
Person
Gerald Flood
Acting · 1927–1989 · Portsmouth, England, UK
Biography
Gerald Flood was born in Portsmouth, son of a Naval family. He was a wireless operator during the War and worked as a filing clerk after the War ended until he landed a job with the Farnham Repertory Company. It was there that he met his future wife, Anne. He toured in rep, and appeared in productions including "Hamlet," "Power and Glory" and "Charley's Aunt." In 1960 he performed in "The Complaisant Lover" at the Globe Theatre and went on to appear in "The Formation Dancers," "Children's Day" and "There's A Girl In My Soup." In the 1960's he appeared in a science fiction series called "Pathfinders in Space" (1960), and its sequels "Pathfinders to Mars" (1960-1961) and "Pathfinders to Venus" (1961). Other television roles followed, including "The Ratcatchers" (1966/67), "A Sharp Intake of Breath," "Third Time Lucky" and "Bleak House." He also guested on shows like "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): A Disturbing Case" (1969), "Strange Report" (1969), "Steptoe and Son: What Prejudice" (1970) and "Return of the Saint" (1979). His films included "Black Beauty" (1946), "Patton" (1970), "Smokescreen" and "Frightmare" (1974). He died in April 1989.
Known for

Doctor Who
The King

Crown Court
Sir Nicholas Esham

ITV Playhouse
Russell

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Will

No Hiding Place
1959

Sykes
The Hypnotist

Callan
1967

Return of the Saint
Cleaver

The Main Chance
William Arkwright

Sherlock Holmes
1964
Filmography
- 2004Second Time Around
- 1985Bleak HouseCoroner
- 1984Doctor Who: The Caves of AndrozaniKamelion
- 1983Doctor Who: The King's DemonsVoice of Kamelion/King John
- 1982Third Time LuckyHenry King
- 1981Early DaysBenson
- 1979The Racing Game
- 1978Return of the SaintCleaver
- 1977Charley's AuntSir Francis Chesney
- 1977The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
- 1974FrightmareMatthew Laurence
- 1974Second Time AroundRonnie
- 1972Crown CourtSir Nicholas Esham
- 1972ScoopJohn Boot
- 1972SykesThe Hypnotist
- 1971Tom Brown's Schooldays
- 1970MenaceGerald Parsloe
- 1970PattonAir Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
- 1969The Main ChanceWilliam Arkwright
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamGeoffrey Mandeville
- 1969Two in CloverGerald Bromley-Jones
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreWill
- 1968Never A Cross Word
- 1967Man in a Suitcase
- 1967ITV PlayhouseRussell
- 1967Callan
- 1966The Rat Catchers
- 1964Sherlock Holmes
- 1964SmokescreenGraham Turner
- 1963Doctor WhoThe King
- 1963The Three SistersCapt. Soleny
- 1963Crane
- 1963CraneColonel Sharif Mahmoud
- 1963Secret Beneath the SeaMark Bannerman
- 1962City Beneath the Sea
- 1962Man of the WorldDuchamp
- 1962Out of This WorldBlack
- 1961Plateau of Fear
- 1961Top Secret
- 1961Pathfinders to VenusConway Henderson
- 1960Pathfinders to MarsConway Henderson
- 1960Pathfinders in SpaceConway Henderson
- 1960Armchair Mystery TheatrePhilip
- 1959No Hiding Place
- 1959Captured
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