Acting

Basil Moss

Born May 25, 1935 · London, England

Died November 28, 2020 · aged 85

Basil David Moss (25 May 1935 – 28 November 2020) was a British character actor, who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s. He was educated at St Paul's School, which he followed with actor's training. Despite leaving St Paul's in 1953, Moss's connections with the school remained strong throughout his life, both through his involvement in the Pauline Meetings and …

Known For

Clinic Exclusive

Clinic Exclusive · 1971

Clinic Exclusive

A beautiful massage parlor/sex clinic owner financially & emotionally mistreats her customers.

I Was Happy Here

I Was Happy Here · 1966

I Was Happy Here

Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and to her first love, Colin.

One Brief Summer

One Brief Summer · 1971

One Brief Summer

The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.

Minder

SeriesComedyDrama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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.

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.

The Bill

The Bill · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

UFO

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

Filmography

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Clinic Exclusive

Clinic Exclusive · 1971

Clinic Exclusive

A beautiful massage parlor/sex clinic owner financially & emotionally mistreats her customers.

Philip Eveleigh

I Was Happy Here

I Was Happy Here · 1966

I Was Happy Here

Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and to her first love, Colin.

One Brief Summer

One Brief Summer · 1971

One Brief Summer

The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.

Minder

SeriesComedyDrama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Vicar

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.

Huntley

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.

Alexander Burton

The Bill

The Bill · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

Mr. Creasey

UFO

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

Dr. Frazer

The Chief

The Chief · 1990

The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.

Coroner

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible · 2001

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible is a satirical British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. Spoofing the British horror films of Amicus, Hammer, and Tigon, the title parodies Amicus' 1965 anthology film Dr Terror's House of Horrors. Coogan presents each episode as the titular Dr Terrible, and plays the lead in each story.

Priest

Morgan's Boy

Morgan's Boy · 1984

Lee, a teenager from Manchester, goes to stay with his uncle Morgan on his remote farm in Wales. Lee struggles to build a relationship with his uncle and make friends with a local boy as Morgan struggles to hold on to his farm.

Ted Rivers

Tilly Trotter

Tilly Trotter · 1999

In 1830s rural England, a courageous young girl, envied by women for her beauty, lusted after by men, is accused of witchcraft and forced to rise above the prejudice of many people in the community in which she lives.

Mr Burgess

First Among Equals

First Among Equals · 1986

First Among Equals

A ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel of the same name, which follows the careers and personal lives of a quartet of fictional Parliament members from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister.

Robert Atkinson