George Sewell
- Acting
- August 31, 1924 · Hoxton, London, England, UK
- April 1, 2007
Biography
George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
Known for
Filmography
- Let's Stick Together · Carter
- The Fix · Chairman
- The Detectives · Superintendent Cottam
- Heartbeat · Ray Walker
- Sticky Wickets · Friedrich
- The Upper Hand · George Carver
- Screen One · Friedrich
- The Nineteenth Hole · Ray Smollett
- Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks · Ratcliffe
- Home James!
- Mark of the Devil · Det. Inspector Grant
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense · Det. Inspector Grant
- Andy Robson · Peter Mueller
- Wet Job · Haggerty
- The Chinese Detective · Jack Longman
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today · Knocker
- The Gentle Touch · Dave Connally
- Invasion: UFO · Col. Alec Freeman
- Minder · Frank
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Mendel
- Tales of the Unexpected · Laughlin
- Running Blind · Slade
- The Bass Player and the Blonde · The Drummer
- Winterspelt 1944 · Colonel
- Don't Forget to Write! · Pierre
- Barry Lyndon · Barry's Second
- Operation: Daybreak · Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator
- The Sweeney · Vic Tolman
- Churchill's People · Colonel Michelburn
- Taking Leave · Father
- UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
- Born Free · Sam Willis
- Rising Damp · Detective Constable Baker
- Diamonds on Wheels · Henry Stewart
- The Edwardians · Gus Elen
- The Adventurer · Harry Venner
- UFO: Take Them Alive · Colonel Alec Freeman
- UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker... · Colonel Alec Freeman
- Six Days of Justice · Anthony Brown
- Home and Away · Winslow Scott
- UFO: Destroy Luna Base! · Colonel Alec Freeman
- Get Carter · Con
- Play for Today · Father
- UFO · Alec Freeman
- Shadows of Fear · Harry
- Manhunt · Allard
- Paul Temple · Sammy Carson
- Suspect · DI Barnes
- Special Branch · Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven
- Doppelgänger · Mark Neuman
- The Haunted House of Horror · Bob Kellett
- The Main Chance · Harry Kenton
- The Caesars · Ennius
- The Expert · Louis Scammell
- Spindoe · Scaliger
- The Vengeance of She · Harry
- Man in a Suitcase
- ITV Playhouse · DI Barnes
- The Education of Corporal Halliday · Staff Sgt. Graham
- Robbery · Ben
- The Voices in the Park · Gurney
- The Investigation · Witness
- Deadlier Than the Male · Car Park Assassin
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Mr. Stapleton
- The Informer · Vaughn
- Kaleidoscope · Billy
- The Coming Out Party · Ricketts
- The Power Game · Frank Hagadan
- Up the Junction · Barny
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Nicholls
- The Man in Room 17 · Shelton
- Londoners · Bert, Barman
- Three Clear Sundays · Johnny May
- Gideon's Way · Tim Murphy
- Public Eye · Jakeman, Harry Brierly
- The Wednesday Play · Ricketts, George Barking
- The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr · Dialogue Coach
- Detective
- The Informers · Fred Hill
- Doctor Who · Ratcliffe