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Patrick Allen

Acting

Born March 17, 1927 · Nyasaland [now Malawi]

Died July 28, 2006

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.

Filmography39 titles

Hitler's War

2005as Narrator

Sherlock Holmes

1984as Colonel Sebastian Moran

The Black Adder

1983as Narrator

Dial M for Murder

1954as Detective Pearson

The Avengers

1961

UFO

1970as Turner

Threads

1985as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Saint

1962as Miles Hallin

Never Take Candy from a Stranger

1960as Peter Carter

Man in a Suitcase

1967

Jet Storm

1959as Allan Mulliner

Thriller

1973as Richard Main

Dunkirk

1958as Sergeant on Parade Ground

The Wild Geese

1978as Rushton

The Night of the Generals

1967as Colonel Mannheim

Bergerac

1981as Sir Gervase Ewell

The Eagle Has Landed

1976as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Carry on Up the Khyber

1968as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

All My Loving

1968as Narrator (voice)

The Champions

1968as Westerman

Carry on Doctor

1967as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1984

1956as Inner Party Official

Hard Times

as Thomas Gradgrind

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975as District Commissioner

The Final Option

1982as Police Commissioner

Night Creatures

1962as Captain Collier

Van der Valk

1972as Van Teeseling

The Protectors

as James Leroy Mallory

The Sea Wolves

1980as Colin Mackenzie

Puppet on a Chain

1970as Inspector Van Gelder

The Domino Principle

1977as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Cream: Farewell Concert

1969as Narrator (voice)

Body & Soul

as Walter Street

Night of the Big Heat

1967as Jeff Callum

Bullet to Beijing

1995as Colonel Wilson

The Body Stealers

1969as Bob Megan

The Big Switch

1968as The Storyteller (voice)

Persecution

1974as Robert Masters

The Mark of the Hawk

1957as Gregory