Cast and Crew of Crown Court

Crown Court

"Crown Court" is a captivating courtroom drama that captivated audiences during its run from 1972 to 1984. Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, the show emerged during a significant period in the British legal landscape, coinciding with the establishment of the Crown Court system which replaced the older Assize courts and Quarter sessions in England and Wales. Set against the backdrop of real legal trials, the series brought a fresh perspective to the courtroom drama genre, engaging viewers with intricate storylines that explored the complexities of the justice system while also delving into the lives of those involved in the cases.

The show featured a diverse cast, including notable performances by John Alkin as Barry Deeley and Dorothy Vernon as Helen Tate. Alkin’s portrayal of Deeley painted him as a richly-layered character, navigating the fine lines between justice, morality, and personal interest. Meanwhile, Vernon's Helen Tate added emotional depth to the narrative as she engaged with the moral dilemmas surrounding each case, often representing the human element within the legal proceedings. Both characters grasped the intricacies of the courtroom, making the drama not only engaging but also relatable to the audience as they witnessed the trials and tribulations of the defendants and plaintiffs.

"Crown Court" is remembered for its innovative approach to storytelling, often utilizing a mix of scripted dialogue and documentary-style interviews, which brought an added layer of realism to the drama. The show's emphasis on presenting the facts of the cases while allowing the audience to form their own opinions contributed to its popularity, making it a unique fixture in British television. Its legacy is evident as it highlighted the evolution of courtroom dramas in television history and paved the way for future shows in the genre that continue to explore the themes of justice, ethics, and human conflict in the face of the law.

Main Cast of Crown Court

Dorothy Vernon

as Helen Tate (53 episodes)

David Ashford

as Charles Lotterby (88 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Crown Court

Peter Ellis

Aubrey Morris

Aubrey Morris

Aubrey Morris was born on June 1, 1926 and passed away 9 years ago at the age of 89 on July 15, 2015.

Maureen Pryor

Cheryl Murray

John Paul

William Fox

Mary Wimbush

as Mrs. Troughton (5 episodes)

Susan Engel

Peter Birrel

Peter Childs

Ben Aris

Peter Cartwright

Peter Cartwright

Peter Cartwright was born on August 30, 1935 and passed away 11 years ago at the age of 78 on November 18, 2013.

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman is a British film and television actor.

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

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Larry Martyn

Eve Pearce

Tom Conti

Tom Conti

Tom Conti (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist.

Blake Butler

Maggie Fitzgibbon

Frank Singuineau

as Charles Berry (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Stella Tanner

John Bryans

Belinda Carroll

Elizabeth Bell

Jack Carr

as PC Carter (1 episode)

Freda Dowie

Vernon Dobtcheff as John Maitland-Wilson

Vernon Dobtcheff

as John Maitland-Wilson (3 episodes)

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Ruth Anne Peel

as Barbara Brown (3 episodes)
Anne Reid as Florence Davenport

Anne Reid

as Florence Davenport (3 episodes)

Anne Reid, MBE is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap op...

Elizabeth Power

as Helen Travers (1 episode) , Celia Travers (2 episodes)

Lindsay Ingram

as Rachel Lawton (3 episodes)

Norman Mills

as Det. Sergeant Cotterill (1 episode)

Robert Austin

as Harold Penn (3 episodes)

Randal Herley

as Clerk of Court (3 episodes)

Peter Wheeler

as Court Reporter (37 episodes)

John Pickles

as Clerk of Court (3 episodes)

Tom Harrison

as Court Usher (3 episodes)

Stanley Dawson

as Det. Sgt. Whitbread (1 episode)

Ernest Hare

as Justice Waddington (3 episodes)

Petra Davies

as Mrs. Simpson (3 episodes)
Jeremy Bulloch as Dr. Warner

Jeremy Bulloch

as Dr. Warner (3 episodes)

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Anthony May

Rex Arundel

as Mr. Masterson (1 episode)

Richard Colson

as Clerk of Court (1 episode) , Clerk of the Court (34 episodes)

Eden Phillips

as Court Associate (3 episodes)

Norman Shelley

David Ashford

as Derek Jones (3 episodes)

Trevor Adams

as Mark Lieberman (3 episodes)

Shane Connaughton

Jean Faulds

as Florence Ferguson (3 episodes)

Gyearbuor Asante

Malcolm Hebden

as Clerk of Court (1 episode) , Clerk of the Court (2 episodes) , The Associate (3 episodes)

Preston Lockwood

Geraldine Newman

as Eunice Bentley (3 episodes)
Jane Carr

Jane Carr

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Keith Campbell

as Dr. Transome (1 episode)

Brian Lawson

as Roger Irwin (2 episodes)

Anne Kristen

Patricia Lawrence

Keith Bell

as Trevor Luckhurst (3 episodes)

Elizabeth Dawn

as Bedelia Conroy (2 episodes) , Warder (5 episodes)

Meadows White

as Arthur Bell (2 episodes)

Michael Elder

Kenneth Colley as Stanley Meredith

Kenneth Colley

as Stanley Meredith (2 episodes)

Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence t...

