Cast & creator
George Sewell
Best known for Doctor Who, The Wednesday Play, The Wednesday Play
George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
37
film credits
54
television credits
90
1959–1998 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
Showing 91 of 91 credits
Doctor Who
Ratcliffe
1963
The Wednesday Play
Ricketts
1964The Wednesday Play
George Barking
1964The Wednesday Play
Gurney
1964The Wednesday Play
Eddie
1964
Play for Today
Father
1970
Heartbeat
Ray Walker
1992
Minder
Frank
1979
ITV Playhouse
DI Barnes
1967
Z-Cars
1962
Tales of the Unexpected
Laughlin
1979
No Hiding Place
1959
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Nicholls
1965
The Sweeney
Vic Tolman
1975
UFO
Alec Freeman
1970
The Upper Hand
George Carver
1990
The Expert
Louis Scammell
1968
Screen One
Friedrich
1989
Churchill's People
Colonel Michelburn
1974
Public Eye
Jakeman
1965Public Eye
Harry Brierly
1965
Gideon's Way
Tim Murphy
1965
The Main Chance
Harry Kenton
1969
The Adventurer
Harry Venner
1972
The Gentle Touch
Dave Connally
1980
The Detectives
Superintendent Cottam
1993
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Barry Lyndon
Barry's Second
1975
Detective
1964
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Det. Inspector Grant
1984
Manhunt
Allard
1970
The Man in Room 17
Shelton
1965
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mendel
1979
Paul Temple
Sammy Carson
1969
The Informer
Vaughn
1966
Rising Damp
Detective Constable Baker
1974
The Power Game
Frank Hagadan
1965
Special Branch
Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven
1969
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Stapleton
1967
The Edwardians
Gus Elen
1972
Six Days of Justice
Anthony Brown
1972
Born Free
Sam Willis
1974
The Chinese Detective
Jack Longman
1981
Londoners
Bert
1965Londoners
Barman
1965
The Caesars
Ennius
1968
Shadows of Fear
Harry
1970The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
Dialogue Coach
1964
Don't Forget to Write!
Pierre
1977
Get Carter
Con
1971
Home James!
1987The Nineteenth Hole
Ray Smollett
1989
Deadlier Than the Male
Car Park Assassin
1967Andy Robson
Peter Mueller
1982
Operation: Daybreak
Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator
1975
This Sporting Life
Jeff
1963Home and Away
Winslow Scott
1972
The Vengeance of She
Harry
1968The Bass Player and the Blonde
The Drummer
1978
Robbery
Ben
1967
Sparrows Can't Sing
Bert
1963
The Criminal
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1960
Kaleidoscope
Billy
1966
Taking Leave
Father
1974
Suspect
DI Barnes
1969
Spindoe
Scaliger
1968
Running Blind
Slade
1979
Doppelgänger
Mark Neuman
1969
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
Colonel Alec Freeman
1971
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Knocker
1981
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
Colonel Alec Freeman
1972
The Haunted House of Horror
Bob Kellett
1969
Invasion: UFO
Col. Alec Freeman
1980
The Fix
Chairman
1997
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Ratcliffe
1988
The Informers
Fred Hill
1963
UFO: Take Them Alive
Colonel Alec Freeman
1972
Mark of the Devil
Det. Inspector Grant
1984
A Place to Go
Market Trader
1963
The Coming Out Party
Ricketts
1965The Voices in the Park
Gurney
1967
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974The Education of Corporal Halliday
Staff Sgt. Graham
1967Let's Stick Together
Carter
1998
Winterspelt 1944
Colonel
1978
Diamonds on Wheels
Henry Stewart
1973
Up the Junction
Barny
1965
Wet Job
Haggerty
1981
Three Clear Sundays
Johnny May
1965
Sticky Wickets
Friedrich
1990The Investigation
Witness
1967