Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Acting

Born March 17, 1927 · Nyasaland [now Malawi]

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

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

The Saint

The Saint

1962

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1984

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964

Bergerac

Bergerac

1981

Blackadder

Blackadder

1983

Blackadder

Blackadder

1983

Acting(132)

2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotPilot Narrator

2008The Video Encyclopedia of World War TwoSelf - Narrator

2008The War File: Hitler's WarNarrator

2006The Official Story of the British ArmyNarrator

2005Hitler's WarNarrator

2005Heroes of the Second World WarNarrator

2005Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The SwastikaSelf - Narrator (voice)

2003Days That Shook the WorldSir John French

2002The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the VolgaNarrator

2002The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War TwoNarrator

2002The War File: Battleships at WarNarrator

2002Dare To Believe

2001Story of the SpitfireNarrator

2001The Hawker HurricaneNarrator

1997The Conquest of Everest 1953Narrator

1995Bullet to BeijingColonel Wilson

1993The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

1993Body & SoulWalter Street

1992Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace DoorsMaj. Ronald Ferguson

1991The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret PoliceNarrator

1990The Occult History of the Third ReichNarrator (voice)

1990Naked Down UnderOpening Narrator (voice)

1990D-Day: Assault on Fortress EuropeNarrator

1987Roman HolidayGeneral

1987Love After LunchHarold Hagdorff

1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesColonel Sebastian Moran

1985The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasGilbert Smith

1985Time for MurderGilbert Smith

1985ThreadsPublic Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1984Pericles, Prince of TyreKing Simonides

1984Sherlock HolmesColonel Sebastian Moran

1983BlackadderNarrator

1983The Winds of WarDowding

1983The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel WallaceSir James Brooke

1982Who Dares WinsPolice Commissioner

1982Murder Is EasyMaj. Horton

1981BergeracSir Gervase Ewell

1981A Spy at EveningMansfield

1980The Trial of Lady ChatterleyGerald Gardiner QC

1980Alien AttackLuna Commission Chairman

1980The Sea WolvesColin Mackenzie

1980Invasion: UFOTurner

1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. Sir Claude Auchinleck

1979KidnappedPrestongrange

1978The Wild GeeseRushton

1978Scorpion TalesCummings

1978Aerial Ambassador

1977Hard TimesThomas Gradgrind

1977The Domino PrincipleNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1976The Eagle Has LandedOpening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1976Dangerous KnowledgeFane

1976Protect and SurviveNarrator

1975The Wilby ConspiracyDistrict Commissioner

1974Churchill's PeopleDonald MacAmnay

1974PersecutionRobert Masters

1974Sign It DeathRichard Main

1973Diamonds on WheelsInsp. Cook

1973ThrillerRichard Main

1972The ProtectorsJames Leroy Mallory

1972Van der ValkVan Teeseling

1971Erotic FantasiesPsychiatrist (voice)

1970When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthKingsor

1970Puppet on a ChainInspector Van Gelder

1970The World at Their FeetSelf - Narrator (voice)

1970CodenameMorgan

1969The Body StealersBob Megan

1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreChertkov

1969Cream: Farewell ConcertNarrator (voice)

1969Medieval England: The Peasants' RevoltCommentator

1969What's a Girl Like You?Self - Narrator

1968All My LovingNarrator (voice)

1968Journey to the UnknownLuther Ames

1968The ChampionsWesterman

1968The Devil Rides OutRex Van Ryan (voice)

1968The Big SwitchThe Storyteller (voice)

1968Carry On Up the KhyberNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1968Journey Into DarknessLuther Ames

1967Carry On DoctorNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1967Benjamin Britten and His FestivalSelf - Narrator (voice)

1967Man in a Suitcase

1967Welcome to Japan, Mr. BondNarrator

1967Night of the Big HeatJeff Callum

1967Don't Lose Your HeadNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1967The Night of the GeneralsColonel Mannheim

1966Dead SilenceChief Insp. Newton

1965BBC Play of the MonthRoger Quaife

1965Thirty-Minute TheatrePeter Roke

1965The Big JobNarrator

1965Gideon's Way'Spender Todd'

1964The Wednesday PlayDon Giovanni

1964A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus

1964Theatre 625Julien / Danton

1963CraneRichard Crane

1963As You Like ItOrlando

1962The SaintMiles Hallin

1962Flight from SingaporeJohn Scott

1962Out of This WorldMajor Peters

1962Captain CleggCaptain Collier

1962The TraitorsJohn Lane

1961CandidaRev. James Mavor Morrell

1961The Sinister ManDr. Nelson Pollard

1961Sir Francis DrakeNavarre

1961The Avengers

1960Sunday-Night PlayCapt. Sasha Studzinsky

1960Never Take Sweets from a StrangerPeter Carter

1959International DetectiveLieutenant Larkin

1959Jet StormAllan Mulliner

1959No Hiding Place

1958I Was Monty's DoubleCol. Mathers

1958Tread Softly StrangerPaddy Ryan

1958DunkirkSergeant on Parade Ground

1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkJim Kennedy

1958High HellLuke Fulgham

1957The Mark of the HawkGregory

1957The Long HaulJoe Easy

1957Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!Corporal Brunowski

1957High Tide at NoonCharles MacKenzie

1956Armchair TheatreChief Insp. Newton

1956The Baby and the BattleshipMate

1956Wicked as They ComeWillie

19561984Inner Party Official

1955Cross ChannelHugo Platt

1955ConfessionCorey

1954Dial M for MurderDetective Pearson

1954World for Ransom

1950Sunday Night TheatreEddie Kirkley

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