Simon MacCorkindale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1952
- Died
- October 14, 2010 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D. In 1983, MacCorkindale starred in the short-lived series Manimal as the lead character, Dr. Jonathan Chase, before taking up the longer-running role of lawyer Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s he directed and produced many stage, TV and film productions through his company Amy International Artists, such as the film Stealing Heaven (1988). Moving to Canada, he starred as Peter Sinclair in the series Counterstrike for three years. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2002 and joined the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty, appearing in the role of Harry Harper for six years until 2008.
Known For
Filmography
A Closed Book
Movie · as Andrew Boles
13Hrs
Movie · as Duncan
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Nile
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
New Tricks
TV · as Sir David Bryant · 1 ep
The Dinosaur Hunter
Movie · as Jack McCabe
The Girl Next Door
Movie · as Steve Vandermeer
Wing Commander
Movie · as Flight Boss
Relic Hunter
TV · as Tafik / Fabrice De Viega · 3 eps
Mentors
TV · as Oscar Wilde · 1 ep
Water War
Movie · as Peter Gregory
Running Wild
Movie · as Walton Baden Smythe
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Movie · as Jack Campbell
La Femme Nikita
TV · as Alec Chandler · 1 ep
Earth: Final Conflict
TV · as Dennis Robillard · 1 ep
Family of Cops
Movie · as Adam Novacek
At the Midnight Hour
Movie · as Richard Keaton
No Greater Love
Movie · as Patrick Kelly
The Way to Dusty Death
Movie · as Johnny Harlow
Counterstrike
TV · as Peter Sinclair · 66 eps
Twist of Fate
TV · as Manley-Jones · 2 eps
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
Movie · as Mark Jamieson
Casualty
TV · as Harry Harper · 317 eps
Obsessive Love
Movie · as Glenn Stevens
Jaws 3-D
Movie · as Philip FitzRoyce
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Movie
Manimal
TV · as Jonathan Chase · 8 eps
Natural World
TV · 1 ep
An Outpost of Progress
Movie
Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain
Movie · as Hank Richards
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Movie · as Mikah
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
Macbeth
Movie · as Macduff
Falcon Crest
TV · as Greg Reardon · 59 eps
Dynasty
TV · 1 ep
The Manions of America
TV · as David Clement · 3 eps
Caboblanco
Movie · as Lewis Clarkson
Visitor from the Grave
Movie · as Harry
Hammer House of Horror
TV · as Harry · 1 ep
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie · as Arthur Davies
The Quatermass Conclusion
Movie · as Joe Kapp
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
Quatermass
TV · as Joe Kapp · 4 eps
Death on the Nile
Movie · as Simon Doyle
The Doombolt Chase
TV · 6 eps
Will Shakespeare
TV · as Sir Thomas Walsingham · 1 ep
Romance: Three Weeks
Movie · as Paul Verdayne
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · as Lucius · 4 eps
Romance
TV · as Paul Verdayne · 1 ep
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Paris
Beasts: Baby
Movie · as Peter Gilkes
Beasts
TV · as Peter Gilkes · 1 ep
I, Claudius
TV · as Lucius · 1 ep
Juggernaut
Movie · as No. 1 Helmsman
Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
TV · as Lieutenant Carter · 5 eps
Late Night Theatre
TV · as The pilot · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Rolf Hornblower · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep