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Michael Cochrane

Michael Cochrane

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

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024 • Self - Archie Pennington-Booth
Living
Living
2022 • Sir James
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018 • Sir Andrew Aguecheek
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015 • Arnold Ridley
Coalition
Coalition
2015 • Senior Tory MP Buchanan
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014 • Ian MacGregor
Panto!
Panto!
2012 • Johnny
Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
2012 • Man on Bus

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To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024 • Self - Archie Pennington-Booth
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Living
Living
2022 • Sir James
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RSC Live: Twelfth Night
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018 • Sir Andrew Aguecheek
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Coalition
Coalition
2015 • Senior Tory MP Buchanan
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Panto!
Panto!
2012 • Johnny
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Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
2012 • Man on Bus
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The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
2011 • William
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Holy Flying Circus
Holy Flying Circus
2011 • Malcolm Muggeridge
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Margaret
Margaret
2009 • Alan Clark
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Sharpe's Peril
Sharpe's Peril
2008 • Simmerson
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The Government Inspector
The Government Inspector
2005 • Sir Richard Dearlove
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A Different Loyalty
A Different Loyalty
2004 • Dick Madsen
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Reversals
2003 • Derek Barry
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The Falklands Play
The Falklands Play
2002 • Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
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The Cry
2002 • Nathaniel Wakely
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The Innocent
2001 • Harold Haig
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Longitude
Longitude
2000 • Waddington, Gould's solicitor
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Nancherrow
Nancherrow
1999 • Sir George Rawlings
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Incognito
Incognito
1997 • Detective Inspector Deeks
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The Saint
The Saint
1997 • Cold Fusion Broker
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Sharpe's Regiment
Sharpe's Regiment
1996 • Sir Henry Simmerson
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Sharpe's Sword
Sharpe's Sword
1995 • Sir Henry Simmerson
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Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle
1993 • Colonel/General Sir Henry Simmerson
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A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality
1991 • Charles Hecht
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Number One Gun
Number One Gun
1990 • Flash Fairmaid
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Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989 • Redvers Fenn-Cooper
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Hay Fever
Hay Fever
1984 • Sandy Tyrell
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1984 • Henry Clervell
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Real Life
Real Life
1984 • Lipton
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Ascendancy
Ascendancy
1983 • Officer
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Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982 • Lord Cranleigh
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