Julian Curry
Born: 1937-12-08 in Devon, England, UK
Died: 2020-06-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
Filmography
2020
- Truth Seekers as Old Byron Berkeley
2004
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as Dr. Vargas
2000
- Seven Days to Live as Prof. Ed Saunders
1999
- Vanished! A Video Seance as Father
1998
- Mysteries of Egypt as Carnarvon
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Ronald Burgess
- Cause of Death as Dr. Blake
1995
- Bugs as Admiral
1991
- Thatcher: The Final Days as David Harris
1989
- Around the World in 80 Days as Wilson
- Death of a Son as Prof. Ray Spector
1988
- Deadline as Stuart-Smith
- Reasonable Force as Commissioner
1987
- Inspector Morse as Alan Cartwright
- Ghost Chase as Lawyer
1985
- Screen Two as Commissioner
- Lytton's Diary as Tim Beauchamp
- Three Up, Two Down as Gerald
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend as Etienne
- The New Statesman as Lecturer
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Albert Shlessinger
- Oxbridge Blues as Tom
1982
- Bright Eyes as Charvier
- King Lear as Duke of Cornwall
- The Missionary as Friend of Raggy Masterson
1981
- Escape to Victory as Shurlock
- Psy-Warriors as Hooper
- The Manions of America as Colonel Maitland
- A Fine Romance as Charles Payne
1980
- Buccaneer as Lord Champlieu
1979
- The Bronte Sisters as Mr. Smith
- Big Wheels and Sailor as Dave Adams
1978
- When the Actors Come as Count Botvay
- Life of Shakespeare as Sir Robert Cecil
- Life Begins at Forty as The Vicar
- The Vanishing Army as Symington
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Count Botvay
- Gotcha / Campion's Interview as Campion
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as Claude Erskine-Brown
- Brassneck
- The Saliva Milkshake as Rafferty
- The Way of the World as Petulant
- The Hanged Man as Simon Hatchett
- The Floater as Jeremy Butler
1974
- Churchill's People as Hubert
1970
- Play for Today as Symington
- Hamlet as Horatio
1968
- Nicholas Nickleby as Lenville
1967
- The Mini-Affair as Ronnie
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Collins
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Oronte
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Dr. Tim Izzard
- The Midas Plague as Edward