Ian Hendry

Ian Hendry

Born: January 13, 1931
Died: December 24, 1984
in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Ian Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film and television actor. He is best known for his work on several British TV series of the early 1960s such as The Avengers, and for his roles in 1970s films such as Get Carter (1971).

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Title: Nowhere Man
Character: Car Kid
Released: August 28, 1995
Type: TV
Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased... Nowhere Man is an American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood. Created by Lawrence Hertzog, the series aired Monday nights on UPN. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guide's label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one season.
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Title: Brookside
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Major Furneaux
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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Title: The Chinese Detective
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: TV
Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.
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McVicar
Title: McVicar
Character: Hitchens
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
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Title: The Enigma Files
Released: April 15, 1980
Type: TV
The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.
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The Bitch
Title: The Bitch
Character: Thrush Feather
Released: September 19, 1979
Type: Movie
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Roy Gates
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Damien: Omen II
Title: Damien: Omen II
Character: Michael Morgan (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
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Title: Supernatural
Released: June 11, 1977
Type: TV
Anthology series in which a prospective “Club of the Damned” member is required to tell a horror story, their application for membership being judged on how frightening it was.
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Title: The New Avengers
Character: Irwin Gunner
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: TV
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
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Intimate Games
Title: Intimate Games
Character: Uncle Rodney
Released: May 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A university professor opens a sexual Pandora's box when he hands his class an assignment to explore their deepest carnal fantasies and desires. As the students begin to plumb their secret passions, they find themselves propelled into an erotic world where theory soon yields to practice.
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The Passenger
Title: The Passenger
Character: Knight
Released: February 28, 1975
Type: Movie
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Dave Brooker
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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A Killer With Two Faces
Title: A Killer With Two Faces
Released: December 3, 1974
Type: Movie
A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect.
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The Internecine Project
Title: The Internecine Project
Character: Alex Hellman
Released: July 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.
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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Title: Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Character: Kerro
Released: April 7, 1974
Type: Movie
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
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Assassin
Title: Assassin
Character: The Assassin
Released: November 1, 1973
Type: Movie
When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leaking top secret intel, their top assassin assigned to the job discovers there may be more to the hit than meets the eye.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Terry Spelling / Bob Spelling
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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Theatre of Blood
Title: Theatre of Blood
Character: Peregrine Devlin
Released: March 16, 1973
Type: Movie
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Title: The Protectors
Character: Insp. Wilson
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: TV
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Boersma
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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A Splinter of Ice
Title: A Splinter of Ice
Character: Tony
Released: May 29, 1972
Type: Movie
Fay Weldon's play about adultery, middle age, and ambition.
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Title: The Frighteners
Released: May 14, 1972
Type: TV
A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.
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Title: The Lotus Eaters
Released: April 23, 1972
Type: TV
They say that once you have eaten from the lotus plant - you will never want to return home. To outward appearances Erik and Ann Sheppard (Ian Hendry and Wanda Ventham) are typical English ex-pats running a bar on a far-flung Greek island. But appearances can be deceptive - this is an arranged marriage of a different sort - with roots in international espionage. Stefan Gryff gives a great performance as the omniscient local police captain.
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Tales from the Crypt
Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Carl Maitland
Released: March 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comic book.
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The Jerusalem File
Title: The Jerusalem File
Released: February 2, 1972
Type: Movie
An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around the time of Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
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All Coppers Are...
Title: All Coppers Are...
Character: Sonny Wade
Released: January 24, 1972
Type: Movie
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: Lord Croxley
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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Get Carter
Title: Get Carter
Character: Eric
Released: February 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
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Title: The Adventures of Don Quick
Released: October 30, 1970
Type: TV
