Personal Info
Birth date
1927-03-17 (98 Years)
Day of death
2006-07-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Nyasaland [now Malawi]
Also known as
John Keith Patrick Allen
Patrick Allen
Biography
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.
Filmography
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 BBC Television Shakespeare
6
Overview:
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.Blackadder
7.98
Overview:
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.The Avengers
7.73
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).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.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.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.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.International Detective
7
Overview:
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'Sherlock Holmes
8.117
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.UFO
7.652
Overview:
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.Bergerac
6.667
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.The Protectors
5.6
Overview:
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.Days That Shook the World
6.3
Overview:
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.The Champions
6.1
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.Van der Valk
5.8
Overview:
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.Out of This World
4.3
Overview:
Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre, each episode was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown.Thriller
6.6
Overview:
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.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.The Sentimental Agent
6
Overview:
The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It stars Carlos Thompson as Argentinian Carlos Varela, a successful import-export agent based in London. The series ran for 13 one-hour monochrome episodes. Some of the episodes were edited into a 1962 feature film Our Man in the Caribbean.Survival
8
Overview:
Classic long-running British nature documentary series featuring different subjects each time.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.Codename
NYR
Overview:
Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.Tugs
8.333
Overview:
Tugs is a British children's television series first broadcast in 1988. It was created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton. The series dealt with the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port. The series was set in the Roaring Twenties, and was produced by Tugs Ltd., for TVS and Clearwater Features Ltd. Music was composed by Junior Campbell and Mike O'Donnell, who also wrote the music for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Due to the bankruptcy of production company TVS, the series did not continue production past 13 episodes. Following the initial airing of the series throughout 1988, television rights were sold to an unknown party, while all models and sets from the series sold to Britt Allcroft. Modified set props and tugboat models were used in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from 1991 onwards, with footage from the original program being heavily dubbed and edited for use in American children's series Salty's Lighthouse. Mitton returned to working with Thomas & Friends in 1991, while Cardona would go on to direct Theodore Tugboat, a similarly natured animated series set in Canada. All thirteen episodes of the show were released on VHS between 1988 and 1993.Kidnapped
6.6
Overview:
David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.Crane
NYR
Overview:
The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
7.667
Overview:
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer was a BBC TV sketch show written by and starring double act Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer. Its first series appeared in 1993 following the duo's move to the BBC after parting company with Channel 4. The show marked a continuation of Reeves & Mortimer's bizarre, anarchic and frequently silly comedy that they had first explored on Channel 4's Vic Reeves Big Night Out, with a number of important differences.The Occult History of the Third Reich
5.9
Overview:
Documents both the influences of alternative belief systems on the Nazi ideology and Hitler's personal philosophy, and the history and development of the ideas and symbols that would be used along with eugenicist racial politics to perpetrate the murder and oppression of millions during World War II.Dangerous Knowledge
8
Overview:
A gritty six-part mystery thriller serial from 1976, starring John Gregson as Bill Kirby. Bill is an insurance salesman travelling back to the UK from France. Accompanied by Laura Marshall (Prunella Ransome), he has to evade the two armed agents that are following him. A series of murders follow and Bill tries to unmask who's behind them.Acting
2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot as Pilot Narrator
2006The Official Story of the British Army as Narrator
2005Hitler's War as Narrator
2005Heroes of the Second World War as Narrator
