Cast and Crew of Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Main Cast of Play for Today

Paul Freeman as Willie

Paul Freeman

as Willie (2 episodes)

Paul Freeman is a British film and television actor.

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Ac...

Christopher Villiers as Doctor

Christopher Villiers

as Doctor (2 episodes)

Christopher Francis Villiers (born 7 September 1960) is an English actor, screenwriter and producer.

Julian Holloway

Julian Holloway

INFO FROM IMDB - For over six decades, Julian Holloway has enjoyed a long and varied career. He made his theatrical d...

Secondary Cast of Play for Today

Tom Chadbon as Len

Tom Chadbon

as Len (1 episode)

Tom Chadbon was born on February 27, 1946 and is currently 78 years old.

Anne Reid as Eileen Morris

Anne Reid

as Eileen Morris (1 episode)

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

Don Henderson

Don Henderson

Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and scre...

Bart Allison

Moray Black

as Sixth Former (1 episode)
Angela Pleasence

Angela Pleasence

Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence, better known as Angela Pleasence, is an English actress. Trained in theatre, Pleasence'...

Bob Peck as Joe Pike

Bob Peck

as Joe Pike (1 episode)

Robert Peck was an English stage, television and film actor who was best known for his roles as Ronald Craven in the ...

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, [[France] to a British mother (Vernon) and a fath...

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Raymond Andrew Winstone (born February 19, 1957) is an English television, stage, film, and voice-over actor with a c...

Philip Locke

as O'Neil (1 episode)
Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh was born on January 1, 1942 and is currently 82 years old.

Nick Tate as Steve Jackson

Nick Tate

as Steve Jackson (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicholas John Tate (born June 18, 1942) is an Australian actor best known for ...

Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Steven Berkoff (born 3 August 1937) is an English actor, writer and direct...

Michael Sheard as Conrad Tucker

Michael Sheard

as Conrad Tucker (1 episode)

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

Hilda Braid

Patrick Stewart as The Man

Patrick Stewart

as The Man (1 episode)

An English film, television and stage actor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around h...

John Bryans

as Magistrate (1 episode)

Michael Barrington

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Danny Webb is a British stage, film and television actor.

Christopher Benjamin as Mr Porter

Christopher Benjamin

as Mr Porter (1 episode)

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

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan (né Papazoglou; born 25 January 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles as Mike TheCoolPer...

Daphne Heard

Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960...

Morag Hood

as Mary Hulse (1 episode)
Julian Holloway as John

Julian Holloway

as John (1 episode)

INFO FROM IMDB - For over six decades, Julian Holloway has enjoyed a long and varied career. He made his theatrical d...

Elisabeth Sladen as Jo

Elisabeth Sladen

as Jo (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen (1 February 1946 - 19 April 2011) was an Englis...

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett

Rupert James Hector Everett (born 29 May 1959) is an English actor, director and producer. Everett first came to publ...

Aubrey Morris as Headmaster

Aubrey Morris

as Headmaster (1 episode)

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

Noel Johnson

John Hurt as Alec Cassell

John Hurt

as Alec Cassell (1 episode)

Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades...

Alan Bennett as Denis Midgley

Alan Bennett

as Denis Midgley (1 episode)

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford U...

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

​Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Com...

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Charles Dance (born October 10, 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. He typically plays assertive bu...

Jennie Hesselwood

as Mrs. Arne (1 episode)

Georgine Atkinson

Elizabeth Dawn

as Enid (1 episode) , (1 episode)
Julie Walters as Valery (Night Nurse)

Julie Walters

as Valery (Night Nurse) (1 episode)

Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, au...

Lorraine Brunning

as Tina (1 episode)

Su Elliot

as June (1 episode)
Frances Barber as Melody

Frances Barber

as Melody (1 episode)

Frances Barber was born on May 13, 1958 and is currently 66 years old.

