Mick Ford

Acting

Mick Ford

Born August 1, 1952 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK (age 73)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mick Ford (born 1 August 1952; in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom) is a British actor, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his portrayal of intellectual convict Archer in the cinema version of Scum. He also played Chico Barnes in the TV series based on the Dick Francis racing thrillers. Ford was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School, Croydo…

Known For

ScumScum · 1979
Scum
7.11979
MovieDramaCrime
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
Caleb WilliamsCaleb Williams · 1980
Caleb Williams
7.11980
MovieAdventure
The Fourth ProtocolThe Fourth Protocol · 1987
The Fourth Protocol
6.31987
MovieActionThriller
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
Naming the NamesNaming the Names · 1987
Naming the Names
1987
MovieHistoryDrama
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
Love MatchLove Match · 1986
Love Match
1986
Movie
Rehana is studying for her A-levels. She is a Muslim and her father thinks it's time he arranged a marriage for her. But Rehana has other ideas....
Next WeekNext Week · 2018
Next Week
2018
MovieDrama
A grandson struggles to connect with his granddad with Alzheimers.
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingHow to Get Ahead in Advertising · 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.31989
MovieFantasyComedy
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
The Only Way OutThe Only Way Out · 1993
The Only Way Out
6.51993
MovieDramaThriller
Jeremy Carlisle's ex-wife Lynn is trying to stay away from her dangerously disturbed ex-boyfriend Tony, and Jeremy does all he can do protect his family.

Movies

ScumScum · 1979
Scum
7.11979
MovieDramaCrime
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
Caleb WilliamsCaleb Williams · 1980
Caleb Williams
7.11980
MovieAdventure
The Fourth ProtocolThe Fourth Protocol · 1987
The Fourth Protocol
6.31987
MovieActionThriller
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
Naming the NamesNaming the Names · 1987
Naming the Names
1987
MovieHistoryDrama
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
Love MatchLove Match · 1986
Love Match
1986
Movie
Rehana is studying for her A-levels. She is a Muslim and her father thinks it's time he arranged a marriage for her. But Rehana has other ideas....
Next WeekNext Week · 2018
Next Week
2018
MovieDrama
A grandson struggles to connect with his granddad with Alzheimers.
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingHow to Get Ahead in Advertising · 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.31989
MovieFantasyComedy
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
The Only Way OutThe Only Way Out · 1993
The Only Way Out
6.51993
MovieDramaThriller
Jeremy Carlisle's ex-wife Lynn is trying to stay away from her dangerously disturbed ex-boyfriend Tony, and Jeremy does all he can do protect his family.
Desert of LiesDesert of Lies · 1984
Desert of Lies
7.01984
MovieDramaTV Movie
The fortunes of two expeditions a century and a half apart become mysteriously linked in the same desolate stretch of Kalahari Desert. In 1848 the Broon family are sent by the London Missionary Society to look for and convert a legendary race of strangely deformed savages. In 1983, a team of three people go off in search of what really happened.
The Late Nancy IrvingThe Late Nancy Irving · 1984
The Late Nancy Irving
5.71984
MovieDramaHorror
A famous US golfer with an extremely rare blood type is taken to a private hospital after falling ill. Her recovery prolongs and she befriends the people there. One day, she sees a TV news report on her death and realizes she's trapped.
KimKim · 1984
Kim
8.01984
MovieDramaAdventure
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
The KnowledgeThe Knowledge · 1979
The Knowledge
6.51979
MovieComedyDrama
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.
The PassionThe Passion · 1999
The Passion
1999
MovieDrama
During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer start a romance.
Bad HatsBad Hats · 1982
Bad Hats
7.01982
MovieDramaTV Movie
In this routine drama, two men (a crass Brit and a slow Frenchman) decide to evade the war in 1917, but their flight on a stolen boat goes awry and they end up on the coast of France, close to the fighting they wanted to leave behind. Once on shore, they make the acquaintance of a like-minded young widow who begins an affair with both men (she just wants to have a child by each) -- but their unusually idyllic existence is threatened with imminent tragedy as the French army advances ever closer.
Light Years AwayLight Years Away · 1981
Light Years Away
7.11981
MovieDramaFantasy
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds
The Sailor's ReturnThe Sailor's Return · 1978
The Sailor's Return
6.21978
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.
Shoot the RevolutionShoot the Revolution · 1990
Shoot the Revolution
1990
MovieDramaTV Movie
During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor Barbu, a member of the Securitate. His brother Octavian was the girl's teacher who "filled her head with the ideas of truth". The question isn't how did she die, but why?
The Boy with the TopknotThe Boy with the Topknot · 2017
The Boy with the Topknot
5.82017
MovieDramaTV Movie
Born to traditional Punjabi parents and growing up in Wolverhampton, Sathnam Sanghera moves to London after graduating from Cambridge University. Now in his late 20s he is planning to reveal to his family that he will defy expectations of an arranged marriage - but instead learns a painful family secret.
The GourmetThe Gourmet · 1986
The Gourmet
6.31986
MovieDramaTV Movie
A rich, bored gourmand who has tasted all there is of exotic meals, even human flesh, gets a tip-off from a rich midget. The midget had tasted everything out of this world, and even something not of this world. In other words, a ghost. The gourmand becomes very interested…
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of IceThe Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice · 1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
8.01980
MovieDramaMusic
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
Doll’s EyeDoll’s Eye · 1983
Doll’s Eye
3.21983
MovieDramaDocumentary
Examines contradictory male attitudes towards women in 1980's Britain
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling SomethingThe Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something · 1980
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
10.01980
MovieDramaMusic
Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected

