Derek Newark

Career timeline

1. 1933 · Born

   Born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   Dixon of Dock Green (TV)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1991 · Latest release

   An Actor's Life for Me (TV)

5. 1998 · Died

   August 11, 1998

Career in numbers

2 1950s

26 1960s

21 1970s

17 1980s

1 1990s

• Drama42
• Crime18
• Comedy12
• Action & Adventure9
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy6
• War & Politics5

Highest-rated title Only Fools and Horses 1981 8.1 Most popular title Doctor Who 1963 7.9

Frequent collaborators

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

Herbert Wise

11 titles together

John Gorrie

5 titles together

Christopher Barry

5 titles together

Waris Hussein

4 titles together

Robert Holmes

3 titles together

Michael E. Briant

3 titles together

Ray Butt

3 titles together

Robert Asher

3 titles together

Simon Gray

3 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

1. 1991 An Actor's Life for Me as Bill Mortimer TV
2. 1989 The Paradise Club as Bobby Mulgrew TV
3. 1989 The Nineteenth Hole as Bennett TV
4. 1989 Shadow of the Noose as Van der Hogh TV
5. 1988 War and Remembrance as Klinger 7.8 TV
6. 1988 A Taste for Death as Gordon Halliwell TV
7. 1987 Bellman and True as Guv'nor 6.7 Movie
8. 1985 The Mysteries as First Soldier / Abraham TV
9. 1984 Travelling Man as DCS Sullivan TV
10. 1984 The Bill 6.9 TV
11. 1983 Just Good Friends as Eddie Brown TV
12. 1983 Dramarama as Mr. Bateson TV
13. 1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies as General Stoessel 7.0 TV
14. 1983 Dalgliesh as Gordon Halliwell TV
15. 1982 Inside the Third Reich as Martin Bormann TV
16. 1981 Only Fools and Horses as Eric the Policeman 8.1 TV
17. 1981 Private Schulz as Publican TV
18. 1981 Masada as Engineering Officer 7.1 TV
19. 1978 Born and Bred as Dawson TV
20. 1978 Return of the Saint as Wright TV
21. 1977 Citizen Smith as Car Salesman TV
22. 1974 Churchill's People as Sir John Dudley TV
23. 1974 The Black Windmill as Monitoring Policeman 6.3 Movie
24. 1973 Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club as Bunter TV
25. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Mr. Hunt 7.6 TV
26. 1973 The Offence as Frank Jessard 6.8 Movie
27. 1972 The Edwardians as Meadows TV
28. 1972 Crown Court as Robert Scard TV
29. 1972 New Scotland Yard as 'Mad' Harry Logan TV
30. 1972 Lord Peter Wimsey as Bunter TV
31. 1971 The Persuaders! as Lloyd 7.7 TV
32. 1971 Barlow as DI Eddie Tucker TV
33. 1971 Budgie as Det. Inspector Bryant TV
34. 1971 The Ten Commandments as Bernard Williams TV
35. 1971 Dad's Army as Sergeant Major Dawkins 5.0 Movie
36. 1970 Fragment of Fear as Sgt. Matthews 5.9 Movie
37. 1970 Big Brother as Miller TV
38. 1970 Doctor Who: Inferno as Greg Sutton Movie
39. 1970 Manhunt as Henri TV
40. 1969 Paul Temple TV
41. 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War as Shooting Gallery Proprietor 6.7 Movie
42. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Pete TV
43. 1968 Where Eagles Dare as German Major (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
44. 1968 The Champions as Kruger 6.5 TV
45. 1968 The Caesars as Agrippa Postumus TV
46. 1967 Man in a Suitcase as Maurice TV
47. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Sgt. Huber TV
48. 1967 Callan TV
49. 1966 The Blue Max as Ziegel 6.8 Movie
50. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Wilf Hardiman TV
51. 1965 Knock on Any Door as Flynn TV
52. 1965 War-Gods of the Deep as Dan 5.0 Movie
53. 1965 Front Page Story as Joe Harwood TV
54. 1964 The Likely Lads as Duggie TV
55. 1964 Redcap as Mess Sergeant TV
56. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Pvt. Postnikov TV
57. 1964 Theatre 625 as Colonel Karl Ernst TV
58. 1964 The System as Alfred Movie
59. 1963 Doctor Who as Greg Sutton 7.9 TV
60. 1963 Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child as Za 7.3 Movie
61. 1962 The Saint as German 7.4 TV
62. 1962 Out of This World as Inspector Wright TV
63. 1962 Z-Cars TV
64. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Sgt. Dangerfield TV
65. 1961 The Avengers as Crawford 7.8 TV
66. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
67. 1955 Dixon of Dock Green as Eddie Brown TV

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