Donald Churchill
Born: 1930-11-06 in Southall, Middlesex, England, UK
Died: 1991-10-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Donald Churchill (6 November 1930 – 29 October 1991) was an English actor and playwright. He appeared in many film and television productions over a 35-year period and wrote several TV scripts. His films included Barnacle Bill (1957), The Captain's Table (1959), Victim (1961), The Wild Affair (1964), Zeppelin (1971), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Charlie Muffin (1979) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) as Doctor Watson.[1] On television he starred in Bulldog Breed (1962), Spooner's Patch (1980-1982), played game show host Ronnie Kemp in Goodnight and God Bless (which Churchill also co-wrote, 1983), Mr Scott Eccles in an adaptation of "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" for The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1988, and appeared in Stanley and the Women (1991) and C.A.T.S. Eyes. His plays include Mixed Feelings, The Decorator, and Moments of Weakness.
Filmography
1991
- Stanley and the Women as Harry Coote
1990
- El C.I.D. as Metcalf
1989
- Deux hommes dans une valise ... (Author)
1988
- The Master Builder as Dr. Herdal
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Scott Eccles
1983
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Dr. John Watson
1979
- Spooner's Patch as DI Spooner
- Charlie Muffin as Wilberforce
- Heartland as Henry Sutcliffe
1978
- The Sandbaggers as Professor Colby
- The First Great Train Robbery as Prosecutor
- Father, Dear Father ... (Writer)
1977
- Citizen Smith as Murdoch
1976
- Our Mutual Friend ... (Writer)
- The Five Pound Orange ... (Writer)
1975
- The Sweeney ... (Writer)
1974
- The Aweful Mr Goodall as Millbrook
1973
- A Bit of a Lift as Frank
1972
- Van der Valk as Johnny Roos
- A Fluid Arrangement ... (Writer)
- Knightsbridge as Henry
- The Left Overs ... (Writer)
1971
- Zeppelin ... (Screenplay)
- The Loving Lesson as Harry
1970
- Play for Today as Tony Goodliffe
- Curse of the Mummy as Corbeck
- A Room in Town ... (Writer)
- Hearts and Flowers as Tony
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Robert
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder ... (Adaptation)
1967
- The Spare Tyres as Milkman
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Eugene Corbeck
1965
- Gideon's Way as James Lane
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Henry Bulstrode
- It's Not Me - It's Them! as Albert Curfew
- The Wild Affair as Andy
- Spaceflight IC-1 as Carl Walcott
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Harold
- Detective as George Carshaw
- The Hothouse as Gordon Parsley
- Sharp at Four ... (Writer)
- The Cherry on the Top ... (Writer)
1963
- Festival as Charlie
1962
- The Saint as Dr. Spraque
1961
- Victim as Eddy Stone
- No Love for Johnnie as Sheilah's Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Ship That Couldn't Stop as Michael Holland
- The Omega Mystery as Robinson
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as Hugh Ramsden
- Sink the Bismarck! as Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
- Doctor in Love as Doctor (uncredited)
1959
- Yesterday's Enemy as Elliott (uncredited)
- The Captain's Table as Mr. Jay
- The Gay Dog as Leslie Gowland
1957
- Barnacle Bill as Roy
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Gordon Parsley