Simon MacCorkindale
- Acting
- February 12, 1952 · Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- October 14, 2010
Biography
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D. In 1983, MacCorkindale starred in the short-lived series Manimal as the lead character, Dr. Jonathan Chase, before taking up the longer-running role of lawyer Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s he directed and produced many stage, TV and film productions through his company Amy International Artists, such as the film Stealing Heaven (1988). Moving to Canada, he starred as Peter Sinclair in the series Counterstrike for three years. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2002 and joined the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty, appearing in the role of Harry Harper for six years until 2008.
Known for
Filmography
- A Closed Book · Andrew Boles
- 13Hrs · Duncan
- Blizzard: Race to the Pole · Narrator
- Nile · Self
- New Tricks · Sir David Bryant
- Adventure Inc. · Producer
- The Dinosaur Hunter · Jack McCabe
- Relic Hunter · Tafik / Fabrice De Viega, Producer
- The Girl Next Door · Steve Vandermeer
- Mentors · Oscar Wilde
- Wing Commander · Flight Boss
- Such a Long Journey · Producer
- Running Wild · Walton Baden Smythe
- Water War · Peter Gregory
- Earth: Final Conflict · Dennis Robillard
- Night Man · Director
- La Femme Nikita · Alec Chandler
- While My Pretty One Sleeps · Jack Campbell
- Family of Cops · Adam Novacek
- At the Midnight Hour · Richard Keaton
- The Way to Dusty Death · Johnny Harlow
- No Greater Love · Patrick Kelly
- The House that Mary Bought · Director
- Counterstrike · Peter Sinclair
- Twist of Fate · Manley-Jones
- That Summer of White Roses · Writer, Producer
- This Morning · Self
- Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet · Mark Jamieson
- Casualty · Harry Harper
- Obsessive Love · Glenn Stevens
- Natural World
- Manimal · Jonathan Chase
- Jaws 3-D · Philip FitzRoyce
- The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
- Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain · Hank Richards
- An Outpost of Progress
- Matt Houston
- The Sword and the Sorcerer · Mikah
- Falcon Crest · Greg Reardon, Director
- The Manions of America · David Clement
- Dynasty
- Macbeth · Macduff
- Visitor from the Grave · Harry
- Hammer House of Horror · Harry
- Caboblanco · Lewis Clarkson
- The Quatermass Conclusion · Joe Kapp
- Quatermass · Joe Kapp
- The Riddle of the Sands · Arthur Davies
- Hart to Hart
- Death on the Nile · Simon Doyle
- Will Shakespeare · Sir Thomas Walsingham
- The Doombolt Chase
- Jesus of Nazareth · Lucius
- Romance: Three Weeks · Paul Verdayne
- Romance · Paul Verdayne
- Beasts: Baby · Peter Gilkes
- Beasts · Peter Gilkes
- Romeo and Juliet · Paris
- I, Claudius · Lucius
- Juggernaut · No. 1 Helmsman
- Hawkeye, the Pathfinder · Lieutenant Carter
- Late Night Theatre · The pilot
- BBC Play of the Month · Rolf Hornblower
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self