Name
Terence Alexander
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-03-11
Deathday
2009-05-28 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England
Biography
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac.
He was born in London, the son of a doctor, and grew up in Yorkshire. Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy. In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London. He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac, though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. One of his early roles was in the children's series Garry Halliday. He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school.
He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers; Terry and June (1979–1980); Behind the Screen (1981–1982); the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani; and The New Statesman (1987). On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels. He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991.
He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham (1971), Two and Two Make Sex (1973), There Goes The Bride (1974/5) and Fringe Benefits (1976).
Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife, the actress Jane Downs. He died on 28 May 2009.
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- 1984 Frankenstein as Alphonse Frankenstein
- 1963 The Mind Benders as Rowing Coach (uncredited)
- 1973 The Day of the Jackal as Lloyd
- 1961 Carry On Regardless as Trevor Trelawney
- 1974 Mission: Monte Carlo as Crane (archive footage)
- 1958 The Square Peg as Captain Wharton
- 1957 The One That Got Away as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
- 1960 The League of Gentlemen as Rupert
- 1953 The Runaway Bus as Pilot Peter Jones
- 1973 The Vault of Horror as Fenton Breedley (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
- 1953 Park Plaza 605 as Hotel Manager
- 1974 The Internecine Project as Business tycoon
- 1962 She Always Gets Their Man as Bob Conley
- 1950 The Woman with No Name as 2nd Sapper officer
- 1954 Dangerous Cargo as Harry
- 1959 Don't Panic Chaps as Lieutenant Babbington
- 1970 Waterloo as Lord Uxbridge
- 1970 All the Way Up as Bob Chickman
- 1952 Top Secret as 2nd M.V.D.
- 1981 Our Family Business as Neils
- 1962 On the Beat as Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
- 1969 What's Good for the Goose as Frisby
- 1961 Man at the Carlton Tower as Johnny Time
- 1961 The Gentle Terror as David
- 1969 Run a Crooked Mile as Peter Martin
- 1959 Breakout as Farrow
- 1979 Ike as Gen. Arthur Tedder
- 1954 The Monkey's Paw as Herbert
- 1952 The Gentle Gunman as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- 1996 The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
- 1964 All in Good Time as Elton
- 1980 The Boy Who Never Was as Major
- 1951 Death Is a Number as Alan Robert
- 1984 The Corvini Inheritance as Hammond
- 1987 The Laughing Prisoner as Head of Channel 4
- 1967 The Spare Tyres as Dennis Colville
- 1967 The Long Duel as Major
- 1955 Portrait of Alison as Fenby
- 1947 Comin' Thro the Rye as Robert Burns
- 1959 The Price of Silence as John Braine
- 1979 Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander
- 1960 The Bulldog Breed as Defending Counsel
- 1963 Bitter Harvest as Andy
- 1970 A Room in Town as Frank
- 1990 That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse as Rev. Reginald Hobhouse
- 1981 Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery as George Lomax
- 1965 The Intelligence Men as Reed
- 1962 The Fast Lady as Policeman on Motorcycle
- 1956 Who Done It? as Radio Show Official (uncredited)
- 1959 Danger Within as Lt. Gibbs
- 1951 A Tale of Five Cities as Barman
- 1985 Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani as Lord Ravensworth
- 1958 Death Was a Passenger as Young Man
- 1968 Only When I Larf as Gee Gee Gray
- 1954 The Eternal Question as Ranald's Assistant
- 1974 Claudine as Teddy (uncredited)
- 1950 The Elusive Pimpernel as Duke of Dorset
- 1990 Who Shot Alan B'Stard? as Sir Greville McDonald
- 1959 The Doctor's Dilemma as Mr. Lanchester
- 1957 The Five Ports as Self - Commentator
- 1953 Number Three as Maurice Crampton
- 1972 Pebble Mill at One ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Bergerac ( 80 episodes ) as Hungerford
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Lord Ravensworth
- 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ( 1 episode ) as Commander Duffield
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Ponsonby
- 1971 The Persuaders! ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Crane
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as 'Piggy' Warren
- 1968 The Champions ( 1 episode ) as Douglas Trennick
- 1976 The New Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Manderson
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 3 episodes )
- 1970 Codename ( 1 episode ) as Thorens
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Menace ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Foster
- 1959 Garry Halliday ( 51 episodes )
- 1984 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Hammond
- 1980 Just Liz ( 6 episodes )
- 1960 Maigret ( 2 episodes )
- 1956 Hancock's Half Hour ( 4 episodes )
- 1975 Dawson's Weekly ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Harry's Girls ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Rosie ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Paul Temple ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The Detectives ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Hungerford
- 1967 The Forsyte Saga ( 26 episodes ) as Montague 'Monty' Dartie
- 1977 The Upchat Line ( 1 episode ) as Sir James Rothwell
- 1987 The New Statesman ( 4 episodes ) as Sir Greville McDonald
- 1979 Terry and June ( 1 episode ) as Malcolm Lawrence
- 1979 Terry and June ( 2 episodes ) as Malcolm
- 1984 Lace ( 2 episodes ) as Sir Douglas
- 1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Flying Control Officer
- 1987 The New Statesman ( 3 episodes ) as Sir Greville
- 1965 The Man in Room 17 ( 1 episode ) as Paul Paragon
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Frank
- 1968 Please Sir! ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Kelp
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Bromfield
- 1973 Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club ( 4 episodes ) as Robert Fentiman
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Percy Courtney
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tom Williams
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Frank Garland
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Sir Arnold Latimer
- 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Time
- 1968 Nicholas Nickleby ( 5 episodes ) as Sir Mulberry Hawk
- 1970 Ben Travers Farces ( 7 episodes ) as Charlie
- 1981 That Beryl Marston...! ( 1 episode ) as Edith Marshall
- 1979 Ike ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Arthur Tedder
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Prince
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Philip Hopwood
- 1974 The Pallisers ( 3 episodes ) as Lord George
- 1986 Worlds Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Jeremy
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Crampton
- 1985 Time for Murder ( 1 episode ) as Harry Scott-Forbes
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Ronnie Devenish
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Lissenden
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Starkey
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Gerard
- 1965 The Wednesday Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Mr Vincent
- 1968 The Sex Game ( 1 episode ) as Gerry Watkin
- 1974 Happy Ever After ( 2 episodes ) as Norman Henderson
