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William Maurice Denham, OBE was an English character actor, who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films in his long career.
Birth Name
William Maurice Denham
Born
Thursday, 23 December 1909
Died
Wednesday, 24 July 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Edgeworth | 2013 |
| The Beggar Bride | Lord Evelyn Hurleston | 1997 |
| El último viaje de Robert Rylands | Hume | 1996 |
| Pie in the Sky | Striker of the Yard | 1994 |
| Peak Practice | Douglas Hart / Mr. Hart | 1993 |
| Performance | Don Francisco / Man | 1991 |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Reverend Merridew | 1991 |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | (voice) | 1990 |
| Behaving Badly | Herbert | 1989 |
| The Dog It Was That Died | Vicar | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Edgeworth | 2013 |
| The Beggar Bride | Lord Evelyn Hurleston | 1997 |
| El último viaje de Robert Rylands | Hume | 1996 |
| Pie in the Sky | Striker of the Yard | 1994 |
| Peak Practice | Douglas Hart / Mr. Hart | 1993 |
| Performance | Don Francisco / Man | 1991 |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Reverend Merridew | 1991 |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | (voice) | 1990 |
| Behaving Badly | Herbert | 1989 |
| The Dog It Was That Died | Vicar | 1989 |
| You Rang, M'Lord? | Captain Cedric Dolby | 1988 |
| Tears in the Rain | Fordingbridge | 1988 |
| Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington | Luther Crackenthorpe | 1987 |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | George Martin | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Lance Mandeville | 1987 |
| All Passion Spent | Bucktrout | 1986 |
| Casualty | William Turnbull | 1986 |
| Boon | Major Hopkinson | 1986 |
| Lovejoy | Sir Max Spence | 1986 |
| The Black Tower | Father Michael Baddeley | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Guy Leet | 1985 |
| Mr. Love | Theo | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| The Brief | John Houghton | 1984 |
| The Chain | Grandpa | 1984 |
| Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Benedict | 1984 |
| Martin Luther, Heretic | Father Staupitz | 1983 |
| The Old Men at the Zoo | Dr. Edwin Leacock | 1983 |
| The Home Front | Mr. Garlick | 1983 |
| The Agatha Christie Hour | Parker Pyne | 1982 |
| From a Far Country | Sapieha | 1981 |
| The Chinese Detective | Edward Ruthven | 1981 |
| Recluse | Charlie Huxtable | 1981 |
| Schalcken the Painter | Gerrit Dou | 1979 |
| Minder | Billings / Meredith Gascoyne | 1979 |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury | 1978 |
| Return of the Saint | Prince Lorenzo | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Sir James Temple | 1977 |
| Julia | Undertaker | 1977 |
| The Upchat Line | Mr. Walters | 1977 |
| Secret Army | Father Girard | 1977 |
| Marie Curie | Eugene Curie | 1977 |
| Here I Stand... | Hieronymus Bosch | 1977 |
| Shout at the Devil | Mr. Smythe | 1976 |
| Huggy Bear | Mr. Hoyden | 1976 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans / Wedding Guest | 1975 |
| Angels | Jack Knight | 1975 |
| Porridge | Rawley | 1974 |
| Fall of Eagles | Kaiser Wilhelm I | 1974 |
| Luther | Johann von Staupitz Vicar General | 1974 |
| Les trois mousquetaires | Aramis / Cardinal Richelieu | 1974 |
| The Day of the Jackal | General Colbert | 1973 |
| Jackanory Playhouse | The Magician / King of Crumm | 1972 |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | Kokovtsov | 1971 |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mr. Greville | 1971 |
| Countess Dracula | Master Fabio | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Senor Diego | 1971 |
| The Virgin and the Gypsy | The Rector | 1970 |
| On Trial | Pierre Laval | 1970 |
| A Touch of Love | Dr. Prothero / Dr. Richard Prothero | 1969 |
| Midas Run | Charles Crittenden | 1969 |
| Some Girls Do | Mr. Dudley Mortimer / Mr. Mortimer | 1969 |
| The Best House in London | Editor, The Times / Editor of 'The Times' | 1969 |
| Negatives | The Father | 1968 |
| Attack on the Iron Coast | Rear Adm. Sir Frederick Grafton | 1968 |
| Torture Garden | Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch") | 1967 |
| Danger Route | Peter Ravenspur | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Tom Falconer | 1967 |
| The Long Duel | Governor | 1967 |
| Those Fantastic Flying Fools | Narrator | 1967 |
| After the Fox | Chief of Interpol | 1966 |
| The Great Highway | (voice) | 1966 |
| Blood Beast from Outer Space | Dr. Morley | 1965 |
| The Alphabet Murders | Japp | 1965 |
