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Colin Edwynn

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1933-09-23
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

#1Heartbeat

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as William Seaton

7.2 / 10
CrimeDramaComedy

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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#2Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Gaoler

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#3Crown Court

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Detective Sergeant Walsh

5.7 / 10
Drama

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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#4Bergerac

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Taxi Driver

6.7 / 10
Drama

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

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#5Bergerac

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Tourist

6.7 / 10
Drama

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

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#6Wycliffe

Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Barman

6.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.

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#7BBC2 Play of the Week

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Customer

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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#8Dempsey and Makepeace

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Charlie

6.6 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.

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#9Crossbow

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaFamily

Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. As Governor of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

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#10Justice

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Albert Mead

7.3 / 10
Drama

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

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#11Churchill's People

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Bernard

5.0 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

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#12New Scotland Yard

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Harry Burke

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.

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#13Target

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Finch

7.0 / 10
DramaCrime

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

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#14Rose and Maloney

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Gas Holder Man

6.4 / 10
CrimeDrama

Investigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to reopen old cases.

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#15Lady Killers

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes • as Dr. James Scott

7.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Presented by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational trials which shocked Britain, offering in-depth analyses of individuals' motives and methods.

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#16dinnerladies

Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as Bert

7.5 / 10
Comedy

Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.

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#17Out of the Blue

Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Mr Kilcline

8.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

Ambitious DS Franky Drinkall's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with epilepsy. His refusal to accept his condition leads him into a downward spiral and ultimately to his demise. DS Rebecca Bennett gives an ever-present emotional charge as she finds herself the subject of both PC Holder's and DC Allen's affections.

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#18Hardware

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Rex's Friend

5.4 / 10
Comedy

Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly. The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.

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#19Six Days of Justice

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as James Wilson

10.0 / 10
Drama

Six Days of Justice is a British television drama anthology series of single plays created by Thames Television and shown on ITV from 1972 to 1975, over four seasons of six episodes apiece.

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#20Wessex Tales

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes • as Fisherman

7.0 / 10
Drama

An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories by novelist Thomas Hardy.

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#21The Bullion Boys

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Chips

8.8 / 10
TV MovieCrimeHistory

Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-secret operation was known only to a handful of security men and senior bank officials... and a group of Liverpool dockers who handle the move. Billy Mac, the dockers' leader, hatches an ingenious plan to steal some of the gold bars from under the noses of the guards.

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#22Who Killed Lamb?

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Michael

9.0 / 10
ThrillerMysteryCrime

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.

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#23Miss Julie

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as House Servant

8.0 / 10
Drama

A filmed Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg's classic play. Miss Julie, a nineteenth-century aristocrat's daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father's house.

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#24Say Goodnight to Your Grandma

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Eric

8.8 / 10

Colin Welland's play about a wife, her mother, her mother-in-law and conflict.

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#25Roll On Four O'Clock

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Alan Johnson

6.0 / 10
Drama

Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low expectations and ambitions. Pupil Latimer does not conform to the macho culture and is labeled a homosexual, leading to bullying by both the pupils and some of the teachers.

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#26The O'Hooligan File

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Customer

8.8 / 10
CrimeDramaRomance

' He's wasted his life and yours, Olive, on this sort of idiocy. He could have been a headmaster by now, if he'd stuck to teaching.' Jack Dunn is determined to beat the system with pen and postage stamp.

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#27The Missing Postman

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Alfie

5.0 / 10
ComedyDramaTV Movie

When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.

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