Richard Wilson as Jeremy Parsons QC

Richard Wilson

as Jeremy Parsons QC (36 episodes)

Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. H...

Derek Hockridge

as Court Associate (2 episodes) , Clerk of the Court (6 episodes)

Meg Davies

as Mrs. Gwen Farr (3 episodes)

Mu Hird

as Jury Foreman (1 episode)

Edward Harvey

as Mr. Pascoe (2 episodes)
Terrence Hardiman as Stephen Harvesty

Terrence Hardiman

as Stephen Harvesty (22 episodes)

Terrence Hardiman was an actor better known as the evil headmaster in the BBC children series, The Demon Headmaster.

Gabrielle Daye

as Winifred palmer (1 episode) , (1 episode) , Winifred Palmer (2 episodes)

Irene Sufrini

as Mrs. Ager (3 episodes)

Charles Hyatt

Ian McCulloch as The Rev. Frank Warrender

Ian McCulloch

as The Rev. Frank Warrender (3 episodes)

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Christopher Waite

as Matthew Brewer (3 episodes)

Harry Walker

as Dr. James Selwin (1 episode)

Victor Platt

as Police Inspector Savage (2 episodes)

Harry Walker

as Dr. James Selwin (1 episode)

Antony Brown

as Kenneth Brewer (1 episode)

Bernard Brown

as Andrew Logan QC (21 episodes)

Mark Dightam

Pamela Lane

as Claire Fitton (3 episodes)

Fredric Abbott

as Ronald Harstrong (2 episodes)

Colin Edwynn

as Detective Sergeant Walsh (1 episode)

Peter Sproule

John Bown

as Alan Fairley (3 episodes)
Earl Cameron

Earl Cameron

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Beth Harris

as Margaret Crawley (3 episodes)

John Byron

as Professor Stone (2 episodes)

Robert Hartley

as Dominic Collins (3 episodes)

Margaret Anderson

as Mrs. Collings (1 episode)

Susan Tracy

as Natasha Marlow (3 episodes)

Susan Tracy was born in 1945 in Marylebone, London, England as Susan Dawson-Goodey. She is an actress, known for "The...

Eileen Colgan

as Sister Joanna Forbush (1 episode)
Ann Firbank as Sarah Gibson QC

Ann Firbank

as Sarah Gibson QC (3 episodes) , Sara Gibson (3 episodes)

Ann Firbank was born on January 9, 1933 and is currently 91 years old.

Dennis Burgess

as Walter Sissons QC (3 episodes)

Gregory Munroe

as John Dempsey (3 episodes)

Valerie Bell

as Rita Mattson (3 episodes)

Ann Hamilton

as Kathleen Nolan (2 episodes)

Carleton Hobbs

as Wilfrid Bowers (3 episodes)

Jenny Austin

as Nurse (1 episode)

Jack Galloway

as P.C. Minter (1 episode)

Susannah Williams

as Annabel Nelson (3 episodes)

Barry Keegan

as William Cooke (3 episodes)
Christopher Benjamin as Dr. Hayward

Christopher Benjamin

as Dr. Hayward (3 episodes) , Charles Percival (3 episodes) , Det. Supt. Brotherton (3 episodes)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher Benjamin is a British actor, born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge,...

