Patrick Allen

Acting

Patrick Allen

Born 17 March 1927 · Nyasaland [now Malawi] · Died 28 July 2006 at 79

John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.

Known for

Highlights

Dial M for Murder1954 · Film · Detective Pearson
Blackadder1983 · Series · The Hawk
Threads1984 · Film · Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Colonel Sebastian Moran
The Eagle Has Landed1976 · Film · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Avengers1961 · Series

Filmography

Movies

53 films

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot2023 · Film · Pilot Narrator
Bullet to Beijing1995 · Film · Colonel Wilson
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors1992 · Film · Maj. Ronald Ferguson
Roman Holiday1987 · Film · General
Love After Lunch1987 · Film · Harold Hagdorff
Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984 · Film · King Simonides
Threads1984 · Film · Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace1983 · Film · Sir James Brooke
Who Dares Wins1982 · Film · Police Commissioner
Murder Is Easy1982 · Film · Maj. Horton
The Trial of Lady Chatterley1980 · Film · Gerald Gardiner QC
Alien Attack1980 · Film · Luna Commission Chairman
The Sea Wolves1980 · Film · Colin Mackenzie
Invasion: UFO1980 · Film · Turner
Churchill and the Generals1979 · Film · Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
Lady Oscar1979 · Film
The Wild Geese1978 · Film · Rushton
Aerial Ambassador1978 · Film
The Eagle Has Landed1976 · Film · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Wilby Conspiracy1975 · Film · District Commissioner
Persecution1974 · Film · Robert Masters
Sign It Death1974 · Film · Richard Main
Diamonds on Wheels1973 · Film · Insp. Cook
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth1970 · Film · Kingsor
Puppet on a Chain1970 · Film · Inspector Van Gelder
The Body Stealers1969 · Film · Bob Megan
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt1969 · Film · Commentator
The Devil Rides Out1968 · Film · Rex Van Ryan (voice)
The Big Switch1968 · Film · The Storyteller (voice)
Journey Into Darkness1968 · Film · Luther Ames
Night of the Big Heat1967 · Film · Jeff Callum
The Night of the Generals1967 · Film · Colonel Mannheim
A Midsummer Night's Dream1964 · Film · Theseus
Captain Clegg1962 · Film · Captain Collier
The Traitors1962 · Film · John Lane
The Sinister Man1961 · Film · Dr. Nelson Pollard
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger1960 · Film · Peter Carter
Jet Storm1959 · Film · Allan Mulliner
I Was Monty's Double1958 · Film · Col. Mathers
Tread Softly Stranger1958 · Film · Paddy Ryan
Dunkirk1958 · Film · Sergeant on Parade Ground
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1958 · Film · Jim Kennedy
High Hell1958 · Film · Luke Fulgham
The Mark of the Hawk1957 · Film · Gregory
The Long Haul1957 · Film · Joe Easy
High Tide at Noon1957 · Film · Charles MacKenzie
The Baby and the Battleship1956 · Film · Mate
Wicked as They Come1956 · Film · Willie
19841956 · Film · Inner Party Official
Cross Channel1955 · Film · Hugo Platt
Confession1955 · Film · Corey
Dial M for Murder1954 · Film · Detective Pearson
World for Ransom1954 · Film

Filmography

Series

37 shows

Days That Shook the World2003 · Series · Sir John French
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer1993 · Series
Body & Soul1993 · Series · Walter Street
TUGS1989 · Series · Captain Star / Narrator (voice)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · Series · Colonel Sebastian Moran
Time for Murder1985 · Series · Gilbert Smith
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Colonel Sebastian Moran
Blackadder1983 · Series · The Hawk
The Winds of War1983 · Series · Dowding
Bergerac1981 · Series · Sir Gervase Ewell
Kidnapped1979 · Series · Prestongrange
Scorpion Tales1978 · Series · Cummings
Hard Times1977 · Series · Thomas Gradgrind
Dangerous Knowledge1976 · Series · Fane
Churchill's People1974 · Series · Donald MacAmnay
Thriller1973 · Series · Richard Main
The Protectors1972 · Series · James Leroy Mallory
Van der Valk1972 · Series · Van Teeseling
UFO1970 · Series · Turner
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · Series · Chertkov
Journey to the Unknown1968 · Series · Luther Ames
The Champions1968 · Series · Westerman
Man in a Suitcase1967 · Series
BBC Play of the Month1965 · Series · Roger Quaife
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Peter Roke
The Troubleshooters1965 · Series · Commander Fayne
Gideon's Way1965 · Series · 'Spender Todd'
The Wednesday Play1964 · Series · Don Giovanni
Theatre 6251964 · Series · Julien / Danton
The Saint1962 · Series · Miles Hallin
Out of This World1962 · Series · Major Peters
Sir Francis Drake1961 · Series · Navarre
Survival1961 · Series
The Avengers1961 · Series
No Hiding Place1959 · Series
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Chief Insp. Newton
Sunday Night Theatre1950 · Series · Eddie Kirkley