Personal Info
Birth date
1926-03-16 (99 Years)
Day of death
1993-06-22
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England
Also known as
-Victor Maddern
Biography
Victor Jack Maddern was an English actor, described by The Telegraph as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema."
Filmography
EastEnders
4.118
Overview:
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.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
7.734
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).Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.The Saint
7.3
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.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 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.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 Bill
6.7
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.The Prisoner
7.735
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.Sir Francis Drake
4.5
Overview:
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.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.The Larkins
7
Overview:
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.The Darling Buds of May
7.8
Overview:
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.Carry On Laughing
5.8
Overview:
A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and other regulars from the films.Together
5.5
Overview:
Residents of a sheltered accommodation block run by a warden go about their business.Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
7.5
Overview:
The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to investigate.The Frighteners
8.5
Overview:
A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.Fair Exchange
NYR
Overview:
Fair Exchange is an American television comedy that ran from 1962 to 1963 on CBS. It stars Eddie Foy, Jr. and Audrey Christie.Gideon's Way
6.8
Overview:
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.Shadows of Fear
6
Overview:
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.Six Dates with Barker
7
Overview:
Six Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half hour situation comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by London Weekend Television early in 1971. Writers on the series included John Cleese and Spike Milligan. The producer was Humphrey Barclay.Justice
6
Overview:
Justice is a British legal drama starring Robert Pugh as Judge Patrick Coburn. The first episode was originally broadcast on 4 April 2011 on BBC One.1990
6
Overview:
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6.796
Overview:
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.The Longest Day
7.583
Overview:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"Exodus
6.669
Overview:
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.Sink the Bismarck!
6.807
Overview:
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.Carry On Cleo
6.6
Overview:
Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.Acting
2011Justice as Unknown
2005The Best Of Dick Emery as Unknown
1992Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Old Gentleman Raven (voice)
1991The Darling Buds of May (1 Episode) as Fruity Pears
1990Sweet Nothing as Frankie
1989Voice of the Heart as The Poacher Spy
1989Defrosting the Fridge as Barney
1986C.A.B (32 Episodes) as Unknown
1985Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1 Episode) as P.C. Johnson
1985EastEnders (1 Episode) as Stanley
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Together (20 Episodes) as Harry Klein
1978Carry On Emmannuelle as Man in Launderette
1977That's Carry On! as Various Characters
19771990 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Carry On Laughing (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Crown Court (2 Episodes) as Joe Fisk
1972A Fluid Arrangement as Ernie
1972The Frighteners (1 Episode) as Harry
1972Steptoe & Son as Chauffeur
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Eddy Plater
1971A Hole Lot of Trouble as Percy
1971Six Dates with Barker (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Shadows of Fear (1 Episode) as Dawson
1969The Bushbaby as Unknown
1968Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Junkman
1968The Lost Continent as The Mate
1968Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep as Robson
1968Talk of the Devil as Cinders
1967Run Like a Thief as Abel Baker
1967The Prisoner (1 Episode) as Bandmaster
1967The Cuckoo Patrol as Dicko
1967The Magnificent Two as Drunken Soldier
1967Another Day, Another Dollar as Wagger
1966Circus of Fear as Mason
1965Bunny Lake Is Missing as Cabbie
1965Rotten to the Core as Anxious O'Toole
1965Gideon's Way (1 Episode) as Charles Randle
1964Carry On Cleo as Segeant-Major
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Carry On Spying as Milchmann
1963Doctor Who (6 Episodes) as Robson
1962The Saint (2 Episodes) as Jim Cowdry
1962The Longest Day as Camp Cook (uncredited)
1962Fair Exchange (24 Episodes) as Unknown
1962H.M.S. Defiant as Dawlish
1961Sir Francis Drake (1, 1 Episode) as Brewer, Ship's Cook
1961Petticoat Pirates as CPO Nixon
1961On the Fiddle as 1st Airman
1961Raising the Wind as Removal Man
1961Carry On Regardless as First Sinister Passenger
1961The Avengers (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Exodus as Sergeant
1960Crossroads to Crime as Len
1960Watch Your Stern as Sailor fishing for bike
1960Light Up the Sky! as Lance Bombardier Tomlinson
1960Let's Get Married as Works Manager
1960Carry On Constable as Detective Sgt. Liddell
1960Sink the Bismarck! as Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
1959Please Turn Over as Manager
1959No Hiding Place (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959I'm All Right Jack as Knowles
1959The Siege of Pinchgut as Bert
1958I Was Monty's Double as Orderly Sergeant
1958The Larkins (2 Episodes) as Vic
1958Blood of the Vampire as Carl
1958Cat & Mouse as Supt. Harding
1958Dunkirk as Merchant Seaman
1958The Safecracker as Morris
1958Happy Is the Bride as Shop Steward
1958Son of a Stranger as Lenny
1957Barnacle Bill as Figg
1957Strangers' Meeting as Willie Fisher
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Gilbert Tyrell
1957Saint Joan as English Soldier
1957Abandon Ship as Willy Hawkins
1957The Man in the Sky as Joe Biggs
1956A Hill in Korea as Pvt. Lindop
1956Child in the House as Bert
1956The Last Man to Hang as Bonaker
1956Private's Progress as Private George Blake
1955The Cockleshell Heroes as Sgt. Craig
1955Josephine and Men as Henry
1955Footsteps in the Fog as Jones
1955The Night My Number Came Up as The Engineer
1955It's a Great Day as Charlie Mead
1954Carrington V.C. as Bombardier Owen
1954Fabian of the Yard as The Chick
1954The Young Lovers as Sailor (uncredited)
1954The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Gus Westover
1953Street of Shadows as Danny 'Limpy' Thomas
1953The Good Beginning as Bookies Runner
1953Sailor of the King as Signalman Willy Earnshaw
1953Malta Story as Army Airfield Soldier
1953Time Bomb as Saboteur
1952The Planter's Wife as Radio Operator
1952Top Secret as British N.C.O.
1952Angels One Five as Airman
1952His Excellency as Second Soldier
1951High Treason as Unknown
1951Pool of London as First Tram Conductor (uncredited)
1951The Franchise Affair as Mechanic
1950Morning Departure as Unknown