Michael Cochrane
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series. He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial "Black Orchid" (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in "Ghost Light" (1989). He was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama "No Man's Land". He featured in the ITV science fiction series The Uninvited. In 2008 he appeared in the soap opera Doctors as Daniel's solicitor and in 2009 in Margaret as MP Alan Clark. He appeared in the situation comedy Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director. Cochrane also starred in the 2002 film Offending Angels with Susannah Harker and Shaun Parkes. He is married to the actress Belinda Carroll. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Cochrane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (46)
- To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy2024 · as Self - Archie Pennington-Booth
- Living2022 · as Sir James
- RSC Live: Twelfth Night2018 · as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story2015 · as Arnold Ridley
- Coalition2015 · as Senior Tory MP Buchanan
- Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland2014 · as Ian MacGregor
- Panto!2012 · as Johnny
- Run For Your Wife2012 · as Man on Bus
- The Iron Lady2011 · as William
- Holy Flying Circus2011 · as Malcolm Muggeridge
- Margaret2009 · as Alan Clark
- Sharpe's Peril2008 · as Simmerson
- Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley2008 · as Sir Waldron Smithers
- HG Wells: War with the World2006 · as Minister
- Sharpe's Challenge2006 · as Simmerson
- The Government Inspector2005 · as Sir Richard Dearlove
- Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore2005 · as Lord Lyttleton
- A Different Loyalty2004 · as Dick Madsen
- Reversals2003 · as Derek Barry
- The Falklands Play2002 · as Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
- The Cry2002 · as Nathaniel Wakely
- The Innocent2001 · as Harold Haig
- Longitude2000 · as Waddington, Gould's solicitor
- Nancherrow1999 · as Sir George Rawlings
- Incognito1997 · as Detective Inspector Deeks
- Sharpe: The Legend1997 · as Simmerson
- The Saint1997 · as Cold Fusion Broker
- Sharpe's Regiment1996 · as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- Sharpe's Sword1995 · as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- Sharpe's Eagle1993 · as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992 · as Winston Churchill
- A Murder of Quality1991 · as Charles Hecht
- Tell Me That You Love Me1991 · as Geoff
- Number One Gun1990 · as Flash Fairmaid
- The Return of Sam McCloud1989 · as Geraint Davies
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light1989 · as Redvers Fenn-Cooper
- Hay Fever1984 · as Sandy Tyrell
- Frankenstein1984 · as Henry Clervell
- Real Life1984 · as Lipton
- The Return of the Soldier1983 · as Stephen
- Ascendancy1983 · as Officer
- Doctor Who: Black Orchid1982 · as Lord Cranleigh
- Escape to Victory1981 · as Farrell
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George1981 · as Charles Masterman
- Daphne Laureola1978 · as Bill
- The Country Wife1977 · as Sparkish
All TV Shows (55)
- I Hate You2022 · as Leonard
- The Outlaws2021 · as Mr Kingsley
- Sticks and Stones2019 · as Clayton
- Decline and Fall2017 · as Prosecutor
- The Crown2016 · as Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten
- Agatha Raisin2016 · as Sir Desmond
- Cradle to Grave2015 · as Judge
- The Musketeers2014
- The Escape Artist2013 · as Judge
- Man Down2013
- Vicious2013 · as Jasper
- Father Brown2013 · as Bishop Yorke
- Titanic: Blood and Steel2012 · as Captain Smith
- Call the Midwife2012 · as Sir Brigham Aylward
- Downton Abbey2010 · as Reverend Travis
- Mutual Friends2008 · as Judge
- My Spy Family2007 · as Lord Bollingstock
- Rosemary & Thyme2003 · as Franklin Danvers
- Keen Eddie2003
- Wire in the Blood2002 · as Judge Hynes
- Spooks2002 · as Ross Vaughan
- The Cry2002 · as Nathaniel Weekly
- Murphy's Law2001 · as Livingston
- Monarch of the Glen2000
- Perfect World2000 · as Terence Bentley (The Director)
- Longitude2000 · as Solicitor
- Nancherrow1999
- The Ambassador1998
- The Uninvited1997
- Jonathan Creek1997 · as Owen Glendower
- Wycliffe1994 · as Mr. Price
- Pie in the Sky1994 · as Julian Tubbs
- 99-11994 · as Charlwood
- Sharpe1993 · as Sir Henry Simmerson
- Sharpe1993 · as Simmerson
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as Babcock, HMI
- Heartbeat1992 · as Derek Lightfoot
- Heartbeat1992 · as Stephen Quinn
- Heartbeat1992 · as Cunningham
- The Darling Buds of May1991 · as Wing Commander Honeyman
- The Chief1990 · as Nigel Crimmond
- No Job for a Lady1990 · as Richard Monkton
- Fortunes of War1987 · as Clifford
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Swithun Riding
- Dear John1986 · as Roger
- Howards' Way1985 · as Pierre Challon
- The Detective1985 · as David Marchwint
- The Far Pavilions1984 · as Crimpley
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime1983 · as Dennis Radcliffe
- Love in a Cold Climate1980 · as Cedric Hampton
- Wings1977 · as Charles Gaylion
- Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Bill
- The Pallisers1974 · as Gerald
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sparkish
- Doctor Who1963 · as Lord Cranleigh