Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage
Born	Edgar Harvey Armitage 24 April 1936 Manchester, England United Kingdom
Died	6 March 1999 Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952-1999 (Film and TV)

Graham Armitage (1936–1999) was an English film and television actor. From 1979-1985 he portrayed Sherlock Holmes for Springbok Radio in South Africa.

Selected filmography

Film

• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - Pawson (uncredited)
• The Fiction-Makers (1968) - Carson
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Radar Officer (uncredited)
• The Fifth Day of Peace (1970) - Mark
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Wiggins (uncredited)
• Scrooge (1970) - Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Music Lovers (1970) - Prince Balukin
• Games That Lovers Play (1971) - Mr. Adams
• The Devils (1971) - Louis XIII of France
• The Boy Friend (1971) - Michael
• Take Me High (1973) - Boardman
• The New Spartans (1975)
• Spanish Fly (1975) - Perkins
• Zulu Dawn (1979) - Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)
• Game for Vultures (1979) - Harken
• Flashpoint Africa (1980) - Don
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) - The Reverend (voice, uncredited)
• Die Groen Faktor (1984) - William Honiball
• Wie Laaste Lag... (1986) - Heart attack businessman
• Going Bananas (1987) - Gen. Smythe-Paget
• Jane and the Lost City (1987) - Cake Waiter
• Code Name Vengeance (1987) - Forrest (uncredited)
• Diamonds High (1988) - Bank manager
• Merchants of War (1989) - Gordon
• Circles in a Forest (1989) - Commissioner
• That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (1990) - Minister
• Oddball Hall (1990) - The Grand Noble Master
• River of Diamonds (1991) - Judge
• Fei zhou he shang (1991) - Auctioneer
• Sweet 'n Short (1991) - Bryce Williams
• Fleshtone (1994) - Dr. Sydney Frye
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) - Judge
• Alec to the Rescue (1999) - Vicar (final film role)

Television

• Theatre 625 (1966) - Monsieur Bernard
• The Avengers (1966-1967) - Algernon 'Algy' Wynche / Huggins
• Doctor Who (1967) - Barney
• The Saint (1968) - Carson
• The First Churchills (1969) - Earl of Rochester
• Randall and Hopkirk (1970) - Young Stage Director
• From a Bird's Eye View (1971) - Johnstone
• The Naked Civil Servant (1975) - Mr. Dunsmore
• Open All Hours (1976) - Man from Matlock Mutual Protection Society
• My Old Man

Bibliography

• Ross, Robert. The Complete Terry-Thomas. Reynolds & Hearn, 2002.

External links

• Graham Armitage at IMDb