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Terence Alexander
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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 Berger…
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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.
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The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
as Sir Greville McDonald
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse
as Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
The Laughing Prisoner
as Head of Channel 4
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
as Lord Ravensworth
The Corvini Inheritance
as Hammond
Frankenstein
as Alphonse Frankenstein
Our Family Business
as Neils
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as George Lomax
The Boy Who Never Was
as Major
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
Ike
as Gen. Arthur Tedder
The Internecine Project
as Business tycoon
Claudine
as Teddy (uncredited)
Mission: Monte Carlo
as Crane (archive footage)
The Day of the Jackal
as Lloyd
The Vault of Horror
as Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
Waterloo
as Lord Uxbridge
A Room in Town
as Frank
All the Way Up
as Bob Chickman
Run a Crooked Mile
as Peter Martin
What's Good for the Goose
as Frisby
Only When I Larf
as Gee Gee Gray
The Long Duel
as Major
No Poster
The Spare Tyres
as Dennis Colville
The Intelligence Men
as Reed
All in Good Time
as Elton
Bitter Harvest
as Andy
The Mind Benders
as Rowing Coach (uncredited)
The Fast Lady
as Policeman on Motorcycle
On the Beat
as Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
She Always Gets Their Man
as Bob Conley
Man at the Carlton Tower
as Johnny Time
Carry On Regardless
as Trevor Trelawney
The Gentle Terror
as David
The Bulldog Breed
as Defending Counsel
The League of Gentlemen
as Rupert
Don't Panic Chaps
as Lieutenant Babbington
The Price of Silence
as John Braine
Breakout
as Farrow
Danger Within
as Lt. Gibbs
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Mr. Lanchester
The Square Peg
as Captain Wharton
Death Was a Passenger
as Young Man
The One That Got Away
as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
No Poster
The Five Ports
as Self - Commentator
Who Done It?
as Radio Show Official (uncredited)
Portrait of Alison
as Fenby
No Poster
The Eternal Question
as Ranald's Assistant
No Poster
The Monkey's Paw
as Herbert
Dangerous Cargo
as Harry
Park Plaza 605
as Hotel Manager
The Runaway Bus
as Pilot Peter Jones
Number Three
as Maurice Crampton
Top Secret
as 2nd M.V.D.
The Gentle Gunman
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Death Is a Number
as Alan Robert
A Tale of Five Cities
as Barman
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Duke of Dorset
The Woman with No Name
as 2nd Sapper officer
No Poster
Comin' Thro the Rye
as Robert Burns