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Michael Cochrane

Michael Cochrane

Department: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series. He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial "Black Orchid" (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in "Ghost Light" (1989). He was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama "No Man's Land". He featured in the ITV science fiction series The Uninvited. In 2008 he appeared in the soap opera Doctors as Daniel's solicitor and in 2009 in Margaret as MP Alan Clark. He appeared in the situation comedy Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director. Cochrane also starred in the 2002 film Offending Angels with Susannah Harker and Shaun Parkes. He is married to the actress Belinda Carroll. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Cochrane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1984

The Saint

The Saint

1997

The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play

2002

Tell Me That You Love Me

Tell Me That You Love Me

1991

A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1991

Longitude

Longitude

2000

Sharpe's Eagle

Sharpe's Eagle

1993

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty

2004

Sharpe's Sword

Sharpe's Sword

1995

Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

Real Life

Real Life

1984

Sharpe's Peril

Sharpe's Peril

2008

The Return of Sam McCloud

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989

Living

Living

2022

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

Number One Gun

Number One Gun

1990

Panto!

Panto!

2012

Margaret

Margaret

2009

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

2024

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

2008

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992

The Country Wife

The Country Wife

1977

The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

2005

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011

The Cry

The Cry

2002

Reversals

Reversals

2003

Coalition

Coalition

2015

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

1989

Daphne Laureola

Daphne Laureola

1978

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981

Sharpe's Challenge

Sharpe's Challenge

2006

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018

Incognito

Incognito

1997

The Innocent

The Innocent

2001

Hay Fever

Hay Fever

1984

Ascendancy

Ascendancy

1983

HG Wells: War with the World

HG Wells: War with the World

2006

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

1999

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

2005

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland

2014

Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

1983

Doctor Who: Black Orchid

Doctor Who: Black Orchid

1982

Holy Flying Circus

Holy Flying Circus

2011

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1997

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel

2012

Wings

Wings

1977

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010

Howards' Way

Howards' Way

1985

Sharpe

Sharpe

1993

Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme

2003

Man Down

Man Down

2013

99-1

99-1

1994

Monarch of the Glen

Monarch of the Glen

2000

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends

2008

Keen Eddie

Keen Eddie

2003

Laurence Olivier Presents

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

The Ambassador

The Ambassador

1998

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

2014

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

1997

Wire in the Blood

Wire in the Blood

2002

The Crown

The Crown

2016

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

1992

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1994

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

1999

Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate

1980

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

1983

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

1994

I Hate You

I Hate You

2022

Spooks

Spooks

2002

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones

2019

The Outlaws

The Outlaws

2021

The Cry

The Cry

2002

My Spy Family

My Spy Family

2007

Agatha Raisin

Agatha Raisin

2016

The Far Pavilions

The Far Pavilions

1984

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

2013

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

1991

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

The Chief

The Chief

1990

No Job for a Lady

No Job for a Lady

1990

Longitude

Longitude

2000

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

1987

Dear John

Dear John

1986

Cradle to Grave

Cradle to Grave

2015

Vicious

Vicious

2013

Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

2017

Father Brown

Father Brown

2013

The Pallisers

The Pallisers

1974

Perfect World

Perfect World

2000

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

2001