Filmography
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Known For
The L-Shaped Room Toby (1962) -
Prime Suspect DS Bill Otley (1991) -
Out Frank Ross (1978) -
Known For
Quest for Love Colin Trafford (1971) -
Actor
The Scarf Thief (2014) -
Love Me Still Lenny Ronson (2008) -
Blue Murder Vinny McAteer (2006) -
The Battle for Rome Scipio Nasica (2006) -
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act Bill Otley (2006) -
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Nasica (2006) -
Dead Man's Cards Billy The Cowboy (2006) -
Kraft (2005)
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Devil's Gate Jake (2004) -
Waking the Dead Prof. Hugh Cullen (2003) -
![Oh Marbella!]( "Oh Marbella!")
Oh Marbella! Ronnie, Ackerman (2003) -
![Pollyanna]( "Pollyanna")
Pollyanna Old Tom (2003) -
![Long Time Dead]( "Long Time Dead")
Long Time Dead Becker (2002) -
![Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible]( "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible")
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Chief Inspector Ellis (2001) -
![My Kingdom]( "My Kingdom")
My Kingdom Quick (2001) -
![Lava]( "Lava")
Lava Eric (2001) -
![The Last Minute]( "The Last Minute")
The Last Minute Grimshanks (2001) -
![Taggart]( "Taggart")
Taggart Jack Hooper (2001) -
Four Fathers Frank Yallop (1999)
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![Tube Tales]( "Tube Tales")
Tube Tales Old Gent (segment "Horny") (1999) -
![Dalziel and Pascoe]( "Dalziel and Pascoe")
Dalziel and Pascoe Oliver Fisher (1999) -
![Swing]( "Swing")
Swing Sid Luxford (1999) -
![The Grand]( "The Grand")
The Grand Clive's Dad (1998) -
![The Boxer]( "The Boxer")
The Boxer Joe MaGuire's father (1997) -
![Swept from the Sea]( "Swept from the Sea")
Swept from the Sea Isaac Foster (1997) -
![Preaching to the Perverted]( "Preaching to the Perverted")
Preaching to the Perverted Henry Harding MP (1997) -
Insiders Tom Whitby (1997)
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![Dangerfield]( "Dangerfield")
Dangerfield John Rust (1996) -
![No Bananas]( "No Bananas")
No Bananas Thomas Slater (1996) -
![The Great Kandinsky]( "The Great Kandinsky")
The Great Kandinsky The Professor (1995) -
![Feast of July]( "Feast of July")
Feast of July Ben Wainwright (1995) -
Capital Lives Jimmy (1994)
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![The Cinder Path]( "The Cinder Path")
The Cinder Path Edward MacFell (1994) -
![Sensatsiya]( "Sensatsiya")
Sensatsiya American Scientist (1993) -
![Spender]( "Spender")
Spender Tommy Thornton (1993) -
![Prime Suspect 3]( "Prime Suspect 3")
Prime Suspect 3 Sgt. Bill Otley (1993) -
![The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]( "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles")
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1993) -
![Screen One]( "Screen One")
Screen One Jack Travis (1992) -
![Angels]( "Angels")
Angels Michael (1992) -
Hope It Rains Harry Nash (1991-1992)
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![Let Him Have It]( "Let Him Have It")
Let Him Have It Fairfax (1991) -
![Prospero's Books]( "Prospero's Books")
Prospero's Books Antonio (1991) -
![Prime Suspect]( "Prime Suspect")
Prime Suspect DS Bill Otley (1991) -
![Van der Valk]( "Van der Valk")
Van der Valk Freddie Brugmans (1991) -
![Dark River]( "Dark River")
Dark River Johnny Deacon (1990) -
![Screenplay]( "Screenplay")
Screenplay Grant (1990) -
![Chancer]( "Chancer")
Chancer John Love (1990) -
![The Krays]( "The Krays")
The Krays Jack 'The Hat' McVitie (1990) -
![Red King, White Knight]( "Red King, White Knight")
Red King, White Knight Tulayev (1989) -
![Resurrected]( "Resurrected")
Resurrected Mr. Deakin (1989) -
![Screen Two]( "Screen Two")
Screen Two Mr. Seaford-Warwick (1986-1989) -
![The Rainbow]( "The Rainbow")
The Rainbow Old Tom Brangwen (1988) -
![Wish You Were Here]( "Wish You Were Here")
Wish You Were Here Eric (1987) -
![The Magic Toyshop]( "The Magic Toyshop")
The Magic Toyshop Philip / Melanie's Uncle (1987) -
![If Looks Could Kill: The Power of Behaviour]( "If Looks Could Kill: The Power of Behaviour")
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![Unnatural Causes]( "Unnatural Causes")
Unnatural Causes Harold (1986) -
![The Detective]( "The Detective")
The Detective Cdr. Kenneth Crocker (1985) -
![The Innocent]( "The Innocent")
The Innocent Frank Dobson (1985) -
![Summer Lightning]( "Summer Lightning")
Summer Lightning Mr Clark (1984) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today Abel Broom (1970-1984) -
![Reilly: Ace of Spies]( "Reilly: Ace of Spies")
Reilly: Ace of Spies Dzerzhinsky (1983) -
King's Royal Fergus King (1982)
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![Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers]( "Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers")
Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers Walter Morel (1981) -
Une maison, une histoire Duke of Wellington (1980)
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Sweet Nothings Tom Fearon (1980)