2003Days That Shook the World (1 Episode) as Sir John French
2002Dare To Believe (26 Episodes) as Unknown
2001The Hawker Hurricane as Narrator
2001Story of the Spitfire as Narrator
1997The Conquest of Everest 1953 as Narrator
1995Bullet to Beijing as Colonel Wilson
1993The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Body & Soul (6 Episodes) as Walter Street
1992Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors as Maj. Ronald Ferguson
1991The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police as Narrator
1990The Occult History of the Third Reich (4 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1990Naked Down Under as Opening Narrator (voice)
1990D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe as Narrator
1989Tugs (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Roman Holiday as General
1985The Thirteenth Day of Christmas as Gilbert Smith
1985Time for Murder (1 Episode) as Gilbert Smith
1984Pericles, Prince of Tyre as King Simonides
1984Threads as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1984Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Colonel Sebastian Moran
1983Blackadder (6, 1 Episode) as Narrator, The Hawk
1983The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace as Sir James Brooke
1982Who Dares Wins as Police Commissioner
1982Murder Is Easy as Maj. Horton
1981Bergerac (1 Episode) as Sir Gervase Ewell
1980The Trial of Lady Chatterley as Gerald Gardiner QC
1980Alien Attack as Luna Commission Chairman
1980The Sea Wolves as Colin Mackenzie
1979Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
1979Kidnapped (13 Episodes) as Prestongrange
1979Lady Oscar as Unknown
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare (1, 1 Episode) as Ghost of Hamlet's Father, King Simonides
1978Scorpion Tales (1 Episode) as Cummings
1977Hard Times (4 Episodes) as Thomas Gradgrind
1977The Domino Principle as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976The Eagle Has Landed as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976Dangerous Knowledge (6 Episodes) as Fane
1976Protect and Survive as Narrator
1975The Wilby Conspiracy as District Commissioner
1974Persecution as Robert Masters
1974Sign it Death as Richard Main
1973Diamonds on Wheels as Insp. Cook
1973Thriller (1 Episode) as Richard Main
1972The Protectors (1 Episode) as James Leroy Mallory
1972Van der Valk (1 Episode) as Van Teeseling
1971Brett (18 Episodes) as Unknown
1971Erotic Fantasies as Psychiatrist (voice)
1970When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth as Kingsor
1970UFO (1 Episode) as Turner
1970Puppet on a Chain as Inspector Van Gelder
1970The World at Their Feet as Self - Narrator (voice)
1970Codename (1 Episode) as Morgan
1969The Body Stealers as Bob Megan
1969Cream - Farewell Concert as Narrator (voice)
1969Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt as Commentator
1968All My Loving as Narrator (voice)
1968The Champions (1 Episode) as Westerman
1968The Devil Rides Out as Rex Van Ryan (voice)
1968The Big Switch as The Storyteller (voice)
1968Carry On Up the Khyber as Narrator
1968Journey Into Darkness as Luther Ames
1967Carry On Doctor as Narrator
1967Benjamin Britten and His Festival as Self - Narrator (voice)
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond as Narrator
1967Night of the Big Heat as Jeff Callum
1967The Night of the Generals as Colonel Mannheim
1966Dead Silence as Chief Insp. Newton
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Roger Quaife
1965Gideon's Way (1 Episode) as 'Spender Todd'
1965The Big Job as Narrator
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
1963The Sentimental Agent (1 Episode) as Petrides
1963Crane (39 Episodes) as Unknown
1963Crane (39 Episodes) as Richard Crane
1963As You Like It as Orlando
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Miles Hallin
1962Flight from Singapore as John Scott
1962Out of This World (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Captain Clegg as Captain Collier
1962The Traitors as John Lane
1961Candida as Rev. James Mavor Morrell
1961The Sinister Man as Dr. Nelson Pollard
1961Sir Francis Drake (1 Episode) as Navarre
1961Survival (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961The Avengers (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960Never Take Sweets from a Stranger as Peter Carter
1959International Detective (1 Episode) as Lieutenant Larkin
1959Jet Storm as Allan Mulliner
1959No Hiding Place (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958I Was Monty's Double as Col. Mathers
1958Tread Softly Stranger as Paddy Ryan
1958Dunkirk as Sergeant on Parade Ground
1958The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jim Kennedy
1958High Hell as Luke Fulgham
1957The Mark of the Hawk as Gregory
1957The Long Haul as Joe Easy
1957Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1 Episode) as Corporal Brunowski
1957High Tide at Noon as Charles MacKenzie
1956The Baby and the Battleship as Mate
1956Wicked as They Come as Willie
19561984 as Inner Party Official
1955Cross Channel as Hugo Platt
1955Confession as Corey
1954Dial M for Murder as Detective Pearson
1954World for Ransom as Unknown
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