Personal Info
Birth date
1913-08-15 (111 Years)
Day of death
1983-01-01
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Also known as
-Michael Golden
Biography
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Filmography
Play for Today
6.333
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Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.BBC Play of the Month
5
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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Maigret
6.9
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BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
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Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.Justice
6
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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.The Buccaneers
5.5
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The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.Story Parade
8
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Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks in Dr. Who), and Elijah Baley was played by the late Peter Cushing. It also starred John Carson John Carson as R. Daneel Olivaw and Kenneth J. Warren. The master tapes of the program were erased, however a few clips from the production have turned up in various documentaries about Isaac Asimov's work.Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
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Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were later remade as a BBC radio series in 2005 and 2006.Sir Francis Drake
4.5
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Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.Murder She Said
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Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.The Blue Lamp
6.6
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P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.A Canterbury Tale
6.9
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Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.Cry, the Beloved Country
6.1
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In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.Operation Diplomat
5.8
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A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.Hungry Hill
5.4
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Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.Noose
5
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Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...Looking for Clancy
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Frank Clancy goes from penniless working-class idealist in the 1930s to superstar journalist and editor in the London of the swinging '60s — but at what cost to his integrity?Blackout
6.024
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When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.Pool of London
6.5
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Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.Another Shore
5.5
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A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.36 Hours
5.9
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When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.Escape
5.7
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A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.The Black Rider
6.2
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When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...The Gentle Gunman
6.2
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The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.The Square Ring
7.071
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Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.Dial 999
4.6
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A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.During One Night
5.6
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Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to "prove" himself sexually.Cross Channel
5
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Charter-boat owner "Tex" Parker is framed on a murder rap by a gang of jewel-and-American currency smugglers operating from the coasts of England and France, with a mid-channel rendezvous. The smugglers use him, his boat and partner, "Soapy", to carry their goods back and forth across the English. During one of the trips, "Tex" is thrown overboard, but is picked up by a French fishing boat and the fisherman take him back to their village, Porte Soliare, where he meets Jacqueline. People who appear to be quite dead early on turn out to be not dead later on, and money and swag and goods keep changing hands with such regularity that, at one point, one guy is searching for something he already has (and doesn't know it), while another guy isn't searching for it because he thinks he has it...but doesn't.The Man Without a Body
3.8
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A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.Acting
1979The Out of Town Boys as Meikle
1975Looking for Clancy (1 Episode) as Mr. Holt
1973The Love-Girl and the Innocent as Cook
1973The Adventures Of Don Quixote as 2nd Innkeeper
1972Clochemerle (3 Episodes) as Lagouche
1971Michael Regan as Pokey Allen
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Chairman
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as Meikle
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as 2nd Innkeeper
1964Story Parade (1 Episode) as D.C.I. Goodall
1961Sir Francis Drake (1 Episode) as Rafe
1961Murder She Said as Hillman
1961During One Night as Constable
1960The Cupboard as Mr Jones
1960Maigret (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Landlord, Councillor Duché, Lock-keeper
1958Tread Softly Stranger as St John's Ambulance Man
1958Date with Disaster as Det. Insp. Matthews
1957The Man Without a Body as Michel de Notre Dame aka Nostradamus
1956The Buccaneers (1 Episode) as Capt. Barker
1956Women Without Men as Bargee
1955Dial 999 as The Chief Inspector
1955Cross Channel as W.L. Carrick
1955Dixon of Dock Green (1 Episode) as Sammy MacBride
1955Track the Man Down as 'Wild' Max
1954The Black Rider as Rakoff
1954Blackout as Inspector Johnson
195336 Hours as The Inspector
1953Operation Diplomat as Harrison
1953The Square Ring as Warren
1952Salute the Toff as Benny Kless
1952The Gentle Gunman as Murphy
1951Cry, the Beloved Country as Second Reporter (uncredited)
1951Pool of London as Customs Officer Andrews
1950The Blue Lamp as Mike Randall (Uncredited)
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as O'Brien, Wimberber
1948Another Shore as D.O. Broderick
1948Noose as Moggie
1948Escape as Detective Penter
1947Hungry Hill as Sam Donovan
1946Send for Paul Temple as Dixie
1944A Canterbury Tale as Sergt. Smale