Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

174

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-12-23

Deathday

2002-07-24 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Also Known As

William Maurice Denham
Морис Денем

Maurice Denham

Biography

Maurice Denham OBE (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career.

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Known For

7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

7.5%

The Day of the Jackal

May 16, 1973

7.0%

Animal Farm

Dec 28, 1954

7.0%

Night of the Demon

Nov 9, 1957

7.5%

Oliver Twist

Jun 28, 1948

8.1%

Sherlock Holmes

Apr 24, 1984

7.1%

84 Charing Cross Road

Feb 13, 1987

6.8%

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Jun 16, 1965

6.9%

The Heroes of Telemark

Nov 12, 1965

6.5%

Julia

Oct 1, 1977

7.8%

Inspector Morse

Jan 6, 1987

6.6%

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Jul 1, 1971

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Acting

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The Gate of Eden

1996

Robert Rylands' Last Journey as Hume

1995

Bed as Man

1994

Pie in the Sky as Striker of the Yard

1993		Peak Practice as Douglas Hart
1993		Peak Practice as Mr. Hart
1993		The Last Vampyre as Augustus Merridew

1992

Memento Mori as Guy Leet

1991		Nona as Don Fransciso
1991		Performance as Don Francisco

1990		The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship as (voice)
1990		You Rang, M'Lord? as Captain Cedric Dolby

1989		Seeing in the Dark as Old Man
1989		Behaving Badly
1989		The Dog It Was That Died as Vicar

1988

Tears in the Rain as Fordingbridge

1987		The Trial of Klaus Barbie as Klaus Barbie
1987		Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Luther Crackenthorpe
1987		84 Charing Cross Road as George Martin
1987		Inspector Morse as Lance Mandeville

1986		All Passion Spent as Gervase Bucktrout
1986		All Passion Spent as Bucktrout
1986		Casualty as William Turnbull
1986		Boon
1986		Lovejoy as Sir Max Spence

1985		Love Song as Sir William Hatchard
1985		Screen Two as Guy Leet
1985		Mr. Love as Theo
1985		Monsignor Quixote as Senor Diego

1984		Miss Marple as Luther Crackenthorpe
1984		The Hope and the Glory as Joe
1984		Sherlock Holmes as Reverend Merridew
1984		Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma as Edgeworth
1984		The Chain as Grandpa

1983		Martin Luther, Heretic as Father Staupitz
1983		The Old Men at the Zoo as Dr Edwin Leacock

1982

The Agatha Christie Hour

1981		From a Far Country as Sapieha
1981		The Chinese Detective
1981		Recluse

1980		The Gate of Eden: Part Three - Peter as Tom Falconer
1980		The Gate of Eden: Part Two - Sue as Tom Falconer
1980		The Gate of Eden: Part One - Mr. Falconer as Tom Falconer

1979		Schalcken the Painter as Gerrit Dou
1979		Minder as Billings
1979		Minder as Meredith Gascoyne
1979		My Son, My Son

1978		Edward and Mrs Simpson as Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
1978		Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury
1978		Return of the Saint as Prince Lorenzo

1977		The Professionals as Sir James Temple
1977		Julia as Undertaker
1977		Secret Army as Father Girard

1976

Shout at the Devil as Mr. Smythe

1975		Rumpole of the Bailey as Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans
1975		Love's Labour's Lost as Don Adriano de Armando
1975		Angels
1975		Go as You Please in Britain

1974		An Unofficial Rose
1974		Porridge
1974		Porridge as Rawley
1974		The Carnforth Practice
1974		Fall of Eagles as Kaiser Wilhelm I
1974		Luther as Johann von Staupitz Vicar General

1973

The Day of the Jackal as General Colbert

1972

The Lotus Eaters

1971		A Ghost Story for Christmas as Gerrit Dou
1971		Nicholas and Alexandra as Kokovtsov
1971		Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mr. Greville
1971		Countess Dracula as Master Fabio
1971		Great Performances as Senor Diego

1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy as The Rector

1969		A Touch of Love as Doctor Prothero
1969		Midas Run as Charles Crittenden
1969		Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
1969		Some Girls Do as Mr. Mortimer
1969		The Best House in London as Editor, The Times

