Cast and Crew of The Main Chance

Cast of
The Main Chance

About The Main Chance

  • Released on June 18, 1969
  • Drama

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

Main Cast of The Main Chance

John Stride
plays David Main (45 episodes)

John Wentworth
plays Henry Castleton (33 episodes)

Margaret Ashcroft
plays Margaret Castleton (34 episodes)

Secondary Cast of The Main Chance

Roderic Noble
plays Michael Kelly (1 episode)

George Innes
plays George Wilkinson (1 episode)

Leslie Sands
plays Charles Arkwright (1 episode)

Frederick Danner
plays Anthony Arkwright (1 episode)

Peter Halliday
plays John Smith (1 episode)

Alan Bird
plays Det. Sgt. Rafferty (1 episode)

Julian Grant
plays Det. Con. Sharp (1 episode)

Willoughby Goddard
plays Sir Ernest Lang (1 episode)

Arthur Hewlett
plays Sir Archibald Maclaren (1 episode)

Michael Elwyn
plays Lord Radchester (1 episode)

Michael Elwyn as Lord Radchester

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

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Joan Peart
plays Mrs. Hume-Gilbert (1 episode)

John Atkinson
plays Magistrate (1 episode)

Martin Boddey
plays Gilbert Ellnet (1 episode)

Michael Atha
plays Page Boy (1 episode)

John Normington
plays George Hargrave (1 episode)

Murray Evans
plays Mort Harper (1 episode)

Frank Barrie
plays Richard Pryce-Hartley (1 episode)

John Crocker
plays Oliver Griffiths (1 episode)

Robert Hartley
plays Frederick (2 episodes)

John Graham
plays Roy Sanderson (1 episode)

Tony Caunter
plays Harry Rowlands (1 episode)

Noel Hood
plays Aunt Harriet (1 episode)

Ballard Berkeley
plays Major Dibbyn (1 episode)

Georgine Anderson
plays Mrs. Kellaway (1 episode)

Morris Parsons
plays Park Keeper (1 episode)

Austin Trevor
plays Judge (1 episode)

Frank Sieman
plays Jury Foreman (1 episode)

Geoffrey Denton
plays Court Chairman (1 episode)

Victor Brooks
plays Police Sergeant (1 episode)

John Law
plays Fletcher's Solicitor (1 episode)

Marjorie Rhodes
plays Ruth Paxton (1 episode)

John Garrie
plays Ernest Paxton (1 episode)

Michael Gover
plays James Earnshaw (1 episode)

Michael Beint
plays George Seager (1 episode)

Walter Sparrow
plays Site Foreman (1 episode)

Stuart Saunders
plays Salesman (1 episode)

Alfred Bell
plays Tobias Wheeler (1 episode) , Det. Sgt. Abbott (1 episode)

Aubrey Morris
plays Elbert Cheever (1 episode)

Aubrey Morris as Elbert Cheever

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

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Aimée Delamain
plays Alice Greensmith (1 episode)

Simon Oates
plays Godfrey Allen (1 episode)

Arthur Brough
plays County Court Judge (1 episode)

Anthony Baird
plays Watchman (1 episode)

John Bennett
plays Raul Ramira (1 episode)

Alan Browning
plays Montero (1 episode)

Raymond Young
plays Charles Benoit (1 episode)

Lesley Nunnerley
plays Rosa (1 episode)

Dorothy Gordon
plays Mary Cooper (1 episode)

Lane Meddick
plays Cooper (1 episode)

David Grey
plays Sanches (1 episode)

David Trevena
plays Prison Cook (1 episode)

Al Garcia
plays Porter (1 episode)

Kate O'Mara
plays Julia Main (4 episodes)

Judy Huxtable
plays Olivia Marrett-Browne (1 episode)

Richard Wyler
plays Tim Cowley (2 episodes)

Elizabeth Shepherd
plays The Hon. Fiona Cowley (1 episode)

Hamilton Dyce
plays Judge (1 episode)

Brian Oulton
plays George Mynter (1 episode)

Neil Wilson
plays Prison Doctor (1 episode)

Liz Bamber
plays Priscilla Graves (4 episodes)

Norman Mitchell
plays Charles Willard (1 episode)

William Wilde
plays Elwyn Richards (1 episode)

Robin Hawdon
plays Alec Grafton (1 episode)

Patrick Barr
plays Dr. John Grafton (1 episode)

Hugh Cross
plays Coroner (1 episode)

