Gregory de Polnay

Acting
1943-10-17
Chelsea, London, England, UK

Biography

Gregory Peter de Polnay was an actor, director and voice teacher.

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#2Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as D.84

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#3Space: 1999

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Peter Garforth

7.1 / 10
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

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#4Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes as Marcus

6.0 / 10
Family

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.

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#5Howards' Way

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Werner Grunwald

5.9 / 10
DramaSoap

The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.

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#6Tenko

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Johnny Saunders

8.3 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.

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#7Enemy at the Door

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Ground Controller

8.2 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.

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#8The Fourth Arm

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Pierre de Grouchy

6.5 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Starring Paul Shelley in a role reminiscent of his Secret Army character in all but name, this 12-part serial follows a team of secret agents parachuted into occupied Europe during World War II, exploring their recruitment, training, and first mission behind enemy lines.

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#9Fair Stood the Wind for France

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Gendarme

7.0 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaWar & Politics

When John Franklin crash-lands his Wellington bomber in occupied France at the height of the Second World War, he is concerned for the safety of his crew and worried about his own badly injured arm. His crew escapes, but the family of a mill owner risk their lives to hide Franklin in their home until he regains his health. During the following balmy summer months, the pilot's situation is further complicated by his feelings for Francoise, the daughter of the house, but as German patrols move in, his only chance of survival is to flee from France.

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#10Selling Hitler

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Philip Knightley

8.0 / 10
ComedyDramaTV Movie

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.

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#11Missing from Home

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Richard Earl

8.5 / 10
Drama

A middle-aged housewife and mother of two has to cope alone when her husband disappears.

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#12Doctor Who: The Robots of Death

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as D.84

7.9 / 10
Sci-FiDramaAdventure

The Doctor and Leela must catch a killer on a vast mining ship run by robots and humans.

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#13I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Documentary

To coincide with a new era for Doctor Who we take a nostalgic look back at the glory days of the programme in a tribute to its unsigned heroes. Ever wondered what it’s like inside a Dalek? How, exactly, of you portray a Fish Person? What was it like recording Doctor Who during its 26 year run? And just how do you get to be a Doctor Who monster? Now you can find out as, for the very first time, we speak to the men and women who ensured we spend out Saturday nights behind the sofa. Their stories are funny, moving, unbelievable and sometimes tragic. Presented by the seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, and containing unique film and newly discovered photographs, this all adds up to an entertaining trip down memory lane – go on treat yourself to a slice of nostalgia!

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