Patrick Allen
Acting
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.
Born: March 17, 1927
Place of Birth: Nyasaland [now Malawi]
Known For
The Sinister Man
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
Hitler's War
British historian David Irving scripted this two-hour video special, based on his book Hitler’s War. Researching, writing, and revising this book, he spent many years privately interviewing members of Hitler’s staff and his generals. When it appeared in 1977, it was an instant best-seller. This film version was broadcast many times on PBS in North America, and in countries around the world, including Israel. Combining Irving’s script with the film and newsreel footage of the time, the Edinburgh film company Lamancha closely collaborated with the author in the production of this film.
TUGS
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.
Sherlock Holmes
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.
Dial M for Murder
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Diamonds on Wheels
Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Story of the Spitfire
The story of Britain's legendary WWII fighter plane.
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
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.
Dangerous Knowledge
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.
Survival
Classic long-running British nature documentary series featuring different subjects each time.
Filmography
as Pilot Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Sir John French
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Colonel Wilson
as Walter Street
as Maj. Ronald Ferguson
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as General
as Harold Hagdorff
as Gilbert Smith
as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
as King Simonides
as Colonel Sebastian Moran
as Narrator
as The Hawk
as Sir James Brooke
as Police Commissioner
as Maj. Horton
as Sir Gervase Ewell
as Gerald Gardiner QC
as Luna Commission Chairman
as Colin Mackenzie
as Turner
as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
as Prestongrange
as Rushton
as Cummings
as Thomas Gradgrind
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Fane
as Narrator
as District Commissioner
as Donald MacAmnay
as Robert Masters
as Richard Main
as Insp. Cook
as Richard Main
as James Leroy Mallory
as Van Teeseling
as Kingsor
as Turner
as Inspector Van Gelder
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Bob Megan
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Commentator
as Narrator (voice)
as Westerman
as Rex Van Ryan (voice)
as The Storyteller (voice)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Luther Ames
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Jeff Callum
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Colonel Mannheim
as Roger Quaife
as Narrator
as 'Spender Todd'
as Theseus
as Julien / Danton
as Miles Hallin
as Major Peters
as Captain Collier
as John Lane
as Rev. James Mavor Morrell
as Dr. Nelson Pollard
as Navarre
as Peter Carter
as Allan Mulliner
as Col. Mathers
as Paddy Ryan
as Sergeant on Parade Ground
as Jim Kennedy
as Luke Fulgham
as Gregory
as Joe Easy
as Charles MacKenzie
as Mate
as Willie
as Inner Party Official
as Hugo Platt
as Corey
as Detective Pearson