David Lodge
plays Det. Ch. Supt. Guthrie (1 episode) , Det. Chief Supt. Guthrie (1 episode) , Det. Chief Insp. Guthrie (1 episode) , Det. Sup. Guthrie (1 episode)

Richard Hurndall
plays Stipendiary Magistrate (1 episode)

Alan Clements
plays Ambulanceman (1 episode)

Jack May
plays Harry Turner (1 episode) , Derrick Asher (1 episode)

Diana Coupland
plays Mrs. Clifford (1 episode)

Brian Rawlinson
plays George Langden (1 episode)

John Westbrook
plays Charles Wainwright (1 episode)

David Steuart
plays Judge (1 episode)

Walter Gotell
plays Gilbert Fletcher (1 episode) , Raymond Berry (1 episode)

Valerie Sarruf
plays Meriel Manmer (1 episode)

Bernard Hepton
plays Bridges (1 episode)

David Hutcheson
plays Sir George More-Litton (1 episode)

Vladek Sheybal
plays Otto Zobel (1 episode)

Tom Kempinski
plays Doran (1 episode)

Georgina Ward
plays Edie Semple (2 episodes)

Douglas Wilmer
plays Dr. Lowton (1 episode)

Douglas Wilmer as Dr. Lowton

Douglas Wilmer was born on January 8, 1920 and passed away 8 years ago at the age of 96 on March 31, 2016.

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Elizabeth Begley
plays Mrs. Donnell (1 episode)

Margaret Brady
plays Eileen Donnell (1 episode)

Clifton Jones
plays Manuel Patino (1 episode)

Valerie Murray
plays Carlo Patino (1 episode)

Aly Ben Ayed
plays Abdul Naji (1 episode)

Jack Woolgar
plays Arthur Litchfield (1 episode) , George Cutforth (1 episode)

Freddie Jones
plays Professor Ian Allardyce (1 episode)

Cynthia Grenville
plays Mary Allardyce (1 episode)

John Forrest
plays Twite (1 episode)

Frank Tregear
plays Waiter (1 episode)

Sheila Hudson
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

Pat Heywood
plays Mrs. Elliott (1 episode)

Laurence Hardy
plays Edward Main (1 episode)

Noel Dyson
plays Janet Harrison (1 episode)

Hilary Mason
plays Agnes McLaren (1 episode)

Kenneth Edwards
plays Magistrate (1 episode)

Peter Bowles
plays Roger Lamb (1 episode)

Paul Massie
plays Richard Swanson (1 episode)

Wensley Pithey
plays Lord Bennett (1 episode)

Arthur Pentelow
plays Arnold Foster (1 episode)

Marian Diamond
plays Henrietta Carson (1 episode)

Georgina Hale
plays Sheila Smith (1 episode)

Robert Cawdron
plays Crispin (1 episode)

Brian McDermott
plays Allan Whittaker (1 episode)

Brian McDermott was born on July 23, 1934 and passed away 20 years ago at the age of 69 on November 5, 2003.

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Anthony Bate
plays Tom Kelly (1 episode) , Charles Ian Grady (1 episode)

Edward Harvey
plays Barrister (1 episode) , Inspector (1 episode)

Basil Dignam
plays Mr. Jory (1 episode)

Frank Mills
plays Joe Brown (1 episode)

Delia Paton
plays Stella Brown (1 episode)

John Collin
plays Charlie Webster (1 episode)

Glenn Williams
plays Stacey (1 episode)

James Bree
plays Mr. Fisher (1 episode)

Andrew Laurence
plays Simon Tredgarth (1 episode) , Harris (1 episode)

Edward Evans
plays Mr. Griffiths (1 episode)

Robin Ellis
plays Donald Gordon Hopwood (1 episode)

John Turner
plays Acting Supt. Grover (1 episode)

John Humphry
plays Harvey Lingwood (1 episode)

Michael Cooper
plays Magistrate - Tom Withers (1 episode)

Robert Raglan
plays Judge (1 episode)

John Allison
plays John Howard (1 episode)

Arch Taylor
plays Warrant Officer (1 episode)

John Phillips
plays Arnold Bingley (1 episode)

Michael Collins
plays Jack Gillam (1 episode)

Robin Ford
plays George Auckland (1 episode)

Hugh Morton
plays Stipendiary Magistrate (1 episode)

Preston Lockwood
plays Ministry Inspector (1 episode)

Barbara Ogilvie
plays Mrs. Ada Harrington (1 episode)

Joan Greenwood
plays Mrs. Hilary Wenn (1 episode)

Nicholas Pennell
plays Jeremy Upjohn (1 episode)

