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Alan Wheatley was an English actor and former radio announcer. He is perhaps best known for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Richard Greene playing Robin Hood. In 1951, Wheatley had played Sherlock Holmes in the first TV series about the fictional detective, but no recordings of it are known to exist.
Born
Friday, 19 April 1907
Died
Friday, 30 August 1991
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown | Sheriff of Nottingham | 1995 |
| Department S | Carter | 1969 |
| The Baron | Lord Mountford | 1966 |
| Secret Agent | Solicitor | 1964 |
| Escape by Night | Ronald Grey-Simmons | 1964 |
| Master Spy | Paul Skelton | 1964 |
| They All Died Laughing | Epicene | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Temmosus | 1963 |
| Tomorrow at Ten | Assistant Commissioner Bewley / Asst. Commissioner Bewley | 1963 |
| The Shadow of the Cat | Inspector Rowles | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown | Sheriff of Nottingham | 1995 |
| Department S | Carter | 1969 |
| The Baron | Lord Mountford | 1966 |
| Secret Agent | Solicitor | 1964 |
| Escape by Night | Ronald Grey-Simmons | 1964 |
| Master Spy | Paul Skelton | 1964 |
| They All Died Laughing | Epicene | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Temmosus | 1963 |
| Tomorrow at Ten | Assistant Commissioner Bewley / Asst. Commissioner Bewley | 1963 |
| The Shadow of the Cat | Inspector Rowles | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Dangerfield | 1961 |
| Maigret | Julien Chabot / Grandmaison | 1959 |
| Danger Man | Alexis | 1960 |
| Inn for Trouble | Harold Gaskin | 1960 |
| No Hiding Place | Dandy Henderson | 1959 |
| The Duke Wore Jeans | King of Ritallia | 1958 |
| The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Professor Ambrose / Pietro Monti | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Mr. Jackson | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mr. Murdstone / Hendry | 1956 |
| Adventure Theater | Victor | 1956 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Colonel Michelle / Bennet | 1956 |
| Simon and Laura | Adrian Lee | 1955 |
| Colonel March of Scotland Yard | O'Brien | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Cardinal of Palermo / Felix Selinger / Jonathan Brewster | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham / The Sheriff of Nottingham / Sheriff / The Sheriff | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Werner | 1955 |
| Delayed Action | Mark Cruden | 1954 |
| Heat Wave | Inspector MacLennan | 1954 |
| The Diamond Wizard | Thompson Blake | 1954 |
| Elizabethan Express | Narrator / Spoken by | 1954 |
| Small Town Story | Nick Hammond | 1953 |
| The Limping Man | Inspector Braddock | 1953 |
| Spaceways | Dr. Smith | 1953 |
| You Are There | King Charles I | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Nicolis | 1953 |
| The Pickwick Papers | Fogg | 1952 |
| Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard | Hector Reith / Reith | 1952 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1951 |
| Home to Danger | Hughes | 1951 |
| It's Not Cricket | Felix | 1949 |
| For Them That Trespass | Librarian | 1949 |
| Sleeping Car to Trieste | Karl / Charles Poole / Karl/Charles Poole | 1948 |
| Calling Paul Temple | Edward Lathom | 1948 |
| Corridor of Mirrors | Edgar Orsen | 1948 |
| Brighton Rock | Fred Hale | 1948 |
| Counterblast | M.W. Kennedy - Nazi Dentist / M. W. Kennedy | 1948 |
| The End of the River | Irygoyen / Irigoyen | 1947 |
| Jassy | Sir Edward Walker | 1947 |
| Appointment with Crime | Noel Penn | 1946 |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | Persian | 1946 |
| Notorious Gentleman | Edwards | 1945 |
| A Lady Surrenders | Partygoer | 1944 |
| The Conquest of the Air | Giovanni Alfonso Borelli | 1936 |
