Michael Cochrane
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1947-05-19 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
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.
Known For
TV Shows (52)
The Crown
2016
as Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten
Doctor Who
1963
as Lord Cranleigh
Call the Midwife
2012
as Sir Brigham Aylward
Downton Abbey
2010
as Reverend Travis
Father Brown
2013
as Bishop Yorke
Heartbeat
1992
as Derek Lightfoot / Stephen Quinn / Cunningham
Spooks
2002
as Ross Vaughan
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sparkish
Wycliffe
1994
as Mr. Price
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Babcock, HMI
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Julian Tubbs
Howards' Way
1985
as Pierre Challon
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Swithun Riding
Monarch of the Glen
2000
The Musketeers
2014
Sharpe
1993
as Sir Henry Simmerson
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Owen Glendower
The Chief
1990
as Nigel Crimmond
Agatha Raisin
2016
as Sir Desmond
The Outlaws
2021
as Mr Kingsley
Murphy's Law
2001
as Livingston
Wire in the Blood
2002
as Judge Hynes
The Darling Buds of May
1991
as Wing Commander Honeyman
Keen Eddie
2003
Rosemary & Thyme
2003
as Franklin Danvers
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Captain Smith
Man Down
2013
Vicious
2013
as Jasper
The Pallisers
1974
as Gerald
Longitude
2000
as Solicitor
Wings
1977
as Charles Gaylion
The Escape Artist
2013
as Judge
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as Dennis Radcliffe
My Spy Family
2007
as Lord Bollingstock
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Bill
Fortunes of War
1987
as Clifford
The Cry
2002
as Nathaniel Weekly
Dear John
1986
as Roger
Perfect World
2000
as Terence Bentley (The Director)
The Far Pavilions
1984
as Crimpley
Love in a Cold Climate
1980
as Cedric Hampton
No Job for a Lady
1990
as Richard Monkton
99-1
1994
as Charlwood
Cradle to Grave
2015
as Judge
Decline and Fall
2017
as Prosecutor
The Ambassador
1998
Sticks and Stones
2019
as Clayton
The Uninvited
1997
I Hate You
2022
as Leonard
Mutual Friends
2008
as Judge
Nancherrow
1999
The Detective
1985
as David Marchwint
Movies (46)
Escape to Victory
1981
as Farrell
The Saint
1997
as Cold Fusion Broker
The Iron Lady
2011
as William
Living
2022
as Sir James
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
Reversals
2003
as Derek Barry
Incognito
1997
as Detective Inspector Deeks
A Different Loyalty
2004
as Dick Madsen
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Simmerson
Longitude
2000
as Waddington, Gould's solicitor
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Charles Hecht
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
as Simmerson
Sharpe's Peril
2008
as Simmerson
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Stephen
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Sir Waldron Smithers
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015
as Arnold Ridley
Coalition
2015
as Senior Tory MP Buchanan
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as Winston Churchill
Frankenstein
1984
as Henry Clervell
Nancherrow
1999
as Sir George Rawlings
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus
Margaret
2009
as Alan Clark
HG Wells: War with the World
2006
as Minister
Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
Ascendancy
1983
as Officer
The Government Inspector
2005
as Sir Richard Dearlove
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Charles Masterman
Holy Flying Circus
2011
as Malcolm Muggeridge
The Return of Sam McCloud
1989
as Geraint Davies
The Innocent
2001
as Harold Haig
Real Life
1984
as Lipton
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014
as Ian MacGregor
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Geoff
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024
as Self - Archie Pennington-Booth
Hay Fever
1984
as Sandy Tyrell
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as Redvers Fenn-Cooper
The Country Wife
1977
as Sparkish
The Cry
2002
as Nathaniel Wakely
Panto!
2012
as Johnny
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
2005
as Lord Lyttleton
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Daphne Laureola
1978
as Bill
Number One Gun
1990
as Flash Fairmaid
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
as Lord Cranleigh
About Michael Cochrane
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 Wh… With 98 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Michael Cochrane has appeared in 46 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Cochrane Movies
- Escape to Victory (1981) — as Farrell
- The Saint (1997) — as Cold Fusion Broker
- The Iron Lady (2011) — as William
- Living (2022) — as Sir James
- Sharpe's Regiment (1996) — as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
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