Donald Churchill

Biography

Donald Churchill (6 November 1930 – 29 October 1991) was an English actor and playwright. He appeared in many film and television productions over a 35-year period and wrote several TV scripts. His films included Barnacle Bill (1957), The Captain's Table (1959), Victim (1961), The Wild Affair (1964), Zeppelin (1971), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Charlie Muffin (1979) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) as Doctor Watson.[1] On television he starred in Bulldog Breed (1962), Spooner's Patch (1980-1982), played game show host Ronnie Kemp in Goodnight and God Bless (which Churchill also co-wrote, 1983), Mr Scott Eccles in an adaptation of "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" for The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1988, and appeared in Stanley and the Women (1991) and C.A.T.S. Eyes. His plays include Mixed Feelings, The Decorator, and Moments of Weakness.

Known For

Play for Today

The Saint

Sherlock Holmes

The Wednesday Play

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Gideon's Way

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

All Movies (23)

• The Master Builder1988 · as Dr. Herdal
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1983 · as Dr. John Watson
• Charlie Muffin1979 · as Wilberforce
• The First Great Train Robbery1978 · as Prosecutor
• A Bit of a Lift1973 · as Frank
• Knightsbridge1972 · as Henry
• The Loving Lesson1971 · as Harry
• Hearts and Flowers1970 · as Tony
• Curse of the Mummy1970 · as Corbeck
• The Spare Tyres1967 · as Milkman
• The Wild Affair1965 · as Andy
• Spaceflight IC-11965 · as Carl Walcott
• The Hothouse1964 · as Gordon Parsley
• The Omega Mystery1961 · as Robinson
• Victim1961 · as Eddy Stone
• The Ship That Couldn't Stop1961 · as Michael Holland
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as Sheilah's Party Guest (uncredited)
• Doctor in Love1960 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Sink the Bismarck!1960 · as Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
• Yesterday's Enemy1959 · as Elliott (uncredited)
• The Gay Dog1959 · as Leslie Gowland
• The Captain's Table1959 · as Mr. Jay
• Barnacle Bill1957 · as Roy

All TV Shows (30)

• Stanley and the Women1991 · as Harry Coote
• El C.I.D.1990 · as Metcalf
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · as Scott Eccles
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Scott Eccles
• Heartland1979 · as Henry Sutcliffe
• Spooner's Patch1979 · as DI Spooner
• The Sandbaggers1978 · as Professor Colby
• Citizen Smith1977 · as Murdoch
• The Aweful Mr Goodall1974 · as Millbrook
• Van der Valk1972 · as Johnny Roos
• Play for Today1970 · as Tony Goodliffe
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Robert
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Eugene Corbeck
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Henry Bulstrode
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Peter Spring
• It's Not Me - It's Them!1965 · as Albert Curfew
• Gideon's Way1965 · as James Lane
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Harold
• Detective1964 · as George Carshaw
• Festival1963 · as Charlie
• The Saint1962 · as Dr. Spraque
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Hugh Ramsden
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Sergeant Pilot 'Ace' Corner
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Gordon Parsley
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Michael Holland
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Robinson
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Walter Tilley
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Harry
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Frank