
Terence Alexander
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-03-11
Day of Death
2009-05-28 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England
Terence Alexander
Biography
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac.
He was born in London, the son of a doctor, and grew up in Yorkshire. Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy. In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London. He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac, though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. One of his early roles was in the children's series Garry Halliday. He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school.
He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers; Terry and June (1979–1980); Behind the Screen (1981–1982); the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani; and The New Statesman (1987). On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels. He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991.
He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham (1971), Two and Two Make Sex (1973), There Goes The Bride (1974/5) and Fringe Benefits (1976).
Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife, the actress Jane Downs. He died on 28 May 2009.
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Known For
Acting
(1996)
(1990)
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse
as Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
(1987)
The Laughing Prisoner
as Head of Channel 4
(1985)
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
as Lord Ravensworth
(1984)
Frankenstein
as Alphonse Frankenstein
(1984)
The Corvini Inheritance
as Hammond
(1981)
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as George Lomax
(1981)
Our Family Business
as Neils
(1980)
(1979)
Ike
as Gen. Arthur Tedder
(1979)
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
(1974)
Claudine
as Teddy (uncredited)
(1974)
The Internecine Project
as Business tycoon
(1974)
Mission: Monte Carlo
as Crane
(1973)
The Day of the Jackal
as Lloyd
(1973)
The Vault of Horror
as Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
(1970)
Waterloo
as Lord Uxbridge
(1970)
All the Way Up
as Bob Chickman
(1970)
A Room in Town
as Frank
(1969)
What's Good for the Goose
as Frisby
(1969)
Run a Crooked Mile
as Peter Martin
(1968)
Only When I Larf
as Gee Gee Gray
(1967)
The Long Duel
as Major
(1967)
The Spare Tyres
as Dennis Colville
(1965)
The Intelligence Men
as Reed
(1964)
All in Good Time
as Elton
(1963)
The Mind Benders
as Rowing Coach (uncredited)
(1963)
Bitter Harvest
as Andy
(1962)
The Fast Lady
as Policeman on Motorcycle
(1962)
On the Beat
as Chief Supt. Bert Belcher
(1962)
She Always Gets Their Man
as Bob Conley
(1961)
Carry On Regardless
as Trevor Trelawney
(1961)
The Gentle Terror
as David
(1961)
(1960)
The League of Gentlemen
as Rupert
(1960)
The Bulldog Breed
as Defending Counsel
(1959)
Danger Within
as Lt. Gibbs
(1959)
Don't Panic Chaps!
as Lieutenant Babbington
(1959)
The Price of Silence
as John Braine
(1959)
Breakout
as Farrow
(1958)
The Square Peg
as Captain Wharton
(1958)
Death Was a Passenger
as Young Man
(1957)
The One That Got Away
as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
(1956)
Who Done It?
as Radio Show Official (uncredited)
(1955)
Portrait of Alison
as Fenby
(1954)
Dangerous Cargo
as Harry
(1954)
The Monkey's Paw
as Herbert
(1954)
The Eternal Question
as Ranald's Assistant
(1953)
Park Plaza 605
as Hotel Manager
(1953)
The Runaway Bus
as Pilot Peter Jones
(1952)
Top Secret
as 2nd M.V.D.
(1952)
The Gentle Gunman
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
(1951)
A Tale of Five Cities
as Barman
(1951)
Death Is a Number
as Alan Robert
(1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Duke of Dorset
(1950)
The Woman with No Name
as 2nd Sapper officer
(1947)
Comin' Thro the Rye
as Robert Burns