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Born 25 September 1912 ( 1912-09-25 ) London, England, UK Died June 29, 1982, Chichester, United Kingdom Movies Thunderball, Morning Departure, Lust for a Vampire, They Made Me a Fugitive, Ivanhoe Similar People Mary Hignett, Nigel Patrick, John Paddy Carstairs, Jimmy Sangster, Terence Young | ||
Michael Brennan (25 September 1912 – 29 June 1982) was an English film and television actor.
Born in London, Brennan was married to actress Mary Hignett. He appeared in such films as Tom Brown's Schooldays, Ivanhoe, Thunderball, Tom Jones, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders and Doomwatch. On television, he made guest appearances on All Creatures Great and Small (which featured his wife) and Dixon of Dock Green.
Filmography
Actor
1980
Cowboys (TV Series) as
Picket Leader
- C.L.O.D. (1980) - Picket Leader
1979
Canned Laughter (TV Movie) as
Security Guard
1979
House of Caradus (TV Series) as
Mais
- Aristocracy in Decline (1979) - Mais
1979
Don't Forget to Write! (TV Series) as
Mr. Field
- We're Going to Maxim's (1979) - Mr. Field
1978
The Losers (TV Series) as
2nd Lorry Driver
- The Naming of Parts (1978) - 2nd Lorry Driver
1978
All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) as
Mr. Meeker
- Judgement Day (1978) - Mr. Meeker
1977
Nicholas Nickleby (TV Mini Series) as
Landlord
- Episode #1.3 (1977) - Landlord
1975
Second City Firsts (TV Series) as
Sergeant
- Swallows (1975) - Sergeant
1975
The Venturers (TV Series) as
Bill
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts (1975) - Bill
1974
Churchill's People (TV Series) as
Brigantian Chieftan
- Pritan (1974) - Brigantian Chieftan
1974
The Prince of Denmark (TV Series) as
Fireman
- Episode #1.5 (1974) - Fireman
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) as
Publican
- Compliments of the Season (1974) - Publican
1973
The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV Series) as
Foreman / Comber
- The Quarry (1973) - Foreman
- The Debt (1973) - Comber
1973
Doctor in Charge (TV Series) as
Mr. Jenkins
- The Pool (1973) - Mr. Jenkins
1973
Bowler (TV Series) as
Pickaxe
- The Ides of March (1973) - Pickaxe
1973
Horizon (TV Series documentary) as
Captain Novak
- The Rat Man (1973) - Captain Novak
1972
The Regiment (TV Series) as
RSM William Bright
- North West Frontier (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Women (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Riot (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Cholera (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Setting In (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Troopship (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Courtship (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Depot (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Ambush (1973) - RSM William Bright
- Days of Betrayal (1972) - RSM William Bright
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Leonard / Fred Giley
- Croust (1973) - Leonard
- Haven't You People Got Homes? (1967) - Fred Giley
1973
The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV Series) as
Ticket Collector
- Episode #7.6 (1973) - Ticket Collector
1973
Nothing But the Night as
Deck Hand
1972
The Trouble with 2B
1972
Sykes (TV Series) as
Fireman
- Mouse (1972) - Fireman
1972
Them (TV Series)
- Episode #1.3 (1972)
1972
Up the Front as
M.P.
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Joker / Sam Rogers / Len Norris / ...
