Derek Anders

Career timeline

1. 1965 · Screen debut

   Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV)

2. 1970 · Breakthrough

   Play for Today (TV)

3. 1994 · Latest release

   Takin' Over the Asylum (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

17 1970s

8 1980s

3 1990s

• Drama21
• Tv Movie8
• Comedy4
• Crime3
• Action & Adventure2
• Thriller2

Highest-rated title Space: 1999 1975 7.1 Most popular title Grange Hill 1978 6.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Derek Anders in our catalogue.

John Mortimer

3 titles together

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Tony Anholt

2 titles together

Gerry Anderson

2 titles together

Michael Apted

2 titles together

Waris Hussein

2 titles together

John Mackenzie

2 titles together

1. 1994 Takin' Over the Asylum as Billy 8.4 TV
2. 1990 A Safe House as DCI Munday Movie
3. 1990 Border Warfare TV
4. 1989 First and Last as Scottish Walker Movie
5. 1989 The Gift as Scout Movie
6. 1989 Winners and Losers as Gavin TV
7. 1982 Squadron as Sq. Ldr. Dave Greyson TV
8. 1982 The Silly Season as Malcolm Movie
9. 1981 The Good Time Girls as Hughie Burns Movie
10. 1980 Buccaneer as Controller TV
11. 1980 The White Bird Passes Movie
12. 1979 Shoestring as Bill Curtis TV
13. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Goff 6.8 TV
14. 1979 Ploughman's Share as Arthur Baird Movie
15. 1978 The Thirty Nine Steps as Donald 6.7 Movie
16. 1978 Grange Hill as Mr. Parkes 6.7 TV
17. 1977 Dummy Movie
18. 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey as Police Inspector 7.1 TV
19. 1975 Space: 1999 as Wayland 7.1 TV
20. 1974 In the Steps of a Dead Man as Sgt. O'Hara Movie
21. 1973 The Death of Glory as Recruiting Officer Movie
22. 1972 The Protectors as Manning TV
23. 1972 Late Night Theatre as Frazer TV
24. 1972 Romany Jones as DS Morris TV
25. 1972 The Shadow of the Tower as James IV TV
26. 1971 Allotment as Harper Movie
27. 1971 Sunset Song as Long Rob Duncan TV
28. 1970 Play for Today as Malcolm TV
29. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Harper TV

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