Personal Info
Birth date
1920-09-09 (105 Years)
Day of death
1994-01-10
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK
Also known as
-Michael Aldridge
Biography
Michael William ffolliott Aldridge was an English actor. He was known for playing Seymour in the television series Last of the Summer Wine from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a character actor on stage and screen dating back to the 1930s.
Filmography
Play for Today
6.3
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.Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
Overview:
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.Tales of the Unexpected
6.7
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.Inspector Morse
7.8
Overview:
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.Sunday-Night Play
NYR
Overview:
BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.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.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 Chronicles of Narnia
7.4
Overview:
Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World War, little dreaming of the magical adventures that lie ahead.Suicide Mission
6.7
Overview:
A group of Norwegians cross the North Sea in winter to deliver Allied soldiers and ammunition to their Nazi-occupied country.Countdown to War
5
Overview:
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.Clockwise
6.246
Overview:
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.The Count of Monte Cristo
4.4
Overview:
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
7.574
Overview:
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.The Agatha Christie Hour
6.7
Overview:
This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had supernatural themes and a couple were adventures. The common link was that all came from the talented pen of Agatha Christie, all were entertaining and each drama was carefully crafted and well cast with many of Britain's best known actors of the time represented.The Biko Inquest
NYR
Overview:
Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.Life for Ruth
6.5
Overview:
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.Bon Voyage
NYR
Overview:
Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.Yes, Prime Minister
8.379
Overview:
James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?Reilly: Ace of Spies
7
Overview:
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.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).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.The Man in Room 17
5.3
Overview:
The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chapman. The show was set in Room 17 of the Department of Social Research, where former wartime agent-turned-criminologist Edwin Oldenshaw solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with his assistants. The novelty of the series was that Oldenshaw and his colleagues never needed to leave their office in order to resolve cases, preferring to spend their time playing the Japanese board game of Go. They simply provided their prognosis and left the police to do the cleaning up. Different directors were often appointed to film the Room 17 and outside-world scenes independently, to maintain a sense of distance between the two worlds.Ooh La La!
NYR
Overview:
Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.A Voyage Round My Father
7.6
Overview:
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.Bullshot
5.5
Overview:
The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.Mussolini: The Untold Story
5.3
Overview:
The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.Murder by the Book
4
Overview:
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.Shanghai Surprise
4.2
Overview:
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.Game, Set, and Match
7.5
Overview:
Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.Acting
1989Countdown to War as Neville Chamberlain
1988The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe as The Professor
1988The Chronicles of Narnia (3 Episodes) as Professor Digory Kirke
1988Game, Set, and Match (3 Episodes) as Silas Gaunt
1987Inspector Morse (1 Episode) as Arthur Drysdale
1986Shanghai Surprise as Mr. Burns
1986Clockwise as Prior
1986Yes, Prime Minister (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Murder by the Book as Edmond Cork
1985Bon Voyage as Sir Colin Brand
1985Turtle Diary as Mr Meager
1985Mussolini: The Untold Story (4 Episodes) as Matteotti
1985Charters and Caldicott (6 Episodes) as Caldicott
1984The Biko Inquest as Dr. Carter
1984A Voyage Round My Father as Headmaster
1984Under the Hammer as John Bourke-White
1984Charlie (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Charlie as Paul Tucker
1983Spyship (6 Episodes) as Sir Peter Hillmore
1983Bullshot as Prof. Rupert Fenton
1983Wilfred and Eileen (4 Episodes) as Mr. Jenkins
1983Reilly: Ace of Spies (2 Episodes) as Orlov
1982The Barchester Chronicles (1 Episode) as Sir Abraham Haphazard
1982The Agatha Christie Hour (1 Episode) as Dr. Lavington
1981Hallelujah! as Unknown
1980Love in a Cold Climate (8 Episodes) as Uncle Matt
1979Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (7 Episodes) as Percy Alleline
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Sir Basil Turton
1978Curriculee Curricula as Vice Chancellor
1977Raven (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Fallen Angels as Fred Sterroll
1974Fall of Eagles (1 Episode) as Rasputin
1973The Donati Conspiracy (3 Episodes) as Professor Donati
1973Last of the Summer Wine (26 Episodes) as Seymour
1972Follow Me! as Sir Philip Crouch
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Archduke Othmar
1971Sense and Sensibility (4 Episodes) as Sir John Middleton
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as John Bourke-White
1969Hadleigh (1 Episode) as George Quantock
1968Ooh La La! (1 Episode) as Pontagnac
1967The Fellows (13 Episodes) as Ian Dimmock
1965Chimes at Midnight as Pistol
1965The Power Game (1 Episode) as Heathcoat Mobbs
1965The Man in Room 17 (13 Episodes) as Dimmock
1962Life for Ruth as Harvard
1960Sunday-Night Play (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Bleak House (6 Episodes) as Mr. George
1956The Count of Monte Cristo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Suicide Mission as English Officer
1951Murder in the Cathedral as Second Knight
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Sir Edward Fortrose
1948Nothing Venture as Michael Garrod