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William Simons
Born: 17th Nov 1940 Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK - Died 21st Jun 2019
Dept: Acting
William Simons was born on November 17, 1940 in Mumbles, South Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Cribb (1980), Ivory Hunter (1951) and Heartbeat (1992).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 51
Film: 16 (31%)
Television: 35 (69%)
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Filmography
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction ... view
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Self - Participant (1 ep.)
Jan 2003 (first aired)
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles. ... view
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PC Alf Ventress (6 ep.)
Apr 1993 (first aired)
In spring 1948, Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall. His deductive powers are tested to the limit as he uncovers the sinister connection bet ... view
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Inspector Fox (8 ep.)
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
Character:
PC Alf Ventress (372 ep.)
Jan 1992 (first aired)
Love Hurts is a British comedy-drama series that was broadcast from 3 January 1992 to 18 March 1994 on BBC1. It was scripted by Laurence Marks and Mau ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Apr 1991 (first aired)
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, ... view
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Ted Watson (2 ep.)
Jan 1990 (first aired)
Haggard a 1990—1992 British comedy television series. "Haggard" is about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 25-year-old son Roderick, and ... view
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Unknown/various (14 ep.)
1989
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister. ... view
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John Keckwick
Jan 1989 (first aired)
A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was ma ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1988 (first aired)
A secret organisation called The Outfit recruits and trains civilians, sending them undercover to aid in the war effort, or placing them in administra ... view
Character:
Josef (7 ep.)
Sep 1987 (first aired)
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ... view
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Catchpole (1 ep.)
Aug 1987 (first aired)
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000. ... view
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Det. Insp. Michael Baker (2 ep.)
Jan 1986 (first aired)
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “di ... view
Character:
Dave Goodis (2 ep.)
1986
South Africa in the 60s. The campaign of sabotage is halted and the arrests continue. The Special Branch obviously have inside Information. ... view
Character:
Erasmus
Nov 1985 (first aired)
Time for Murder is a 1985 British anthology crime series produced by Granada Television, featuring six standalone, hour-long mystery episodes with twi ... view
Character:
Arthur Henry Strapp (1 ep.)
1985
There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a natural winner. But Joe's lucky streak with the bi ... view
Character:
Tom Reagan
Jan 1985 (first aired)
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leadin ... view
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Tennant (1 ep.)
1984
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 197 ... view
Character:
Foreman Krauze
Nov 1983 (first aired)
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their tr ... view
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Gamekeeper (1 ep.)
1983
Anna Carteret and David Suchet (TV's Hercule Poirot) star in Being Normal. The pair play a British couple who must come to terms with their son's phys ... view
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Richard
Feb 1983 (first aired)
Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William P ... view
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Parslow (1 ep.)
Oct 1981 (first aired)
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way.
While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac ... view
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Chater (1 ep.)
Apr 1980 (first aired)
Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove ... view
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PC Edward Thackeray (13 ep.)
1979
Stephen (Paul Henley) works in a bank. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs ... view
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Doctor
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
Pongo Harris (1 ep.)
1979
Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village. ... view
Character:
Harvey
1979
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic. ... view
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Trebonius
Jan 1978 (first aired)
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt ... view
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Kapitanleutnant Erlich (1 ep.)
1977
Far in the distant future, Earth has become uninhabitable, forcing Mankind to colonise first Mars and then Pluto. No longer the coldest planet in the ... view
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Mandrel
Sep 1977 (first aired)
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistan ... view
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Lebrun (1 ep.)
Dec 1975 (first aired)
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Hor ... view
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Det. Sgt. Wilmer (1 ep.)
Nov 1975 (first aired)
The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood. ... view
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Thurkill (1 ep.)
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ... view
Character:
Maurice Pope (1 ep.)
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
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Hair Face (1 ep.)
Nov 1973 (first aired)
An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories by novelist Thomas Hardy. ... view
Character:
Jones (1 ep.)
Oct 1972 (first aired)
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court sys ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Martin O'Connor (9 ep.)
1972
Mary stands trial for throwing vitriol in the face of Elizabeth, her rival for the love of Frank. ... view
Character:
Jesse
Aug 1972 (first aired)
An anthology series adapted from plays and short stories by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates, depicting English country life and rural romance at the turn o ... view
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Jesse (1 ep.)
Jul 1971 (first aired)
The Guardians is a television drama series of 13x60 minute episodes made by London Weekend Television and broadcast in the UK on the ITV network betwe ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
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Doctor (1 ep.)
1970
Drama about the 1914-16 Irish uprising, from the perspective of Irish rebels and English military planners. ... view
Character:
Joseph Connolly, Barman
1970
A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their ... view
Character:
Moore
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
Character:
James Connolly (1 ep.)
Tom (1 ep.)
Cowley (1 ep.)
Nov 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling ... view
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Mandrel (4 ep.)
Nov 1962 (first aired)
A kindly shop owner has overwhelming gambling debts. These allow his greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to ... view
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Unknown/various (13 ep.)
1955
A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher. ... view
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Narrator
1954
Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt. ... view
Character:
Tim Payton
Jan 1954 (first aired)
Widowed Mrs Martingale and her four children inherit a castle in the will of an elderly relative. When they move in they find dear old Miss Button, th ... view
Character:
Christopher Sixpence (5 ep.)
1952
London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. ... view
Character:
Boy with Ball (uncredited)
1951
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to cre ... view
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Tim Payton