Armchair Theatre (1956)
Armchair Theatre (1956)
Plot.
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
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Cast & Crew.
Colin Welland
Writer
Michael Caine
Helmsman
Ian McShane
Geoffrey
Tim Curry
Mick
Sean Connery
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Agent
Billie Whitelaw
Agnes Mawson in
Neil McCallum
Alfred Allmers
Madge Ryan
'Nana' Weston
Ronald Lewis
Alec Waterman
Ann Lynn
Annie
Paul Curran
Adam Shields
Peter Duguid
Director
Dennis Vance
Director
Charles Jarrott
Director
Leonard White
Producer
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
Ian Kennedy Martin
Writer
Richard Beckinsale
Lewis
Barry Linehan
Cummins
Bryan Pringle
Arthur
Arthur White
Laidlaw
Robin Wentworth
Bassock
Harry Hutchinson
Roadsweeper
Michael Logan
Harding
John Hollis
Blond
Michael Brennan
Bonning
James Mellor
Beck
John Ash
The Boy
Cynthia Bizeray
The Girl
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Liebig
Robert James
Victor Liebig
Margaretta Scott
Laura Frost
Diana Fairfax
Mrs. Holm
John Abineri
Reporter
Patrick Newell
Reporter
Peter Bull
Mr. Creakle
Robert Morley
Mr. Micawber
Robert Raglan
1st Creditor / Detective Superintendent
Ian Hunter
Sir Malcolm Saville
Michael Collins
PC.Robinson / First Policeman
John Tate
Bly / Mr. Halliday
Gordon Jackson
Major Browne
Colin Farrell
Captain
Tony Selby
Sergeant
Christopher Beeny
Lance Corporal
Jonathan Duttine
New Soldier
David McCallum
Narrator / Jimmy MacGrath
Rita Davies
Nurse
George Baker
Mike
Joss Ackland
Mr Green / Frank Penfold
Bernard Archard
Sir Adrian Campbell / George Boxley
Dennis Waterman
Tony
Sylvia Syms
Kay McCone / Mary Fleming
Lloyd Lamble
Johnson / Police Inspector
Harry H. Corbett
Harry Fender
Diana Rigg
Anita Fender
Alfred Burke
Ross B. Melnichor / John Kelly
Miranda Connell
Charlotte Parsley
Michael Darlow
MC
Hal Galili
Waiter
Leo McKern
Jerry McMahon / Charles Warren / Sam Arlen
Jack Watson
Mr. Frost
John Hurt
Joe
Noel Howlett
Mr. Face Sr. / Mr. Finnemore
John Ireland
Monroe Stahr
Barrie Ingham
Ed Crayshaw
Arthur Lowe
Tailor
Richard Pearson
Major Trumbull
Tessa Wyatt
Joan Wetherly / Brenda
Mark Eden
Erskine Craig
Mervyn Johns
Prison Officer Graves / George Thompson
Anthony Quayle
Harry Albert / Betumain
Ronald Hines
Charles Hatley
Patrick McGoohan
Jack 'Pal' Smurch
Donald Pleasence
President of the USA
Lee Patterson
Meade
Percy Herbert
Sergeant
Michael Balfour
Ward / Mr. Bollanger
Norman Bowler
Wainwright
Barry Jackson
Sid
John Woodvine
Fred Barrow
Katharine Blake
Hilary
John Clark
Sean
Donald Houston
David
June Barry
Jill Goggin / Girl
Lynn Redgrave
Caroline
Thorley Walters
Professor Mortimer
Angus Lennie
Alfred Shinney / Football Fan
Jeremy Brett
Plinio Ceccho / Dorian Gray
David Ellison
Sportsmaster
Derek Francis
Percy Grey / John Goggin
Leslie Phillips
Charlton / Clive Breeze
Stephanie Cole
Betty
Gerald Sim
Sutton
Michael Jayston
Jimmy
John Thaw
Tony
George Waring
Official
Alan Wheatley
Mr. Murdstone / Hendry
Norman Rossington
Sydney Martin / Giulio / Toby / Dave Gregory / Eddie / Blake
George Cole
Edwin
Mona Bruce
