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Michael Cochrane

Michael Cochrane

Known For Acting
Birthday May 19, 1947 (78)
Birthplace Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Jul 02, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Filmography

Living

Living

2022

as Sir James

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015

as Arnold Ridley

Coalition

Coalition

2015

as Senior Tory MP Buchanan

Panto!

Panto!

2012

as Johnny

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Man on Bus

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011

as William

Margaret

Margaret

2009

as Alan Clark

Sharpe's Peril

Sharpe's Peril

2008

as Simmerson

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

2008

as Sir Waldron Smithers

Sharpe's Challenge

Sharpe's Challenge

2006

as Simmerson

HG Wells: War with the World

HG Wells: War with the World

2006

as Minister

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

2005

as Lord Lyttleton

The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

2005

as Sir Richard Dearlove

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty

2004

as Dick Madsen

Reversals

Reversals

2003

as Derek Barry

The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play

2002

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

The Cry

The Cry

2002

as Nathaniel Wakely

The Innocent

The Innocent

2001

as Harold Haig

Longitude

Longitude

2000

as Waddington, Gould's solicitor

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

1999

as Sir George Rawlings

Incognito

Incognito

1997

as Detective Inspector Deeks

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

as Simmerson

Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

as Sir Henry Simmerson

Sharpe's Sword

Sharpe's Sword

1995

as Sir Henry Simmerson

Sharpe's Eagle

Sharpe's Eagle

1993

as Colonel/General Sir Henry Simmerson

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992

as Winston Churchill

A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1991

as Charles Hecht

Tell Me That You Love Me

Tell Me That You Love Me

1991

as Geoff

Number One Gun

Number One Gun

1990

as Flash Fairmaid

The Return of Sam McCloud

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989

as Geraint Davies

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1984

as Henry Clervell

Real Life

Real Life

1984

as Lipton

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

1983

as Stephen

Ascendancy

Ascendancy

1983

as Officer

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981

as Charles Masterman

Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981

as Farrell

Daphne Laureola

Daphne Laureola

1978

as Bill

The Country Wife

The Country Wife

1977

as Sparkish

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Wings

as Charles Gaylion

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Jan 02, 1977

My Spy Family

as Lord Bollingstock

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 01, 2007

Love in a Cold Climate

as Cedric Hampton

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 29, 1980

Downton Abbey

as Reverend Travis

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 26, 2010

Titanic: Blood and Steel

as Captain Smith

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 13, 2012

The Cry

as Nathaniel Weekly

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 08, 2002

Sharpe

as Sir Henry Simmerson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 05, 1993

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Swithun Riding

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

Sticks and Stones

as Clayton

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 16, 2019

The Outlaws

as Mr Kingsley

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 25, 2021

A Touch of Frost

as Babcock, HMI

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 06, 1992

Longitude

as Waddington

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 2000

The Far Pavilions

as Crimpley

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 22, 1984

The Escape Artist

as Judge

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 29, 2013

Doctor Who

as Lord Cranleigh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Howards' Way

as Pierre Challon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 1985

Rosemary & Thyme

as Franklin Danvers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 2003

99-1

as Charlwood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1994

Fortunes of War

as Clifford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1987

Mutual Friends

as Judge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 26, 2008

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Bill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 1976

To the Manor Born

as Archie Pennington-Booth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1979

Jonathan Creek

as Owen Glendower

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1997

The Crown

as Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

Pie in the Sky

as Julian Tubbs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1994

Heartbeat

as Derek Lightfoot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Decline and Fall

as Prosecutor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 31, 2017

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

as Dennis Radcliffe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1983

Wycliffe

as Mr. Price

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 24, 1994

I Hate You

as Leonard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2022

Keeping Up Appearances

as The Ship's Officer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1990

Spooks

as Ross Vaughan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

Call the Midwife

as Sir Brigham Aylward

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

Heartbeat

as Stephen Quinn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Heartbeat

as Cunningham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Agatha Raisin

as Sir Desmond

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 07, 2016

The Darling Buds of May

as Wing Commander Honeyman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 1991

The Chief

Episodes: 35

First Aired: Apr 24, 1990

The Pallisers

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 19, 1974

No Job for a Lady

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Feb 07, 1990

Perfect World

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Feb 25, 2000

The Uninvited

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 25, 1997

Nancherrow

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 04, 1999

Man Down

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 2013

Monarch of the Glen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 27, 2000

Murphy's Law

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2001

Keen Eddie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 03, 2003

The Ambassador

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1998

The Musketeers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 2014

Vicious

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 29, 2013

Dear John

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1986

Wire in the Blood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 2002

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