Acting credits
32
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Paul Darrow
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 12Series: 20
TMDB ID: 114624
IMDb ID: nm0201696
Known for: Acting
Born: May 2, 1941
Died: June 3, 2019
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2015
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q3370982
Biography
Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby; 2 May 1941 – 3 June 2019) was an English actor. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 between 1978 and 1981. His many television roles included two appearances in another BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and Tekker in Timelash (1985). He was also the voice of "Jack" on independent radio stations JACKfm and Union JACK, whose lines included dry-witted comments pertaining to current events.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Darrow.
Contradiction: Spot The Liar!
as Paul Rand
2015 Movie
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2007 Movie
4.4
Battlespace
as Horondo The Computer
2006 Movie
6.0
Die Another Day
as Doctor
2002 Movie
4.7
Shaving Ryan's Privates
as Narrator
2002 Movie
4.7
Rough Magik
as Mr. Moon
2000 Movie
4.0
Doctor Who: Timelash
as Tekker
1985 Movie
5.3
Drake's Venture
as Thomas Doughty
1980 Movie
Guardian of the Abyss
as Andrews
1980 Movie
6.6
The Raging Moon
as Doctor
1971 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Captain Hawkins
1970 Movie
5.0
Mister Jerico
as Receptionist
1970 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Darrow.
7.7
Prophets of Science Fiction
as Himself • 8 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Law & Order: UK
3 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Twisted Tales
as Mr De Vere • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Days That Shook the World
as Voice-over Artist • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.1
Little Britain
1 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Spine Chillers
1 eps
2003 Series
6.0
The Strangerers
as C.D. • 6 eps
2000 Series
8.3
Pie in the Sky
as Colin Wilkes • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.8
Dark Justice
1 eps
1991 Series
Fiddlers Three
as Reggie Parsons • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.4
Cluedo
as Mr. Hope • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
as Andrews • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Kerr Avon • 52 eps
1978 Series
6.5
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham • 6 eps
1975 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Marcellus • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Hart • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.5
Manhunt
as Eddie • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Tekker • 2 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Omar • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Pearce • 1 eps
1955 Series