Felix Aylmer
plays Judge (1 episode)

Guy Slater
plays Richard Nash (1 episode) , Reginald Harris (1 episode)

Faith Brook
plays Susan Crawford (1 episode)

James Copeland
plays Johnny Stewart (1 episode)

John Barcroft
plays Ian Matthews (1 episode) , Mark Freedler (1 episode)

Hildegard Neil
plays Ursula Findon (1 episode)

Ralph Truman
plays Reginald Crowther (1 episode)

Peter Cellier
plays Braintree (1 episode) , Lawrence Wingrove (1 episode)

Gareth Forwood
plays Julian Webb (1 episode)

Jack Watson
plays Charles Arkwright (1 episode) , Harry Selby (2 episodes)

John Arnatt
plays Sidney Bulmer (13 episodes)

Percy Herbert
plays Gil Vasey (1 episode)

Nicholas Courtney
plays James Harding (1 episode)

Geoffrey Frederick
plays Det. Sgt. Ransome (1 episode)

Jacqueline Maude
plays Lady Magistrate (1 episode)

Norman Claridge
plays Stipendiary Magistrate (1 episode)

Robin Askwith
plays Sammy Cutforth (1 episode)

Paul Guess
plays Peter Cutforth (1 episode)

David Purcell
plays Les Parfitt (1 episode)

Kathleen St John
plays Mrs. Cullen (1 episode) , Lily (1 episode)

Morris Perry
plays Kellaway (1 episode)

Roy Purcell
plays Sgt. Purdie (1 episode)

Frederick Bartman
plays John Eldon (1 episode)

Michael Gwynn
plays Judge (1 episode)

John Standing
plays Lord Radchester (1 episode)

John Standing as Lord Radchester

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George Baker
plays Major Donovan (1 episode)

Timothy Carlton
plays Jeremy Purcell-Browne (1 episode)

Timothy Carlton as Jeremy Purcell-Browne

Timothy Carlton was born on October 4, 1939 and is currently 84 years old.

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Robert Keegan
plays Sam Bradshaw (1 episode)

Tom Watson
plays Sandy McGoggie (1 episode)

Jan Carey
plays Mary McGoggie (1 episode)

Patrick Troughton
plays Frederick Owen (1 episode)

Donald Webster
plays Crump (1 episode)

Peter Jeffrey
plays Hugh Neville (1 episode) , Kenneth Manmer (1 episode)

Matthew Guinness
plays Merton (1 episode)

Joseph McKenna
plays Keir McGoggie (1 episode)

Maev Alexander
plays Miss Bush (1 episode)

Bob Hoskins
plays Workman (1 episode)

Norman Shelley
plays Sefton Gardiner (1 episode)

Malcolm Tierney
plays Maj. Michael Gardiner (1 episode)

Malcolm Tierney as Maj. Michael Gardiner

Malcolm Tierney was born on February 25, 1938 and is currently 86 years old.

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Lyndon Brook
plays Lt. Col. Brant (1 episode)

Basil Henson
plays Brigadier (1 episode)

Seymour Matthews
plays Adjutant (1 episode)

Leon Sinden
plays Judge (1 episode)

Anna Palk
plays Lady Radchester (1 episode) , Lady Sarah Radchester (4 episodes) , Sarah Courtney (16 episodes)

James Hazeldine
plays Staff Sgt. Timson (1 episode)

Peter Attard
plays Pvt. Pike (1 episode)

Ronald Radd
plays Joseph Elvin (1 episode) , Lord Arkwright (2 episodes)

Philip Newman
plays Edward Moss (1 episode)

John Harvey
plays Chief Supt. Griffin (1 episode) , Mr. Justice Fairburn (1 episode)

Jacqueline Chan
plays Gina Gordon (1 episode)

Heather Sears
plays Mary Wingrove (1 episode)

Peter Williams
plays Judge (1 episode) , Edward Stainer (1 episode)

Keith Marsh
plays Arthur Conway (1 episode)

Clifford Rose
plays Lewis Savage (1 episode)

Rowena Cooper
plays Fiona Kelly (1 episode)

Malcolm Terris
plays Mr. Page (1 episode)

Norman Scace
plays Magistrate (1 episode) , Anthony Markson (1 episode)

Nora Nicholson
plays Mrs. Roach (1 episode)

David Garfield
plays Edward J. Brown (1 episode)

Joe Dunlop
plays Det. Con. Rigg (1 episode)

Dorothy Alison
plays Chairman of Magistrates (1 episode)