- Playtime (1972) - Sam Rogers
- Alibi: Part 1 (1969) - Len Norris
- The Saint of Concrete Canyon: Part 2 (1968) - Ben Morris
- Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 2 (1967) - Joker
- Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 1 (1967) - Joker
- Brotherly Love (1965) - Reynolds
- The Whizzers (1963) - The Geer
- Handle with Care (1962) - Little Jakey Ramsden
1972
Doomwatch as
Tom Straker
1972
Mike and Bernie (TV Series) as
Scouse
- The Roar of the Crowd, the Smell of the Liniment (1972) - Scouse
1971
The Onedin Line (TV Series) as
Bully Hayes
- Catch as Can (1971) - Bully Hayes
1971
Softly Softly: Task Force (TV Series) as
Collins
- Once Bitten (1971) - Collins
1971
Mr. Horatio Knibbles as
Man Chased by Barrel (uncredited)
1971
Fright as
Sergeant
1971
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Bonning
- Detective Waiting (1971) - Bonning
1971
Lust for a Vampire as
Landlord
1970
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV Series) as
Mick
- I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (1970) - Mick
- And Ecumenicals to You, as Well (1970) - Mick
1970
Here Come the Double Deckers! (TV Series) as
Spaceman
- Invaders from Space (1970) - Spaceman
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Aggressive Man
- The Lie (1970) - Aggressive Man (uncredited)
1970
Up Pompeii! (TV Series) as
Dextrus Secundus
- Guess Who's Coming to Sin'Er Nymphia (1970) - Dextrus Secundus
1970
Ivanhoe (TV Mini Series) as
Front de Boeuf
- The Black Knight (1970) - Front de Boeuf
- Condemned (1970) - Front de Boeuf
- The Hostage (1970) - Front de Boeuf
- Hunted (1970) - Front de Boeuf
- Unmasked (1970) - Front de Boeuf
1969
Medieval England: The Peasants Revolt (Short) as
Father
1969
Hadleigh (TV Series) as
Hedley Boyd
- For Those in Peril (1969) - Hedley Boyd
1969
The First Lady (TV Series) as
Ted Yarrow
- The Man from Down Under (1969) - Ted Yarrow
1969
Hark at Barker (TV Series)
- Rustless and Women (1969)
1968
Freewheelers (TV Series) as
Boone
- The Zander Plot: Part 8 - Doomsday! (1969) - Boone
- Menace: Part 5 - Face to Face (1968) - Boone
- Menace: Part 4 - The Ultimatum (1968) - Boone
- Menace: Part 3 - The Camp (1968) - Boone
- Menace: Part 2 - No Smoke (1968) - Boone
- Menace: Part 1 - The Sleepers (1968) - Boone
1968
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) as
Nikita
- If Only the Trains Come (1968) - Nikita
1968
The Expert (TV Series) as
Supt. Cramer
- The Contact (1968) - Supt. Cramer
1968
Merry-Go-Round (TV Series documentary) as
Vindex
- The Broken Sword Part 3: The Hostages (1968) - Vindex
- The Broken Sword Part 2: Day of Freedom (1968) - Vindex
- The Broken Sword Part 1: Death to the Eagle! (1968) - Vindex
1968
The Great Pony Raid as
Butch
1968
Beggar My Neighbour (TV Series) as
Bugsy
- Drink to Me Only (1968) - Bugsy
1968
The Prisoner (TV Series) as
Killer Karminski
- The Girl Who Was Death (1968) - Killer Karminski
1967
The Cuckoo Patrol as
Superman No.1.
1967
Woman Times Seven as
M. Lisiere (segment "At The Opera")
1967
Mickey Dunne (TV Series) as
Deathrattle Dick
- My Pal Fred (1967) - Deathrattle Dick
1967
Just Like a Woman as
Commissionaire
1967
Mogul (TV Series) as
Matt Lawson
- A Damn Great Lump of Oil (1967) - Matt Lawson
1967
The Deadly Affair as
Wolfe the Barman (uncredited)
1966
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Blunt
- Days to Come (1966) - Blunt
1966
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) as
O'Leary
- Episode #1.941 (1966) - O'Leary
- Episode #1.940 (1966) - O'Leary
1966
Thirteen Against Fate (TV Series) as
Pessart
- The Survivors (1966) - Pessart
