Person
Leslie Sands
Acting · 1921–2001 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
Sam Purdell
BBC Play of the Month
Sam Shipley
Blackadder
Lord Graveney
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Will Thompson
The Wednesday Play
Yorky
Department S
Draper
Van der Valk
Writer
Detective
1964
The Main Chance
Charles Arkwright
Filmography
- 1991Gas and CandlesTom
- 1988The Play on OneTom
- 1985The Winning StreakBernard Savage
- 1984Fresh FieldsMr. Wylie
- 1983BlackadderLord Graveney
- 1982I Have Been Here BeforeSam Shipley
- 1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials MysterySir Oswald Coote
- 1980The Good CompanionsNarrator (voice)
- 1979BloodlineDoctor
- 1979One Fine DayCommissionaire
- 1978Safety and the SupervisorNarrator
- 1977Silver LiningWriter
- 1977Cottage to LetErnest Pope
- 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough ChronicleWalter Grope
- 1977The White ElephantWriter
- 1977Jubilee 1977Writer
- 1976Three Days in SzczecinEdward Gierek
- 1976Cilla's World Of Comedy
- 1976The Littlest Horse ThievesForeman Sam Carter
- 1975Ten from the TwentiesWriter
- 1975Cilla's Comedy Six
- 1974Intent to MurderWriter
- 1974If You Could See What I Can SeeTrevor
- 1973Wessex TalesSir John Grebe
- 1973Man About the HouseMr Tripp
- 1972Van der ValkWriter
- 1972New Scotland YardSebastian Barrios
- 1972The Ragman's DaughterDoris' father
- 1970One More TimeInspector Crock
- 1969Department SDraper
- 1969Two Feet Off the GroundMr. Barfield
- 1969The Main ChanceCharles Arkwright
- 1969The Gold RobbersWriter
- 1968Camille '68Alfred
- 1968If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemThe Blind Man
- 1967The LumpYorky
- 1967The Deadly AffairInspector
- 1966The EyeAndrew Maddox
- 1966The Noise StoppedSir Henry Merritt
- 1966King of the RiverCaptain Abel Gasser
- 1966Cock, Hen and Courting PitThe Narrator
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthSam Shipley
- 1965The Mask of JanusAndrei Borisov
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWill Thompson
- 1965Out of the UnknownAndrew Maddox
- 1965RaptureFirst Gendarme
- 1964The Wednesday PlayYorky
- 1964CluffSergeant Caleb Cluff
- 1964Detective
- 1962The SaintSam Purdell
- 1962Death TrapDet. Insp. Simons
- 1962Life for RuthClyde
- 1962Dial M for MurderInspector Hubbard
- 1961Where the Difference BeginsWilf
- 1961Clue of the New PinSergeant Harris
- 1961The Avengers
- 1960Armchair Mystery TheatreWriter
- 1959Doctor KabilRomague
- 1958I Can Destroy the SunSuperintendent Travers
- 1956Armchair TheatreSuperintendent Travers
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