Person
Terence Rigby
Acting · 1937–2008 · Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film credits including Get Carter, Tomorrow Never Dies, Essex Boys and Watership Down. On television, he memorably played police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running 1970s Z Cars spin-off series Softly, Softly: Taskforce, as well as starring in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Crossroads, Common as Muck and The Beiderbecke Affair.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Ian Frasier
Crossroads
1964
Play for Today
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
ITV Playhouse
Mr Babcock
The Saint
Charlie Mason
Heartbeat
Ronnie Brown
No Hiding Place
Chopper Martin
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr. Perivale Blythe
Sunday-Night Play
Merchant's son
Lovejoy
John Hill
Filmography
- 2008FlickCreeper Martin
- 2005Colour Me KubrickNorman
- 2003Mona Lisa SmileDr. Edward Staunton
- 2003Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarHenry Caldicot
- 2000Essex BoysHenry Hobbs
- 1999Great ExpectationsPumbleneck
- 1999Great ExpectationsPumblechook
- 1999Simon MagusBratislav
- 1999Plunkett & MacleaneHarrison
- 1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaSydow
- 1998The Student PrinceMr. Garter
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesGeneral Bukharin
- 1997Born to RunBurke Flitch
- 1997Midsomer MurdersIan Frasier
- 1996Our Friends in the NorthBerger
- 1995Funny BonesBilly Mann
- 1995England, My EnglandCaptain Henry Cooke
- 1994Common As MuckDougie Hodd
- 1993The Young AmericansSidney Callow
- 1992HeartbeatRonnie Brown
- 1991PerformanceFred Voles
- 1990The ChildrenThe Duke of Mendip
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham?Det. Supt. George Reade
- 1989ScandalJames Burge
- 1988The Beiderbecke ConnectionBig Al
- 1988TestimonyJoseph Stalin
- 1986LovejoyJohn Hill
- 1985Lace 2Jo Stiarkoz
- 1985The DetectiveDet. Asst. Commissioner Mars
- 1985A Month in the CountryBolshintzov
- 1985The Beiderbecke AffairBig Al
- 1984Travelling ManGeorge Jackson
- 1984Sharing TimeBernard
- 1984LaceJo Stiarkoz
- 1983The Sign of FourInspector Layton
- 1983DramaramaBlack Bert
- 1983The Falklands FactorWilliam Pitt, Earl of Chatham
- 1982Anyone for DenisMajor
- 1982Anyone for Denis?
- 1982The Hound of the BaskervillesDoctor Watson
- 1982Bird of PreyDuggan
- 1982AirlineErnie Cade
- 1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsThomas Barlow (uncredited)
- 1981The Muscle MarketBernard
- 1980The Dogs of WarHackett
- 1980Bull WeekDanny Kowal
- 1980High TideMatthews
- 1979Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyRoy Bland
- 1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonStanley Bruce
- 1978Watership DownSilver (voice)
- 1978No Man's LandBriggs
- 1978Armchair ThrillerMatthews
- 1977The Mayor's CharityMr. Brabazon
- 1975Rumpole of the BaileyMr. Perivale Blythe
- 1973The HomecomingJoey
- 1973Armchair 30Swampy
- 1972Van der ValkKarl Vessem
- 1971Girl on the M1Jack
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesDet. Sgt. Bates
- 1971Get CarterGerald Fletcher
- 1970The Old BangerJohn Partridge
- 1970Tales of UneaseJohn Partridge
- 1970Play for TodayWilliam Pitt, Earl of Chatham
- 1969Softly Softly: Task ForcePC Snow
- 1967ITV PlayhouseMr Babcock
- 1967Callan
- 1967AccidentPlain Clothed Policeman
- 1966The InformerLomax
- 1965Public EyeHarry
- 1964Crossroads
- 1962The SaintCharlie Mason
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayMerchant's son
- 1959No Hiding PlaceChopper Martin
- 1956Armchair TheatreJack
- 1955Dixon of Dock GreenPC Smith
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