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon as Puddleby
1967Witch Hunt (5 Episodes) as Colonel Cooper
1966King of the River (1 Episode) as Mallory
1966The Connoisseur as G.C. Stoupe
1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Innkeeper
1966Softly, Softly (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Press for Time as Ernest Corcoran
1965The Mask of Janus (1 Episode) as Charles Caswell
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Pity About the Abbey as Lord Barnett
1965The Little Ones as Paddy
1965Londoners (1 Episode) as Lord Barnett, G.C.B.
1965Doctor Who: The Romans as Nero
1964The Tomb of Ligeia as Lord Trevanion
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Minister
1964The Comedy Man as Merryweather
1964Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Mycroft Holmes
1964Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Ring of Spies as Chief Supt. Croft
1964This Is My Street as Fingus
1964Smokescreen as Dexter's Doctor (Uncredited)
1964The Verdict as Supt. Brett
1963The Hi-Jackers as Jack Carter
1963Farewell Performance as Raven
1963The Sentimental Agent (1 Episode) as Klaus
1963The Snag as John Goggin
1963Bitter Harvest as Mr. Jones
1962Heart to Heart as Sir John Dawson-Brown
1962Captain Clegg as Squire Anthony Cobtree
1962The Inspector as Detective Inspector
1962The Scales of Justice (1 Episode) as Henry Dobbs
1962Z-Cars (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1962Backfire! as Arthur Tilsley
1961Never Back Losers as R. R. Harris
1961Two Living, One Dead as Broms
1961No Love for Johnnie as Frank
1960The Poet as Pasquali
1960The Criminal as Priest
1959International Detective (1 Episode) as Emlyn
1959No Hiding Place (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959The White Trap as Mr. Langley
1956Armchair Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as John Goggin, Percy Grey