Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Known for
Acting
Born
March 17, 1927
Died
July 28, 2006 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Nyasaland [now Malawi]

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

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Filmography

2026
Dinosaur Drive-In poster

Dinosaur Drive-In

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot poster

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Movie · as Pilot Narrator

2008
The War File: Hitler's War poster

The War File: Hitler's War

Movie · as Narrator

2008
The Video Encyclopedia of World War Two

The Video Encyclopedia of World War Two

TV · as Self - Narrator · 10 eps

2006
The Official Story of the British Army poster

The Official Story of the British Army

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Heroes of the Second World War poster

Heroes of the Second World War

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Hitler's War poster

Hitler's War

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The Swastika

Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The Swastika

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2003
Days That Shook the World poster

Days That Shook the World

TV · as Sir John French · 1 ep

2003
100 Greatest Scary Moments

100 Greatest Scary Moments

TV · 2 eps

2002
The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the Volga poster

The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the Volga

Movie · as Narrator

2002
The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War Two poster

The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War Two

Movie · as Narrator

2002
The War File: Battleships at War poster

The War File: Battleships at War

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Dare To Believe

Dare To Believe

TV · 26 eps

2001
Story of the Spitfire poster

Story of the Spitfire

Movie · as Narrator

2001
The Hawker Hurricane poster

The Hawker Hurricane

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The Conquest of Everest 1953 poster

The Conquest of Everest 1953

Movie · as Narrator

1995
Bullet to Beijing poster

Bullet to Beijing

Movie · as Colonel Wilson

1993
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer poster

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

TV · 12 eps

1993
Body & Soul poster

Body & Soul

TV · as Walter Street · 6 eps

1992
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors poster

Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors

Movie · as Maj. Ronald Ferguson

1991
The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police poster

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police

Movie · as Narrator

1991
Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress

Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1990
Naked Down Under

Naked Down Under

Movie · as Opening Narrator (voice)

1990
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe poster

D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe

Movie · as Narrator

1990
The Occult History of the Third Reich poster

The Occult History of the Third Reich

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

1989
TUGS poster

TUGS

TV · as Captain Star / Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

1987
Roman Holiday poster

Roman Holiday

Movie · as General

1987
Love After Lunch poster

Love After Lunch

Movie · as Harold Hagdorff

1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Colonel Sebastian Moran · 1 ep

1985
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

Movie · as Gilbert Smith

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as Gilbert Smith · 1 ep

1984
Threads poster

Threads

Movie · as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1984
Pericles, Prince of Tyre poster

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Movie · as King Simonides

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Colonel Sebastian Moran · 1 ep

1983
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace poster

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace

Movie · as Sir James Brooke

1983
Blackadder poster

Blackadder

TV · as Narrator, The Hawk · 6 eps

1983
The Winds of War poster

The Winds of War

TV · as Dowding · 1 ep

1982
Murder Is Easy poster

Murder Is Easy

Movie · as Maj. Horton

1982
Who Dares Wins poster

Who Dares Wins

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Sir Gervase Ewell · 1 ep

1981
A Spy at Evening

A Spy at Evening

TV · as Mansfield · 4 eps

1980
Alien Attack poster

Alien Attack

Movie · as Luna Commission Chairman

1980
The Sea Wolves poster

The Sea Wolves

Movie · as Colin Mackenzie

1980
The Trial of Lady Chatterley poster

The Trial of Lady Chatterley

Movie · as Gerald Gardiner QC

1980
Invasion: UFO poster

Invasion: UFO

Movie · as Turner

1979
Lady Oscar poster

Lady Oscar

Movie

1979
Churchill and the Generals poster

Churchill and the Generals

Movie · as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck

1979
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

TV · as Prestongrange · 13 eps

1978
The Wild Geese poster

The Wild Geese

Movie · as Rushton

1978
Aerial Ambassador poster

Aerial Ambassador

Movie

1978
Scorpion Tales poster

Scorpion Tales

TV · as Cummings · 1 ep

1977
The Domino Principle poster

The Domino Principle

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1977
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

TV · as Thomas Gradgrind · 4 eps

1976
The Eagle Has Landed poster

The Eagle Has Landed

Movie · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1976
Protect and Survive poster

Protect and Survive

Movie · as Narrator

1976
Dangerous Knowledge poster

Dangerous Knowledge

TV · as Fane · 6 eps

1975
The Wilby Conspiracy poster

The Wilby Conspiracy

Movie · as District Commissioner

1974
Persecution poster

Persecution

Movie · as Robert Masters

1974
Sign It Death poster

Sign It Death

Movie · as Richard Main

1974
Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People

TV · as Donald MacAmnay · 1 ep

1973
Diamonds on Wheels poster

Diamonds on Wheels

Movie · as Insp. Cook

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Richard Main · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as James Leroy Mallory · 1 ep