1966
The Informer (TV Series) as
Car Breaker
- Get Off My Back (1966) - Car Breaker
1966
Watch the Birdies (TV Mini Series) as
Donovan
- Episode #1.5 (1966) - Donovan
- Episode #1.4 (1966) - Donovan
- Episode #1.3 (1966) - Donovan
- Episode #1.2 (1966) - Donovan
- Episode #1.1 (1966) - Donovan
1966
Pardon the Expression (TV Series) as
Joe
- Thunderfinger: Part 2 (1966) - Joe
1966
Love Is a Woman as
Bonelli
1965
Against the Tide (Short) as
Arthur Mulgrove
1965
Thunderball as
Janni
1960
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Jacko / Hanlon
- The Street (1965) - Jacko
- A Man of Straw (1960) - Hanlon
1961
Here's Harry (TV Series)
- The Best Man (1965)
- The Christmas Cards (1963)
- The Voice (1961)
1965
The Mask of Janus (TV Series) as
Jevtic
- The Arranger (1965) - Jevtic
1965
R3 (TV Series) as
Sarbutt
- It's Better to Know (1965) - Sarbutt
1965
Three Hats for Lisa as
Police Sergeant
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as
The Turnkey
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Metzler / Jones
- Ironhand (1965) - Metzler
- Women in Crisis #2: With Love and Tears (1964) - Jones
1965
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Patient
- Dan, Dan, the Charity Man (1965) - Patient
1964
Act of Murder as
Police Sergeant
1964
Crossroads (TV Series) as
Fred Carstairs
1964
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Police Sergeant
- Act of Murder (1964) - Police Sergeant
1964
Detective (TV Series) as
Rymer
- The Speaking Eye (1964) - Rymer
1964
Silas Marner (TV Series) as
Ben Oates
- A New Life (1964) - Ben Oates
1964
Meet the Wife (TV Series) as
Frank Willett
- The Business Dinner (1964) - Frank Willett
1964
Taxi! (TV Series) as
Big Arthur
- Sunday Mornings Are for Sleeping (1964) - Big Arthur
1964
Madame Bovary (TV Series) as
Louis
- Marriage (1964) - Louis
1964
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) as
Audience Member Who Threatens Albert
- Sunday for Seven Days (1964) - Audience Member Who Threatens Albert
1955
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Jack Kelly / Fenton / Danny McCallion / ...
- Unwelcome Stranger (1963) - Fenton
- Green Wedding (1963) - Danny McCallion
- Counsel for the Defence (1962) - Mr. Smethers
- Everything Goes in Threes (1960) - Jack Kelly (uncredited)
- A Lead from Mother Kelly (1960) - Jack Kelly
- The Kid from Kirkintilloch (1959) - Tiny Allbright
- Blues in the Night (1959) - Joe Duckett
- On Mother Kelly's Doorstep (1956) - Jack Kelly
- The Dock Green Desperado (1955) - Mr. Warren
1961
Maigret (TV Series) as
Cassin / Marius Leclercq
- The Flemish Shop (1963) - Cassin
- The Golden Fleece (1961) - Marius Leclercq
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
Cornflower / Tiefenbach / Korrianke, Harras's driver
- The Full Chatter (1963) - Cornflower
- Sword of Vengeance (1962) - Tiefenbach
- Summer Theatre: The Devil's General (1960) - Korrianke, Harras's driver
1963
The Girl Hunters as
Policeman
1963
Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) as
Donovan / Puzzled Railway Man
- Dear Departed (1963) - Donovan
- The Parcel (1963) - Puzzled Railway Man
1963
Benny Hill (TV Series)
- The Shooting of Willie the Kid (1963)
1959
A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV Series) as
In Performance with Jimmy Edwards / In performance with Jack Warner
- Episode dated 25 December 1962 (1962) - In Performance with Jimmy Edwards
- Episode dated 25 December 1959 (1959) - In performance with Jack Warner
1962
Zero One (TV Series) as
Claude
- Donovan's Disaster (1962) - Claude
1962
Live Now - Pay Later as
Bailiff
1962
