
Michael Cochrane
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1947-05-19 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy.
He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series.
He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial "Black Orchid" (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in "Ghost Light" (1989). He was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama "No Man's Land".
He 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 Alan Clark. He appeared in the situation comedy Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director.
Known For
TV Shows (52)

The Crown
2016
as Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten

Doctor Who
1963
as Lord Cranleigh

Call the Midwife
2012
as Sir Brigham Aylward

Downton Abbey
2010
as Reverend Travis

Father Brown
2013
as Bishop Yorke

Heartbeat
1992
as Derek Lightfoot / Stephen Quinn / Cunningham

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sparkish

Spooks
2002
as Ross Vaughan

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Babcock, HMI

Wycliffe
1994
as Mr. Price

Howards' Way
1985
as Pierre Challon

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Swithun Riding

Pie in the Sky
1994
as Julian Tubbs

Monarch of the Glen
2000

The Musketeers
2014

Sharpe
1993
as Sir Henry Simmerson

Jonathan Creek
1997
as Owen Glendower

Agatha Raisin
2016
as Sir Desmond

The Chief
1990
as Nigel Crimmond

The Outlaws
2021
as Mr Kingsley

Murphy's Law
2001
as Livingston

The Darling Buds of May
1991
as Wing Commander Honeyman

Wire in the Blood
2002
as Judge Hynes

Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Captain Smith

Rosemary & Thyme
2003
as Franklin Danvers

Keen Eddie
2003

The Pallisers
1974
as Gerald

Vicious
2013
as Jasper

Man Down
2013

Longitude
2000
as Solicitor

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as Dennis Radcliffe

The Escape Artist
2013
as Judge

Wings
1977
as Charles Gaylion

Fortunes of War
1987
as Clifford

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Bill

Love in a Cold Climate
1980
as Cedric Hampton

My Spy Family
2007
as Lord Bollingstock

Perfect World
2000
as Terence Bentley (The Director)

Dear John
1986
as Roger

The Far Pavilions
1984
as Crimpley

No Job for a Lady
1990
as Richard Monkton

99-1
1994
as Charlwood

Cradle to Grave
2015
as Judge

Decline and Fall
2017
as Prosecutor

The Cry
2002
as Nathaniel Weekly

I Hate You
2022
as Leonard

The Uninvited
1997

The Ambassador
1998

Sticks and Stones
2019
as Clayton

Mutual Friends
2008
as Judge

Nancherrow
1999
The Detective
1985
as David Marchwint
Movies (46)

The Iron Lady
2011
as William

The Saint
1997
as Cold Fusion Broker

Escape to Victory
1981
as Farrell

Living
2022
as Sir James

Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Simmerson

Incognito
1997
as Detective Inspector Deeks

A Different Loyalty
2004
as Dick Madsen
Reversals
2003
as Derek Barry

Sharpe's Peril
2008
as Simmerson

Longitude
2000
as Waddington, Gould's solicitor

Sharpe's Challenge
2006
as Simmerson

A Murder of Quality
1991
as Charles Hecht

The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Stephen

Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Sir Waldron Smithers

HG Wells: War with the World
2006
as Minister

Nancherrow
1999
as Sir George Rawlings

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as Winston Churchill

Coalition
2015
as Senior Tory MP Buchanan

Frankenstein
1984
as Henry Clervell

Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015
as Arnold Ridley

Ascendancy
1983
as Officer

Margaret
2009
as Alan Clark

Run For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus

The Government Inspector
2005
as Sir Richard Dearlove

The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)

Holy Flying Circus
2011
as Malcolm Muggeridge
The Cry
2002
as Nathaniel Wakely
The Innocent
2001
as Harold Haig

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Charles Masterman

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014
as Ian MacGregor

The Return of Sam McCloud
1989
as Geraint Davies

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024
as Self - Archie Pennington-Booth

Real Life
1984
as Lipton

Hay Fever
1984
as Sandy Tyrell

Panto!
2012
as Johnny

Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as Redvers Fenn-Cooper

The Country Wife
1977
as Sparkish

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Geoff

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
2005
as Lord Lyttleton

RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Number One Gun
1990
as Flash Fairmaid

Daphne Laureola
1978
as Bill

Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
as Lord Cranleigh
About Michael Cochrane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series. He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Wh… With 98 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Michael Cochrane has appeared in 46 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Cochrane Movies
- The Iron Lady (2011) — as William
- The Saint (1997) — as Cold Fusion Broker
- Escape to Victory (1981) — as Farrell
- Living (2022) — as Sir James
- Sharpe's Regiment (1996) — as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
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