Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) 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.
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
A Closed Book
Character:Andrew Boles
Release Date:13/07/2012
13Hrs
Character:Duncan
Release Date:28/08/2010
Nile
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:27/02/2004
The Dinosaur Hunter
Character:Jack McCabe
Release Date:05/08/2000
The Girl Next Door
Character:Steve Vandermeer
Release Date:02/09/1999
Wing Commander
Character:Flight Boss
Release Date:11/03/1999
Running Wild
Character:Walton Baden Smythe
Release Date:26/07/1998
Water War
Character:Peter Gregory
Release Date:18/04/1998
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Character:Jack Campbell
Release Date:12/01/1997
Family of Cops
Character:Adam Novacek
Release Date:26/11/1995
At the Midnight Hour
Character:Richard Keaton
Release Date:29/10/1995
The Way to Dusty Death
Character:Johnny Harlow
Release Date:25/09/1995
No Greater Love
Character:Patrick Kelly
Release Date:11/04/1995
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
Character:Mark Jamieson
Release Date:18/06/1987
Obsessive Love
Character:Glenn Stevens
Release Date:02/10/1984
Jaws 3-D
Character:Philip FitzRoyce
Release Date:22/07/1983
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Character:
Release Date:15/07/1983
Falcon's Gold
Character:Hank Richards
Release Date:18/12/1982
An Outpost of Progress
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1982
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Character:Mikah
Release Date:01/04/1982
Macbeth
Character:Macduff
Release Date:01/01/1981
Visitor from the Grave
Character:Harry
Release Date:22/11/1980
Caboblanco
Character:Lewis Clarkson
Release Date:23/01/1980
The Quatermass Conclusion
Character:Joe Kapp
Release Date:24/10/1979
The Riddle of the Sands
Character:Arthur Davies
Release Date:02/10/1979
Death on the Nile
Character:Simon Doyle
Release Date:29/09/1978
Beasts: Baby
Character:Peter Gilkes
Release Date:06/11/1976
Romeo and Juliet
Character:Paris
Release Date:26/09/1976
Juggernaut
Character:No. 1 Helmsman
Release Date:25/09/1974
Television Appearances
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
Character:Narrator
New Tricks
Character:Sir David Bryant
Relic Hunter
Character:Tafik / Fabrice De Viega
Mentors
Character:Oscar Wilde
Earth: Final Conflict
Character:Dennis Robillard
La Femme Nikita
Character:Alec Chandler
Counterstrike
Character:Peter Sinclair
Twist of Fate
Character:Manley-Jones
This Morning
Character:Self
Casualty
Character:Harry Harper
Natural World
Character:
Manimal
Character:Jonathan Chase
Matt Houston
Character:
Falcon Crest
Character:Greg Reardon
The Manions of America
Character:David Clement
Dynasty
Character:
Hammer House of Horror
Character:Harry
Quatermass
Character:Joe Kapp
Hart to Hart
Character:
Life of Shakespeare
Character:Sir Thomas Walsingham
Will Shakespeare
Character:
The Doombolt Chase
Character:
Jesus of Nazareth
Character:Lucius
Beasts
Character:Peter Gilkes
I, Claudius
Character:Lucius
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Rolf Hornblower
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
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