Shaun Curry (5 June 1937 – 7 July 2009) was a British actor, best known for his appearances on
television
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.
His credits include: ''
Z-Cars
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'', ''
The Saint'', ''
Up Pompeii!'' as Spartacus, ''
Warship
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'', ''
The Sweeney'', ''
The New Avengers'', ''
Secret Army'', ''
Poldark'', ''
To the Manor Born'', ''
The Professionals'', ''
Blake's 7
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'', ''
Fox
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Twelve species ...
'', ''
Hot Money'',
Minder
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Government-appointed persons to accompany foreign visitors are of ...
'',
Terry and June'', ''
The Gentle Touch
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'', ''
The Bill
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'', ''
Grange Hill
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'', ''
Just Good Friends'', ''
London's Burning'' and ''
Holby City
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''.
Educated in part at Buckingham College, Harrow, Served in the
Grenadier Guards
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.
Graduating from
RADA
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in 1961, his theatre roles included work in
rep, with the
RSC, in the
West End, and with the
National Theatre.
Selected filmography
* ''
Death Is a Woman'' (1966) as Joe
* ''
Up the Junction'' (1968) as Ted
* ''
Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968) as reporter (uncredited)
* ''The Fiction Makers'' (1968) as guard, gamekeeper
* ''
The Last Shot You Hear'' (1969) as driver
* ''
The Spy's Wife'' (1972) as chauffeur
* ''
From Beyond the Grave'' (1974) as 1st workman (segment 4 "The Door") (uncredited)
* ''
A Bridge Too Far'' (1977) as Corporal Robbins
* ''
Let's Get Laid'' (1978) as Greenleaf
* ''
The Empire Strikes Back
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'' (1980) as Hoth Rebel Commander (uncredited)
* ''
The Guns and the Fury'' (1981) as Major Wayne-Smith
* ''The Year of the Bodyguard'' (1982) as interviewed policeman
* ''
The Doctor and the Devils'' (1985) as policeman
References
External links
*
British male stage actors
British male television actors
1937 births
2009 deaths
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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