Julian Curry
- Acting
- December 8, 1937 · Devon, England, UK
- June 27, 2020
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Truth Seekers · Old Byron Berkeley
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · Dr. Vargas
- Prince William · Prince Philip
- The Hunt · Gerard Stephens
- 7 Days to Live · Prof. Ed Saunders
- Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life · Mr. Justice Havers
- Vanished! A Video Seance · Father
- Mysteries of Egypt · Carnarvon
- Cause of Death · Dr. Blake
- Midsomer Murders · Ronald Burgess
- Loch Ness · Englishman
- Rasputin · Dr. Lazovert
- Bugs · Admiral
- Kavanagh Q.C. · Michael Faraday QC
- Thatcher: The Final Days · David Harris
- Around the World in 80 Days · Wilson
- Death of a Son · Prof. Ray Spector
- Reasonable Force · Commissioner
- Deadline · Stuart-Smith
- Ghost Chase · Lawyer
- Inspector Morse · Alan Cartwright
- The New Statesman · Lecturer
- Three Up, Two Down · Gerald
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend · Etienne
- Lytton's Diary · Tim Beauchamp
- Screen Two · Commissioner, Professor Ray Spector
- The Secret Servant · Sir Anthony Sladen
- Oxbridge Blues · Tom
- Sherlock Holmes · Albert Shlessinger
- The Missionary · Friend of Raggy Masterson
- King Lear · Duke of Cornwall
- Bright Eyes · Charvier
- A Fine Romance · Charles Payne
- The Manions of America · Colonel Maitland
- Psy-Warriors · Hooper
- Escape to Victory · Shurlock
- Buccaneer · Lord Champlieu
- Big Wheels and Sailor · Dave Adams
- The Bronte Sisters · Mr. Smith
- The Vanishing Army · Symington
- Life Begins at Forty · The Vicar
- When the Actors Come · Count Botvay
- BBC2 Play of the Week · Count Botvay
- Gotcha / Campion's Interview · Campion
- Rumpole of the Bailey · Claude Erskine-Brown, Claude Erskine Brown
- The Floater · Jeremy Butler
- Brassneck
- The Way of the World · Petulant
- The Hanged Man · Simon Hatchett
- The Saliva Milkshake · Rafferty
- Churchill's People · Hubert
- Centre Play · Raffety
- Peer Gynt · Bridegroom / Pen
- Hamlet · Horatio
- Play for Today · Symington, Bill Rochester
- Nicholas Nickleby · Lenville
- Pride and Prejudice · Mr. Collins
- The Mini-Affair · Ronnie
- The Midas Plague · Edward
- BBC Play of the Month · Oronte
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Dr. Tim Izzard
- Out of the Unknown · Edward