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
- Screen One as Friedrich
- 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
- Wet Job as Haggerty
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Knocker
1980
- The Gentle Touch as Dave Connally
- 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
1977
- Don't Forget to Write! as Pierre
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
- Born Free as Sam Willis
- Rising Damp as Detective Constable Baker
- 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
- Home and Away as Winslow Scott
- UFO: Take Them Alive as Colonel Alec Freeman
- UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker... as Colonel Alec Freeman
1971
- Get Carter as Con
- UFO: Destroy Luna Base! as Colonel 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
- Paul Temple as Sammy Carson
- Special Branch as Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven
- Suspect as DI Barnes
- Doppelgänger as Mark Neuman
- The Haunted House of Horror as Bob Kellett
1968
- The Expert as Louis Scammell
- The Caesars as Ennius
- The Vengeance of She as Harry
- Spindoe as Scaliger
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 Investigation as Witness
- The Voices in the Park as Gurney
- The Education of Corporal Halliday as Staff Sgt. Graham
1966
- The Informer as Vaughn
- Kaleidoscope as Billy
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Nicholls
- Public Eye as Jakeman
- Gideon's Way as Tim Murphy
- Londoners as Bert
- The Power Game as Frank Hagadan
- The Man in Room 17 as Shelton
- Up the Junction as Barny
- Three Clear Sundays as Johnny May
- The Coming Out Party as Ricketts
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Ricketts
- Detective
1963
- Doctor Who as Ratcliffe
- The Informers as Fred Hill
- This Sporting Life as Jeff
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Bert
- A Place to Go as Market Trader
1962
1960
- The Criminal as Prison Guard (uncredited)