Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 21, 1927
Place of Birth:
Portsmouth, England, UK
Gerald Flood was born in Portsmouth, son of a Naval family. He was a wireless operator during the War and worked as a filing clerk after the War ended until he landed a job with the Farnham Repertory Company. It was there that he met his future wife, Anne. He toured in rep, and appeared in productions including "Hamlet," "Power and Glory" and "Charley's Aunt." In 1960 he performed in "The Complaisant Lover" at the Globe Theatre and went on to appear in "The Formation Dancers," "Children's Day" and "There's A Girl In My Soup." In the 1960's he appeared in a science fiction series called "Pathfinders in Space" (1960), and its sequels "Pathfinders to Mars" (1960-1961) and "Pathfinders to Venus" (1961). Other television roles followed, including "The Ratcatchers" (1966/67), "A Sharp Intake of Breath," "Third Time Lucky" and "Bleak House." He also guested on shows like "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): A Disturbing Case" (1969), "Strange Report" (1969), "Steptoe and Son: What Prejudice" (1970) and "Return of the Saint" (1979). His films included "Black Beauty" (1946), "Patton" (1970), "Smokescreen" and "Frightmare" (1974). He died in April 1989.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1984 | Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani | Kamelion |
1983 | Doctor Who: The King's Demons | Voice of Kamelion/King John |
1977 | Charley's Aunt | Sir Francis Chesney |
1974 | Frightmare | Matthew Laurence |
1970 | Patton | Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder |
1964 | Smokescreen | Graham Turner |
1959 | Captured |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2004 | Second Time Around | |
1985 | Bleak House | Coroner |
1979 | The Racing Game | |
1978 | Return of the Saint | Cleaver |
1974 | Second Time Around | Ronnie |
1972 | The Adventures of Black Beauty | |
1972 | Crown Court | Sir Nicholas Esham |
1972 | Sykes | The Hypnotist |
1971 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | |
1970 | Menace | |
1969 | The Main Chance | William Arkwright |
1968 | Never A Cross Word | |
1967 | Callan | |
1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
1966 | The Rat Catchers | |
1964 | Sherlock Holmes | |
1963 | Doctor Who | The King |
1963 | Crane | |
1963 | Secret Beneath the Sea | |
1963 | Doctor Who | Kamelion (voice) |
1963 | Crane | Colonel Sharif Mahmoud |
1962 | Out of This World | |
1962 | City Beneath the Sea | |
1961 | Plateau of Fear | |
1961 | Top Secret | |
1961 | Pathfinders to Venus | Conway Henderson |
1960 | Pathfinders to Mars | Conway Henderson |
1960 | Pathfinders in Space | Conway Henderson |
1959 | No Hiding Place |