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Derek Francis (born 7 November 1923 in Brighton - died 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor. He was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Roger Corman's last film of his Edgar Allan Poe series The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). He also took roles in several BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. His last role was in the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol. Other roles included parts in the most established television series of the period: Rising Damp, The Professionals, The Sweeney, Sherlock Holmes, The New Avengers, Danger Man, Jason King, Up Pompeii!, Wild, Wild Women, Coronation Street, and Z-Cars. He also appeared as the Emperor Nero, a comic turn in the early Doctor Who story entitled The Romans opposite William Hartnell. He was the first major actor to request a part on Doctor Who. Among his stage roles was the title character in Cymbeline for the Old Vic in 1957.He died of a heart attack in Wimbledon, London.
Date Of Birth November 7, 1923 Died 1984-03-27 Place Of Birth Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK Profession Actor Star Sign Scorpio
# Fact 1 Portly, owlish British character actor, at home in pompous or officious roles, often as civil servants or clergymen. Noteworthy in several instalments of the 'Carry On' series and as the first major guest star on Doctor Who (as Nero in 'The Romans'). 2 He appeared in two different adaptations of Charles Dickens 's 1843 novel "A Christmas Carol": Scrooge (1970) and A Christmas Carol (1984). 3 2 children: Tessa Jane born March 17, 1956 (who married Michael Waterhouse June 16, 1984) and Julia Clare born April 27, 1959 4 Died of a heart attack in March 1984, the same week he appeared in C4's "Winter Sunlight", also dying of a heart attack. 5 Was a brilliant artist and made puppets as his hobby.
Actor Title Year Status Character The Man Who Never Was 1966 TV Series Randolfo ABC Stage 67 1966 TV Series Dr Leander King of the River 1966 TV Series Mallory Seven Deadly Sins 1966 TV Series Fat man No Hiding Place 1963-1966 TV Series James Paterson / Clive Dudley Rasputin: The Mad Monk 1966 Innkeeper Secret Agent 1966 TV Series Fenton Softly Softly 1966 TV Series Mr. Allen Court Martial 1965 TV Series Abbot Blackmail 1965 TV Series Charles Watson The Mask of Janus 1965 TV Series Charles Caswell Love Story 1965 TV Series David Banner The Wednesday Thriller 1965 TV Series Corbey A World of Comedy 1965 TV Mini-Series Harty Londoners 1965 TV Series Lord Barnett Our Man at St. Mark's 1965 TV Series Major Hubert Paxton Z Cars 1962-1965 TV Series Samuel Fitton / Alec Kettle / Mr. Wilson The Little Ones 1965 Paddy Undermind 1965 TV Series Beymer Public Eye 1965 TV Series Mr. Hordern Doctor Who 1965 TV Series Nero Frankie Howerd 1965 TV Series The Tomb of Ligeia 1964 Lord Trevanion The Comedy Man 1964 Merryweather Diary of a Young Man 1964 TV Series Mr. Baggerdagger The Midnight Men 1964 TV Series Tillio Grunditz Detective 1964 TV Series Samuel Ogden / Rosseter Sergeant Cork 1963-1964 TV Series Adrian Fitzgerald Tarbuck / Klein Ring of Treason 1964 Chief Supt. Croft The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre 1961-1964 TV Series Supt. Brett / Arthur Tilsley / R.R. Harris This Is My Street 1964 Fingus First Night 1964 TV Series Goldie Fairchild Smokescreen 1964 Dexter's Doctor (uncredited) Farewell Performance 1963 Supt. Raven The Hi-Jackers 1963 Jack Carter Bitter Harvest 1963 Mr. Jones The Sentimental Agent 