Sheila Kelley

as Janice (1 episode)

John Atkinson

as Reverend J. Franklin (1 episode)
Tim Curry as Glen

Tim Curry

as Glen (1 episode)

Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He is known for working in a diverse range o...

David Smith

as Ronnie Warboys (1 episode)

Pat Heywood

as Beatrice (1 episode)
Lesley Manville as Vivienne

Lesley Manville

as Vivienne (1 episode)

Lesley Manville was born on March 12, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. She is a multi award-winning actress of...

Charles Lamb

as Grandad (1 episode)

Trevor Ray

as Alaric (1 episode)

Sylvia Coleridge

as Great Aunt Mavis (1 episode)

Jean Trend

as Helda (1 episode)

Timothy Davies

as Jim Bone (1 episode)

Bernadette Shortt

as Midge (1 episode)

Bill Gavin

as Brian (1 episode)

David Griffin

as Carl Morgan (1 episode)

Jenny Donnison

as Carole (1 episode)
Michael Carter as 1st Youth

Michael Carter

as 1st Youth (1 episode)

Michael Carter (born 29 June 1947) is a Scottish actor of film, stage and television, known for portraying Gerald Bri...

Peggy Aitchison

as Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves' (1 episode)

Freda Dowie

as Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves' (1 episode)

Jeffrey Segal

as Counsel, at Public Hearing (1 episode)

Joanne White

as Singer (1 episode)

Maureen Callaghan

as Helen (1 episode)

Robert Booth

as Keith (1 episode)

Andrew Beaumont

as Kevin (1 episode)

Christine Mountain

as Lorraine (1 episode)

Paul Luty

as Terry (1 episode)

Ted Carroll

as Mate (1 episode)

Christine Buckley

as Winnie (1 episode)

Kathy Proctor

as Social Security Clerk (1 episode)
Helen Mirren as Angela

Helen Mirren

as Angela (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolade...

David Swift

as Councillor Bass (1 episode)
Graham Ashley as Mr. Hutton

Graham Ashley

as Mr. Hutton (1 episode) , Barman (1 episode) , Jim Platt (1 episode) , Arthur (1 episode)

Graham Ashley was born on April 26, 1927 and passed away 45 years ago at the age of 52 on October 30, 1979.

James Greene as Det. Sgt. Gregg

James Greene

as Det. Sgt. Gregg (1 episode)

James Greene was a Northern Irish actor of film, TV and stage

Eve Pearce

as Mrs. Hutton (1 episode) , Louise (1 episode)

Stephanie Turner

as Gillian Otway (1 episode) , Jane (1 episode)

Noel Collins

as Johnny (1 episode)

Betty Alberge

as Mum (1 episode)

Alan Rowe

as Frank King (1 episode) , Ministry Official (1 episode)
Ronald Lacey as Mr. Lang

Ronald Lacey

as Mr. Lang (1 episode)

Ronald Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances...

Michael Golden

as Meikle (1 episode)
Annette Crosbie as Catherine

Annette Crosbie

as Catherine (1 episode)

Annette Crosbie was born on February 12, 1934 and is currently 90 years old.

Michael Brennan

as Aggressive Man (uncredited) (1 episode)

David Waller

as Gowran Cripper (1 episode)
Kenneth Colley as Bruce Tetley

Kenneth Colley

as Bruce Tetley (1 episode) , Frank Benyon (1 episode)

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

Ian Holm as Alexei

Ian Holm

as Alexei (1 episode)

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the ...

Julian Sands as Groom

Julian Sands

as Groom (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Julian R. Sands (January 4, 1958 - January 13, 2023) was an English actor,...

Gerard Ryder

as Hotel Manager (1 episode) , Clive Bates (1 episode) , Forcett (1 episode)

Jonathan Duttine

as Keith Nicholson (1 episode)
Stephen Moore as Simon Hulse

Stephen Moore

as Simon Hulse (1 episode) , Farley-Smythe (1 episode) , Leslie Potter (1 episode)

Stephen Moore was born on December 11, 1937 and passed away 5 years ago at the age of 81 on October 4, 2019.

