Personal Info
Birth date
1923-03-11 (102 Years)
Day of death
2009-05-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Islington, London, England
Also known as
Terence Joseph Alexander
Terrence Alexander
Terry Alexander
Теренс Александер
Terence Alexander
Biography
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac. He was born in London, the son of a doctor, and grew up in Yorkshire. Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy. In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London. He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac, though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. One of his early roles was in the children's series Garry Halliday. He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school. He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers; Terry and June (1979–1980); Behind the Screen (1981–1982); the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani; and The New Statesman (1987). On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels. He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991. He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham (1971), Two and Two Make Sex (1973), There Goes The Bride (1974/5) and Fringe Benefits (1976). Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife, the actress Jane Downs. He died on 28 May 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.9
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.The Avengers
7.7
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).Bergerac
6.7
Overview:
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.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.The Persuaders!
7.594
Overview:
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.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 Forsyte Saga
8.2
Overview:
The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.The Champions
6.175
Overview:
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.Pebble Mill at One
NYR
Overview:
Pebble Mill at One was a popular British lunchtime magazine, broadcast live from Monday to Friday at 13:00, mainly on BBC1. It was transmitted from the Pebble Mill studios of BBC Birmingham, and uniquely, was hosted from the centre's main foyer area, rather than a conventional studio. In the beginning, visitors to the studios were seen arriving in the background as the programme was transmitted. Reasons for this were: a planned third studio was never constructed on the site, and existing facilities were fully booked for network drama production and local news. Gradually, as the show was successful, the foyer became a studio, and visitors had to use a new entrance. The show ran from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986, under various programme Editors including: Terry Dobson, Jim Dumighan, and Peter Hercombe.. For most of that period there were few television programmes transmitted in Britain on any channels during the day. For this reason the programme acquired a unique following from those who found themselves at home at lunchtime. Housewives, students, and those recovering from an illness remember it with fondness for its variety and the problems inherent with live television. Its best remembered theme tune was "As You Please" by the Raymond Lefevre orchestra.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 New Avengers
7
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.Dempsey and Makepeace
6.4
Overview:
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.Please Sir!
6.8
Overview:
A hapless but caring teacher tries to control his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils, much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who have lost hope in these kids.Terry and June
6.2
Overview:
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.The Day of the Jackal
7.527
Overview:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.Hancock's Half Hour
7.3
Overview:
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.The Detectives
6.7
Overview:
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.The New Statesman
7.383
Overview:
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.Lace
7.1
Overview:
A young actress gathers three former school friends to find out which one is her natural mother, who gave her up for adoption as a newborn.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.Edgar Wallace Mysteries
7
Overview:
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.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.Paul Temple
5.5
Overview:
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. THammer House of Mystery and Suspense
6.4
Overview:
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.Claudine
7.079
Overview:
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.Ike
6.2
Overview:
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.Star Maidens
2.8
Overview:
Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk.Run a Crooked Mile
8
Overview:
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.Acting
1996The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby as Unknown
1993The Detectives (1 Episode) as Charlie Hungerford
1990That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse as Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
1987The New Statesman (4, 3 Episode) as Sir Greville McDonald, Sir Greville
1987The Laughing Prisoner as Head of Channel 4
1985Time for Murder (1 Episode) as Harry Scott-Forbes
1985Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani as Lord Ravensworth
1985Dempsey and Makepeace (1 Episode) as Commander Duffield
1984The Corvini Inheritance as Hammond
1984Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1 Episode) as Hammond
1984Frankenstein as Alphonse Frankenstein
1984Lace (2 Episodes) as Sir Douglas
1981Bergerac (80 Episodes) as Hungerford
1981Our Family Business as Neils
1981That Beryl Marston...! (1 Episode) as Edith Marshall
1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery as George Lomax
1980Just Liz (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1980The Boy Who Never Was as Major
1979Terry and June (1, 2 Episode) as Malcolm Lawrence, Malcolm
1979Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
1979Ike as Gen. Arthur Tedder
1977The Upchat Line (1 Episode) as Sir James Rothwell
1977Rosie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The New Avengers (1 Episode) as Manderson
1976Star Maidens (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Dawson's Weekly (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974The Internecine Project as Business tycoon
1974Claudine as Teddy (uncredited)
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as Sir Arnold Latimer
1974The Pallisers (26 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Mission: Monte Carlo as Crane
1973Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (4 Episodes) as Robert Fentiman
1973The Day of the Jackal as Lloyd
1973The Vault of Horror as Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
1972Pebble Mill at One (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971The Persuaders! (1 Episode) as Matthew Crane
1970Waterloo as Lord Uxbridge
1970Menace (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Ben Travers Farces (7 Episodes) as Charlie
1970A Room in Town as Frank
1970All the Way Up as Bob Chickman
1970Codename (1 Episode) as Thorens
1969Paul Temple (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Run a Crooked Mile as Peter Martin
1969What's Good for the Goose as Frisby
1968Please Sir! (1 Episode) as Mr. Kelp
1968The Champions (1 Episode) as Douglas Trennick
1968Only When I Larf as Gee Gee Gray
1968Nicholas Nickleby (5 Episodes) as Sir Mulberry Hawk
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967The Long Duel as Major
1967The Forsyte Saga (26 Episodes) as Montague 'Monty' Dartie
1967The Spare Tyres as Dennis Colville
1965The Man in Room 17 (1 Episode) as Paul Paragon
1965The Intelligence Men as Reed
1964Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964All in Good Time as Elton
1963Doctor Who (2 Episodes) as Lord Ravensworth
1963Harry's Girls (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Bitter Harvest as Andy
1963The Mind Benders as Rowing Coach (uncredited)
1962The Fast Lady as Policeman on Motorcycle
1962On the Beat as Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
1962She Always Gets Their Man as Bob Conley
1961Man at the Carlton Tower as Johnny Time
1961Carry On Regardless as Trevor Trelawney
1961The Avengers (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Ponsonby, 'Piggy' Warren, Bromfield
1961The Gentle Terror as David
1960The Bulldog Breed as Defending Counsel
1960Maigret (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960The League of Gentlemen as Rupert
1959No Hiding Place (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1959The Price of Silence as John Braine
1959Breakout as Farrow
1959Edgar Wallace Mysteries (1 Episode) as Johnny Time
1959Garry Halliday (51 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Danger Within as Lt. Gibbs
1959Don't Panic Chaps! as Lieutenant Babbington
1958The Square Peg as Captain Wharton
1958Death Was a Passenger as Young Man
1957The One That Got Away as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
1956Armchair Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Frank, Frank Garland
1956Hancock's Half Hour (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1956Who Done It? as Radio Show Official (uncredited)
1955Portrait of Alison as Fenby
1955Lilli Palmer Theatre (1 Episode) as Flying Control Officer
1954The Eternal Question as Ranald's Assistant
1954The Monkey's Paw as Herbert
1954Dangerous Cargo as Harry
1953Park Plaza 605 as Hotel Manager
1953The Runaway Bus as Pilot Peter Jones
1952Top Secret as 2nd M.V.D.
1952The Gentle Gunman as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1951Death Is a Number as Alan Robert
1951A Tale of Five Cities as Barman
1950The Elusive Pimpernel as Duke of Dorset
1950The Woman with No Name as 2nd Sapper officer
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Percy Courtney, Tom Williams
1947Comin' Thro the Rye as Robert Burns