Michael Cochrane
Biography
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Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy.
He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series.
He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial "Black Orchid" (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in "Ghost Light" (1989).
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He was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama "No Man's Land".
He featured in the ITV science fiction series The Uninvited. In 2008 he appeared in the soap opera Doctors as Daniel's solicitor and in 2009 in Margaret as MP Alan Clark. He appeared in the situation comedy Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director.
Cochrane also starred in the 2002 film Offending Angels with Susannah Harker and Shaun Parkes. He is married to the actress Belinda Carroll.
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Known for
The CrownVice Provost Sir Henry Marten8.2
The Iron LadyWilliam6.3
The SaintCold Fusion Broker6.1
Downton AbbeyReverend Travis8.1
Escape to VictoryFarrell6.9
Doctor WhoLord Cranleigh, Redvers Fenn-Cooper7.9
LivingSir James7.0
Call the MidwifeSir Brigham Aylward7.6
The MusketeersSeries7.1
The OutlawsMr Kingsley7.4
SpooksRoss Vaughan7.7
Father BrownBishop Yorke7.7
Filmography
The 80 most recent of 99 credits.
- 2023Beyond ParadiseSeries: Kenneth Linder (1 episode)
- 2022LivingFilm: Sir James
- 2022I Hate YouSeries: Leonard (1 episode)
- 2021The OutlawsSeries: Mr Kingsley (3 episodes)
- 2019Sticks and StonesSeries: Clayton (3 episodes)
- 2018RSC Live: Twelfth NightFilm: Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 2017Decline and FallSeries: Prosecutor (1 episode)
- 2016The CrownSeries: Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten (1 episode)
- 2016Agatha RaisinSeries: Sir Desmond (1 episode)
- 2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryFilm: Arnold Ridley
- 2015Cradle to GraveSeries: Judge (1 episode)
- 2015CoalitionFilm: Senior Tory MP Buchanan
- 2014Hampstead Theatre At Home: WonderlandFilm: Ian MacGregor
- 2014The MusketeersSeries (1 episode)
- 2013The Escape ArtistSeries: Judge (2 episodes)
- 2013Man DownSeries (1 episode)
- 2013ViciousSeries: Jasper (1 episode)
- 2013Father BrownSeries: Bishop Yorke (1 episode)
- 2012Panto!Film: Johnny
- 2012Run For Your WifeFilm: Man on Bus
- 2012Titanic: Blood and SteelSeries: Captain Smith (4 episodes)
- 2012Call the MidwifeSeries: Sir Brigham Aylward (1 episode)
- 2011The Iron LadyFilm: William
- 2011Holy Flying CircusFilm: Malcolm Muggeridge
- 2010Downton AbbeySeries: Reverend Travis (5 episodes)
- 2009MargaretFilm: Alan Clark
- 2008Sharpe's PerilFilm: Simmerson
- 2008Mutual FriendsSeries: Judge (1 episode)
- 2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to FinchleyFilm: Sir Waldron Smithers
- 2007My Spy FamilySeries: Lord Bollingstock (13 episodes)
- 2006HG Wells: War with the WorldFilm: Minister
- 2006Sharpe's ChallengeFilm: Simmerson
- 2005The Government InspectorFilm: Sir Richard Dearlove
- 2005Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of HardcoreFilm: Lord Lyttleton
- 2004A Different LoyaltyFilm: Dick Madsen
- 2004The Worst Week of My LifeSeries: Rupert (1 episode)
- 2003ReversalsFilm: Derek Barry
- 2003Rosemary & ThymeSeries: Franklin Danvers (1 episode)
- 2003Keen EddieSeries (1 episode)
- 2002Wire in the BloodSeries: Judge Hynes (1 episode)
- 2002SpooksSeries: Ross Vaughan (1 episode)
- 2002The Falklands PlayFilm: Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
- 2002The CrySeries: Nathaniel Weekly (4 episodes)
- 2001Murphy's LawSeries: Livingston (1 episode)
- 2001The InnocentFilm: Harold Haig
- 2000Justice in WonderlandFilm: Whiteman
- 2000Monarch of the GlenSeries (1 episode)
- 2000Perfect WorldSeries: Terence Bentley (The Director) (13 episodes)
- 2000LongitudeFilm: Waddington, Gould's solicitor
- 2000LongitudeSeries: Solicitor (1 episode)
- 1999NancherrowSeries (2 episodes)
- 1999NancherrowFilm: Sir George Rawlings
- 1998The AmbassadorSeries (1 episode)
- 1997IncognitoFilm: Detective Inspector Deeks
- 1997Sharpe: The LegendFilm: Simmerson
- 1997The UninvitedSeries (4 episodes)
- 1997Jonathan CreekSeries: Owen Glendower (1 episode)
- 1997The SaintFilm: Cold Fusion Broker
- 1996Sharpe's RegimentFilm: Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- 1995Sharpe's SwordFilm: Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- 1994WycliffeSeries: Mr. Price (1 episode)
- 1994Pie in the SkySeries: Julian Tubbs (1 episode)
- 199499-1Series: Charlwood (1 episode)
- 1993Sharpe's EagleFilm: Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- 1993SharpeSeries: Sir Henry Simmerson (2 episodes)
- 1992A Touch of FrostSeries: Babcock, HMI (2 episodes)
- 1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaFilm: Winston Churchill
- 1992HeartbeatSeries: Derek Lightfoot, Stephen Quinn, Cunningham (1 episode)
- 1991A Murder of QualityFilm: Charles Hecht
- 1991Tell Me That You Love MeFilm: Geoff
- 1991The Darling Buds of MaySeries: Wing Commander Honeyman (1 episode)
- 1990The ChiefSeries: Nigel Crimmond (17 episodes)
- 1990No Job for a LadySeries: Richard Monkton (6 episodes)
- 1990Number One GunFilm: Flash Fairmaid
- 1989The Return of Sam McCloudFilm: Geraint Davies
- 1989Doctor Who: Ghost LightFilm: Redvers Fenn-Cooper
- 1987Fortunes of WarSeries: Clifford (1 episode)
- 1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries: Swithun Riding (3 episodes)
- 1986Dear JohnSeries: Roger (1 episode)
- 1985Howards' WaySeries: Pierre Challon (1 episode)
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