Jeremy Sinden as Roddy

Jeremy Sinden

as Roddy (1 episode)

Jeremy Sinden was an English actor who specialised in playing eccentric military men and overgrown schoolboys.

William Morgan Sheppard as Harry Cowper

William Morgan Sheppard

as Harry Cowper (1 episode)

William Morgan Sheppard (August 24, 1932 - January 6, 2019), sometimes credited as W. Morgan Sheppard, was a British ...

Rosalind Adams

as Rose (1 episode)

Barbara Atkinson

as Aunt Darnley (1 episode)

Leon Sinden

as Miles Darnley (1 episode)

John Joyce

as Barman (1 episode)

Barrie Fletcher

as Chauffeur (1 episode)

Arthur Kelly

as Barney (1 episode)
Penelope Wilton as Virginia Carlion

Penelope Wilton

as Virginia Carlion (1 episode)

Penelope Wilton (b. 1946) is a common name in British Theatre for which she has been nominated for the Laurence Olive...

Rita Davies as Matron

Rita Davies

as Matron (1 episode)

Rita Davies was born on February 24, 1933 and passed away 8 years ago at the age of 82 on January 19, 2016.

Frances Tomelty as Polly

Frances Tomelty

as Polly (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Stin...

Liam Neeson as Him

Liam Neeson

as Him (1 episode)

He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technica...

Denis Lawson as Felix

Denis Lawson

as Felix (1 episode) , Snare (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and directo...

Denyse Alexander

as Sylvia Rose (1 episode)
Jim Broadbent as Mr. Horsfall

Jim Broadbent

as Mr. Horsfall (1 episode) , Mr. Champing (1 episode)

Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his suppor...

Anthony Hopkins as Bob Goodliffe

Anthony Hopkins

as Bob Goodliffe (1 episode) , Alexander Tashkov (1 episode)

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the...

Harry Fielder as Ruffian

Harry Fielder

as Ruffian (1 episode)

Prolific British background actor.

Brian Pettifer as Boy in Grounds

Brian Pettifer

as Boy in Grounds (1 episode)

Brian Pettifer was born on January 1, 1953 and is currently 71 years old.

Bernard Hill as Edward

Bernard Hill

as Edward (1 episode) , Eric (1 episode) , Mick (1 episode) , Bernard Blincoe (1 episode) , Graham (1 episode) , Sullivan (1 episode) , Simon Simpson (1 episode)

Born in 1944, Bernard Hill is a British actor of film, stage and television. He is best known to British television v...

Simon Chandler as Nicky

Simon Chandler

as Nicky (1 episode)

Simon Chandler was born on January 1, 1953 and is currently 71 years old.

Margaret Mason

as ''The Trevor Preston Duo'' (1 episode)
Ian Gelder as Steve Riches

Ian Gelder

as Steve Riches (1 episode) , Andrew Patterson (1 episode)

Ian Gelder was born on June 3, 1949 and is currently 75 years old.

Michael Feast as Tim

Michael Feast

as Tim (1 episode)

Michael Feast was born on November 25, 1946 and is currently 77 years old.

Margo Andrew

as Isabella (1 episode)

Kiffer Weisselberg

as Miles (1 episode)

Robin Phillips

as Luke (1 episode)

Amanda Reiss

as Ethel (1 episode)

Julie Britton

as Maggie Huntley (1 episode)
Michael Elwyn as Reynolds

Michael Elwyn

as Reynolds (1 episode)

Welsh character actor of stage and screen. Since 1995, Elwyn has been the partner of the actress Alison Steadman.

David Bradley as Policeman

David Bradley

as Policeman (1 episode) , Communist Speaker (1 episode)

David Bradley is an English character actor. He has recently become known for playing the caretaker of Hogwarts, Argu...

