Michael Cochrane is an English actor.

Biography

Cochrane was born in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, East Sussex. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera ''

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'', '' The Pallisers'' (1974), '' Wings'' (1977–78), '' Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980), '' The Citadel'' (1983), a BBC serial adaptation of ''

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'' (1984), '' Raffles'' (1985–1993), '' No Job for a Lady'', '' The Chief'' (1990–1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the '' Sharpe'' series. His film career has included roles in '' Escape to Victory'' (1981), '' The Return of the Soldier'' (1982), ''Real Life'' (1984), ''Number One Gun'' (1990), '' The Saint'' (1997), '' Incognito'' (1998), '' A Different Loyalty'' (2004) and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011). He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series ''

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'', first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial '' Black Orchid'' (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in '' Ghost Light'' (1989). Cochrane was later associated with ''Doctor Who'' when he appeared in the 2006

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audio drama, '' No Man's Land''. He appeared in 2008

audio drama ''

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'', ''

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''/''

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'' in 2012, and ''The Fate of Krelos/Return to Telos'' in 2015. He was featured in the ITV science fiction series '' The Uninvited''. In 2008, he appeared in the soap opera '' Doctors'' as Daniel's solicitor and in 2009 in '' Margaret'' as MP

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. Also in 2009 Cochrane appeared as "''Cunningham''," a confidence trickster and sneak thief in two episodes of the British television series '' Heartbeat'' ''("Thursday's Children" and "The Middle of Somewhere")'' both of which were set in

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. He appeared in the sitcom '' Perfect World'' as the sex-obsessed

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. He appeared in '' Offending Angels'' (2002). He was seen as the vicar in '' Downton Abbey'' with Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Smith as well as Johnny Darby in the one-off special '' Panto!'' written by

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and Jonathan Harvey. He had a small role in episode 5 of the BBC serial drama '' The Musketeers'' (2014). He appeared as the ship's officer in the BBC's '' Keeping Up Appearances'' episode titled "Sea Fever" (1993) and he also appeared as Mr Price in the ITV's detective drama '' Wycliffe'' episode titled "Strangers" (1997). In 2016, he played the role of Henry Marten in the

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series ''

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''. In 2019 Cochrane appeared as one of the Number 2's in the 2016 Big Finish Productions audio drama adaptation of the cult 1960s British TV series '' The Prisoner'' aired by BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Family

Cochrane is married to the actress Belinda Carroll.

Filmography

Radio

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cochrane, Michael Living people People educated at Cranleigh School 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male radio actors English male television actors Male actors from Brighton Year of birth missing (living people)