1963 TV Series Klaus ITV Television Playhouse 1959-1963 TV Series Chaytoe QC / Roger / Belton / ... The DuPont Show of the Week 1963 TV Series Chayotn, QC Ghost Squad 1963 TV Series Peter Brenner Maupassant 1963 TV Series The Plane Makers 1963 TV Series Charles Melton BBC Sunday-Night Play 1960-1963 TV Mini-Series Sir Godfrey Clayton-Brown / Hiram B. Otis / Edward Raven / ... Master Spy 1963 Police Inspector (uncredited) The Scales of Justice 1962 TV Series Henry Dobbs Somerset Maugham Hour 1962 TV Series M. Le Sueur Saki 1962 TV Mini-Series Umberleigh Night Creatures 1962 Squire Anthony Cobtree The Six Proud Walkers 1962 TV Series Joey Walker Lisa 1962 Detective Inspector Backfire 1962 Arthur Tilsley The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart 1962 TV Movie Sir John Dawson-Brown Choirboys Unite! 1961 TV Movie The Vicar Never Back Losers 1961 R.R. Harris The Pocket Lancer 1961 TV Mini-Series Sergeant Finch Drama 61-67 1961 TV Series Deadline Midnight 1961 TV Series Maurice Dobling Harpers West One 1961 TV Series Hinchcliffe Ask Mr. Pastry 1961 TV Series Colonel Brace Two Living, One Dead 1961 Broms You Can't Escape 1961 TV Movie Doctor Graves No Love for Johnnie 1961 Frank Jango 1961 TV Series Supt. Bullock The Balloon and the Baron 1960 TV Movie The Baron Concrete Jungle 1960 Priest The Poet 1960 TV Short Pasquali Probation Officer 1960 TV Series John Hawkins The Long Way Home 1960 TV Series Gaston Rondeur International Detective 1960 TV Series Emlyn Saturday Playhouse 1960 TV Series Elias Widecombe Knight Errant Limited 1959-1960 TV Series Angelo / Ronald Ainsworth The World Our Stage 1958 TV Series Polonius (Hamlet) A Christmas Carol 1984 TV Movie Pemberton Pope John Paul II 1984 TV Movie Bishop Lec Winter Sunlight 1984 TV Mini-Series Ernest The Case of the Frightened Lady 1983 TV Movie Kelver Jemima Shore Investigates 1983 TV Series Ira Bartholemew Pinkerton's Progress 1983 TV Series Mr. Beech The Wicked Lady 1983 Lord Kingsclere Jackanory Playhouse 1978-1982 TV Series Lord Chamberlain / Saburo The Professionals 1978-1982 TV Series Len Hatch / John Howard Shelley 1982 TV Series Fran's Lawyer The Agatha Christie Hour 1982 TV Series Uncle George Crown Court 1975-1982 TV Series His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings / Judge Hastings The World Cup: A Captain's Tale 1982 TV Movie His Grace Great Expectations 1981 TV Mini-Series Mr. Jaggers Partners 1981 TV Series George Gilkes In Loving Memory 1980 TV Series Mr. Browning Rings on Their Fingers 1978-1980 TV Series Mr. Frewin / The Room Waiter Keep It in the Family 1980 TV Series Bank Manager The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris 1979 TV Series Dr. Bunnion Electric Eskimo 1979 Bernie 1978 TV Series Wodehouse Playhouse 1978 TV Series Sir Jethro Mott Bless Me Father 1978 TV Series Bishop O'Reilly Sexton Blake and the Demon God 1978 TV Series Hubba Pasha Miss Jones and Son 1978 TV Series Mr. Ellerby Three Dangerous Ladies 1977 Benson (segment "Mrs. Amworth") Odd Man Out 1977 TV Series Mr. Bedford Just William 1977 TV Series Mr. Whitfield Coronation Street 1977 TV Series Charles Beaumont The Cost of Loving 1977 TV Series Mr. Charlesworth ITV Playhouse 1968-1977 TV Series Withers / Karl / Mikhail Mikhailov Nicholas Nickleby 1977 TV Mini-Series Wackford Squeers Rising Damp 1977 TV Series Mr. French Jabberwocky 1977 Bishop Doctor on the Go 1977 TV Series Gervaise Gascoigne Sykes 1976 TV Series Mr. Belvadere The Sweeney 1976 TV Series Raymond Meadows Dickens of London 1976 TV Mini-Series Stage Manager The New Avengers 1976 