Harriet Harper

as Nita Hill (1 episode)

Cliff Norris

as Bib (1 episode)

Ronnie King

as Plug (1 episode)

Peter French

as Monkey (1 episode)

Paul Stuart

as Lips (1 episode)

Belinda Low

as Martha Pidgeon (1 episode)

Milton Johns

as Evelyn de Plume (1 episode)

Joan Haythorne

as May Tashkov (1 episode)

Eve Belton

as Clare (1 episode)

Leon Gluckman

as Joel Carlson (1 episode)

Alton Kumalo

as Herman Ja Toivo (1 episode)
Roger Lloyd Pack as Sidney Bagley

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Sidney Bagley (1 episode)

Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English stage screen and television actor . He attended Bedales School in Hampshire and went ...

Susan Tracy

as Glenda (1 episode)

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

Peter Eyre as Noran

Peter Eyre

as Noran (1 episode)

Peter Eyre was born on March 11, 1942 and is currently 82 years old.

Susan Glanville

as Wife (1 episode)

Frederick Treves

as Chief (1 episode)

Neil Phillips

as Bob (1 episode)

Anne Kristen

as Ella Burns (1 episode) , Mrs. Galt (1 episode)

Reginald Stewart

as Ches (1 episode)
Rosalind Ayres as Maureen

Rosalind Ayres

as Maureen (1 episode) , Rita (1 episode) , Turner (1 episode) , Annabel (1 episode)

Rosalind Ayres was born on December 7, 1946 and is currently 77 years old.

Phil Daniels as First Youth

Phil Daniels

as First Youth (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip "Phil" Daniels (born 25 October 1958, Islington) is an English actor, ...

John Fowler

as Jimmy (1 episode)

Jamila Massey

as Dr. Bannerjee (1 episode) , Sister Kapoor (1 episode)
Martin Jarvis as Sir Fergus / Sir James

Martin Jarvis

as Sir Fergus / Sir James (1 episode)

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass ...

Tom Marshall

as Peter (1 episode)
Miriam Margolyes as Veronica

Miriam Margolyes

as Veronica (1 episode)

Miriam Margoyles is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most promine...

Bill Paterson as Luke

Bill Paterson

as Luke (1 episode)

Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor.

Elizabeth Estensen

as Susan (1 episode)
Mona Hammond as Zazie

Mona Hammond

as Zazie (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is...

John Pennington

as Doctor (1 episode)
Elizabeth Spriggs as Alice Duckworth

Elizabeth Spriggs

as Alice Duckworth (1 episode) , Maggie (1 episode) , Olive James (1 episode) , Sonia Marsden (1 episode)

Elizabeth Jean Spriggs -Manson (née Williams) was an English character actress. Her roles with the Royal Shakespeare...

Barbara Flynn as Monica Potter

Barbara Flynn

as Monica Potter (1 episode) , Jill (1 episode) , Margaret Hanson (1 episode)

Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Joy McMurray, 5 August 1948) is an English actress.

Richard Wilson as Abercrombie

Richard Wilson

as Abercrombie (1 episode) , Consultant (1 episode)

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

Peter Moran

as Stu (1 episode)

Paul Moran

as Davey (1 episode)

Tommy White

as Dingo (1 episode)

Jon Laurimore

as Mike Hargreaves (1 episode)

John Grieve

as MacDougall (1 episode)

Roger Booth

as Holland (1 episode) , Frank (1 episode)
Garry Cooper as Billy

Garry Cooper

as Billy (1 episode)

Hull born Garry Cooper is an actor who came to fame playing Peter, the flash boyfriend of Leslie Ash and rival to Phi...