| The Heroes of Telemark | Doctor | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Don Adriano de Armando / George Fox / Julius Caesar / Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Nanny | Dr. Beamaster | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Crowther | 1965 |
| Knock on Any Door | Desmond Fox-Gresham | 1965 |
| Mogul | Henry Burton | 1965 |
| Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Trawler Skipper | 1965 |
| The Uncle | Mr. Ream | 1965 |
| Hysteria | Hemmings | 1965 |
| Operation Crossbow | Air Chief Marshal / RAF Officer | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Volos | 1964 |
| The 7th Dawn | Tarlton | 1964 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Josiah Amberley | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Edward 'Ted' Stevens - Father / Edward / Mr. Todd / Oscar | 1964 |
| Downfall | Sir Harold Crossley | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Edgeworth / Azmael | 1963 |
| The Very Edge | Crawford | 1963 |
| Paranoiac | John Kossett | 1963 |
| The Set Up | Theo Gaunt | 1963 |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Andrew Richie | 1962 |
| Out of This World | Edgar Brocklebank | 1962 |
| Damn the Defiant! | Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon) | 1962 |
| Invasion Quartet | Dr. Barker | 1961 |
| Loss of Innocence | Uncle William / Mr. Bullock | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Tom Cayter | 1961 |
| The Mark | Arnold Cartwright | 1961 |
| Maigret | Tiburce de St. Hilaire | 1959 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Inspector Boileau | 1960 |
| Suspense | Henry Bentley | 1960 |
| Sink the Bismarck! | Commander Richards | 1960 |
| Two Way Stretch | The Governor | 1960 |
| Our Man in Havana | Admiral | 1960 |
| Ali and the Camel | 1960 | |
| The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Theo Gaunt / Sir Harold Crossley | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Hargest Macrea | 1959 |
| The Captain's Table | Major Broster | 1959 |
| All at Sea | Crowley | 1957 |
| Curse of the Demon | Professor Henry Harrington | 1957 |
| The Spanish Gardener | Pedro | 1956 |
| Checkpoint | Ted Thornhill | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Dr. Lunn / Charles | 1956 |
| Adventure Theater | Inspector Matthew | 1956 |
| 23 Paces to Baker Street | Inspector Grovening | 1956 |
| Simon and Laura | Wilson | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Mr. Surrage / Sheppey / Hobbs / Inspector Kleinsach / Lindsay Phillips / Mr. Smurthwaite | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Mr. Norman / Cartridge | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Doctor at Sea | Easter | 1955 |
| Fire Underground | Self - Commentator | 1955 |
| Animal Farm | All Animals / All animals (voice) | 1954 |
| Court Martial | Lt. Col. Reeve | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mr. Fielding | 1954 |
| The Purple Plain | Blore | 1954 |
| Eight O'Clock Walk | Horace Clifford | 1954 |
| Man with a Million | Jonathan Reid | 1954 |
| Malta Story | British Officer | 1953 |
| Both Sides of the Law | Dawson / Mr. Dawson | 1953 |
| Project M7 | Prof. Carrington / Prof. Carrington (project director) | 1953 |
| Terror on a Train | Jim Warrilow | 1953 |
| No Highway in the Sky | Maj. Pearl | 1951 |
| Traveller's Joy | Fowler | 1950 |
| Scrapbook for 1933 | (voice) | 1950 |
| The Spider and the Fly | Colonel de la Roche | 1949 |
| Madness of the Heart | Dr. Simon Blake | 1949 |
| Landfall | Wing Cdr. Hewitt / Wing Commander Hewitt | 1949 |
| Don't Ever Leave Me | Mr. Knowles | 1949 |
| Poet's Pub | PC Windle | 1949 |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Bill Martin | 1949 |
| It's Not Cricket | Otto Fisch | 1949 |
| The Blue Lagoon | Ship Captain / Captain | 1949 |
| Once Upon a Dream | Vicar | 1949 |
| Here Come the Huggetts | 1st. Engineer / 1st Engineer | 1948 |
| Quartet | Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn") / Coroner | 1948 |
| The Blind Goddess | Johnson - The Butler / Johnson | 1948 |
| Oliver Twist | Chief Of Police | 1948 |
| Dulcimer Street | Jack Rufus | 1948 |
| My Brother's Keeper | Trent | 1948 |
| Miranda | Cockle Vendor | 1948 |
| Daybreak | Inspector | 1948 |
| Escape | Crown Counsel | 1948 |
| Easy Money | Kirby (segment The Stafford Story) / Detective-Inspector Kirby | 1948 |
| Look Before You Love | Fosser | 1948 |
| Blanche Fury | Maj. Fraser / Major Fraser | 1948 |
| The End of the River | Defending Counsel / Defence Counsel | 1947 |
| Fame Is the Spur | Prison Doctor #2 | 1947 |
| Holiday Camp | Camp Doctor | 1947 |
| Captain Boycott | Lt. Col. Strickland | 1947 |
| Jassy | Jim Stoner | 1947 |
| I Became a Criminal | Mr. Fenshaw | 1947 |
| The Upturned Glass | Mobile Policeman | 1947 |
| Take My Life | Defending Counsel / Defense Counsel | 1947 |
| The Smugglers | Smuggler | 1947 |
