Person Details

Birthday: 1923-03-11 16:24:26

Death: 2009-05-28 16:24:26

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Islington, London, England

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Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

Biography

Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac. He was born in London, the son of a doctor, and grew up in Yorkshire. Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy. In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London. He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac, though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. One of his early roles was in the children's series Garry Halliday. He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school. He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers; Terry and June (1979–1980); Behind the Screen (1981–1982); the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani; and The New Statesman (1987). On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels. He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991. He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham (1971), Two and Two Make Sex (1973), There Goes The Bride (1974/5) and Fringe Benefits (1976).  Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife, the actress Jane Downs. He died on 28 May 2009.  Description above from the Wikipedia article  Terence Alexander,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(1963) Lord Ravensworth
Bergerac
Average
6

Bergerac

(1981) Hungerford
The Avengers
Average
8

The Avengers

(1961) 'Piggy' Warren
The Champions
Average
6

The Champions

(1968) Douglas Trennick
Dempsey and Makepeace
Average
6

Dempsey and Makepeace

(1985) Commander Duffield
Codename
Average
0

Codename

(1970) Thorens
The Forsyte Saga
Average
8

The Forsyte Saga

(1967) Montague 'Monty' Dartie
The Day of the Jackal
Average
7

The Day of the Jackal

(1973) Lloyd

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1993 Charlie Hungerford
1990 Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
1987 Sir Greville McDonald
Sir Greville
Head of Channel 4
1985 Lord Ravensworth
Commander Duffield
1984 Alphonse Frankenstein
N/A
1981 Hungerford
Neils
George Lomax
1980 N/A
N/A
1979 N/A
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
Gen. Arthur Tedder
1977 Sir James Rothwell
N/A
1976 N/A
N/A
1975 N/A
1974 N/A
Business tycoon
Teddy (uncredited)
N/A
Crane
1973 Robert Fentiman
Lloyd
Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
1972 N/A
1971 Matthew Crane
1970 Lord Uxbridge
N/A
Frank
Thorens
Bob Chickman
1969 N/A
Peter Martin
Frisby
1968 Mr. Kelp
Douglas Trennick
Gee Gee Gray
N/A
1967 N/A
Major
Montague 'Monty' Dartie
1965 Reed
1964 N/A
Elton
1963 Lord Ravensworth
N/A
Andy
Rowing Coach (uncredited)
1962 Policeman on Motorcycle
Chief Supt. Bert Belcher
Bob Conley
1961 N/A
Trevor Trelawney
Ponsonby
Bromfield
'Piggy' Warren
David
1960 Defending Counsel
N/A
Rupert
1959 N/A
John Braine
Farrow
N/A
Lt. Gibbs
Lieutenant Babbington
1958 Captain Wharton
Young Man
1957 R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
1956 N/A
Radio Show Official (uncredited)
1955 Fenby
1954 Ranald's Assistant
Harry
1953 Pilot Peter Jones
Hotel Manager
1952 2nd M.V.D.
1951 Alan Robert
Barman
1950 Duke of Dorset
2nd Sapper officer
1947 Robert Burns
Year Character Movie/Tv

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