Patrick Allen
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1927-03-17
- Died
- 2006-07-28
- Place of birth
- Nyasaland [now Malawi]
- Also known as
- John Keith Patrick Allen
Biography
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.
Known For
TV Shows (44)
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
1962
as Miles Hallin
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Roger Quaife
Bergerac
1981
as Sir Gervase Ewell
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Colonel Sebastian Moran
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Don Giovanni
Blackadder
1983
as Narrator / The Hawk
Theatre 625
1964
as Julien / Danton
No Hiding Place
1959
The Champions
1968
as Westerman
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Eddie Kirkley
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Chertkov
Thriller
1973
as Richard Main
The Protectors
1972
as James Leroy Mallory
UFO
1970
as Turner
Van der Valk
1972
as Van Teeseling
Gideon's Way
1965
as 'Spender Todd'
Churchill's People
1974
as Donald MacAmnay
International Detective
1959
as Lieutenant Larkin
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Capt. Sasha Studzinsky
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Navarre
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Luther Ames
The Winds of War
1983
as Dowding
Out of This World
1962
as Major Peters
Days That Shook the World
2003
as Sir John French
Crane
1963
as Richard Crane
Kidnapped
1979
as Prestongrange
Codename
1970
as Morgan
Time for Murder
1985
as Gilbert Smith
Survival
1961
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Corporal Brunowski
Brett
1971
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Chief Insp. Newton
Body & Soul
1993
as Walter Street
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Cummings
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
1993
Hard Times
1977
as Thomas Gradgrind
TUGS
1989
Crane
1963
Dangerous Knowledge
1976
as Fane
The Occult History of the Third Reich
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Dare To Believe
2002
Video Encyclopedia of World War Two
2008
as Self - Narrator
Movies (81)
Dial M for Murder
1954
as Detective Pearson
Threads
1985
as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild Geese
1978
as Rushton
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970
as Kingsor
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
as District Commissioner
The Sea Wolves
1980
as Colin Mackenzie
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Colonel Mannheim
1984
1956
as Inner Party Official
Dunkirk
1958
as Sergeant on Parade Ground
Who Dares Wins
1982
as Police Commissioner
Murder Is Easy
1982
as Maj. Horton
Carry On Doctor
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Confession
1955
as Corey
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Col. Mathers
Night of the Big Heat
1967
as Jeff Callum
Captain Clegg
1962
as Captain Collier
The Devil Rides Out
1968
as Rex Van Ryan (voice)
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Mate
Bullet to Beijing
1995
as Colonel Wilson
Cross Channel
1955
as Hugo Platt
Lady Oscar
1979
The Domino Principle
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Roman Holiday
1987
as General
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
as Peter Carter
The Big Switch
1968
as The Storyteller (voice)
Jet Storm
1959
as Allan Mulliner
The Big Job
1965
as Narrator
Invasion: UFO
1980
as Turner
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as King Simonides
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
1967
as Narrator
The Long Haul
1957
as Joe Easy
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Gerald Gardiner QC
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
Wicked as They Come
1956
as Willie
Journey Into Darkness
1968
as Luther Ames
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
1969
as Commentator
All My Loving
1968
as Narrator (voice)
Alien Attack
1980
as Luna Commission Chairman
World for Ransom
1954
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
1992
as Maj. Ronald Ferguson
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
as Jim Kennedy
Dead Silence
1966
as Chief Insp. Newton
Diamonds on Wheels
1973
as Insp. Cook
Puppet on a Chain
1970
as Inspector Van Gelder
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
as Sir James Brooke
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
as Paddy Ryan
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe
1990
as Narrator
The Sinister Man
1961
as Dr. Nelson Pollard
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
as Pilot Narrator
High Hell
1958
as Luke Fulgham
The Body Stealers
1969
as Bob Megan
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as Gregory
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Narrator (voice)
The World at Their Feet
1970
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Persecution
1974
as Robert Masters
As You Like It
1963
as Orlando
Flight from Singapore
1962
as John Scott
The Traitors
1962
as John Lane
Naked Down Under
1990
as Opening Narrator (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1964
as Theseus
Sign It Death
1974
as Richard Main
Heroes of the Second World War
2005
as Narrator
High Tide at Noon
1957
as Charles MacKenzie
The Official Story of the British Army
2006
as Narrator
Candida
1961
as Rev. James Mavor Morrell
The Hawker Hurricane
2001
as Narrator
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Story of the Spitfire
2001
as Narrator
Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The Swastika
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
as Gilbert Smith
The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police
1991
as Narrator
Protect and Survive
1976
as Narrator
Erotic Fantasies
1971
as Psychiatrist (voice)
Hitler's War
2005
as Narrator
Aerial Ambassador
1978
The Conquest of Everest 1953
1997
as Narrator
Love After Lunch
1987
as Harold Hagdorff
What's a Girl Like You?
1969
as Self - Narrator
About Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor. With 125 credits spanning from 1950 to 2023, Patrick Allen has appeared in 81 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Patrick Allen Movies
- Dial M for Murder (1954) — as Detective Pearson
- Threads (1985) — as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) — as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Wild Geese (1978) — as Rushton
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) — as Kingsor
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