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Blue Peter Special Assignment Duke of Wellington (1979)
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![The Sailor's Return]( "The Sailor's Return")
The Sailor's Return William Targett (1978) -
![Out]( "Out")
Out Frank Ross (1978) -
![Holocaust]( "Holocaust")
Holocaust Adolf Eichmann (1978) -
![Horizon]( "Horizon")
Horizon C.G. Jung (1977) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse Larry (1977) -
Death of an Informer The informer (1976)
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![Royal Flash]( "Royal Flash")
Royal Flash De Gautet (1975) -
![Armchair Cinema]( "Armchair Cinema")
Armchair Cinema Ray Carter (1974) -
![Late Night Theatre]( "Late Night Theatre")
Late Night Theatre The man (1974) -
![Second City Firsts]( "Second City Firsts")
Second City Firsts Sidney (1974) -
![The Protectors]( "The Protectors")
The Protectors Shadbolt (1974) -
A Man Without Friends Marcus Wayne (1972)
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![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre Danny Blake (1959-1972) -
![ITV Sunday Night Theatre]( "ITV Sunday Night Theatre")
ITV Sunday Night Theatre Vic Crawley (1972) -
![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month Eilert Lovborg (1972) -
![Straight on Till Morning]( "Straight on Till Morning")
Straight on Till Morning Jimmy Lindsay (1972) -
![The Frighteners]( "The Frighteners")
The Frighteners Bender (1972) -
![The Spy's Wife]( "The Spy's Wife")
The Spy's Wife Tom Tyler (1972) -
![Quest for Love]( "Quest for Love")
Quest for Love Colin Trafford (1971) -
The Ten Commandments Mike Lee (1971)
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![All the Right Noises]( "All the Right Noises")
All the Right Noises Len (1970) -
![Lock Up Your Daughters!]( "Lock Up Your Daughters!")
Lock Up Your Daughters! Shaftoe (1969) -
![In Enemy Country]( "In Enemy Country")
In Enemy Country Ian (1968) -
![The Long Day's Dying]( "The Long Day's Dying")
The Long Day's Dying Tom Cooper (1968) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian Cpl. Johnny Moon (1967) -
![The Violent Enemy]( "The Violent Enemy")
The Violent Enemy Sean Rogan (1967) -
![He Who Rides a Tiger]( "He Who Rides a Tiger")
He Who Rides a Tiger Peter Rayston (1965) -
![Theatre 625]( "Theatre 625")
Theatre 625 Billy Mack (1965) -
![Ballad in Blue]( "Ballad in Blue")
Ballad in Blue Steve Collins (1965) -
![Sands of Beersheba]( "Sands of Beersheba")
Sands of Beersheba Dan (1964) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Play]( "BBC Sunday-Night Play")
BBC Sunday-Night Play Joe (1960-1963) -
The Stag John (1963)
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![The L-Shaped Room]( "The L-Shaped Room")
The L-Shaped Room Toby (1962) -
![Drama 61-67]( "Drama 61-67")
Drama 61-67 Tom Knowles (1961-1962) -
![A Prize of Arms]( "A Prize of Arms")
A Prize of Arms Fenner (1962) -
![Damn the Defiant!]( "Damn the Defiant!")
Damn the Defiant! Evans (1962) -
![Echo of Barbara]( "Echo of Barbara")
Echo of Barbara Ben (1961) -
![The Kitchen]( "The Kitchen")
The Kitchen Paul (1961) -
![I Promised to Pay]( "I Promised to Pay")
I Promised to Pay Blackie (1961) -
![The Concrete Jungle]( "The Concrete Jungle")
The Concrete Jungle Flynn (1960) -
![Armchair Mystery Theatre]( "Armchair Mystery Theatre")
Armchair Mystery Theatre Rod Copley (1960) -
![Friends and Neighbours]( "Friends and Neighbours")
Friends and Neighbours (1959) -
Theatre Night Clifford Small (1959)
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![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse Andrew Turtle (1959) -
![Dial 999]( "Dial 999")
Dial 999 The Boxer (1958) -
The Secrets of the Prairie John (1956)
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ActorJohn and Paddy (1956)
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Archive footage
![Timeshift]( "Timeshift")
Timeshift (2006) -
![The Krays: Their Empire Behind Bars]( "The Krays: Their Empire Behind Bars")
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![The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom]( "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom")
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Archive footage
![The Big Story]( "The Big Story")
The Big Story (1993) -
![Flesh and Blood: The story of the Krays]( "Flesh and Blood: The story of the Krays")
All Filmography
Videos
Awards
2 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
Ended up being shunned by the acting community, following a drunken incident at an awards ceremony. At the ceremony in question, Richard Attenborough and Bryan Forbes kept their distance from Tom Bell as his alleged drunken behavior worried them ...
Quotes
I knew I was Frank Ross. I'm not an actor anyway, I just play myself.
Trademark
Playing Edgy, Impatient Scoundrels
Personal Details
Born
Thomas George Bell
Liverpool, England, UK
Died
(age 73)
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Height:
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