Simon MacCorkindale
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale 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
Credits
- 2012 · A Closed Book as Andrew Boles
- 2010 · 13Hrs as Duncan
- 2007 · Blizzard: Race to the Pole as Narrator
- 2004 · Nile as Himself - Narrator
- 2004 · New Tricks as Sir David Bryant
- 2000 · The Dinosaur Hunter as Jack McCabe
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Tafik / Fabrice De Viega
- 1999 · The Girl Next Door as Steve Vandermeer
- 1999 · Mentors as Oscar Wilde
- 1999 · Wing Commander as Flight Boss
- 1998 · Running Wild as Walton Baden Smythe
- 1998 · Water War as Peter Gregory
- 1997 · Earth: Final Conflict as Dennis Robillard
- 1997 · La Femme Nikita as Alec Chandler
- 1997 · While My Pretty One Sleeps as Jack Campbell
- 1995 · Family of Cops as Adam Novacek
- 1995 · At the Midnight Hour as Richard Keaton
- 1995 · The Way to Dusty Death as Johnny Harlow
- 1995 · No Greater Love as Patrick Kelly
- 1990 · Counterstrike as Peter Sinclair
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet as Mark Jamieson
- 1986 · Casualty as Harry Harper
- 1984 · Obsessive Love as Glenn Stevens
- 1983 · Natural World as
- 1983 · Manimal as Jonathan Chase
- 1983 · Manimal as Jonathan Chase
- 1983 · Jaws 3-D as Philip FitzRoyce
- 1983 · The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die as
- 1982 · Falcon's Gold as Hank Richards
- 1982 · An Outpost of Progress as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · The Sword and the Sorcerer as Mikah
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Greg Reardon
- 1981 · The Manions of America as David Clement
- 1981 · Dynasty as
- 1981 · Macbeth as Macduff
- 1980 · Visitor from the Grave as Harry
- 1980 · Hammer House of Horror as Harry
- 1980 · Cabo Blanco as Lewis Clarkson
- 1979 · Quatermass as Joe Kapp
- 1979 · The Quatermass Conclusion as Joe Kapp
- 1979 · The Riddle of the Sands as Arthur Davies
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Death on the Nile as Simon Doyle
- 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as Sir Thomas Walsingham
- 1978 · Will Shakespeare as
- 1978 · The Doombolt Chase as
- 1978 · Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette as Simon Doyle (archive footage)
- 1977 · Jesus of Nazareth as Lucius
- 1976 · Beasts: Baby as Peter Gilkes
- 1976 · Beasts as Peter Gilkes
- 1976 · Romeo and Juliet as Paris
- 1976 · I, Claudius as
- 1974 · Juggernaut as No. 1 Helmsman
- 1974 · Within These Walls as