Gideon's Way
When it's a matter of murder... it's a matter for Gideon
Premiered: Mar 18, 1965 | 1 seasons | 26 episodes
Popularity: 7
| Creator: | John Creasey |
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| Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| John Gregson | Commander George Gideon | 26 |
| Alexander Davion | Chief Insp. David Keen | 26 |
| Basil Dignam | Commissioner Scott-Marle | 5 |
| Andrea Allan | Pru Gideon | 4 |
| Glyn Houston | Sgt. Carmichael | 2 |
| Sue Lloyd | Mary Henderson | 2 |
| Richard Davies | The Postman | 2 |
| Kay Walsh | Harriet Bright | 2 |
| Allan Cuthbertson | Major Donald Ross | 2 |
| John Hurt | Freddy Tisdale | 1 |
| Donald Sutherland | Philip Guest | 1 |
| Eric Barker | Robert Gresham | 1 |
| Ray Barrett | Robert Carne | 1 |
| Sheila Allen | Mary Calloway | 1 |
| Henry McGee | Mack Martinson | 1 |
| Jack Gwillim | Commander Ripple | 1 |
| Elizabeth Counsell | Veronica Kendal | 1 |
| George Baker | Bailey | 1 |
| Raymond Huntley | Sir Percy Richmond | 1 |
| Derren Nesbitt | John 'Benny' Benson | 1 |
| Jean Marsh | Sandra Casey | 1 |
| Jean Marsh | Elspeth McCrae | 1 |
| Ronald Lacey | Jerry Blake | 1 |
| Gordon Jackson | Sgt. McKinnon | 1 |
| Finlay Currie | General Sir Hector McGregor | 1 |
| Jane Merrow | Lollo Romano | 1 |
| Lois Maxwell | Felisa Henderson | 1 |
| Derek Fowlds | Tim Coles | 1 |
| Norman Bird | Supt. Fred Lee | 1 |
| Michael Cashman | Syd Benson | 1 |
| George Cole | Bishop | 1 |
| Ann Bell | Netta Penn | 1 |
| Jack MacGowran | 'Happy' Roden | 1 |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Jeff Grant | 1 |
| Annette Andre | Sue Young | 1 |
| Peter Williams | Control Tower Supervisor | 1 |
| Ray Brooks | Frank Romano | 1 |
| John Cairney | Captain Robbie McGregor | 1 |
| Georgina Ward | Erica Townsend | 1 |
| Carol White | Winifred Norton | 1 |
| Johnny Sekka | Chay | 1 |
| Victor Maddern | Charles Randle | 1 |
| Patrick Allen | 'Spender Todd' | 1 |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | Mr. Hunter | 1 |
| Donald Houston | Tony Erickson | 1 |
| George Merritt | 1 | |
| George Merritt | The Janitor | 1 |
| Julian Holloway | Jim Richards | 1 |
| Duncan Lamont | Divisional Supt. Smedd | 1 |
| John Horsley | Supt. Hopkinson | 1 |
| Thomas Heathcote | Det. Chief Supt. Charles Appleby | 1 |
| Guy Deghy | The Owner of Krootnings | 1 |
| David Hutcheson | Colonel McAlpine | 1 |
| Mike Pratt | Jensen | 1 |
| Mike Pratt | Red Carter | 1 |
| Esmond Knight | Robson | 1 |
| Patsy Smart | Mrs. Samuels | 1 |
| Charles Carson | The Professor | 1 |
| Michael Ripper | Jo Short | 1 |
| Ian Fleming | Doctor | 1 |
| Howard Lang | Sergeant Fowler | 1 |
| Sydney Tafler | Gabriel Lyon | 1 |
| Rosemary Leach | Marion Grove | 1 |
| Anton Rodgers | Peter Sloane | 1 |
| Alfie Bass | Max Fischer | 1 |
| Jack Hedley | Bruce Carroway | 1 |
| Caron Gardner | Muriel | 1 |
| Caron Gardner | Daisy | 1 |
| Louis Mansi | Weasel | 1 |
| Ray McAnally | Mickey Keston | 1 |
| William Mervyn | Mr. Pater | 1 |
| Suzan Farmer | Ada Lee | 1 |
| David Lodge | Morris | 1 |
| Michael Robbins | Smith | 1 |
| Robert Brown | Bill Campbell | 1 |
| Ann Lynn | Anne Beaumont | 1 |
| Nicola Pagett | Cathy Bellman | 1 |
| Julian Somers | Cameron | 1 |
| Ronald Adam | Mr. Baker | 1 |
| Ronald Adam | Sir Robert Copthorne | 1 |
| Richard Hurndall | Mr. King | 1 |
| Joyce Carey | Mrs. Coles | 1 |
| Virginia Maskell | Rose Lemman | 1 |
| George Sewell | Tim Murphy | 1 |
