
Acting
Basil Henson
Born 1918-07-31 · London, England, UK
Acting credits
6.8Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.
Darling
1965
6.6Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Cromwell
1970
6.1A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
Dr. Crippen
1963
6.8After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
Quest for Love
1971
5.4Returning from Lapland, where he buried his father, a renowned scientist, Jerry Cornelius, comes back to London with the firm intention of taking revenge on his brother Frank and snatching his beloved sister Catherine from his clutches. Since the recent gigantic global conflagration, things have changed considerably. If he wanted to, Jerry could easily get hold of napalm to blow up Frank's hideout. But he prefers to join forces with the disturbing Mrs Brunner, who, with the help of three scientists – Smiles, Lucas and Powys – is trying to recover a mysterious microfilm left to Frank by his father...
The Final Programme
1973
5.2A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
The Frozen Dead
1966
The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United Nations.
Number Ten
1968
NRA stranger calls at the home of divorcée Anna Preston, asking to collect some of her ex-husband's belongings. Anna agrees, but is suspicious, and tries to contact her 'ex' at the space-research establishment where he worked. But none of his colleagues can tell her where he is and the authorities block all her efforts to find out. Anna grows more convinced that he is in danger, but the truth is more horrifying than even she can imagine.
Frankenstein Mark 2
1966
8.01977 adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Silver Blaze
1977
Battalion Commander of the Third Wiltshire Light Infantry is Colonel Keyser. On recent evidence, he is either a psychopathic personality or something very close to it. He could turn out to be the best battalion commander in the division. As the Allies prepare for invasion in 1944, will his reputed psychopathic personality be a good or bad thing, when leading his men into D-Day?
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
10.0A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
A Beast with Two Backs
1968
6.3A man who has been left for dead by the impostor who takes his place returns to bring him to justice.
The Double
1963
Television adaptation of Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
The Investigation
1967
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
Anna can't seem to help ending up with the wrong partner in a line of disastrous affairs. Her hope now lies with a young man from the pop music scene.
The Dolly Scene
1970
10.0Scotland Yard is called in when the effigy used in a Guy Fawkes Day celebration turns out to be the burned corpse of a real man.
Inside Information
1957
6.5American businessman Brad Hunter and his wife Suzy are visiting England for the first time. Meeting a business contact, Brad introduces his wife as "Theresa." But it seems to be more than an innocent slip of the tongue. Brad begins behaving strangely and knows more about specific locations in London than he would as a first time visitor. Suzy hires private detective Matthew Earp to look into the reasons behind her husbands sudden change in personality. This aired on British TV as part of the "Thriller" series (under the title "An Echo of Theresa") but was issued as a featured on home video in the U.S. as "Anatomy of Terror."
An Echo of Theresa
1973
NRAn adulterous couple turn to murder, only to discover that a petty crook and blackmailer has already had his eye upon them.
Change Partners
1965
Adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s play.
Johnson Over Jordan
1965
NRPhilip quickly comes to regret volunteering to be a witness in a murder trial.
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
Rejected now by both family and friends, Max has only three weeks left in which to find a solution to his problems.
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968