TV Shows

Midsomer MurdersMidsomer Murders · 1997
Midsomer Murders
7.51997
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.
Silent WitnessSilent Witness · 1996
Silent Witness
7.61996
SeriesCrimeDrama
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Screen TwoScreen Two · 1985
Screen Two
7.11985
SeriesDrama
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Play for TodayPlay for Today · 1970
Play for Today
6.61970
SeriesDrama
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
A Touch of FrostA Touch of Frost · 1992
A Touch of Frost
7.51992
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.
The StrangerThe Stranger · 2020
The Stranger
7.22020
SeriesMysteryCrime
When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, Adam Price's life upends as he becomes entangled in a web of secrets.
Inspector George GentlyInspector George Gently · 2008
Inspector George Gently
7.92008
SeriesMysteryCrime
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Screen OneScreen One · 1989
Screen One
7.21989
SeriesDrama
Anthology drama series.
Ashes to AshesAshes to Ashes · 2008
Ashes to Ashes
7.72008
SeriesCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
A Woman of SubstanceA Woman of Substance · 1985
A Woman of Substance
7.61985
SeriesDrama
The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.
The FiveThe Five · 2016
The Five
6.82016
SeriesDramaMystery
When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years later, Danny – now a detective – learns some shocking news. Jesse’s DNA has been found at a murder scene. He is alive and out there. Somewhere.
Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseHammer House of Mystery and Suspense · 1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
6.51984
SeriesMysteryDrama
A short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. Co-produced by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, it is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all episodes feature American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It first broadcast in the UK on ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various regions.
Harlan Coben's LazarusHarlan Coben's Lazarus · 2025
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
6.22025
SeriesMystery
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Joel 'Laz' Lazarus is forced to confront long-buried demons after his father Dr L dies in suspicious circumstances. At first assured his dad's death is a suicide, Laz is soon sucked into a world of murderous conspiracy, and a race to find the killer, by strange visions of people he knows to be dead.
FearFear · 2025
Fear
5.22025
SeriesMystery
Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn and Rebecca move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first, the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating.
After the FloodAfter the Flood · 2024
After the Flood
7.02024
SeriesDramaCrime
Joanna finds an unidentified man dead in a lift in a underground car park after a devastating flood, police assumes that he became trapped as the waters rose, but she is obsessed with discovering what happened to him.
CribbCribb · 1980
Cribb
8.01980
SeriesMysteryCrime
Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
Living the DreamLiving the Dream · 2017
Living the Dream
7.52017
SeriesDramaComedy
A British family, the Pembertons, decide it’s time to leave rainy England and move to the sunshine state of Florida. They've bought an RV Park with plans for a booming family-run business, but it soon turns out that they are not going to be living the dream they hoped.
Plays for BritainPlays for Britain · 1976
Plays for Britain
6.01976
SeriesDrama
An anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers.
SharmanSharman · 1995
Sharman
1995
SeriesCrimeDrama
Sharman is a television series starring Clive Owen, based on the "Nick Sharman" books written by London based author Mark Timlin. Nick Sharman is a disillusioned, down-at-heel private investigator. An instinctive loner with a shady past, he can also be charming, quick-witted, determined and, despite his faults, he has an undeniable attraction for many of the women he encounters.
Single FatherSingle Father · 2010
Single Father
7.52010
SeriesDrama
Dave is facing the seemingly impossible job of bringing up four kids alone after the sudden death of his wife. And things get even more complicated when he falls in love with his wife's best friend, Sarah. Single Father asks how soon is too soon to fall in love again?
Big Bad WorldBig Bad World · 1999
Big Bad World
6.01999
SeriesDramaFamily
HunterHunter · 2009
Hunter
7.32009
SeriesDrama
Hunter is a two-part BBC One police drama. Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer reprised their roles as the dysfunctional detective double-act following on from the 2007 series Five Days. The series aired in the UK on Monday 18 January 2009 on BBC One at 9pm and achieved an average of 5.4m viewers during first episode. It was simulcast on BBC HD.
The Racing GameThe Racing Game · 1979
The Racing Game
7.81979
SeriesDrama
Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life.
The Last WeekendThe Last Weekend · 2012
The Last Weekend
5.52012
SeriesDrama
When Ian and Em receive a surprise invitation from their old friend Ollie to spend a weekend in the Suffolk countryside, they expect an idyllic holiday. But the competitive edge to the men's relationship soon rises to the surface, with irreversible consequences.