John Rainer

as P.C. Donaldson (1 episode)

James Donnelly

as Det. Inspector Barber (3 episodes) , Detective Inspector Barber (6 episodes)

Wolfe Morris

as Emmanuel Liberman (1 episode) , Emmanuel Lieberman (2 episodes) , Mohammed Aslam (3 episodes)

Edith Carter

as Irene Makepiece (1 episode)

Ishaq Bux

as Mr. Patel (1 episode)

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Lindsay Campbell

as Beamish (2 episodes)

Andrew Godfrey

as Patricia Mary Atkins (1 episode)

Charlotte Howard

as Carol Stevens (3 episodes)

Barbara Laurenson

as Mrs. Duffy (1 episode)

Veronica Lang

as Fiona Gray (3 episodes)

Geoffrey Larder

as Stanley Defoe (3 episodes)

Sheila Ballantine

as Susan McNeill (3 episodes)

Joan Scott

as Agnes McNeill (3 episodes)

Colin Rix

as James Mellish (3 episodes)

Stephen Whittaker

as Kevin Wilson Lewis (3 episodes)

Michael Rose

as Charlie Binns (2 episodes)

Madeleine Cannon

as Maggie Walker (2 episodes)

John White

as Robert Tarrant (3 episodes)

Richard Simpson

as Superintendent James (3 episodes)

Angela Crow

as Miss Rachel Mackintosh (3 episodes)

Paul Grist

as Det. Sergeant Halliday (3 episodes)

Kenneth Watson

Sylvia Brayshay

as Celia Alcott (2 episodes)

Bryan Stanion

as John Priest (1 episode)

Leo Dolan

as Michael Penny (3 episodes)

Desmond Jordan

as Dr. Gibbons (3 episodes)

Christopher Hancock

as Leonard Saxton (3 episodes) , Philip Weems (3 episodes)

Jacqueline Stanbury

as Nurse Dowling (3 episodes) , Judith Turner (3 episodes)

Pauline Letts

as Pauline Tressman (3 episodes)

Maggie Hanley

as Mrs. Day (1 episode)

Adrian Shergold

as Michael Brayne (1 episode)
Brian Miller as Peter Drake

Brian Miller

as Peter Drake (2 episodes)

Brian Reginald Miller (born 17 April 1941) is a British actor and television personality. He is known for his music a...

Frances Bennett

as Barbara Airey (3 episodes)

Clifford Parrish

as Philip Gordon (1 episode)

Frederick Treves

as Geoffrey Hainton (3 episodes)

Michael Turner

as Major James Fowkes (3 episodes) , Chief Inspector Crane (3 episodes)

Samantha Reeves

as Tracy Moresby (3 episodes)

James Cairncross

as John Bray (3 episodes)

Ian Stirling

as Barry Carter (3 episodes)

Anthony Woodruff

as Ian Kenyon (3 episodes)

William Maxwell

as Detective Sergeant Hawes (3 episodes)

Hilda Fenemore

as Martha Cousins (3 episodes)

David Butler

as William Hathaway (3 episodes)

Jean Harvey

as Peggy Hathaway (3 episodes)
Louis Mahoney as Thuo Kamuny

Louis Mahoney

as Thuo Kamuny (3 episodes)

Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine fo...

Claudette Critchlow

as Mirika Kamuny (3 episodes)

Mark Heath

as Chege Mwangi (1 episode)

Alastair Mackenzie

as Philip Ainsworth (3 episodes)

Mandy Perryment

as Jayne Langton (3 episodes)

Alan Barry

as Gordon Ainsworth (1 episode)

Jennifer Clulow

as Mandy Jenkins (3 episodes)

Robert Pearson

as Alexander Pastor (3 episodes)

Christopher Burgess

as Anthony Standing MP (1 episode)

James Ottaway

as Mr. Prendergast (1 episode) , Joseph Pearson (3 episodes)

Ralph Arliss

as Benjamin Easter (3 episodes)
Michael Sheard as Sergeant Goss

Michael Sheard

as Sergeant Goss (3 episodes)

Michael Sheard (18 June 1938 – 31 August 2005) was a Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and telev...

Roy McArthur

as Constable Lumley (3 episodes)

James Walsh

as Doctor McKay (1 episode) , Jim McIver (3 episodes)

Barbara Hickmott

as Susan Goss (3 episodes)

Sonia Graham

as Margaret Clement (2 episodes)
Jacob Witkin as Arnold Parker

Jacob Witkin

as Arnold Parker (2 episodes)

Jacob Witkin was born on May 12, 1938 and passed away 7 years ago at the age of 78 on December 31, 2016.