1968

Negatives as The Father

1967		Torture Garden as Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")
1967		Danger Route as Peter Ravenspur
1967		The Long Duel as Governor
1967		A Slight Ache as Edward

1966		Talking to a Stranger
1966		After the Fox as Chief of Interpol

1965		The Night Caller as Dr. Morley
1965		The Alphabet Murders as Japp
1965		The Heroes of Telemark as Doctor
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Julius Caesar
1965		The Nanny as Dr. Beamaster
1965		Thirty-Minute Theatre as Crowther
1965		Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Trawler Skipper
1965		The Uncle as Mr. Ream
1965		Operation Crossbow as RAF Officer
1965		Hysteria as Hemmings
1965		The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Mr. Fielding

1964		The 7th Dawn as Tarlton
1964		Sherlock Holmes
1964		Downfall

1963		Doctor Who as Edgeworth / Azmael
1963		Long Past Glory as Charles
1963		The Very Edge as Crawford
1963		Paranoiac as John Kossett
1963		The Set Up as Theo Gaunt
1963		The King's Breakfast as The King

1962		Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962		Out of This World
1962		H.M.S. Defiant as Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

1961		Invasion Quartet
1961		The Greengage Summer as Mr. Bullock
1961		The Mark as Arnold Cartwright
1961		For Better, For Worse

1960		Two Way Stretch as The Governor
1960		Maigret as Tiburce de St. Hilaire
1960		Sunday-Night Play as Uncle Arthur
1960		Danger Man as Volos
1960		Sink the Bismarck! as Commander Richards
1960		Our Man in Havana as Admiral
1960		Ali and the Camel

1959		The Captain's Table as Major Broster
1959		Piping Hot as Narrator

1958

A Desperate Case as Narrator (voice)

1957		Barnacle Bill as Crowley
1957		Night of the Demon as Professor Henry Harrington
1957		Theatre Night as Arthur Loudon

1956		The Spanish Gardener as Pedro (voice) (uncredited)
1956		Checkpoint as Ted Thornhill
1956		The History of the Cinema as Narrator
1956		23 Paces to Baker Street as Inspector Grovening

1955		Simon and Laura as Wilson
1955		Doctor at Sea as Easter

1954		Animal Farm as All animals (voice)
1954		Carrington V.C. as Lt. Col. Reeve
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Fielding
1954		The Purple Plain as Blore
1954		Eight O'Clock Walk as Horace Clifford
1954		The Million Pound Note as Jonathan Reid

1953		Malta Story as British Officer
1953		Street Corner as Dawson
1953		The Net as Prof. Carrington
1953		Time Bomb as Jim Warrilow
1953		Power to Fly as Narrator

1951

No Highway in the Sky

1950		Traveller's Joy as Fowler
1950		Scrapbook for 1933 as (voice)

1949		Madness of the Heart as Dr. Simon Blake
1949		The Spider and the Fly as Colonel de la Roche
1949		Landfall as Wing Commander Hewitt
1949		Don't Ever Leave Me as Mr. Knowles
1949		Poet's Pub as PC Windle
1949		A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Bill Martin
1949		It's Not Cricket as Otto Fisch
1949		The Blue Lagoon as Captain
1949		Once Upon a Dream as Vicar

1948		Here Come the Huggetts as 1st Engineer
1948		London Belongs to Me as Jack Rufus
1948		Quartet as Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")
1948		The Blind Goddess as Johnson
1948		My Brother's Keeper as Trent
1948		Oliver Twist as Chief of Police
1948		Daybreak as Inspector
1948		Miranda as Cockle Vendor
1948		Blanche Fury as Maj. Fraser
1948		Easy Money as Detective-Inspector Kirby
1948		Look Before You Love as Fosser

1947		The End of the River as Defence Counsel
1947		Fame Is the Spur as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
1947		Captain Boycott as Lt. Col. Strickland
1947		Jassy as Jim Stoner
1947		Holiday Camp as Camp Doctor
1947		They Made Me a Fugitive as Mr. Fenshaw
1947		The Upturned Glass as Mobile Policeman
1947		Take My Life as Defense Counsel
1947		The Man Within as Smuggler

1938

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