
Julian Curry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 8, 1937
- Died
- June 27, 2020 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Devon, England, UK
Biography
Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
Known For
Filmography

Truth Seekers
TV · as Old Byron Berkeley · 1 ep

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Movie · as Dr. Vargas

Prince William
Movie · as Prince Philip
The Hunt
Movie · as Gerard Stephens

7 Days to Live
Movie · as Prof. Ed Saunders

Vanished! A Video Seance
Movie · as Father
Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life
Movie · as Mr. Justice Havers

Mysteries of Egypt
Movie · as Carnarvon

Cause of Death
Movie · as Dr. Blake

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Ronald Burgess · 1 ep

Rasputin
Movie · as Dr. Lazovert

Loch Ness
Movie · as Englishman

Bugs
TV · as Admiral · 1 ep

Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Michael Faraday QC · 1 ep

Thatcher: The Final Days
Movie · as David Harris

Death of a Son
Movie · as Prof. Ray Spector

Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Wilson · 3 eps
Reasonable Force
Movie · as Commissioner

Deadline
Movie · as Stuart-Smith

Ghost Chase
Movie · as Lawyer

Inspector Morse
TV · as Alan Cartwright · 1 ep

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Movie · as Etienne
The New Statesman
TV · as Lecturer · 2 eps

Three Up, Two Down
TV · as Gerald · 1 ep

Screen Two
TV · as Commissioner, Professor Ray Spector · 1 ep

Lytton's Diary
TV · as Tim Beauchamp · 2 eps

Oxbridge Blues
TV · as Tom · 1 ep

Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Albert Shlessinger · 1 ep

The Secret Servant
TV · as Sir Anthony Sladen · 3 eps

Bright Eyes
Movie · as Charvier

The Missionary
Movie · as Friend of Raggy Masterson

King Lear
Movie · as Duke of Cornwall

Psy-Warriors
Movie · as Hooper

Escape to Victory
Movie · as Shurlock

A Fine Romance
TV · as Charles Payne · 1 ep

The Manions of America
TV · as Colonel Maitland · 1 ep
Buccaneer
TV · as Lord Champlieu · 2 eps

The Bronte Sisters
Movie · as Mr. Smith

Big Wheels and Sailor
Movie · as Dave Adams

The Vanishing Army
Movie · as Symington

When the Actors Come
Movie · as Count Botvay

Life Begins at Forty
TV · as The Vicar · 2 eps

Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Movie · as Campion

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Count Botvay · 1 ep

The Way of the World
Movie · as Petulant

The Saliva Milkshake
Movie · as Rafferty

The Floater
Movie · as Jeremy Butler

Brassneck
Movie

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Claude Erskine-Brown · 35 eps
The Hanged Man
TV · as Simon Hatchett · 1 ep

Churchill's People
TV · as Hubert · 1 ep

Centre Play
TV · as Raffety · 1 ep

Peer Gynt
Movie · as Bridegroom / Pen

Hamlet
Movie · as Horatio

Play for Today
TV · as Symington, Bill Rochester, Jeremy Butler, Campion, Hooper · 1 ep

Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Lenville · 2 eps

The Mini-Affair
Movie · as Ronnie

Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Mr. Collins · 2 eps

The Midas Plague
Movie · as Edward

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Dr. Tim Izzard · 1 ep

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Oronte · 1 ep

Out of the Unknown
TV · as Edward · 1 ep