Acting

Jerome Willis

Born October 23, 1928 · London, England, UK

Died January 11, 2014 · aged 85

Jerome Barry Willis was a prominent British stage and screen actor with more than 100 screen credits to his name. Willis had a leading role in the ITV drama series The Sandbaggers as Matthew Peele.

Known For

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · 2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

MovieCrimeFantasy

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Lifeforce

Lifeforce · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Orlando

Orlando · 1992

MovieDramaFantasy

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

Khartoum

Khartoum · 1966

MovieHistoryWar

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

The Magus

The Magus · 1968

MovieMysteryDrama

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

A Business Affair

A Business Affair · 1994

A Business Affair

MovieComedyRomance

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their vanity and fear of losing her.

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls · 1992

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

MovieTV MovieAdventure

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

Doomwatch

Doomwatch · 1972

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Filmography

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · 2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

MovieCrimeFantasy

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Councillor 1

Lifeforce

Lifeforce · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Pathologist

Orlando

Orlando · 1992

MovieDramaFantasy

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

Translator

Khartoum

Khartoum · 1966

MovieHistoryWar

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Frank Power

The Magus

The Magus · 1968

MovieMysteryDrama

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

'False' German Officer

A Business Affair

A Business Affair · 1994

A Business Affair

MovieComedyRomance

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their vanity and fear of losing her.

Moderator

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls · 1992

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

MovieTV MovieAdventure

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

Mycroft Holmes

Doomwatch

Doomwatch · 1972

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Lt. Com. Tavener

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady · 1991

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

MovieCrimeDrama

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from an assassination at the opera house and prevent World War I.

Mycroft Holmes

The Apocalypse Watch

The Apocalypse Watch · 1997

The Apocalypse Watch

MovieActionThriller

A CIA analyst takes over a case from his brother, a field agent who was killed in the line of duty, in this thriller based on a Robert Ludlum novel.

Dr. Hans Troupman

The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy · 1958

The Silent Enemy

MovieHistoryWar

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.

Sailor

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe · 1974

Robinson Crusoe

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

The Sea Captain

God's Outlaw

God's Outlaw · 1986

MovieDramaHistory

A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.

Bishop Stokesley

Space Precinct: The Fire Within

Space Precinct: The Fire Within · 2025

Space Precinct: The Fire Within

MovieScience FictionAction

A priest spontaneously combusts during a ceremony at the Pyrist Temple; Brogan investigates, finding that the death was likely a homicide and all evidence points to a fellow priest being the culprit.

Captain Rexton Podly

John Lennon: A Journey in the Life

John Lennon: A Journey in the Life · 1985

John Lennon: A Journey in the Life

MovieDramaDocumentary

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of John Lennon's murder. Journey in the Life chronicles the life of the musician, making use of dramatizations, fantasy-like images, and commentary. The material for the special is drawn from Lennon's writings and songs, along with stills, interviews, and documentary footage of the famous Beatle and dramatic recreations of his life.

Registrar

Space Precinct: Deathwatch

Space Precinct: Deathwatch · 2025

Space Precinct: Deathwatch

MovieScience FictionAction

The arrival a mysterious meteor fragment on Altor, heralds the start of strange events at Roetem Towers on Krazucki Street where residents are being terrorized into relocation.

Captain Rexton Podly

A Mind to Murder

A Mind to Murder · 1995

A Mind to Murder

MovieMysteryCrime

Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order him back to work to investigate the murder of the Director of the Steen Clinic, which specializes in psychiatric cases.

Dr. Kynaston

Yellow Dog

Yellow Dog · 1973

MovieCrimeAction

A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.

Hawk Curtis

Alibi

MovieDramaThriller

A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's wedding anniversary. Marcey sets about organizing the slightly neurotic Greg in his attempts to cover up the accident.

Stan Shaps

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus · 1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.

Chorus

Siege of the Saxons

Siege of the Saxons · 1963

Siege of the Saxons

King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.

The Limping Man

Time in Advance

Time in Advance · 1965

Time in Advance

MovieTV MovieDrama

The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised. After serving their time, the former prisoners return to their home planet.

Ryman

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes · 1993

Unnatural Causes

MovieCrimeDrama

Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named Inspector Reckless.

Dr. Kynaston

Foxhole in Cairo

Foxhole in Cairo · 1960

Foxhole in Cairo

A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.

British Signals Sergeant

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders · 1997

Midsomer Murders

SeriesCrimeDrama

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

John Smith

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot · 1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

SeriesCrimeDrama

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

Edward Pengelley

Doctor Who

Doctor Who · 1963

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Stevens

The Avengers

The Avengers · 1961

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

George

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play · 1964

The Wednesday Play

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

Daniel

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost · 1992

A Touch of Frost

SeriesDramaCrime

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

Walker

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month · 1965

BBC Play of the Month

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

The Sea Captain

Screen Two

Screen Two · 1985

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

First DPP Official

Crown Court

Crown Court · 1972

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

Heartbeat

Heartbeat · 1992

SeriesCrimeDrama

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Arthur Clough

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre · 1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Haimendorf

Danger Man

Danger Man · 1960

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

Colonel Maturin

Bergerac

Bergerac · 1981

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

Rupert Imison

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Playhouse

Playhouse · 1974

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

John Healey

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 · 1964

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Sickingen

Yes Minister

Yes Minister · 1980

SeriesComedyWar & Politics

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown · 1965

Out of the Unknown

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

Ryman

Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart · 1993

Goodnight Sweetheart

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.

Doctor

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters · 1965

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series was based around an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig.

Dr. Newman

Space Precinct

Space Precinct · 1994

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

An NYPD officer transfers his family to a space station.

Captain Rexton Podly

Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint · 1978

Return of the Saint

SeriesAction & Adventure

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Inspector Thornton

The New Statesman

The New Statesman · 1987

The New Statesman

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

Sir Wallis Austin QC

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot · 1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

SeriesAction & Adventure

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.

Prince of Limerick