Personal Info
Birth date
1912-09-25 (112 Years)
Day of death
1982-06-29
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
-Michael Brennan
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Filmography
Thirty-Minute Theatre
3.8
Overview:
Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. In 1967 BBC2 launched the UK's first colour service, with the consequence that Thirty-Minute Theatre became the first drama series in the country to be shown in colour.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.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
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.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
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.The Onedin Line
6.8
Overview:
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.All Creatures Great and Small
7.7
Overview:
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
Overview:
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.Softly Softly: Task Force
6
Overview:
Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of Softly, Softly, itself a spin-off from Z-Cars. The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply Task Force, but reluctant to sacrifice a much-loved brand the BBC compromised this so it became Softly, Softly: Task Force.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.The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Overview:
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.Sunday-Night Play
NYR
Overview:
BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
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.The Expert
10
Overview:
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.Pardon the Expression
6
Overview:
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.The Troubleshooters
5
Overview:
The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series was based around an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig.The Prisoner
7.731
Overview:
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.Hadleigh
5.5
Overview:
Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company. The theme music was composed by Alan Moorhouse and, from series 3, Tony Hatch. James Hadleigh played by Gerald Harper, was "the perfect squire, paternalistically careful of his tenantry's welfare, beloved in the village, respected in the council." A "knight in a shining white Aston Martin V8, he sets about correcting local injustices." His wife, from a lower-class background, was played by Hilary Dwyer. The series attracted around 17 million viewers at its peak.Interpol Calling
6.7
Overview:
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.Doctor in Charge
6
Overview:
Doctor in Charge is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor at Large, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1972-73. Writers for the Doctor in Charge episodes were David Askey, Graham Chapman, Graeme Garden, George Layton, Jonathan Lynn, Bernard McKenna, Bill Oddie, Phil Redmond and Gail Renard.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.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.Maigret
6.9
Overview:
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.The Venturers
NYR
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The Venturers is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1975. The series, created by Donald Bull, had started out as an edition of Drama Playhouse in 1972 before being commissioned as an ongoing series. The Venturers took place in the high pressure world of Prince's Merchant Bank and dealt with the intricacies of high finance amongst its millionaire clients. Geoffrey Keen starred as director Gerald Lang, in a virtual reprise of his role as oil executive Brian Stead in Mogul / The Troubleshooters. Other major cast members included James Kerry, David Buck, Cyril Luckham and William Squire. The Venturers lasted for a single series of ten episodes.The Regiment
1
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The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC. First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.The Informer
NYR
Overview:
A disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.The Invisible Man
7.2
Overview:
British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.Citizen James
7.6
Overview:
Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962. The show featured comedian and actor Sid James and Sydney Tafler with Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser appearing in early episodes. It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the "Sidney Balmoral James" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in Hancock's Half Hour. The first series was set around 'Charlie's Nosh Bar', a cafe in Soho, and centred around Sid's get-rich-quick schemes. He is helped by "Billy the Kerr" and quite often frustrated by the local bookmaker Albert Welshman. Liz Fraser played Sid's long-suffering girlfriend who has been waiting for seven years for Sid to set the date. Changes were made to the format after the first series. Sid James' character was changed to be something of a people's champion, campaigning for social justice. Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser departed and Sidney Tafler played a different character: Charlie Davenport. The location switched from Soho to Sid and Charlie sharing a house. Later episodes were written by then Morecambe & Wise writers Sid Green and Dick Hills.Up Pompeii!