Call Oxbridge 2000 (TV Series) as
Mr. Wheeler
- Episode #2.4 (1962) - Mr. Wheeler
1962
The Devil's Agent as
Horvat
1962
Ambush in Leopard Street as
Harry
1962
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) as
Clive
- The Channel Swimmer (1962) - Clive
1961
Candida (TV Movie) as
Mr. Burgess
1961
You Can't Win (TV Series) as
Caler
- To Await Collection (1961) - Caler
1961
Johnny Nobody as
Supt. Lynch
1961
Echo Four Two (TV Series) as
Club manager
- Frozen Fire (1961) - Club manager
1961
On the Fiddle as
Soldier at Army Meat Van (uncredited)
1961
Mess Mates (TV Series)
- One-Way Ticket (1961)
1961
Yorky (TV Series) as
George Torry
- Incorrectly Dressed (1961) - George Torry
1961
The Men from Room 13 (TV Series) as
Burgess
- The Man Who Made Things Go: Part 2 (1961) - Burgess
- The Man Who Made Things Go: Part 1 (1961) - Burgess
1961
Adventure Story (TV Movie) as
Father Cleitus
1961
Sykes and A... (TV Series)
- Sykes and a Bandage (1961)
1961
Paradise Walk (TV Mini Series) as
Bert
- Nothing But Trouble (1961) - Bert
1961
Knight Errant Limited (TV Series) as
Pat Sullivan
- Black Knight (1961) - Pat Sullivan
1960
Citizen James (TV Series) as
Meat Axe
- The Raffle (1960) - Meat Axe
1960
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (TV Mini Series) as
Executioner
- Episode #1.4 (1960) - Executioner
1960
Watch Your Stern as
Security Guard
1960
Boyd Q.C. (TV Series) as
Lewis
- The Time of Day (1960) - Lewis
1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde as
Queensbury's Friend at Auction (uncredited)
1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as
Walters (uncredited)
1959
Dial 999 (TV Series) as
Carmody
- Ghost Squad (1959) - Carmody
1959
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
CPO Barrow
- The Signal (1959) - CPO Barrow
1959
Interpol Calling (TV Series) as
Victor Perrot
- Last Man Lucky (1959) - Victor Perrot
1959
Charlesworth (TV Series) as
Jellyboy Simpson / Starer
- The Key (1959) - Jellyboy Simpson
- Undertone in Grey (1959) - Starer
1959
Whack-O! (TV Series) as
Mr. Gumbril
- Episode #4.4 (1959) - Mr. Gumbril
- Episode #4.2 (1959) - Mr. Gumbril
1959
The Infamous John Friend (TV Mini Series) as
Farmer Rayner
- Episode #1.5 (1959) - Farmer Rayner
1959
William Tell (TV Series) as
Hans
- The Raid (1959) - Hans
1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Ajax / Charles / Casca / ...
- Maigret and the Lost Life (1959) - Feret
- The Fugitive (1956)
- Desert Duel (1956) - Sergeant Hooper
- The Devil's General (1955) - Korrianke
- The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation (1955) - Jake Middleton
- Romeo and Juliet (1955) - Peter
- It Could Happen Only in Paris (1955) - Monsieur Thomas
- Ninety Sail (1954) - Johnny Huff
- Troilus and Cressida/II (1954) - Ajax
- Troilus and Cressida (1954) - Ajax
- Captain Banner (1954) - Sergeant Ericsson
- As You Like It/II (1953) - Charles
- As You Like It (1953) - Charles
- No Cross, No Crown (1952) - Inspector Mitchell
- Arrow to the Heart (I) (1952) - Sergeant-Major Mascher
- Julius Caesar/II (1951) - Casca
- Julius Caesar (1951) - Casca
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1951) - Captain of the Guard
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1950) - Captain of the Guard
1959
The 39 Steps as
Detective on Train (uncredited)
1958
Adventures of the Sea Hawk (TV Series) as
Reilly
- Lady on the Run (1958) - Reilly
- Footnote to a Hurricane (1958) - Reilly
- Fiery Opal (1958) - Reilly
- Treasure Point (1958) - Reilly
- Rendezvous Rockal (1958) - Reilly
- He Who Flinches (1958) - Reilly
- Divine Touch (1958) - Reilly
- Bread Upon the Waters (1958) - Reilly
