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Julian Curry

Julian Curry

Acting1937Devon, England, UK

Biography

Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey.

The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge

Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005)

Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).

Acting History

2020
Truth Seekers
TVas Old Byron Berkeley
2004
Midsomer Murders
TVas Ronald Burgess1 eps
2000
7 Days to Live
as Prof. Ed Saunders
1998
Mysteries of Egypt
as Carnarvon
1997
Cause of Death
as Dr. Blake
1996
Loch Ness
as Englishman
Rasputin
as Dr. Lazovert
1995
Bugs
TVas Admiral1 eps
1993
Inspector Morse
TVas Alan Cartwright1 eps
1991
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Albert Shlessinger1 eps
1989
Death of a Son
as Prof. Ray Spector
Screen Two
TVas Commissioner / Professor Ray Spector1 eps
1988
Deadline
as Stuart-Smith
Reasonable Force
as Commissioner
1987
Ghost Chase
as Lawyer
1985
1984
1983
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Oronte1 eps
1982
The Missionary
as Friend of Raggy Masterson
Bright Eyes
as Charvier
King Lear
as Duke of Cornwall
1981
Victory
as Shurlock
Psy-Warriors
as Hooper
Play for Today
TVas Hooper1 eps
A Fine Romance
TVas Charles Payne
The Manions of America
TVas Colonel Maitland
1980
Buccaneer
TVas Lord Champlieu
1979
The Bronte Sisters
as Mr. Smith
Rumpole of the Bailey
TVas Claude Erskine Brown5 eps
1978
The Vanishing Army
as Symington
When the Actors Come
as Count Botvay
BBC2 Play of the Week
TVas Count Botvay1 eps
Life Begins at Forty
TVas The Vicar
Life of Shakespeare
TVas Sir Robert Cecil
1975
The Floater
as Jeremy Butler
The Hanged Man
TVas Simon Hatchett
1974
1973
Centre Play
TVas Raffety
1971
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TVas Dr. Tim Izzard1 eps
1970
Hamlet
as Horatio
1968
Nicholas Nickleby
TVas Lenville
1967
Pride and Prejudice
TVas Mr. Collins
1965
Out of the Unknown
TVas Edward1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/8/1937
Day of Death
6/27/2020
Place of Birth
Devon, England, UK