Bernard Kay
plays George Dyson (1 episode) , Patrick Bell (2 episodes)

Ellis Dale
plays Ticket Collector (1 episode)

Hugh Moxey
plays Judge Belling (1 episode)

Peter Arne
plays Ernest Leggatt (1 episode)

Valerie Dane
plays David Main's Secretary (1 episode) , Main's Secretary (2 episodes)

Barbara Young
plays Hilda Walker (1 episode)

Richard Easton
plays Dr. Milner (1 episode)

Richard Burrell
plays Robert Varney (1 episode)

Emrys James
plays Derek Adams (1 episode)

Etain O'Dell
plays Joyce Adams (1 episode)

Gilbert Wynne
plays Frank Gerrard (1 episode)

Sandra Duncan
plays Carol Gerrard (1 episode)

Ronald Adam
plays Sir Charles Braithwaite (1 episode)

Richard Mathews
plays Arnold Henderson (1 episode)

Scott Anthony
plays Tony (1 episode)

Philip Brack
plays Sam Thornaby (1 episode) , Col. Charles Everett (1 episode)

Candace Glendenning
plays Denny (1 episode)

Benedicta Leigh
plays Mrs. Gadley (1 episode)

Julia Jones
plays Mary Walton (1 episode)

Gerald Flood
plays William Arkwright (1 episode)

Derek Smith
plays Joe Meadows (1 episode)

Derek Smith as Joe Meadows

Derek Smith was born on June 15, 1927 and is currently 97 years old.

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Windsor Davies
plays George Halloran (1 episode)

Laurence Payne
plays James Galbraith (1 episode)

Scott Forbes
plays Det. Insp. Lampeter (1 episode)

John Horsley
plays Magistrate (1 episode)

Peter Gilmore
plays Anthony Gibbs-Revill (1 episode) , Tony Murray (1 episode)

Peter Winter
plays Malcolm Evans (1 episode)

John Plume
plays Tony Evans (1 episode)

Tessa Wyatt
plays Joey Richards (1 episode)

Estelle Kohler
plays Hilary Main (2 episodes) , Hilary Nash (7 episodes)

Mark Burns
plays Warren Iveson (1 episode)

Brian Hawksley
plays Welborn (1 episode) , Chairman of Magistrates (1 episode)

David Butler
plays Peter McWilliam (1 episode)

Michael Gough
plays Sir George Andrews (1 episode)

Gillian Hawser
plays Lady Annabel Andrews (1 episode)

John Bown
plays Neville Carson (1 episode)

Alister Williamson
plays Tom Maxwell (1 episode)

David Savile
plays Buckley (1 episode) , Edward Bellingham (1 episode)

Frederick Treves
plays Stanton (1 episode) , Simon Rimsey (2 episodes)

Shirley Dixon
plays Sally Howard (1 episode)

Cynthia Michaelis
plays Sir George's Secretary (1 episode)

Anthony Sagar
plays George Cleveland (1 episode)

Noel Willman
plays Magistrate (1 episode)

Allan Cuthbertson
plays Ian Osborn Utley (1 episode)

Peter Birrel
plays Michael Coburn (1 episode) , Joe Farrell (1 episode)

Hugh Sullivan
plays Peter Gregg-Bowen (1 episode)

James Donnelly
plays Joe Marshall (1 episode)

Arthur White
plays William Shelton (1 episode)

Michael Sheard
plays Analyst (1 episode)

Michael Sheard as Analyst

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

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Frank Duncan
plays Swiss Judge (1 episode) , William Pirbright (1 episode)

Dave Hill
plays George Duncan (1 episode)

Charles Morgan
plays Harry Selby (1 episode)

Antony Carrick
plays James Cosgrove (1 episode)

Nigel Lambert
plays Eric Anderson (1 episode)

Edward Underdown
plays Judge (1 episode)

Jeffrey Segal
plays Magistrate (1 episode)

Patrick Jordan
plays Smith (1 episode) , Insp. Bertram (1 episode)

Stuart Wilson
plays William Trehearne (1 episode) , Edward Ransom (2 episodes)

Richard Hampton
plays William Eversley (1 episode)

Eve Pearce
plays Mrs Brockford (1 episode)

Martin Leroy
plays Mr Brockford (1 episode)

Glynn Edwards
plays Len Smith (1 episode) , Walter Clegg (19 episodes)

Andrew Lane
plays Percy Roper (1 episode)

John Moore
plays Coroner (1 episode)

Gary Bond
plays Robert Gordon (1 episode) , Andrew Retford (4 episodes)

Edward Judd
plays Det. Insp. Shannon (1 episode)

Gerald Sim
plays Rufus Mansfield (2 episodes)

Leslie Schofield
plays Roy Wilson Gibbard (1 episode)

Leslie Schofield as Roy Wilson Gibbard

Leslie Schofield was born on December 12, 1938 and is currently 85 years old.

