Edward Underdown

Career timeline

1. 1908 · Born

   Born in London, England, UK

2. 1934 · Screen debut

   The Warren Case (Movie)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1980 · Latest release

   Doctor Who: Meglos (Movie)

5. 1989 · Died

   December 15, 1989

Career in numbers

5 1930s

5 1940s

14 1950s

22 1960s

13 1970s

1 1980s

• Drama37
• Crime14
• Thriller7
• War7
• Adventure6
• Mystery6

Highest-rated title Doctor Who 1963 7.9 Most popular title Doctor Who 1963 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Edward Underdown in our catalogue.

Bernard Lee

2 titles together

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

Frederick Piper

2 titles together

Robert Powell

2 titles together

1. 1980 Doctor Who: Meglos as Zastor Movie
2. 1979 Tarka the Otter as Hibbert Movie
3. 1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People as Sir Gordon Horrocks Movie
4. 1976 The Duchess of Duke Street as Adjutant-General TV
5. 1975 Days of Hope as John Pritchard TV
6. 1975 Survivors as Frank 7.9 TV
7. 1974 The Abdication as Christina's Father Movie
8. 1972 Colditz as Col. Mansell TV
9. 1972 Running Scared as Mr. Betancourt Movie
10. 1972 The Regiment TV
11. 1971 Upstairs, Downstairs as General Nesfield 7.6 TV
12. 1971 The Last Valley as Gnarled Peasant 6.5 Movie
13. 1971 Sound an Alarm as Duty Controller Movie
14. 1970 Doomwatch as Chairman of Tribunal TV
15. 1969 Hadleigh as Mr. Fawcett TV
16. 1969 The Main Chance as Judge TV
17. 1968 The Hand of Night as Gunther Movie
18. 1968 Dad's Army as Major General Sir Charles Holland 7.5 TV
19. 1968 The Great Pony Raid as Snowy Movie
20. 1967 Man in a Suitcase TV
21. 1967 Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre as Pollux O'Donnell TV
22. 1966 Triple Cross as Air Marshall 6.1 Movie
23. 1966 Khartoum as Colonel William Hicks 6.4 Movie
24. 1965 Thunderball as Air Vice Marshall 6.7 Movie
25. 1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Tod (segment 1 "Werewolf") 6.5 Movie
26. 1964 Traitor's Gate as Inspector Adams Movie
27. 1964 Man in the Middle 6.5 Movie
28. 1963 Doctor Who as Zastor 7.9 TV
29. 1963 Espionage as Colonel Shabar TV
30. 1963 Dr. Crippen as The Governor 6.1 Movie
31. 1962 Locker Sixty-Nine as Bennett Sanders Movie
32. 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Dick Sanderson (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
33. 1961 Information Received as Drake Movie
34. 1961 The Third Alibi as Dr. Peter Murdoch Movie
35. 1961 The Avengers as Rupert 7.8 TV
36. 1960 Danger Man as Capt. Morgan 7.3 TV
37. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
38. 1959 One Step Beyond as Mr. Hayes TV
39. 1958 The Two-Headed Spy as Kaltenbrunner 6.3 Movie
40. 1958 The Camp on Blood Island as Major Dawes 6.7 Movie
41. 1954 The Rainbow Jacket as Geoffrey Tyler Movie
42. 1953 Beat the Devil as Harry Chelm 6.1 Movie
43. 1953 Street of Shadows as Det. Insp. Johnstone Movie
44. 1953 Recoil as Michael Conway Movie
45. 1952 The Promise as Stephen Harker Movie
46. 1952 The Voice of Merrill as Hugh Allen Movie
47. 1952 The Woman's Angle as Robert Mansell Movie
48. 1951 The Dark Man as Detective Inspector Viner Movie
49. 1950 The Woman with No Name as Lake Winter Movie
50. 1950 They Were Not Divided as Philip Movie
51. 1949 Man on the Run as Slim Elfey Movie
52. 1948 Brass Monkey as Max Taylor Movie
53. 1947 The Woman in the Hall as Neil Inglefield Movie
54. 1947 The October Man as Passport Official 6.2 Movie
55. 1941 Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It Movie
56. 1939 Lucky to Me as Malden's friend Movie
57. 1939 Inspector Hornleigh as Peter Dench Movie
58. 1937 Wings of the Morning as Don Diego Movie
59. 1935 Annie, Leave the Room! as John Brandon Movie
60. 1934 The Warren Case as Hugh Waddon Movie

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