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Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Actor · 1923 – 2009 · Islington, London, England

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.

Series23

  • TV7.9

    Doctor Who

    1963 · 722 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV7.0

    Bergerac

    1981 · 25 votes

  • TV7.0

    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV4.8

    No Hiding Place

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Persuaders!

    1971 · 135 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Champions

    1968 · 24 votes

  • TV3.5

    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

  • TV7.1

    Maigret

    1960 · 15 votes

  • TV7.2

    The New Avengers

    1976 · 52 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV6.8

    Dempsey and Makepeace

    1985 · 33 votes

  • TV6.4

    The Pallisers

    1974 · 5 votes

  • TV7.2

    Man in a Suitcase

    1967 · 10 votes

  • TV
  • TV9.0

    Detective

    1964 · 1 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Detectives

    1993 · 22 votes

  • TV7.5
  • TV7.5

    The New Statesman

    1987 · 54 votes

  • TV6.5

    Terry and June

    1979 · 13 votes

  • TV7.4

    Hancock's Half Hour

    1956 · 9 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Man in Room 17

    1965 · 4 votes

Movies22

  • Movie7.5

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973 · 711 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Ike

    1979 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Waterloo

    1970 · 234 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Vault of Horror

    1973 · 171 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Danger Within

    1959 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The One That Got Away

    1957 · 59 votes

  • Movie6.9
  • Movie7.1

    The League of Gentlemen

    1960 · 109 votes

  • Movie5.2

    The Long Duel

    1967 · 22 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Breakout

    1959 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Carry On Regardless

    1961 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Doctor's Dilemma

    1959 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Bulldog Breed

    1960 · 19 votes

  • Movie5.0

    A Tale of Five Cities

    1951 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Internecine Project

    1974 · 28 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Only When I Larf

    1968 · 5 votes

  • Movie7.0

    All the Way Up

    1970 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    1950 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Square Peg

    1958 · 33 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Claudine

    1974 · 47 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Mission: Monte Carlo

    1974 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Who Done It?

    1956 · 14 votes