Person

Patrick Allen

Acting · 1927–2006 · Nyasaland [now Malawi]

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.

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  The Avengers

  1961

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  The Saint

  Miles Hallin

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  Sherlock Holmes

  Colonel Sebastian Moran

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  BBC Play of the Month

  Roger Quaife

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  Theatre 625

  Julien / Danton

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  Bergerac

  Sir Gervase Ewell

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  Blackadder

  Narrator

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  ITV Saturday Night Theatre

  Chertkov

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  The Wednesday Play

  Don Giovanni

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  No Hiding Place

  1959

• 2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotPilot Narrator
• 2008The Video Encyclopedia of World War TwoSelf - Narrator
• 2008The War File: Hitler's WarNarrator
• 2006The Official Story of the British ArmyNarrator
• 2005Hitler's WarNarrator
• 2005Heroes of the Second World WarNarrator
• 2005Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The SwastikaSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 2003Days That Shook the WorldSir John French
• 2002The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the VolgaNarrator
• 2002The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War TwoNarrator
• 2002The War File: Battleships at WarNarrator
• 2002Dare To Believe
• 2001The Hawker HurricaneNarrator
• 2001Story of the SpitfireNarrator
• 1997The Conquest of Everest 1953Narrator
• 1995Bullet to BeijingColonel Wilson
• 1993The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
• 1993Body & SoulWalter Street
• 1992Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace DoorsMaj. Ronald Ferguson
• 1991The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret PoliceNarrator
• 1990The Occult History of the Third ReichNarrator (voice)
• 1990Naked Down UnderOpening Narrator (voice)
• 1990D-Day: Assault on Fortress EuropeNarrator
• 1989TUGS
• 1987Roman HolidayGeneral
• 1987Love After LunchHarold Hagdorff
• 1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesColonel Sebastian Moran
• 1985The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasGilbert Smith
• 1985Time for MurderGilbert Smith
• 1985ThreadsPublic Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1984Pericles, Prince of TyreKing Simonides
• 1984Sherlock HolmesColonel Sebastian Moran
• 1983BlackadderNarrator
• 1983The Winds of WarDowding
• 1983The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel WallaceSir James Brooke
• 1982Who Dares WinsPolice Commissioner
• 1982Murder Is EasyMaj. Horton
• 1981BergeracSir Gervase Ewell
• 1981A Spy at EveningMansfield
• 1980The Trial of Lady ChatterleyGerald Gardiner QC
• 1980Alien AttackLuna Commission Chairman
• 1980The Sea WolvesColin Mackenzie
• 1980Invasion: UFOTurner
• 1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
• 1979KidnappedPrestongrange
• 1979Lady Oscar
• 1978The Wild GeeseRushton
• 1978Scorpion TalesCummings
• 1978Aerial Ambassador
• 1977Hard TimesThomas Gradgrind
• 1977The Domino PrincipleNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1976The Eagle Has LandedOpening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1976Dangerous KnowledgeFane
• 1976Protect and SurviveNarrator
• 1975The Wilby ConspiracyDistrict Commissioner
• 1974Churchill's PeopleDonald MacAmnay
• 1974PersecutionRobert Masters
• 1974Sign It DeathRichard Main
• 1973Diamonds on WheelsInsp. Cook
• 1973ThrillerRichard Main
• 1972The ProtectorsJames Leroy Mallory
• 1972Van der ValkVan Teeseling
• 1971Brett
• 1971Erotic FantasiesPsychiatrist (voice)
• 1970When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthKingsor
• 1970UFOTurner
• 1970Puppet on a ChainInspector Van Gelder
• 1970The World at Their FeetSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1970CodenameMorgan
• 1969The Body StealersBob Megan
• 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreChertkov
• 1969Cream: Farewell ConcertNarrator (voice)
• 1969Medieval England: The Peasants' RevoltCommentator
• 1969What's a Girl Like You?Self - Narrator
• 1968All My LovingNarrator (voice)
• 1968Journey to the UnknownLuther Ames
• 1968The ChampionsWesterman
• 1968The Devil Rides OutRex Van Ryan (voice)
• 1968The Big SwitchThe Storyteller (voice)
• 1968Carry On Up the KhyberNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1968Journey Into DarknessLuther Ames
• 1967Carry On DoctorNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1967Benjamin Britten and His FestivalSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1967Man in a Suitcase
• 1967Welcome to Japan, Mr. BondNarrator
• 1967Night of the Big HeatJeff Callum
• 1967Don't Lose Your HeadNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1967The Night of the GeneralsColonel Mannheim
• 1966Dead SilenceChief Insp. Newton
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthRoger Quaife
• 1965Thirty-Minute TheatrePeter Roke
• 1965The Big JobNarrator
• 1965Gideon's Way'Spender Todd'
• 1964The Wednesday PlayDon Giovanni
• 1964A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus
• 1964Theatre 625Julien / Danton
• 1963Crane
• 1963CraneRichard Crane
• 1963As You Like ItOrlando
• 1962The SaintMiles Hallin
• 1962Flight from SingaporeJohn Scott
• 1962Out of This WorldMajor Peters
• 1962Captain CleggCaptain Collier
• 1962The TraitorsJohn Lane
• 1961CandidaRev. James Mavor Morrell
• 1961The Sinister ManDr. Nelson Pollard
• 1961Sir Francis DrakeNavarre
• 1961Survival
• 1961The Avengers
• 1960Sunday-Night PlayCapt. Sasha Studzinsky
• 1960Never Take Sweets from a StrangerPeter Carter
• 1959International DetectiveLieutenant Larkin
• 1959Jet StormAllan Mulliner
• 1959No Hiding Place
• 1958I Was Monty's DoubleCol. Mathers
• 1958Tread Softly StrangerPaddy Ryan
• 1958DunkirkSergeant on Parade Ground
• 1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkJim Kennedy
• 1958High HellLuke Fulgham
• 1957The Mark of the HawkGregory
• 1957The Long HaulJoe Easy
• 1957Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!Corporal Brunowski
• 1957High Tide at NoonCharles MacKenzie
• 1956Armchair TheatreChief Insp. Newton
• 1956The Baby and the BattleshipMate
• 1956Wicked as They ComeWillie
• 19561984Inner Party Official
• 1955Cross ChannelHugo Platt
• 1955ConfessionCorey
• 1954Dial M for MurderDetective Pearson
• 1954World for Ransom
• 1950Sunday Night TheatreEddie Kirkley
• —The Video Encyclopedia of World War Two 2008Presenter