William Simons

Career timeline

1. 1940 · Born

   Born in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Where No Vultures Fly (Movie)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   Doctor Who (TV)

4. 2003 · Latest release

   The Royal (TV)

5. 2019 · Died

   June 21, 2019

Career in numbers

5 1950s

4 1960s

19 1970s

20 1980s

7 1990s

1 2000s

• Drama39
• Comedy11
• Mystery8
• Tv Movie8
• Crime7
• Action & Adventure6

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

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside William Simons in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

9 titles together

Phyllis Calvert

2 titles together

Rob Walker

2 titles together

Jack Whittingham

2 titles together

Dick Clement

2 titles together

Stephen Frears

2 titles together

Dennis Waterman

2 titles together

John Fraser

2 titles together

John Mortimer

2 titles together

1. 2003 The Royal as PC Alf Ventress TV
2. 1995 Tales of Mystery and Imagination as Montresor TV
3. 1993 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries as Inspector Fox TV
4. 1992 Heartbeat as PC Alf Ventress 7.1 TV
5. 1992 Love Hurts TV
6. 1991 The Darling Buds of May as Ted Watson 7.9 TV
7. 1990 He-Play as Father TV
8. 1990 Haggard TV
9. 1989 The Woman in Black as John Keckwick 6.9 Movie
10. 1989 A Bit of a Do TV
11. 1988 Wish Me Luck as Josef TV
12. 1987 The New Statesman as Catchpole 7.5 TV
13. 1987 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Det. Insp. Michael Baker TV
14. 1986 Lovejoy as Dave Goodis 7.4 TV
15. 1986 Death Is Part of the Process as Erasmus Movie
16. 1985 Time for Murder as Arthur Henry Strapp TV
17. 1985 A Month in the Country as Matvey Movie
18. 1985 Blott on the Landscape as Jackson TV
19. 1985 Bird Fancier as Tom Reagan Movie
20. 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace as Tennant 6.8 TV
21. 1984 Pope John Paul II as Foreman Krauze Movie
22. 1983 The Tale of Beatrix Potter Movie
23. 1983 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Gamekeeper 7.9 TV
24. 1983 Being Normal as Richard Movie
25. 1983 Number 10 as Parslow TV
26. 1982 The Bell as Mark Strafford TV
27. 1980 Juliet Bravo as Chief Superintendent Jim Catley TV
28. 1980 Cribb as PC Edward Thackeray TV
29. 1979 Even Solomon as Doctor Movie
30. 1979 Minder as Pongo Harris 7.2 TV
31. 1979 The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? as Harvey Movie
32. 1979 Julius Caesar as Trebonius Movie
33. 1978 Enemy at the Door as Kapitanleutnant Erlich TV
34. 1977 Doctor Who: The Sun Makers as Mandrel Movie
35. 1977 Secret Army as Lebrun TV
36. 1976 Yanks Go Home as Jack Sankey TV
37. 1975 The Legend of Robin Hood as Thurkill TV
38. 1975 The Sweeney as Maurice Pope 8.1 TV
39. 1974 Churchill's People as Hair Face TV
40. 1973 Wessex Tales as Jones TV
41. 1972 Crown Court TV
42. 1972 The Watercress Girl as Jesse Movie
43. 1972 Country Matters as Jesse TV
44. 1971 The Guardians as Quarmby TV
45. 1970 Play for Today as Doctor TV
46. 1970 Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows as Joseph Connolly, Barman Movie
47. 1970 The People’s Jack as Moore Movie
48. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Chris Payer TV
49. 1967 ITV Playhouse as James Connolly TV
50. 1963 Doctor Who as Mandrel 7.9 TV
51. 1962 The Old Curiosity Shop as Abel Garland TV
52. 1955 Capital Visit as Narrator Movie
53. 1954 West of Zanzibar as Tim Payton Movie
54. 1954 A Castle and Sixpence as Christopher Sixpence TV
55. 1952 Mandy as Boy with Ball (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
56. 1951 Where No Vultures Fly as Tim Payton Movie

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