Acting

Alan Downer

Born September 12, 1930 · Swansea, Wales, UK

Died March 16, 1995 · aged 64

Alan Downer was born on 12 September 1930 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Triton (1968), To Have and to Hold (1986) and Emmerdale Farm (1972). He was married to Dilys Laye. He died on 16 March 1995 in London, England, UK.

Known For

Welcome HomeWelcome Home · 1971
Welcome Home
1971
MovieHorrorTV Movie
Dr Frank Bowers has been looking forward to returning home after a long stay in a psychiatric ward. But when he gets there, he finds that not only does no one recognize him, but another man called Frank Bowers is living in his place.
Romance on the Orient ExpressRomance on the Orient Express · 1985
Romance on the Orient Express
5.41985
MovieDramaRomance
Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who met and had a tender romance ten years earlier while vacationing in France, which ended abruptly when he walked out on her without saying a word. Now Alex tries to make up for lost time with Lily while she digs into his past to find out what haunting secrets that he has which led to their abrupt break-up.
Bellman and TrueBellman and True · 1987
Bellman and True
6.61987
MovieDramaAction
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
Operation JulieOperation Julie · 1985
Operation Julie
3.51985
MovieCrimeDrama
A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which resulted in the arrests of 120 people and jail sentences of 170 years for the manufacture and distribution of £100M of LSD.
Drake's VentureDrake's Venture · 1980
Drake's Venture
5.81980
MovieTV MovieDrama
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.
Unreported IncidentUnreported Incident · 1988
Unreported Incident
1988
MovieDramaTV Movie
Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border; now their lives have become inextricably mixed. They are together on a chat show whose host wants a sob story with a happy ending, but gets something entirely different.
Casting the RunesCasting the Runes · 1979
Casting the Runes
7.01979
MovieMysteryTV Movie
The producer of an investigative television programme which is critical of an occultist finds out that he has a curse put on her.
A Choice of EvilsA Choice of Evils · 1977
A Choice of Evils
1977
MovieDramaWar
Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but struggles to reason with either the Vatican, the Nazis or his friend.

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Sergeant CorkSergeant Cork · 1963
Sergeant Cork
7.21963
SeriesDrama
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

Peter Glover