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Carleton Hobbs
plays Lord Chief Justice (1 episode)

Alison Mead
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

Tom Gowling
plays Usher (1 episode)

Philip Bond
plays Peter Findon (12 episodes)

Barrie Cookson
plays Executive Officer (1 episode)

Cyril Cross
plays Removal Foreman (1 episode)

Madge Hindle
plays Winifred Tindell (1 episode)

Ivan Beavis
plays Percy Griffin (1 episode)

Ian Thompson
plays Presenting Officer (1 episode)

George Sewell
plays Harry Kenton (1 episode)

John Stratton
plays Edward Pendlebury (1 episode)

Geoffrey Chater
plays Peter Redman (1 episode)

Ed Devereaux
plays Paul Miller (1 episode)

David Daker
plays Jacobson (1 episode)

William Fox
plays High Court Judge (1 episode)

Andy Bradford
plays Terry Barrett (1 episode)

John Welsh
plays James Renshaw (1 episode) , Sir Stephen Kirwin (1 episode)

Gillian Raine
plays Denise Clegg (1 episode)

Donald Douglas
plays Philip Betton (1 episode)

Anthony Sharp
plays Sir Martin Fulford (1 episode)

David Lincoln
plays Brian Ford (1 episode)

Alison Hughes
plays Linda Mason (1 episode)

Peter Sandles
plays Terry (1 episode)

Martin Flynn
plays Keith (1 episode)

Sylvia Barter
plays Juvenile Court Chairman (1 episode)

John Hartley
plays PC Lever (1 episode)

Eric Mason
plays Lorry Driver (1 episode)

Ray Smith
plays Joe Holroyd (1 episode)

Derek Francis
plays Sir James Darren (1 episode)

Keith Washington
plays Richard Darren (1 episode)

Joseph Brady
plays George Allen (1 episode)

Frank Wylie
plays Yorkie (1 episode)

Sharon Maughan
plays Inge Belbin (1 episode) , Inge Lindstrom (6 episodes)

Artro Morris
plays Robert Jordan (1 episode)

Anthony Roye
plays Crown Court Judge (1 episode)

Stuart Damon
plays Allan Hartmann (2 episodes)

Chloe Franks
plays Liz Main (1 episode)

Gwen Cherrell
plays Annie Selby-Wilson (1 episode)

John Savident
plays Donald Jarram (1 episode)

Harry Walker
plays Byrne (1 episode)

Tony Melody
plays Sammy Dayton (1 episode)

James Mellor
plays George Matthews (1 episode)

Anthony Woodruff
plays Crown Court Judge (1 episode)

Nigel Stock
plays George Fisher (1 episode)

Michael Robbins
plays Gerry Baxter (1 episode)

Prue Clarke
plays Rachel Baxter (1 episode)

Brian Hall
plays Sammy Beddowes (1 episode)

Yvonne Sommerling
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

Fred Gaunt
plays Prosecuting Barrister (1 episode)

Phyllida Law
plays Alison Murray (1 episode)

Denis Lill
plays Stephen Howard (4 episodes)

Frederick Jaeger
plays Peter Jarratt (3 episodes)

Arnold Diamond
plays Tribunal Chairman (1 episode)

Peter Ellis
plays Towers (1 episode)

Roger Booth
plays Magnus Tait (1 episode)

Peter Miles
plays Arthur Wainright (1 episode)

Kathleen Byron
plays Amanda Retford (1 episode)

Christine Early
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

William Russell
plays Arnold Galbraith (1 episode)

Michael Culver
plays Roger Lockhart (1 episode)

Ingrid Hafner
plays Laura Granton (6 episodes)

Derek Farr
plays Robert Douglas (1 episode)

John Nettleton
plays Joseph Shelton (1 episode)

Michael Turner
plays Dr. Fenway (1 episode)

Margo Johns
plays Mrs. Fenway (1 episode)

Maurice O'Connell
plays Det. Sgt. Ray Allington (1 episode)

Rod Beacham
plays John Paulton (1 episode)

Michael Hawkins
plays Harold Layton (1 episode)

Diane Mercer
plays Dorothy Yeldham (1 episode)


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