Name
Philip Latham
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-01-17
Deathday
2020-06-20 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Essex, England, UK
Biography
Philip Latham was born on January 17, 1929 in Essex, England as Charles Philip Latham. He was an actor, known for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), The Treasure Seekers (1961) and Middlemarch (1968). He was married to Eve Pitt-Payne (12 September 1960 - 12 July 2010) ( her death) ( 2 children). He died on June 20, 2020 in England. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) He was educated at Felsted School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1951.
In the late 1960s/early 1970s he was well known to British TV viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the "conscience" to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead (played by Geoffrey Keen) in the BBC series The Troubleshooters (1965–72). Other credits Jesus of Nazareth (1956), Paul of Tarsus, Danger Man (1960–1962), Maigret, The Treasure Seekers, The Avengers, Love Story, Undermind, UFO, The Saint, Sergeant Cork, Justice, The Cedar Tree, Killers, Hammer House of Horror, The Professionals, No. 10, and Nanny.
One of his horror film roles was as Dracula's sinister servant Klove in Hammer's 1966 film Dracula, Prince of Darkness, and he had previously worked for Hammer in The Devil-Ship Pirates and The Secret of Blood Island (both 1964). His other film roles included appearances in Ring of Spies (1964), Spy Story (1976) and Force 10 from Navarone (1978). On television he played the joint-lead role of Plantagenet Palliser (opposite Susan Hampshire) in the 26-part BBC series The Pallisers. He also played Lord President Borusa in the 1983 20th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, The Five Doctors.
Known For
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World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are...
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Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of C...
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The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ru...
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A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must...
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This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends t...
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The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgru...
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At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the C...
- 1981 From a Far Country as Chaplain
- 1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates as Miller
- 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Klove
- 1978 Force 10 from Navarone as Jensen
- 2012 Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Klove (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 Spy Story as Ferdy Foxwell
- 1964 Ring of Spies as Captain Ray
- 1955 The Dam Busters as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1959 Left Right and Centre as a reporter
- 1970 The Last Grenade as Adams
- 1990 The Man from the Pru as Oliver, KC
- 1964 The Secret of Blood Island as Cpt. Drake
- 1983 Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as Borusa
- 1980 Name for the Day as Dr. Millham
- 1980 The Two Faces of Evil as Hargreaves
- 1961 The Monster of Highgate Ponds as Schoolmaster
- 2008 The Ties That Bind Us as Borusa (archive footage)
- 1962 Locker Sixty-Nine as Dr. Trent
- 1963 The Rivals as Lawrence
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Delroy
- 1961 The Avengers ( 2 episodes ) as Professor Cartright
- 1970 UFO ( 1 episode ) as Blake
- 1962 The Scales of Justice ( 1 episode ) as Official Receiver
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Hogan
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Long Harry
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1 episode ) as Father Ignatius
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Dr Millham
- 1976 The Cedar Tree ( 75 episodes ) as Arthur Bourne (1)
- 1955 ITV Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Pearson
- 1984 Leaving ( 12 episodes ) as Mr. Raphael
- 1960 Maigret ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode )
- 2011 Justice ( 0 episode )
- 1965 The Troubleshooters ( 136 episodes ) as Willy Izard
- 1980 Hammer House of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Hargreaves
- 1963 The Human Jungle ( 1 episode ) as Cooper
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Ellshaw
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Jardine
- 1960 The Cheaters ( 1 episode ) as Cooke
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Esteban
- 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Trent
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Richard the Lionheart ( 1 episode ) as Brian McFergus
- 1983 The Fourth Arm ( 9 episodes ) as Col. Hugh Gwillim
- 1964 Story Parade ( 1 episode ) as John Coppard
- 1960 The Odd Man ( 1 episode ) as Sarasin
- 1956 Jesus of Nazareth ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Sergeant Cork ( 1 episode ) as Arthur J. Lowman MD
- 1961 Harpers West One ( 14 episodes ) as Oliver Backhouse
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Larry Orton
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Arkady
- 1974 The Pallisers ( 26 episodes ) as Plantagenet Palliser
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Johnny
- 1986 Worlds Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Palmer
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Emerson
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Peter Dawson
- 1976 Killers ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Norman Birkett, KC
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Oliver, K.C.
- 1964 Thursday Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Philip Mortimer
- 1972 No Exit ( 1 episode ) as Pardoe
- 1973 Away from It All ( 1 episode ) as Alec
- 1955 ITV Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Parrish
- 1979 Screenplay ( 1 episode ) as Donald Howard
- 1983 Number 10 ( 1 episode ) as Charles Arbuthnot
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Paul Fennel
