Acting
Simon Prebble
Born
1942-02-13 (84)
Place of birth
Croydon, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
15 titles
Simon Micawber Prebble (born 13 February 1942) is an English actor and narrator, born and raised in Croydon, England. Simon is the son of the novelist, screenwriter, and historian, John Prebble and fashion artist, Betty Prebble. He is brother to Jolyon Gade Prebble and Sarah Bryony Prebble.
Known for
5.2An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
The Wednesday Play
1964
8.2The bizarre misadventures of a cowardly dog named Courage and his elderly owners in a farmhouse in Nowhere, Kansas.
Courage the Cowardly Dog
1999
7.1Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
7.3Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Studio 4 is an anthology drama series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962 on BBC One. It was envisaged as a sequel to Storyboard, a similar anthology series which had been transmitted the previous year.
Studio 4
1962
8.0A six-episode dramatisation of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode, with a different writer, is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
6.0A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
High Road to China
1983
4.4A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film.
Shadey
1985
8.0A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.
Tree of Hands
1989
NRLife changes dramatically for radio amateur Norman when he gets in touch with a round-the-world yachtsman who introduces him to a different life - and a taste of fame.
C.Q.
1984
1970s · 2 titles
8.0Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Hamlet
1970
7.0The producer of an investigative television programme which is critical of an occultist finds out that he has a curse put on her.
Casting the Runes
1979
Series credits
5.2An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
The Wednesday Play
1964
8.2The bizarre misadventures of a cowardly dog named Courage and his elderly owners in a farmhouse in Nowhere, Kansas.
Courage the Cowardly Dog
1999
7.1Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
7.3Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Studio 4 is an anthology drama series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962 on BBC One. It was envisaged as a sequel to Storyboard, a similar anthology series which had been transmitted the previous year.
Studio 4
1962
8.0A six-episode dramatisation of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode, with a different writer, is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
5.0British security agent Kronk and American private eye Phil Scrotty go up against exotic villainess Syrie Van Epp.
The Corridor People
1966