TV Series The Bishop ITV Sunday Night Drama 1976 TV Series Edward To the Devil a Daughter 1976 Bishop The Liberty Tree 1975 TV Movie Thomas Partridge Village Hall 1975 TV Series Major Tapwick The Main Chance 1975 TV Series Sir James Darren Churchill's People 1975 TV Series Thomas Partridge Thriller 1974-1975 TV Series Sam / Shelby Grafton Affairs of the Heart 1975 TV Series Herbert Loder Mrs. Amworth 1975 Short Benson The Dick Emery Show 1974 TV Series Fall of Eagles 1974 TV Mini-Series Edward VII of England My Name Is Harry Worth 1974 TV Series Arnold Hobbs Who Killed Lamb? 1974 TV Movie Octavius Lamb Oh, Father! 1973 TV Series Sub Prior, Father Matthew
Father Matthew Justice 1971-1973 TV Series Judge / Charles Breedon Whoops Baghdad! 1973 TV Series Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir ITV Saturday Night Theatre 1971-1973 TV Series Prof. Morell / Police sargeant Carry on Abroad 1972 Brother Martin Thirty Minutes Worth 1972 TV Series Sutherland's Law 1972 TV Movie John Sutherland Carry on Matron 1972 Arthur Crime of Passion 1972 TV Series M. Soubrier The Shadow of the Tower 1972 TV Mini-Series John Girdler Man of Straw 1972 TV Mini-Series Herr Goppel Comedy Playhouse 1964-1972 TV Series Restaurant Manager / Mr. Harcourt / Harold Harbinger The Magnificent Six and ½: Up the Creek 1971 Up the Creek 1971 Short The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1971 TV Series Dixon Shirley's World 1971 TV Series Sir Mathew Hardcastle Jason King 1971 TV Series Umberto Bellini The Last of the Baskets 1971 TV Series Mr. Higgins The Ten Commandments 1971 TV Series Principal Paul Temple 1971 TV Series Lord Everton Carry on Henry VIII 1971 Farmer Catweazle 1971 TV Series Inspector Pugh The Statue 1971 Sanders Say Hello to Yesterday 1971 Park Keeper Man of Violence 1971 Sam Bryant The Adventures of Don Quick 1970 TV Series Arborel Scrooge 1970 1st Gentleman of Charity Carry on Loving 1970 Bishop Codename 1970 TV Series Vaslva Baroviev Up Pompeii! 1970 TV Series Senator Lecherous Oh Brother! 1969-1970 TV Series Sub Prior, Father Matthew The Wednesday Play 1965-1969 TV Series Cornelius Shafton / The Procurator / G.C. Stoupe / ... Crossplot 1969 Sir Charles Moberley Who-Dun-It 1969 TV Series Dorian Pettifer Carry on Camping 1969 Farmer What's Good for the Goose 1969 Harrington Sherlock Holmes 1965-1968 TV Series John Scott Eccles
Mycroft Holmes Middlemarch 1968 TV Mini-Series Mr. Brooke Armchair Theatre 1962-1968 TV Series Walter / John Goggin / Percy Grey Wild, Wild Women 1968 TV Series Mr. Harcourt Nicholas Nickleby 1968 TV Mini-Series Ralph Nickleby Man in a Suitcase 1968 TV Series Doctor James Vance Sexton Blake 1967 TV Series Sir Gerald Trevona Carry on Doctor 1967 Sir Edmund Burke ITV Play of the Week 1959-1967 TV Series Mr. Pitt / Major Black / Det. Insp. Hudson / ... Contrasts 1967 TV Series Jonathan Swift The Golden Age 1967 TV Series Philip Henslow / Doctor The Queen's Traitor 1967 TV Series Lord Burleigh Those Fantastic Flying Fools 1967 Puddleby Thirty-Minute Theatre 1965-1967 TV Series Mr. Henge / Mr. Rummins Witch Hunt 1967 TV Series Colonel Cooper The Forsyte Saga 1967 TV Mini-Series Elderson Hugh and I 1966 TV Series Press for Time 1966 Ernest Corcoran (alderman)
Self Title Year Status Character Three Seasons 1958 Documentary short Tom Snout, in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Known for movies Scrooge (1970) as 1st Gentleman of Charity
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) as Lord Trevanion
Jabberwocky (1977) as Bishop
A Christmas Carol (1984) as Pemberton