The Adventures of Don Quick is a science fiction comedy television series that ran from October–December 1970, on ITV. Starring Ian Hendry and Ronald Lacey, six 50 minute episodes were made, shown in a 60 minute time slot. As of 2008, only the first episode exists, the other five are now missing. A technologically impressive 30 foot model spaceship was built in the studio for the series. However the first three episodes in a prime time slot failed to draw the required ratings so the last three episodes were in a much later slot before the show was cancelled.
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The McKenzie Break
Title: The McKenzie Break
Character: Major Perry
Released: October 28, 1970
Type: Movie
A German U-Boat commander and 600 prisoners plan a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Title: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Character: John Kane
Released: August 27, 1969
Type: Movie
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British scientist John Kane via spaceship to explore the other planet.
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The Southern Star
Title: The Southern Star
Character: Karl
Released: March 4, 1969
Type: Movie
Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
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Vendetta for the Saint
Title: Vendetta for the Saint
Character: Alessandro
Released: January 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian businessman as an old friend, but the Italian refuses to acknowledge the greeting and claims never to have met him.
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Cry WoIf
Title: Cry WoIf
Character: Hobson
Released: December 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a dangerous situation.
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Los traidores de San Ángel
Title: Los traidores de San Ángel
Character: Thomas Nick
Released: October 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Henchmen of the dictator from a South American country blackmail Nick Thomas into being a government spy. The former smuggler is to pose as a priest and enter a monastery thought to be sympathetic with rebel guerrillas. The release of the film coincided with real-life events, as Catholic priests continued to be the victims of government persecution throughout Latin America.
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Casino Royale
Title: Casino Royale
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: Policeman Motor Cycle
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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The Hill
Title: The Hill
Character: Staff Sergeant Williams
Released: June 17, 1965
Type: Movie
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
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Repulsion
Title: Repulsion
Character: Michael
Released: June 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
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The Beauty Jungle
Title: The Beauty Jungle
Character: Don Mackenzie
Released: August 25, 1964
Type: Movie
A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
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This Is My Street
Title: This Is My Street
Character: Harry King
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
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Children of the Damned
Title: Children of the Damned
Character: Col Tom Llewellyn
Released: January 10, 1964
Type: Movie
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
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Girl in the Headlines
Title: Girl in the Headlines
Character: Inspector Birkett
Released: November 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Alessandro Destamio
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Afternoon of a Nymph
Title: Afternoon of a Nymph
Character: David Simpson
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and maybe stardom. However while she is there, she realizes there is a price to pay...
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Live Now - Pay Later
Title: Live Now - Pay Later
Character: Albert
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment, and with no thought of his future, or the consequences of his actions on the people he encounters.
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The Ginger Man
Title: The Ginger Man
Character: Sebastian Dangerfield
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
The often racy misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American living in Dublin with his English wife and infant daughter and studying law at Trinity College.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Dr. David Keel
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Alice Through the Looking Box
Title: Alice Through the Looking Box
Released: December 25, 1960
Type: Movie
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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Title: Police Surgeon
Character: Dr Geoffrey Brent
Released: September 10, 1960
Type: TV
Police Surgeon was a television series made by the Associated British Corporation and starring Ian Hendry as Dr Geoffrey Brent. Its twelve half-hour episodes were broadcast on ITV at 7pm on Saturday nights from 10 September to 3 December 1960.
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In The Nick
Title: In The Nick
Character: Ted Ross
Released: June 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A gang of smalltime criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished.
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Sink the Bismarck!
Title: Sink the Bismarck!
Character: Meteorological Officer on 'King George V (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1960
Type: Movie
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
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Sink the Bismarck!
Title: Sink the Bismarck!
Character: Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1960
Type: Movie
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
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Room at the Top
Title: Room at the Top
Character: Cyril
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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The Secret Place
Title: The Secret Place
Character: Man Inside (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1957
Type: Movie
British Melodrama and crime thriller that follows a group of jewel robbers after a major heist. The film makes extensive use of bombed out areas of London.
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Simon and Laura
Title: Simon and Laura
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
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Title: ITV Play of the Week
Character: Colonel Guzzman
Released: September 27, 1955
Type: TV
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.