Terence Rigby
Acting
Biography
Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film credits including Get Carter, Tomorrow Never Dies, Essex Boys and Watership Down. On television, he memorably played police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running 1970s Z Cars spin-off series Softly, Softly: Taskforce, as well as starring in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Crossroads, Common as Muck and The Beiderbecke Affair.
Born: January 2, 1937
Place of Birth: Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Known For
High Tide
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words lead him on a frantic quest for answers in the tidal estuaries of the West of England, where he finds himself on a collision course with other parties who are as eager to solve the mystery as he is, and are seemingly even prepared to kill to find the answer.
The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a 'dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Our Friends in the North
An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.
The Saint
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.
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence.
Simon Magus
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise
Filmography
as Creeper Martin
as Norman
as Dr. Edward Staunton
as Henry Caldicot
as Henry Hobbs
as Pumbleneck
as Pumblechook
as Bratislav
as Harrison
as Mr. Garter
as General Bukharin
as Burke Flitch
as Ian Frasier
as Berger
as Billy Mann
as Captain Henry Cooke
as Dougie Hodd
as Sidney Callow
as Ronnie Brown
as Fred Voles
as Det. Supt. George Reade
as James Burge
as Big Al
as Joseph Stalin
as John Hill
as Jo Stiarkoz
as Big Al
as Jo Stiarkoz
as Inspector Layton
as William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
as Major
as Major
as Doctor Watson
as Duggan
as Ernie Cade
as Thomas Barlow (uncredited)
as Thomas Barlow
as Bernard
as Hackett
as Matthews
as Roy Bland
as Stanley Bruce
as Silver (voice)
as Briggs
as Matthews
as Mr. Brabazon
as Mr. Perivale Blythe
as Joey
as Karl Vessem
as Det. Sgt. Bates
as Gerald Fletcher
as William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
as Bernard
as PC Snow
as PC Henry Snow
as Plain Clothed Policeman
as Lomax
as Harry
as Charlie Mason
as Chopper Martin
as Jack
as PC Smith
as PC Jacks