Person
Michael Kitchen
Acting · Born 1948-10-31 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Screen Two
Block
BBC Play of the Month
Acaste
Play for Today
Dick Foster
Minder
Maltese Tony
ITV Playhouse
Tommy
A Touch of Frost
Jonathan Meyerbridge
Foyle's War
DCS Foyle
Tales of the Unexpected
Arthur
The Professionals
Duffy
Inspector Morse
Russell Clark
Filmography
- 2025Mrs. Weekley's LoverD.H. Lawrence
- 2023The Kemps: All GoldJohn Farrow
- 2020The Kemps: All TrueHarvey Stickles
- 2014Brian Pern: A Life in RockJohn Farrow
- 2012White HeatJack (present day)
- 2012HacksStanhope Feast
- 2011My Week with MarilynHugh Perceval
- 2007MobileDavid West
- 2005FallingHenry Kent
- 2003AlibiGreg Brentwood
- 2002Foyle's WarDCS Foyle
- 2002Adolf & EvaNarrator (voice)
- 2001New Year's DayRobin
- 2001Lorna DooneJudge Jeffrey
- 2000Lorna DooneJudge Jeffreys
- 2000Proof of LifeIan Havery
- 2000A History of BritainReader
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of ChangeLloyd George
- 2000The Railway ChildrenFather
- 2000The Secret World of Michael FryHerbie
- 2000The Secret World of Michael FryHerbie
- 2000Second Sight
- 1999Oliver TwistMr. Brownlow
- 1999The World Is Not EnoughTanner
- 1998Reckless: The SequelRichard Crane
- 1998The Last ContractJohn Gales alias Ray Lambert
- 1997A Royal ScandalLord Malmesbury
- 1997Mrs. DallowayPeter Walsh
- 1997Sunnyside Farm
- 1997RecklessRichard Crane
- 1996WildernessLuther Adams
- 1996Dalziel and PascoePhilip Swain
- 1996WildernessLuther Adams
- 1995GoldenEyeBill Tanner
- 1995KidnappedWilliam Reid
- 1995The Hanging GaleCapt. William Townsend
- 1995Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old TownJeremy Swain
- 1995The BuccaneersSir Helmsley Thwaite
- 1995The Hanging GaleCaptain William Townsend
- 1994FatherlandSS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger
- 1994Harry Enfield and ChumsDavid the Director
- 1994Dandelion DeadMajor Herbert Rowse Armstrong
- 1994Doomsday GunDoctor Christopher Cowley
- 1994The Drilling FieldsVoice-over
- 1994The Drilling FieldsVoice-over
- 1994Pie in the SkyDudley Hooperman
- 1993To Play the KingThe King
- 1993The TrialBlock
- 1993Rik Mayall PresentsJeremy Swain
- 1992HamletNarrator
- 1992A Touch of FrostJonathan Meyerbridge
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesNarrator (voice)
- 1992Between the LinesRoger Boshier
- 1992The GuiltySteven Vey
- 1992HostageFredericks
- 1991Enchanted AprilGeorge Briggs
- 1991The Advocates
- 1991The War That Never Ends2nd Athenian Representative
- 1990The Russia HouseClive
- 1990Fools of FortuneMr Quinton
- 1990Crossing to FreedomMaj. Diessen
- 1990ChancerRoman
- 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageSmiley Face
- 1989Stay Lucky
- 1989Home RunBill English
- 1989Screen OneBill English
- 1989The DiveBricks
- 1989The Justice GameTim Forsythe
- 1989Benefactors
- 1989Customer Service From Hell
- 1987Inspector MorseRussell Clark
- 1986LovejoyDavid Herbert
- 1985The Browning VersionFrank Hunter
- 1985Out of AfricaBerkeley Cole
- 1985Love SongYoung William Hatchard
- 1985Screen TwoBlock
- 1984FreudErnst von Fleischl-Marxow
- 1984Weekend PlayhouseEd
- 1983The Comedy of ErrorsAntipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse
- 1982King LearEdmund
- 1981A Room for the WinterStephen
- 1981The BunkerRochus Misch
- 1980Caught on a TrainPeter
- 1980Breaking GlassLarner
- 1980Bedroom FarceNick
- 1980Lady KillersReverend Father M'Enery
- 1980The MisanthropeAcaste
- 1979MinderMaltese Tony
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedArthur
- 1979School PlayRose S J
- 1979The Long and the Short and the TallPrivate Bamforth
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareAntipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse
- 1978No Man's LandFoster
- 1977The ProfessionalsDuffy
- 1977RomanceMaurice Rossiter
- 1976Beasts: What Big EyesBob Curry
- 1976BeastsBob Curry
- 1976A DivorceLaurence
- 1976Brimstone and TreacleMartin Taylor
- 1975The Imp of the PerverseThe Student
- 1975SleepwalkerIan
- 1975Private AffairsD.H. Lawrence
- 1974Churchill's PeopleJohn Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
- 1974Seven Faces of WomanArchie
- 1974Fall of EaglesTrotsky
- 1974PlayhouseRose S.J.
- 1974Once the Killing StartsGeorge Newton
- 1973The Monkey's PawHerbert White
- 1973The Brontës of HaworthBranwell Brontë
- 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesHerbert White
- 1973Centre PlayThe Student
- 1973ThrillerGeorge Newton
- 1973The Four BeautiesHenry Batley
- 1972The ReportersAlan
- 1972Country MattersHenry Batley
- 1972Dracula A.D. 1972Greg
- 1972New Scotland YardPeter Coppard
- 1972Late Night TheatrePaul
- 1971Unman, Wittering and ZigoBungabine
- 1971Hell's AngelDick Foster
- 1970Play for TodayDick Foster
- 1970Is That Your Body, BoyWaller
- 1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- 1967ITV PlayhouseTommy
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthAcaste
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWaller
- —SavagesCarlos Esquerdo
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