Mrs. Wetherly / Miss Fletcher
Anthony Dawes
Tony
Patrick Macnee
David Manning / Algernon Moncrieff / Arthur
Wendy Craig
Valerie Dodds
Harry Andrews
Ernie Leatherbound / Blanco White
Nigel Stock
Walter Daymer / Martin
Alfred Lynch
Jupp
Tim Preece
Hoskinson
Alan Dobie
Captain Marshall
Alan Rowe
Lance-Corporal Evans
Richard Vernon
Lewis
John Meillon
Michael Beckford / Harry Hopkins
John Savident
Cecil
Brian Wilde
Ransom / Simon Trask
Reginald Marsh
Det. Inspector Wadcot / Writer
Michael Stainton
Det. Sgt. Bratby
Hugh Burden
Lee Warren
John Bailey
Richard Fenton / Count de Giray / Basil Hallward
Patsy Rowlands
Agatha Mannering / Sissie
Douglas Wilmer
Arthur de Varville
Scott Forbes
Roman / Glyn / Writer
Jill Ireland
Sibyl Vane
Norman Bird
Walter
Brenda Bruce
Gwen / Miss Cashcart
Patricia Routledge
Miss Furling
Gary Waldhorn
TV reporter
David Kelly
'Dead Man' Sweeney / Cloggy Moore / Joe / Totterdel
Patricia Driscoll
Miss Darcy
Erik Chitty
Masters / Mr. Wilfrid
Richard Johnson
Walter Egmont
Ian Carmichael
John Worthing J.P.
Pamela Brown
Lady Bracknell
Frank Gatliff
Henry Kay / Dr. Kendrick
Rhoda Lewis
Ursula Purvis / Mrs. Hawkins
Ursula Howells
Margaret
Paul Angelis
Ted
Sharon Duce
Veronica
Terence Rigby
Jack
Kenneth More
Wilfred Racey
Charles Lloyd Pack
Merriman / Dr. Swan
sca Annis
Amy Racey
Derek Fowlds
Richard Racey / Tom Rogers
Terence Alexander
Frank Garland / Frank
Rupert Davies
Banham / Geoffrey Hansbury / Miffin / Inspector Shawcross / Ramon Cintos / Det. Insp.
Geoffrey Keen
Lt. Col. Weekes
Peter Sallis
Alfred Purdie / Onslow / Mr. Pender
Jerome Willis
Alister Parkes
Fanny Rowe
Mrs. Weekes
Geoffrey Whitehead
Andrew Lafone
Richard Briers
Stanley Frelaine
Geoffrey Chater
Miles / Capt. Mercombe, RN
John Standing
Sutcliffe
Rosemary Leach
Jean Hobley / Amy / Sheila / Fay Morton
Bert Palmer
Bert Jackson
Anthony Bate
Stanley
Donald Churchill
Robinson / Frank / Gordon Parsley / Michael Holland / Walter Tilley / Harry / Writer
Robert Brown
Singer
Leslie French
Mr. Forsythe
Stratford Johns
Curly
Keith Michell
Paul de Lussac
John Cater
Dalrymple
Sue Lloyd
Julie Lister
Milo O’Shea
Seamus Connor
Maggie Smith
The Girl / Juliet Denise / Anna Carnot
David Graham
Lieutenant / Derek Stedman / Willie Bliss
Susan Hampshire
Gerta Blake
Derek Nimmo
Andrew
William Russell
Smoky
Biff McGuire
Paul Cunningham
Michael Hordern
Det. Supt. Coates
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Temple
Robert Hardy
Albert Purvis
Griffith Jones
Marquis Brown
Denys Graham
Egan
John Alderton
Peter
Pauline Collins
Betty
Nicholas Clay
Paul
Ann Beach
Penelope
David Andrews
The Son
Margery Mason
Mrs. Leatherbound
Timothy West
Ralph
John Bluthal
Emmanuel 'Manny' Cohen
Christopher Benjamin
Rabbi Levy
Details.
Release Date
July 8, 1956
Status
Ended
Seasons
18
Episodes
441
Running Time
1h
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.
The Canadian-born producer Sydney Newman was in charge of Armchair Theatre between September 1958 and December 1962, during what is generally considered to have been its best era, and produced 152 episodes.
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