Louis Selwyn

Acting

Louis Selwyn

Born

1954-01-01 (72)

Place of birth

Irlande

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Louis Selwyn is an English actor and film producer. He is a founder of Quantum Film Productions & Quantum Records. He is known for both his early Film/TV performances as well as his theatre work. Selwyn portrayed Martin Downes, the only child of Bet Lynch, in Coronation Street. One of his earliest roles was in the BBC's The Three Musketeers and on stage at The Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as later appearances in the series The Strauss Family as Josef Strauss, and later as Jofre Borgia in The Borgias, both for the BBC. He went on to play Mick Jagger in Let the Good Stones Roll on stage at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End; and on to roles at The Royal National Theatre's Olivier T…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Not in Front of the Children poster
7.0

Jennifer Corner is a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife. Her husband Henry is a school art teacher, and they have three children, Henry, Robin and Trudi.

Not in Front of the Children

1967

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers poster
7.7

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers was a BBC drama series and a follow-up to the 1966–67 10-episode serial The Three Musketeers. Based on Alexander Dumas' novel Twenty Years After, this 16-episode series follows Athos, Porthos and Aramis, along with new recruit d'Artagnan, as they continue to protect the name and throne of the King.

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

1967

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NR

A series of eight dramatic reconstructions of stories which made the headlines.

Life at Stake

1978

The Borgias poster
8.7

A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.

The Borgias

1981

The Strauss Family poster
7.0

The Strauss Family is a British seven-part miniseries produced by Associated Television about 19th century Vienna's Strauss family: Johann I and his sons Johann II, Eduard, and Josef.

The Strauss Family

1972

The Growing Summer poster
NR

“The Growing Summer,” on the ITV network, tomorrow (8.15) features Wendy Hiller. “The Growing Summer,” a novel for children by Noel Streatfeild, has been dramatised for television by Eric Thompson. The story, in seven episodes, is the second series presented in London Weekend Television's “Heyday Theatre". The series has been filmed in colour on location at Bantry Bay, Southern Ireland, which was Miss Streatfeild’s original setting for her book. “The Growing Summer” is a story about four children who have been sent to stay with eccentric Great Aunt Dymphna, while their parents are abroad. They are joined by the mysterious Stephan (played by Louis Selwyn). The story tells how the children's personalities are developed under the guidance of their Great Aunt, a whimsical, almost magical old lady, played by Wendy Hiller. The children are played by Hoagy Davies (Alex), Zuleika Robson (Penny), Mark Ward (Robin), and Laura Hartong (Naomi).

The Growing Summer

1968