George Sewell
Born: 1924-08-31 in Hoxton, London, England, UK
Died: 2007-04-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
Filmography
1998
- Let's Stick Together as Carter
1997
- The Fix as Chairman
1993
- The Detectives as Superintendent Cottam
1992
- Heartbeat as Ray Walker
1990
- The Upper Hand as George Carver
- Sticky Wickets as Friedrich
1989
- The Nineteenth Hole as Ray Smollett
1988
- Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks as Ratcliffe
1987
1984
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Det. Inspector Grant
- Mark of the Devil as Det. Inspector Grant
1982
- Andy Robson as Peter Mueller
1981
- The Chinese Detective as Jack Longman
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Knocker
- Wet Job as Haggerty
1980
- The Gentle Touch
- Invasion: UFO as Col. Alec Freeman
1979
- Minder as Frank
- Tales of the Unexpected as Laughlin
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Mendel
- Running Blind as Slade
1978
- The Bass Player and the Blonde as The Drummer
- Winterspelt 1944 as Colonel
1975
- The Sweeney as Vic Tolman
- Barry Lyndon as Barry's Second
- Operation: Daybreak as Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator
1974
- Churchill's People as Colonel Michelburn
- Rising Damp as Detective Constable Baker
- Born Free as Sam Willis
- Taking Leave as Father
- UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1973
- Diamonds on Wheels as Henry Stewart
1972
- The Adventurer as Harry Venner
- The Edwardians as Gus Elen
- Six Days of Justice as Anthony Brown
- UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop as Col. Alex Freeman
- Home and Away
- UFO: Take them Alive as Colonnello Alec Freeman
1971
- Get Carter as Con
- UFO: Destroy Luna Base! as Colonnello Alec Freeman
1970
- Play for Today as Father
- UFO as Alec Freeman
- Manhunt as Allard
- Shadows of Fear as Harry
1969
- The Main Chance as Harry Kenton
- Special Branch as Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven
- Paul Temple as Sammy Carson
- Doppelgänger as Mark Neuman
- The Haunted House of Horror as Bob Kellett
- Suspect as DI Barnes
1968
- The Expert as Louis Scammell
- The Caesars as Ennius
- The Vengeance of She as Harry
1967
- ITV Playhouse as DI Barnes
- Man in a Suitcase
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Mr. Stapleton
- Robbery as Ben
- Deadlier Than the Male as Car Park Assassin
- The Education of Corporal Halliday as Staff Sgt. Graham
- The Voices in the Park as Gurney
- The Investigation as Witness
1966
- The Informer as Vaughn
- Kaleidoscope as Billy
1965
- Public Eye as Jakeman
- Gideon's Way as Tim Murphy
- The Man in Room 17 as Shelton
- The Power Game as Frank Hagadan
- Londoners as Bert
- Three Clear Sundays as Johnny May
- Up the Junction as Barny
- The Coming Out Party as Ricketts
1963
- Doctor Who as Ratcliffe
- This Sporting Life as Jeff
- The Informers as Fred Hill
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Bert
- A Place to Go as Market Trader
1962
1960
- The Criminal as Prison Guard (uncredited)