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