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William Simons

Cast & creator

William Simons

1940-11-17 (died at 78) Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UKIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Play for Today, Crown Court

William Simons was born on November 17, 1940 in Mumbles, South Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Cribb (1980), Ivory Hunter (1951) and Heartbeat (1992).

Movies

17

film credits

Series

45

television credits

Career

62

1951–2011 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mandrel · 1963

Play for Today

Play for Today

Doctor · 1970

Crown Court

Crown Court

Acting · 1972

Crown Court

Crown Court

Martin O'Connor · 1972

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

PC Alf Ventress · 1992

Across film & television

Filmography (62)

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Showing 62 of 62 credits

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mandrel

Play for Today

Play for Today

Doctor

Crown Court

Crown Court

Crown Court

Crown Court

Martin O'Connor

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

PC Alf Ventress

Minder

Minder

Pongo Harris

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

James Connolly

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Tom

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Cowley

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Harvey

Bergerac

Bergerac

Chater

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

Det. Sgt. Wilmer

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Chris Payer

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

Maurice Pope

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Det. Insp. Michael Baker

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Dave Goodis

Secret Army

Secret Army

Lebrun

Churchill's People

Churchill's People

Hair Face

Wish Me Luck

Wish Me Luck

Josef

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

Tennant

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

Catchpole

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

Ted Watson

Country Matters

Country Matters

Jesse

Enemy at the Door

Enemy at the Door

Kapitanleutnant Erlich

Cribb

Cribb

PC Edward Thackeray

Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

Chief Superintendent Jim Catley

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Gamekeeper

Number 10

Number 10

Parslow

The Legend of Robin Hood

The Legend of Robin Hood

Thurkill

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Montresor

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

Inspector Fox

Yanks Go Home

Yanks Go Home

Jack Sankey

The Guardians

The Guardians

Quarmby

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

Arthur Henry Strapp

Love Hurts

Love Hurts

Wessex Tales

Wessex Tales

Jones

A Bit of a Do

A Bit of a Do

A Bit of a Do

A Bit of a Do

Dale Monsal

The Old Curiosity Shop

Abel Garland

He-Play

Father

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

John Keckwick

The Bell

Mark Strafford

Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

Foreman Krauze

A Castle and Sixpence

Christopher Sixpence

Haggard

The Royal

The Royal

PC Alf Ventress

A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country

Matvey

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

Mandrel

Mandy

Mandy

Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly

Tim Payton

Death Is Part of the Process

Death Is Part of the Process

Erasmus

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

Harvey

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows

Joseph Connolly, Barman

Being Normal

Richard

The Watercress Girl

Jesse

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Trebonius

The People’s Jack

The People’s Jack

Moore

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

Tim Payton

Bird Fancier

Bird Fancier

Tom Reagan

Capital Visit

Narrator

Even Solomon

Doctor