Margaret Kelly

as Katie (1 episode)

Matthew Stradling

as Matthew Hulse (1 episode)

Paula Tilbrook

as Ida Arnott (1 episode)

Arthur Lovegrove

as Wally (1 episode)

Jonathan Newth

as Andrew Pelham (1 episode)

Michael Chesden

as Germanou (1 episode)

Priscilla Morgan

as Jean Goodliffe (1 episode) , Sylvia (1 episode)
Pat Roach as Man in Street

Pat Roach

as Man in Street (1 episode)

Proud and passionate Angle, Pat Roach, was born and raised in Birmingham, England and grew to be a mountain of a man ...

Paola Dionisotti as Kay

Paola Dionisotti

as Kay (1 episode)

Paola Dionisotti was born on January 1, 1946 and is currently 78 years old.

George Harris as Martin Sebela

George Harris

as Martin Sebela (1 episode)

George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor of film, stage, television, radio and musical theatre...

Dorian Ford

as Jude (1 episode)

Gillian Martell

as Mrs Porter (1 episode)
Joanna David as Mabel Purdie

Joanna David

as Mabel Purdie (1 episode)

Joanna David was born on January 17, 1947 and is currently 77 years old.

Andrew Fell

as George Harley - Spain 1936 (1 episode)
David Suchet as Reger

David Suchet

as Reger (1 episode)

David Suchet, OBE, CBE, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recogn...

Susan Kodicek

as Olga Cannon (1 episode)

Meg Davies

as Kate (1 episode)

Lyndam Gregory

as Roy (1 episode)

Ishaq Bux

as Amina's Father (1 episode)

Ishaq Bux was an Indian actor. He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in Raiders of The Lost Ark and the fakir in...

Phyllis Logan as Nancy Park

Phyllis Logan

as Nancy Park (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing ...

John Harding

as Paul (1 episode)

George Roubicek

as Pieter (1 episode)

George Roubicek was born on May 25, 1935 and is currently 89 years old.

Nigel Humphreys

as Stuart (1 episode)

Ron Delta

as Ron Ollershaw (1 episode)

Johnny Leeze

as Jim (1 episode)

Bill Lund

as Les (1 episode)
Bill Nighy as Dave

Bill Nighy

as Dave (1 episode)

William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has rec...

Derek Anders

as Malcolm (1 episode)

Frances Low

as Lesley (1 episode)
Pierce Brosnan as Dennis

Pierce Brosnan

as Dennis (1 episode)

Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who holds Irish and A...

Shreela Ghosh

as Dilshad (1 episode) , Amina (1 episode)

Debbie Wheeler

as Louise (1 episode)

Mark Botham

as Kevin (1 episode)

Philip Freeman

as Billy (1 episode)

Ian Davies

as Adrian (1 episode)

Joanna McBride

as Lectric (1 episode)

Antony Brown

as Jack (1 episode)
Anthony Higgins as Oscar

Anthony Higgins

as Oscar (1 episode)

Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor.

Keith Jayne

as Wayne (1 episode)

Adam Blackwood

Eva Griffith

as Jenny (1 episode)
Gary Raymond as Michael

Gary Raymond

as Michael (1 episode)

Gary Raymond was born on April 20, 1935 and is currently 89 years old.

John Duttine

as Jimmy Walker (1 episode)

Leonard Preston

as Peter Lester (1 episode)

Ann Scott-Jones

as Jean McLeod (1 episode)

Joe Mullaney

as Willy McLeod (1 episode)
Simon Dutton as Ben

Simon Dutton

as Ben (1 episode)

Simon Dutton (born 1 January 1958) is an English actor, best known for playing the title role of Simon Templar (alias...

Geoffrey Leesley

as Father (1 episode) , Police Constable (1 episode)

Nadia Hamman

as The Sheika Fatima (1 episode)

Benjamin Feitelson

as Kerim (1 episode)
Jacob Witkin as The Sheik

Jacob Witkin

as The Sheik (1 episode)

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

Julian Curry

as Symington (1 episode)

Ann Penfold

as Cecily (1 episode)

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