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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-05-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Brighton, Sussex, England, UK

Also Known As

Michael Cochrane

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Cochrane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Frankenstein

1984

Frankenstein

as

Henry Clervell

The Saint

1997

The Saint

as

The Falklands Play

2002

The Falklands Play

as

Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)

A Murder of Quality

1991

A Murder of Quality

as

Charles Hecht

Longitude

2000

Longitude

as

Waddington, Gould's solicitor

Sharpe's Eagle

1993

Sharpe's Eagle

as

Colonel/General Sir Henry Simmerson

A Different Loyalty

2004

A Different Loyalty

as

Dick Madsen

Sharpe's Sword

1995

Sharpe's Sword

as

Sir Henry Simmerson

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

Sharpe's Regiment

as

Sir Henry Simmerson

Real Life

1984

Real Life

as

Lipton

Sharpe's Peril

2008

Sharpe's Peril

as

Simmerson

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989

The Return of Sam McCloud

as

Geraint Davies

Living

2022

Living

as

Sir James

Run For Your Wife

2012

Run For Your Wife

as

Man on Bus

Number One Gun

1990

Number One Gun

as

Flash Fairmaid

Panto!

2012

Panto!

as

Johnny

Margaret

2009

Margaret

as

Alan Clark

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

2024

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

as

Self - Archie Pennington-Booth

The Country Wife

1977

The Country Wife

as

Sparkish

The Government Inspector

2005

The Government Inspector

as

Sir Richard Dearlove

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

Sharpe: The Legend

as

Simmerson

The Iron Lady

2011

The Iron Lady

as

William

The Cry

2002

The Cry

as

Nathaniel Wakely

Reversals

2003

Reversals

as

Derek Barry

Coalition

2015

Coalition

as

Senior Tory MP Buchanan

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

1989

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as

Redvers Fenn-Cooper

Daphne Laureola

1978

Daphne Laureola

as

Bill

Sharpe's Challenge

2006

Sharpe's Challenge

as

Simmerson

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

as

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Incognito

1997

Incognito

as

Detective Inspector Deeks

The Innocent

2001

The Innocent

as

Harold Haig

Hay Fever

1984

Hay Fever

as

Sandy Tyrell

Ascendancy

1983

Ascendancy

as

Officer

Nancherrow

1999

Nancherrow

as

Sir George Rawlings

Escape to Victory

1981

Escape to Victory

as

Farrell

Doctor Who: Black Orchid

1982

Doctor Who: Black Orchid

as

Lord Cranleigh

Holy Flying Circus

2011

Holy Flying Circus

as

Malcolm Muggeridge

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Lord Cranleigh

Wings

Wings

as

Charles Gaylion

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

as

Reverend Travis

Howards' Way

Howards' Way

as

Pierre Challon

Sharpe

Sharpe

as

Sir Henry Simmerson

Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme

as

Franklin Danvers

99-1

99-1

as

Charlwood

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

as

Clifford

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

as

Owen Glendower

The Crown

The Crown

as

Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as

Babcock, HMI

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

as

Julian Tubbs

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Derek Lightfoot

Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate

as

Cedric Hampton

Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

as

Prosecutor

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

as

Mr. Price

I Hate You

I Hate You

as

Leonard

Spooks

Spooks

as

Ross Vaughan

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Sir Brigham Aylward

Longitude

Longitude

as

Waddington

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Stephen Quinn

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Cunningham

The Outlaws

The Outlaws

as

Mr Kingsley

The Cry

The Cry

as

Nathaniel Weekly

My Spy Family

My Spy Family

as

Lord Bollingstock

Agatha Raisin

Agatha Raisin

as

Sir Desmond

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

as

Wing Commander Honeyman

Production

Crew

Directing