7.6
Overview:
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.Nicholas Nickleby
5.5
Overview:
Nigel Havers stars as the young Nicholas Nickleby in the BBC’s triumphant adaptation of one of Charles Dickens’ most celebrated novels. Upon the death of his father Nicholas, along with his mother and sister, finds himself destitute and at the mercy of his stern Uncle Ralph. Ralph cruelly dispatches his niece to a dressmaking establishment, while Nicholas is sent to a vile and oppressive boarding school for unwanted and unloved children run by the sadistic Wackford Squeers. Darkly satirical, angry, funny and hugely entertaining, Nicholas Nickleby is filled with the richest assortment of oddball characters that could only have originated from the quill of Charles Dickens.Acting
1979Canned Laughter as Security Guard
1978All Creatures Great and Small (1 Episode) as Mr. Meeker
1977Nicholas Nickleby (1 Episode) as Landlord
1975The Venturers (1 Episode) as Bill
1972Sykes (1 Episode) as Fireman
1972Doctor in Charge (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Doomwatch as Tom Straker
1972The Regiment (23 Episodes) as Unknown
1971The Onedin Line (1 Episode) as Bully Hayes
1971Fright as Sergeant
1971Detective Waiting as Bonning
1971Lust for a Vampire as Landlord
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as Aggressive Man (uncredited)
1970Up Pompeii! (1 Episode) as Dextrus Secundus
1970Ivanhoe (5 Episodes) as Front de Boeuf
1969Softly Softly: Task Force (1 Episode) as Collins
1969Hadleigh (1 Episode) as Hedley Boyd
1969Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt as Father
1968If Only the Trains Came as Nikita
1968The Expert (1 Episode) as Superintendent Cramer
1968The Great Pony Raid as Butch
1967Woman Times Seven as Unknown
1967The Prisoner (1 Episode) as Killer Karminski
1967The Cuckoo Patrol as Superman No1
1967Just Like a Woman as Commissionaire
1967The Deadly Affair as Wolfe - the Barman
1966The Informer (1 Episode) as Car Breaker
1966Death Is a Woman as Bonelli
1965Thunderball as Janni
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Blunt
1965The Mask of Janus (1 Episode) as Jevtic
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Leonard, Fred Giley
1965The Troubleshooters (1 Episode) as Matt Lawson
1965Pardon the Expression (1 Episode) as Joe
1965Three Hats for Lisa as Police Sergeant
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Patient
1964Act of Murder as Unknown
1964Detective (1 Episode) as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
1962Zero One (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Ambush in Leopard Street as Harry
1961Candida as Mr. Burgess
1961Johnny Nobody as Supt. Lynch
1961Adventure Story as Unknown
1960Citizen James (1 Episode) as Meat Axe
1960Maigret (1, 1 Episode) as Cassin, Marius Leclercq
1960Watch Your Stern as Security Guard
1960Sunday-Night Play (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Korrianke, Harras’s driver, Tiefenbach, Cornflower
1959No Hiding Place (2 Episodes) as Hanlon
1959Interpol Calling (1 Episode) as Victor Perrot
1959The 39 Steps as Detective on Train (uncredited)
1958The Adventures of William Tell (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Invisible Man (1 Episode) as Brenner
1958Law and Disorder as Bent - Warder Ext. Prison
1958The Big Money as Bluey
1958Dunkirk as Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)
1957Not Wanted on Voyage as Chief Steward
1956Up in the World as Prison Warder
1956Armchair Theatre (1 Episode) as Bonning
1955Dixon of Dock Green (1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Tiny Allbright, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly (uncredited), Mr. Warren, Joe Duckett, Mr. Smethers, Danny McCallion, Fenton
1954Up to His Neck as CPO Brazier
1953It's a Grand Life as Sgt. Maj. O'Reilly
1953Personal Affair as Police Officer (uncredited)
1952Ivanhoe as Baldwin
1952Something Money Can't Buy as Fairground boss
1952Emergency Call as Police Constable
195213 East Street as Mack
1951The Lady with a Lamp as Purveyor
1951Tom Brown's Schooldays as Black Bart
1951Circle of Danger as Bert Oakshott
1950The Clouded Yellow as Police Superintendent
1950Blackout as Mickey Garston
1950No Trace as Fenton
1950Waterfront as Engineer
1950Paul Temple's Triumph as Hammond
1950They Were Not Divided as Smoke O'Connor
1950Morning Departure as CPO Barlow
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Monsieur Thomas, Korrianke, Unknown, Captain of the Guard, Casca, Sergeant-Major Mascher, Inspector Mitchell, Charles, Sergeant Ericsson, Ajax, Johnny Huff, Peter, Jake Middleton, Sergeant Hooper, Feret
1949The Chiltern Hundreds as Sergeant
1949For Them That Trespass as Det. Insp. Benstead
1949Cardboard Cavalier as Brother Barebones
1948Noose as Ropey (uncredited)
1948Blanche Fury as Farmer
1947Captain Boycott as Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
1947They Made Me a Fugitive as Jim
1941'Pimpernel' Smith as Camp Guard with Lantern
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1998Why Men Don't Iron (3 Episodes) ... Camera Operator