Acting

Alec Sabin

Born August 28, 1947 · Yorkshire, England, UK (age 79)

Alec Sabin (born 28 August 1947) is a Yorkshire born British actor. His television appearances include: Coronation Street, When the Boat Comes In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Maybury, Doctor Who, Bergerac, Call Me Mister and Birds of a Feather. His theatre credits include the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Known For

S.O.S. TitanicS.O.S. Titanic · 1980
S.O.S. Titanic
6.01980
MovieHistoryDrama
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
The Seventh Company OutdoorsThe Seventh Company Outdoors · 1977
The Seventh Company Outdoors
6.71977
MovieComedy
The third part of Seventh Company adventures.
EarthshockedEarthshocked · 2018
Earthshocked
2018
MovieDocumentaryScience Fiction
Featuring cast and crew interviews, recreated sets, and newly shot 16mm film inserts starring the Cybermen.
Antony & CleopatraAntony & Cleopatra · 1981
Antony & Cleopatra
7.31981
MovieDramaHistory
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.
My Dear PalestrinaMy Dear Palestrina · 1980
My Dear Palestrina
7.01980
Movie
'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The law, my dear Palestrina, ought to employ your music to lead hardened criminals to repentance".'
King LearKing Lear · 1975
King Lear
10.01975
MovieDrama
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
The Roads of ExileThe Roads of Exile · 1978
The Roads of Exile
9.01978
MovieHistoryDrama
French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau (François Simon) lives in 18th-century exile with his mistress (Dominique Labourier).
Doctor Who: EarthshockDoctor Who: Earthshock · 1982
Doctor Who: Earthshock
8.11982
MovieScience FictionAdventure
The Doctor and his companions must prevent the Cybermen from bombing the Earth in the 26th century. It is a battle not everyone will survive...

Filmography

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Birds of a FeatherBirds of a Feather · 1989
Birds of a Feather
6.31989
SeriesComedyDrama
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.

TV Reporter

Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTinker Tailor Soldier Spy · 1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
7.61979
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a seven-part BBC2 spy drama written by Arthur Hopcraft, adapted from John le Carré's eponymous 1974 novel. The serial, which stars Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell and Michael Aldridge, was broadcast from 10 September to 22 October 1979. George Smiley, the ageing master spy of the Cold War and once heir-apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

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French FieldsFrench Fields · 1989
French Fields
6.91989
SeriesComedy
French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV. The series starred Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series Fresh Fields, which ran from 7 March 1984 to 23 October 1986. At the end of the last series of Fresh Fields, William accepted a position with a French company. French Fields follows Hester and William after they make the move to Calais. Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal, who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right, were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles. Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux, an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles — where they all lived. Also, popping in on a regular basis, were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax and his daughter Marie-Christine, to whom Hester did her best to teach English. Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis.

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