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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 8, 1937
Place of Birth:
Devon, England, UK
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Julian Curry
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Dr. Vargas |
| 2000 | Seven Days to Live | Prof. Ed Saunders |
| 1999 | Vanished! A Video Seance | Father |
| 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | Carnarvon |
| 1997 | Cause of Death | Dr. Blake |
| 1996 | Rasputin | Dr. Lazovert |
| 1996 | Loch Ness | Englishman |
| 1991 | Thatcher: The Final Days | David Harris |
| 1989 | Death of a Son | Prof. Ray Spector |
| 1988 | Reasonable Force | Commissioner |
| 1988 | Deadline | Stuart-Smith |
| 1987 | Ghost Chase | Lawyer |
| 1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Etienne |
| 1982 | Bright Eyes | Charvier |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Friend of Raggy Masterson |
| 1982 | King Lear | Duke of Cornwall |
| 1981 | Psy-Warriors | Hooper |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Shurlock |
| 1979 | The Bronte Sisters | Mr. Smith |
| 1979 | Big Wheels and Sailor | Dave Adams |
| 1978 | The Vanishing Army | Symington |
| 1978 | When the Actors Come | Count Botvay |
| 1977 | Gotcha / Campion's Interview | Campion |
| 1975 | The Way of the World | Petulant |
| 1975 | The Saliva Milkshake | Rafferty |
| 1975 | The Floater | Jeremy Butler |
| 1975 | Brassneck | |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Horatio |
| 1967 | The Mini-Affair | Ronnie |
| 1965 | The Midas Plague | Edward |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Truth Seekers | Old Byron Berkeley |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ronald Burgess |
| 1995 | Bugs | Admiral |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Wilson |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Alan Cartwright |
| 1985 | The New Statesman | Lecturer |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Tim Beauchamp |
| 1985 | Three Up, Two Down | Gerald |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Commissioner |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Professor Ray Spector |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Tom |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Albert Shlessinger |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance | Charles Payne |
| 1981 | The Manions of America | Colonel Maitland |
| 1978 | Life of Shakespeare | Sir Robert Cecil |
| 1978 | Life Begins at Forty | The Vicar |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Claude Erskine-Brown |
| 1975 | The Hanged Man | Simon Hatchett |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Symington |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Bill Rochester |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jeremy Butler |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Campion |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Hooper |
| 1968 | Nicholas Nickleby | |
| 1967 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Collins |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Dr. Tim Izzard |