Patrick Allen

Personal Info

Birthday

March 17, 1927

Day of Death

2006-07-28

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Nyasaland [now Malawi]

Also Known As

John Keith Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Biography

John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.

Known For

Sherlock Holmes

The Saint

Bergerac

Days That Shook the World

BBC Play of the Month

The Champions

Blackadder

Codename

Filmography

2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as Pilot Narrator
2006
The Official Story of the British Army
as Narrator
2005
Hitler's War
as Narrator
Heroes of the Second World War
as Narrator
Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The Swastika
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2001
The Hawker Hurricane
as Narrator
Story of the Spitfire
as Narrator
1997
The Conquest of Everest 1953
as Narrator
1995
Bullet to Beijing
as Colonel Wilson
1992
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
as Maj. Ronald Ferguson
1991
The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police
as Narrator
1990
Naked Down Under
as Opening Narrator (voice)
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe
as Narrator
1987
Roman Holiday
as General
1985
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Gilbert Smith
1984
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as King Simonides
Threads
as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1983
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
as Sir James Brooke
1982
Who Dares Wins
as Police Commissioner
Murder Is Easy
as Maj. Horton
1980
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
as Gerald Gardiner QC
Alien Attack
as Luna Commission Chairman
The Sea Wolves
as Colin Mackenzie
1979
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck
1978
The Wild Geese
as Rushton
1977
The Domino Principle
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Protect and Survive
as Narrator
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
as District Commissioner
1974
Persecution
as Robert Masters
Sign It Death
as Richard Main
1973
Diamonds on Wheels
as Insp. Cook
1971
Erotic Fantasies
as Psychiatrist (voice)
1970
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
as Kingsor
Puppet on a Chain
as Inspector Van Gelder
The World at Their Feet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1969
The Body Stealers
as Bob Megan
Cream - Farewell Concert
as Narrator (voice)
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
as Commentator
1968
All My Loving
as Narrator (voice)
The Devil Rides Out
as Rex Van Ryan (voice)
The Big Switch
as The Storyteller (voice)
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Narrator
Journey Into Darkness
as Luther Ames
1967
Carry On Doctor
as Narrator
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
as Narrator
Night of the Big Heat
as Jeff Callum
The Night of the Generals
as Colonel Mannheim
1966
Dead Silence
as Chief Insp. Newton
1965
The Big Job
as Narrator
1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1963
As You Like It
as Orlando
1962
Flight from Singapore
as John Scott
Captain Clegg
as Captain Collier
The Traitors
as John Lane
1961
Candida
as Rev. James Mavor Morrell
The Sinister Man
as Dr. Nelson Pollard
1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Peter Carter
1959
Jet Storm
as Allan Mulliner
1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Col. Mathers
Tread Softly Stranger
as Paddy Ryan
Dunkirk
as Sergeant on Parade Ground
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jim Kennedy
High Hell
as Luke Fulgham
1957
The Mark of the Hawk
as Gregory
The Long Haul
as Joe Easy
High Tide at Noon
as Charles MacKenzie
1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as Mate
Wicked as They Come
as Willie
1984
as Inner Party Official
1955
Cross Channel
as Hugo Platt
Confession
as Corey
1954
Dial M for Murder
as Detective Pearson