| Angela Douglas | Cathy Miller | 1 |
| Angela Douglas | Morna | 1 |
| Brian Rawlinson | Duty Sergeant | 1 |
| Harry Towb | Tod Cowan | 1 |
| Sarah Lawson | Joan Erickson | 1 |
| Harry Fowler | Ralph Maricut | 1 |
| Bryan Pringle | John Stewart | 1 |
| Harry Locke | Joe Moss | 1 |
| David Bauer | Elliott Henderson | 1 |
| Donald Churchill | James Lane | 1 |
| Avril Elgar | Mrs. Tennison | 1 |
| James Ottaway | Sideman | 1 |
| Nora Gordon | Mrs. Harrow | 1 |
| Richard Davies | Forensics Man | 1 |
| Richard Davies | The Taxi Driver | 1 |
| Toni Palmer | Mrs. Endicott | 1 |
| Martin Boddey | Chief Officer Carmichael | 1 |
| John Justin | Leonard Bright | 1 |
| Edward Evans | Fred Norton | 1 |
| Pauline Yates | Mary Mason | 1 |
| Philip Ray | Langley | 1 |
| Meredith Edwards | Paul Samuels | 1 |
| Norman Bowler | Michael Usher | 1 |
| Aubrey Richards | Det. Sgt. Steve Grady | 1 |
| Joe Gladwin | Finny | 1 |
| Roland Culver | Sir Arthur Vane | 1 |
| Jennifer Daniel | Marjorie Bellman | 1 |
| Anthony Bate | Doctor Kirk | 1 |
| Penelope Horner | Janet Middleton | 1 |
| David Davies | Sergeant Syd Taylor | 1 |
| Norman Scace | Warner | 1 |
| Reg Lye | Doctor Hill | 1 |
| Gretchen Franklin | Martha Bray | 1 |
| George Murcell | Kautsky | 1 |
| Royston Tickner | Charlie Berry | 1 |
| Donald Pickering | 'Bookie' Barton Smith | 1 |
| Anthony Baird | Mr. Barnes | 1 |
| Gerald Harper | Deputy Commander Rae Cox | 1 |
| Richard Beale | Captain Vanner | 1 |
| Noel Dyson | Mrs. Lane | 1 |
| Peter Reeves | 1 | |
| Peter Reeves | Scooter Salesman | 1 |
| Trevor Bannister | PC John Moss | 1 |
| Jo Rowbottom | Mary Rose | 1 |
| Hilda Barry | Mrs. Critchley | 1 |
| Dervis Ward | Keith Smith | 1 |
| Dervis Ward | Larry Larkin | 1 |
| Roddy McMillan | Det. Insp. Caldwell | 1 |
| Michael Beint | Div. Insp. Marsh | 1 |
| Michael Standing | Ches Kelly | 1 |
| Terence Donovan | 1 | |
| Michael Craze | Vince Kelly | 1 |
| Rosemarie Dunham | Sophie Murdoch | 1 |
| Megs Jenkins | Liz Rikker | 1 |
| Alec Mango | Hartz | 1 |
| Wensley Pithey | Supt. Bill Hemmingway | 1 |
| Freda Bamford | Mrs. Kautsky | 1 |
| Walter Brown | John Borgman | 1 |
| Vanda Godsell | Charlotte Borgman | 1 |
| John Barrie | Will Rikker | 1 |
| Maxwell Shaw | Mark 'Frisky' Lee | 1 |
| Dyson Lovell | Peter Bennett | 1 |
| Oliver MacGreevy | The Contact Man | 1 |
| John Martin | Det. Insp. Marsham | 1 |
| Patrick Durkin | Lefty | 1 |
| John Serret | Antoine Dubec | 1 |
| Avis Bunnage | Mrs. Bessie Cowan | 1 |
| Alan Rothwell | Bill Rose | 1 |
| Donald Morley | Supt. Browning | 1 |
| Laurence Hardy | Dr. Coles | 1 |
| Maggie Wright | Jean | 1 |
| Harold Goodwin | The Shopkeeper | 1 |
| Barry Lowe | Keston | 1 |
| Christine Finn | Marjorie Bennett | 1 |
| Marjie Lawrence | Della Maricut | 1 |
| Clare Kelly | Mrs. Norton | 1 |
| Don McKillop | Foreman | 1 |
| Sidney Vivian | Danny | 1 |
| Jeremy Burnham | Harold | 1 |
| Viola Keats | Mrs. King | 1 |
| Howard Douglas | Harry | 1 |
| Pauline Munro | Alison Clifton | 1 |
| David Collings | Alan Campbell-Gore | 1 |
| Vincent Harding | PC Lashbrook | 1 |
| Richard Burrell | Det. Sgt. Doug Brown | 1 |
| Alita Naughton | Lydia Merritt | 1 |
| John Glyn-Jones | Percy Knox | 1 |
| John Gabriel | Cuthbertson | 1 |
| Walter Horsbrugh | Jerome | 1 |
| Keith Bell | Sammy | 1 |
| Richard Carpenter | Michael Penn | 1 |
| Don Borisenko | Alan Blake | 1 |
| Tom Gill | Veterinarian | 1 |
| Tom Gill | Hotel Manager | 1 |
| Peter Russell | John Hamilton | 1 |