1972
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

TV · as Van Teeseling · 1 ep

1971
Erotic Fantasies

Erotic Fantasies

Movie · as Psychiatrist (voice)

1971
Brett

Brett

TV · 18 eps

1970
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth poster

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Movie · as Kingsor

1970
Puppet on a Chain poster

Puppet on a Chain

Movie · as Inspector Van Gelder

1970
The World at Their Feet poster

The World at Their Feet

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1970
UFO poster

UFO

TV · as Turner · 1 ep

1970
Codename

Codename

TV · as Morgan · 1 ep

1969
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt poster

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt

Movie · as Commentator

1969
The Body Stealers poster

The Body Stealers

Movie · as Bob Megan

1969
Cream: Farewell Concert poster

Cream: Farewell Concert

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1969
What's a Girl Like You? poster

What's a Girl Like You?

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Chertkov · 1 ep

1968
All My Loving poster

All My Loving

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1968
The Devil Rides Out poster

The Devil Rides Out

Movie · as Rex Van Ryan (voice)

1968
Journey Into Darkness poster

Journey Into Darkness

Movie · as Luther Ames

1968
Carry On Up the Khyber poster

Carry On Up the Khyber

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1968
The Big Switch poster

The Big Switch

Movie · as The Storyteller (voice)

1968
The Champions poster

The Champions

TV · as Westerman · 1 ep

1968
Journey to the Unknown poster

Journey to the Unknown

TV · as Luther Ames · 1 ep

1967
Night of the Big Heat poster

Night of the Big Heat

Movie · as Jeff Callum

1967
Benjamin Britten and His Festival poster

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1967
The Night of the Generals poster

The Night of the Generals

Movie · as Colonel Mannheim

1967
Carry On Doctor poster

Carry On Doctor

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1967
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond poster

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond

Movie · as Narrator

1967
Don't Lose Your Head poster

Don't Lose Your Head

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1967
Man in a Suitcase poster

Man in a Suitcase

TV · 1 ep

1966
Dead Silence

Dead Silence

Movie · as Chief Insp. Newton

1965
The Big Job poster

The Big Job

Movie · as Narrator

1965
Gideon's Way poster

Gideon's Way

TV · as 'Spender Todd' · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Roger Quaife · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Peter Roke · 1 ep

1965
The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters

TV · as Commander Fayne · 1 ep

1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Theseus

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Julien / Danton · 1 ep

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Don Giovanni, The Man · 1 ep

1963
As You Like It

As You Like It

Movie · as Orlando

1963
Crane

Crane

TV · 39 eps

1963
Crane

Crane

TV · as Richard Crane · 39 eps

1962
Captain Clegg poster

Captain Clegg

Movie · as Captain Collier

1962
The Traitors poster

The Traitors

Movie · as John Lane

1962
Flight from Singapore

Flight from Singapore

Movie · as John Scott

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Miles Hallin · 1 ep

1962
Out of This World poster

Out of This World

TV · as Major Peters · 1 ep

1961
The Sinister Man poster

The Sinister Man

Movie · as Dr. Nelson Pollard

1961
Candida

Candida

Movie · as Rev. James Mavor Morrell

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · 2 eps

1961
Sir Francis Drake poster

Sir Francis Drake

TV · as Navarre · 1 ep

1961
Survival poster

Survival

TV · 1 ep

1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger poster

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Movie · as Peter Carter

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Capt. Sasha Studzinsky · 1 ep

1959
Jet Storm poster

Jet Storm

Movie · as Allan Mulliner

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep

1959
International Detective

International Detective

TV · as Lieutenant Larkin · 1 ep

1958
Tread Softly Stranger poster

Tread Softly Stranger

Movie · as Paddy Ryan

1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk poster

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Movie · as Jim Kennedy

1958
High Hell poster

High Hell

Movie · as Luke Fulgham

1958
I Was Monty's Double poster

I Was Monty's Double

Movie · as Col. Mathers

1958
Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk

Movie · as Sergeant on Parade Ground

1957
The Mark of the Hawk poster

The Mark of the Hawk

Movie · as Gregory

1957
The Long Haul poster

The Long Haul

Movie · as Joe Easy

1957
High Tide at Noon poster

High Tide at Noon

Movie · as Charles MacKenzie

1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

TV · as Corporal Brunowski · 1 ep

1956
Wicked as They Come poster

Wicked as They Come

Movie · as Willie

1956
1984 poster

1984

Movie · as Inner Party Official

1956
The Baby and the Battleship poster

The Baby and the Battleship

Movie · as Mate

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Chief Insp. Newton · 1 ep

1955
Confession poster

Confession

Movie · as Corey

1955
Cross Channel poster

Cross Channel

Movie · as Hugo Platt

1954
Dial M for Murder poster

Dial M for Murder

Movie · as Detective Pearson

1954
World for Ransom poster

World for Ransom

Movie

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Eddie Kirkley, Captain Coombe, Major Coombe · 1 ep