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 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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1996
The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
Movie
1993
The Detectives
TV show Charlie Hungerford
1990
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
Movie Sir Greville McDonald
1990
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse
Movie Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
1987
The New Statesman
TV show Sir Greville McDonald
1987
The Laughing Prisoner
Movie Head of Channel 4
1986
Worlds Beyond
TV show Jeremy
1985
Time for Murder
TV show Harry Scott-Forbes
1985
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Movie Lord Ravensworth
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV show Commander Duffield
1984
The Corvini Inheritance
Movie Hammond
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV show Hammond
1984
Frankenstein
Movie Alphonse Frankenstein
1984
Lace
TV show Sir Douglas
1981
Bergerac
TV show Hungerford
1981
Our Family Business
Movie Neils

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1981
That Beryl Marston...!
TV show Edith Marshall
1981
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Movie George Lomax
1980
Just Liz
TV show
1980
The Boy Who Never Was
Movie Major
1979
Terry and June
TV show Malcolm Lawrence
1979
Churchill and the Generals
Movie Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
1979
Ike
TV show Gen. Arthur Tedder
1979
Ike
Movie Gen. Arthur Tedder
1977
The Upchat Line
TV show Sir James Rothwell
1977
Rosie
TV show
1976
The New Avengers
TV show Manderson
1975
Dawson's Weekly
TV show
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV show
1974
The Internecine Project
Movie Business tycoon
1974
Happy Ever After
TV show Norman Henderson
1974
Claudine
Movie Teddy (uncredited)
1974
Playhouse
TV show Sir Arnold Latimer
1974
The Pallisers
TV show Lord George
1974
Mission: Monte Carlo
Movie Crane (archive footage)
1973
Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
TV show Robert Fentiman
1973
The Day of the Jackal
Movie Lloyd
1973
The Vault of Horror
Movie Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
1972
Pebble Mill at One
TV show
1971
The Persuaders!
TV show Matthew Crane