- Back Lash (1958) - Reilly
- Search at Sea (1958) - Reilly
- Trip to Nowhere (1958) - Reilly
- Empire in the Sun (1958) - Reilly
1958
The Invisible Man (TV Series) as
Brenner
- Jailbreak (1958) - Brenner
1958
The Lost King (TV Series) as
Chaumette
- The Flight to Geneva (1958) - Chaumette
- The Royal Prisoner (1958) - Chaumette
1958
Queen's Champion (TV Mini Series) as
John Brandon
- The Eve of the Armada (1958) - John Brandon
- The Trap (1958) - John Brandon
1958
Law and Disorder as
Bent - Warder Ext. Prison
1958
Dunkirk as
Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)
1958
A Tale of Two Cities as
Tom--Coach Driver (uncredited)
1957
Not Wanted on Voyage as
Chief Steward
1957
Just My Luck as
Masseur
1957
Huntingtower (TV Series) as
Big Willy
- Episode #1.5 (1957) - Big Willy
- Episode #1.4 (1957) - Big Willy
- Episode #1.2 (1957) - Big Willy
1957
Precious Bane (TV Series) as
Grimble
- Episode #1.6 (1957) - Grimble
- Episode #1.4 (1957) - Grimble
- Episode #1.2 (1957) - Grimble
1956
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Lieut. Sacchi / Petty Officer Barlow
- The Affair at Assino (1957) - Lieut. Sacchi
- Morning Departure (1956) - Petty Officer Barlow
1956
The Big Money as
Bluey
1956
Up in the World as
Prison Warder
1956
Voyage of the 'Surprise' (TV Movie) as
Cornet Obadiah Kneebone
1956
The Press Gang (TV Movie) as
Tom Spunyarn
1955
Quatermass II (TV Mini Series) as
Dawson
- The Mark (1955) - Dawson
1955
See How They Run as
Sgt. Maj. Towers
1954
A Hundred Years Old (TV Movie) as
Antonon
1954
Up to His Neck as
CPO Brazier
1953
Trouble in Store as
Davis
1953
It's a Grand Life as
Sgt. Maj. O'Reilly
1953
Personal Affair as
Police Officer (uncredited)
1953
Let Us Be True (TV Movie) as
Sergeant
1952
Made in Heaven as
Sgt. Marne
1952
Something Money Can't Buy as
Fairground boss
1952
Ivanhoe as
Baldwin
1952
The Hundred Hour Hunt as
Police Constable
1952
13 East Street as
George Mack
1951
The Lady with a Lamp as
Purveyor
1951
Circle of Danger as
Bert Oakshott
1951
Tom Brown's Schooldays as
Black Bart
1950
The Clouded Yellow as
Superintendent Ross
1950
Blackout as
Mickey
1950
No Trace as
Fenton
1950
Heaven and Charing Cross (TV Movie) as
Eddie Norman
1950
Waterfront Women as
Engineer
1950
Twelve Thousand (TV Movie) as
Martin
1950
Paul Temple's Triumph as
Hammond
1950
They Were Not Divided as
Smoke O'Connor
1950
Operation Disaster as
C.P.O. Barlow
1950
The Whole World Over (TV Movie) as
Colonel Ivanov
1949
The Amazing Mr. Beecham as
Sergeant
1949
For Them That Trespass as
Det. Insp. Benstead
1949
Cardboard Cavalier as
Brother Barebones
1949
The Good Companions (TV Movie) as
Linoleum man / Ridvers
1948
Brass Monkey as
Wilks
1948
Neighbours (TV Movie) as
Roger Phepps
1948
The Silk Noose as
Ropey (uncredited)
1948
My Brother's Keeper as
Police Constable at Roadblock (uncredited)
1948
The Leopard's Spots (TV Short) as
Sergeant Houghton
1948
As You Are (TV Movie) as
First removal man
1948
Escape as
Truck Driver (uncredited)
1948
Blanche Fury as
Farmer
1948
Brighton Rock as
Crabbe (uncredited)
1947
Captain Boycott as
Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
1947
I Became a Criminal as
Jim
1941
'Pimpernel' Smith as
Camp Guard with Lantern (uncredited)
1939
The Fame of Grace Darling (TV Movie) as
John Kidd, Survivor
Stunts
1963
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) (fight sequence arranged by - 1 episode)
- Green Wedding (1963) - (fight sequence arranged by)
Archive Footage
1995
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (Video documentary) as
Janni
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