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Patrick Allen

ACTING

1927-03-17

2006-07-28

Nyasaland [now Malawi]

Biography

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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Biography

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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre(1950)

Eddie Kirkley

Dial M for Murder poster

Dial M for Murder(1954)

Detective Pearson

Confession poster

Confession(1955)

Corey

Cross Channel poster

Cross Channel(1955)

Hugo Platt

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre(1956)

Chief Insp. Newton

1984 poster

1984(1956)

Inner Party Official

Wicked as They Come poster

Wicked as They Come(1956)

Willie

The Baby and the Battleship poster

The Baby and the Battleship(1956)

Mate

The Long Haul poster

The Long Haul(1957)

Joe Easy

The Mark of the Hawk poster

The Mark of the Hawk(1957)

Gregory

High Tide at Noon poster

High Tide at Noon(1957)

Charles MacKenzie

Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk(1958)

Sergeant on Parade Ground

Tread Softly Stranger poster

Tread Softly Stranger(1958)

Paddy Ryan

I Was Monty's Double poster

I Was Monty's Double(1958)

Col. Mathers

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk poster

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk(1958)

Jim Kennedy

High Hell poster

High Hell(1958)

Luke Fulgham

Jet Storm poster

Jet Storm(1959)

Allan Mulliner

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger poster

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(1960)

Peter Carter

Sir Francis Drake poster

Sir Francis Drake(1961)

Navarre

The Sinister Man poster

The Sinister Man(1961)

Dr. Nelson Pollard

Out of This World poster

Out of This World(1962)

Major Peters

The Saint poster

The Saint(1962)

Miles Hallin

Captain Clegg poster

Captain Clegg(1962)

Captain Collier

The Traitors poster

The Traitors(1962)

John Lane

Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625(1964)

Julien / Danton

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream(1964)

Theseus

Gideon's Way poster

Gideon's Way(1965)

'Spender Todd'

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month(1965)

Roger Quaife

The Big Job poster

The Big Job(1965)

Narrator

Don't Lose Your Head poster

Don't Lose Your Head(1967)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Carry On Doctor poster

Carry On Doctor(1967)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Night of the Generals poster

The Night of the Generals(1967)

Colonel Mannheim

Night of the Big Heat poster

Night of the Big Heat(1967)

Jeff Callum

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond poster

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond(1967)

Narrator

The Champions poster

The Champions(1968)

Westerman

Carry On Up the Khyber poster

Carry On Up the Khyber(1968)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Devil Rides Out poster

The Devil Rides Out(1968)

Rex Van Ryan (voice)

The Big Switch poster

The Big Switch(1968)

The Storyteller (voice)

All My Loving poster

All My Loving(1968)

Narrator (voice)

Journey Into Darkness poster

Journey Into Darkness(1968)

Luther Ames

Cream: Farewell Concert poster

Cream: Farewell Concert(1969)

Narrator (voice)

The Body Stealers poster

The Body Stealers(1969)

Bob Megan

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt poster

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt(1969)

Commentator

UFO poster

UFO(1970)

Turner

Puppet on a Chain poster

Puppet on a Chain(1970)

Inspector Van Gelder

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth poster

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970)

Kingsor

The Protectors poster

The Protectors(1972)

James Leroy Mallory

Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk(1972)

Van Teeseling

Thriller poster

Thriller(1973)

Richard Main

Diamonds on Wheels poster

Diamonds on Wheels(1973)

Insp. Cook

Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People(1974)

Donald MacAmnay

Persecution poster

Persecution(1974)

Robert Masters

Sign It Death poster

Sign It Death(1974)

Richard Main

The Wilby Conspiracy poster

The Wilby Conspiracy(1975)

District Commissioner

The Eagle Has Landed poster

The Eagle Has Landed(1976)

Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Protect and Survive poster

Protect and Survive(1976)

Narrator

Dangerous Knowledge poster

Dangerous Knowledge(1976)

Fane

Hard Times poster

Hard Times(1977)

Thomas Gradgrind

The Domino Principle poster

The Domino Principle(1977)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Wild Geese poster

The Wild Geese(1978)

Rushton

Scorpion Tales poster

Scorpion Tales(1978)

Cummings

Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped(1979)

Prestongrange

Churchill and the Generals poster

Churchill and the Generals(1979)

Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck

The Sea Wolves poster

The Sea Wolves(1980)

Colin Mackenzie

Alien Attack poster

Alien Attack(1980)

Luna Commission Chairman

Invasion: UFO poster

Invasion: UFO(1980)

Turner

The Trial of Lady Chatterley poster

The Trial of Lady Chatterley(1980)

Gerald Gardiner QC

Bergerac poster

Bergerac(1981)

Sir Gervase Ewell

Who Dares Wins poster

Who Dares Wins(1982)

Police Commissioner

Murder Is Easy poster

Murder Is Easy(1982)

Maj. Horton

Blackadder poster

Blackadder(1983)

Narrator, The Hawk

The Winds of War poster

The Winds of War(1983)

Dowding

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace poster

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace(1983)

Sir James Brooke

Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes(1984)

Colonel Sebastian Moran

Pericles, Prince of Tyre poster

Pericles, Prince of Tyre(1984)

King Simonides

Threads poster

Threads(1985)

Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder(1985)

Gilbert Smith

Roman Holiday poster

Roman Holiday(1987)

General

Love After Lunch poster

Love After Lunch(1987)

Harold Hagdorff

The Occult History of the Third Reich poster

The Occult History of the Third Reich(1990)

Narrator (voice)

D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe poster

D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe(1990)

Narrator

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police poster

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police(1991)

Narrator

Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors poster

Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors(1992)

Maj. Ronald Ferguson

Body & Soul poster

Body & Soul(1993)

Walter Street

Bullet to Beijing poster

Bullet to Beijing(1995)

Colonel Wilson

The Conquest of Everest 1953 poster

The Conquest of Everest 1953(1997)

Narrator

Story of the Spitfire poster

Story of the Spitfire(2001)

Narrator

The Hawker Hurricane poster

The Hawker Hurricane(2001)

Narrator

Days That Shook the World poster

Days That Shook the World(2003)

Sir John French

Hitler's War poster

Hitler's War(2005)

Narrator

Heroes of the Second World War poster

Heroes of the Second World War(2005)

Narrator

The Official Story of the British Army poster

The Official Story of the British Army(2006)

Narrator

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot poster

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot(2023)

Pilot Narrator