Patrick Allen

Career timeline

1. 1927 · Born

   Born in Nyasaland [now Malawi]

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Sunday Night Theatre (TV)

3. 1954 · Breakthrough

   Dial M for Murder (Movie)

4. 2003 · Latest release

   Days That Shook the World (TV)

5. 2006 · Died

   July 28, 2006

Career in numbers

12 1950s

26 1960s

17 1970s

11 1980s

4 1990s

3 2000s

• Drama34
• Thriller16
• Crime12
• Mystery9
• Comedy8
• Action & Adventure8

Highest-rated title Sherlock Holmes 1984 8.2 Most popular title Dial M for Murder 1954 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Patrick Allen in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

9 titles together

John Gorrie

6 titles together

Kenneth Griffith

5 titles together

Sidney James

4 titles together

Reginald Rose

4 titles together

Simon Gray

3 titles together

Don Sharp

3 titles together

Percy Herbert

3 titles together

Gerald Thomas

3 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

1. 2003 Days That Shook the World as Sir John French TV
2. 2003 100 Greatest Scary Moments TV
3. 2002 Dare To Believe TV
4. 1995 Bullet to Beijing as Colonel Wilson 5.2 Movie
5. 1993 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer TV
6. 1993 Body & Soul as Walter Street TV
7. 1990 The Occult History of the Third Reich as Narrator (voice) TV
8. 1989 TUGS as Captain Star / Narrator (voice) TV
9. 1986 The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Sebastian Moran TV
10. 1984 Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Sebastian Moran 8.2 TV
11. 1983 Blackadder as Narrator 8.0 TV
12. 1983 The Winds of War as Dowding 7.3 TV
13. 1982 Who Dares Wins as Police Commissioner 6.3 Movie
14. 1982 Murder Is Easy as Maj. Horton 6.6 Movie
15. 1981 A Spy at Evening as Mansfield TV
16. 1980 Alien Attack as Luna Commission Chairman Movie
17. 1980 The Sea Wolves as Colin Mackenzie 5.9 Movie
18. 1980 Invasion: UFO as Turner 5.7 Movie
19. 1979 Kidnapped as Prestongrange TV
20. 1979 Lady Oscar 5.7 Movie
21. 1978 The Wild Geese as Rushton 6.8 Movie
22. 1978 Scorpion Tales as Cummings TV
23. 1977 Hard Times as Thomas Gradgrind TV
24. 1977 The Domino Principle as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 5.8 Movie
25. 1976 The Eagle Has Landed as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
26. 1976 Dangerous Knowledge as Fane TV
27. 1975 The Wilby Conspiracy as District Commissioner 6.3 Movie
28. 1974 Churchill's People as Donald MacAmnay TV
29. 1974 Persecution as Robert Masters Movie
30. 1972 Van der Valk as Van Teeseling TV
31. 1971 Brett TV
32. 1970 When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth as Kingsor 6.2 Movie
33. 1970 UFO as Turner 7.7 TV
34. 1970 Puppet on a Chain as Inspector Van Gelder 5.9 Movie
35. 1970 Codename as Morgan TV
36. 1969 The Body Stealers as Bob Megan 4.8 Movie
37. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Chertkov TV
38. 1968 Journey to the Unknown as Luther Ames TV
39. 1968 The Champions as Westerman 6.5 TV
40. 1968 The Devil Rides Out as Rex Van Ryan (voice) 6.5 Movie
41. 1968 Carry On Up the Khyber as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
42. 1967 Carry On Doctor as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
43. 1967 Man in a Suitcase TV
44. 1967 Night of the Big Heat as Jeff Callum 5.3 Movie
45. 1967 Don't Lose Your Head as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
46. 1967 The Night of the Generals as Colonel Mannheim 6.8 Movie
47. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Peter Roke TV
48. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Commander Fayne TV
49. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Don Giovanni TV
50. 1964 Theatre 625 as Julien / Danton TV
51. 1963 Crane as Richard Crane TV
52. 1963 Crane TV
53. 1962 The Saint as Miles Hallin 7.4 TV
54. 1962 Out of This World as Major Peters TV
55. 1962 Captain Clegg as Captain Collier 6.3 Movie
56. 1961 Candida as Rev. James Mavor Morrell Movie
57. 1961 Sir Francis Drake as Navarre TV
58. 1961 Survival TV
59. 1961 The Avengers 7.8 TV
60. 1960 Sunday-Night Play as Capt. Sasha Studzinsky TV
61. 1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger as Peter Carter 7.3 Movie
62. 1959 International Detective as Lieutenant Larkin TV
63. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
64. 1958 I Was Monty's Double as Col. Mathers 6.9 Movie
65. 1958 Dunkirk as Sergeant on Parade Ground 6.9 Movie
66. 1958 High Hell as Luke Fulgham Movie
67. 1957 The Long Haul as Joe Easy 5.8 Movie
68. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Chief Insp. Newton TV
69. 1956 The Baby and the Battleship as Mate Movie
70. 1956 1984 as Inner Party Official 6.5 Movie
71. 1955 Confession as Corey Movie
72. 1954 Dial M for Murder as Detective Pearson 8.0 Movie
73. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Eddie Kirkley TV

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