Anne Rutter

as Margaret Lawler (3 episodes)

Rachel Herbert

as Anita Sanderson (3 episodes)

Eric Lander

as Mr. Curtis (3 episodes)

Elaine Wells

as Christine Blandford (3 episodes)

Ivor Roberts

as Inspector Woods (3 episodes)

Don Hawkins

as Tery Saxon (1 episode) , Terry Saxon (2 episodes)

Jeremy Anthony

as Manubhai Gupta (3 episodes) , Agha Ali (3 episodes)

Alexander Archdale

as The Hon. Mr. Justice Norrington (3 episodes)

Frank Sieman

as Norman Driscoll (3 episodes)

Charles Morgan

as Dr. Angus Roberts (2 episodes)

Jeremy Longhurst

as John Emberton (1 episode)

Joan Newell

as Mrs. Smithson (3 episodes)

Alan Downer

as Sergeant Harcourt (2 episodes)

Stephanie Turner

as Allison James (1 episode)

Eric Holliday

as Leo Trotsky (3 episodes)

Jack Woolgar

as Ernest Richards (3 episodes)

Elizabeth Begley

as Ireen Richards (2 episodes)
Maureen Lipman as Sarah Lewis

Maureen Lipman

as Sarah Lewis (9 episodes)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maureen Diane Lipman CBE (born 10 May 1946) is a British film, theatre and te...

Christopher Gray

as Robin Gilroy (3 episodes)

Margaret Robertson

as Dr. Eva Penny (2 episodes)

Milton Johns

as Gus Enderby (3 episodes)

Billy Hamon

as William Dugdale (3 episodes)

Murray Hayne

as Major Robin Hughes (2 episodes)

Betty Alberge

as Mrs. Winifred Cummings (1 episode)

Derek Waring

as Jeremy Clements (3 episodes)

Kenneth Oxtoby

as Police Constable Chick (1 episode)

Delena Kidd

as Jane Pardoe (1 episode)
Nick Tate as Dr. Stephen Saul

Nick Tate

as Dr. Stephen Saul (3 episodes)

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Betty Hardy

as Miss Webster (1 episode)

Joseph Berry

as Court Usher (1 episode)

Frank Birch

as Angry Man (1 episode)

Alan Gerrard

as Ronald Charles (3 episodes)

Raymond Mason

as Roy Pettit (3 episodes)

Barrie Cookson

as Gerald Stroud (2 episodes)

Anne Godley

as Louise Anstruther (1 episode)

Ann Castle

as Lady Virginia Cresswell (3 episodes)

Dennis Chinnery

as Inspector Mortlock (2 episodes)

Paul Luty

as Thomas Wheeler (2 episodes)

Jill Kerman

as Margaret Skelhorn (3 episodes)

Mary MacLeod

as Mrs. Erica Simon (3 episodes)

Michael Cadman

as Stephen Hammond (3 episodes)

Richard Burrell

as Alfred Donahue (3 episodes)

Reg Pritchard

as David Gerrard (1 episode)

Ronald Herdman

as Det. Sergeant Crossman (1 episode)

Elizabeth Weaver

as Sarah Summer (1 episode) , Sarah Sumner (2 episodes)

Doreen Sloane

as Mrs. Molly McDowell (3 episodes)

Michael Landy

as Solicitor's Clerk (1 episode)

Derek Murcott

as Archibald Sumner (1 episode)
David Troughton as PC Mogridge

David Troughton

as PC Mogridge (3 episodes)

David Troughton was born on June 9, 1950 and is currently 74 years old.

Anthony Stamboulieh

as Spiros Platonos (3 episodes)

Shirley Cheriton

as Linda Brightson (2 episodes)

Robert Sansom

as Mr. Osprey (3 episodes)

Rosa Garwood

as Maria Novati (2 episodes)

David Savile

as Peter Oldbury (2 episodes)

Gerald Cross

as Dr. Stanhope (2 episodes)

Anne Bramhall

as Woman In Black (3 episodes)

Peter Cockburn

as TV Interviewer (3 episodes)

James Snell

as George Westlake (3 episodes)
Burnell Tucker as Joseph Berenson

Burnell Tucker

as Joseph Berenson (3 episodes)

Burnell Tucker (born 1934) is a Canadian actor who appeared in the first two films of the Star Wars original trilogy.

Peter Duncan

as James Mallard (1 episode)

Rafiq Anwar

as Dr. Quereshi (3 episodes)

Edward Evans

as Gwilym Euros Lewis (3 episodes)

Peter Duncan

as James Mallard (1 episode)

Nellie Hanham

as Mrs. Mallard (2 episodes)
Richard Griffiths as Interpreter

Richard Griffiths

as Interpreter (2 episodes)

Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his ...

Peter Duncan

as James Mallard (1 episode)

Gillian Hawser

as Anne Silk (3 episodes)

Stephen Whittaker

as Kevin Wilson Lewis (3 episodes)

Crew of Crown Court

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