Acting

Brian Badcoe

Born 1925-08-11 · Cardiff, Wales, UK

Acting credits

Frenzy poster
7.1

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

Frenzy

1972

Mata Hari poster
4.1

Based loosely on the real-life story of the World War I spy. The exotic dancer uses her contacts in European high society, along with her seductive charm, to collect military secrets during the war. She successfully plays both sides against each other until at last her deceptions catch up with her.

Mata Hari

1985

Macbeth poster
6.0

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Macbeth

1970

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs poster
6.8

The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosaurs are being brought to London via a time machine to further a plan to revert London to a pre-technological level.

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

1974

Days in the Trees poster
NR

A frail old woman meets a middle-aged man - her estranged son, whom she hasn't seen for five years.

Days in the Trees

1967

Days in the Trees poster
NR

A frail old woman meets a middle-aged man - her estranged son, whom she hasn't seen for five years.

Days in the Trees

1967

The Square of Three poster
9.0

An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.

The Square of Three

1973

Kim poster
8.0

A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.

Kim

1984

Stand Up, Nigel Barton poster
9.0

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University. The villagers accuse him of snobbery, while the rich University students treat him like a peasant. Uncertain of which sphere he should be moving in, Nigel tries to reconcile himself with his proud but stubborn father, and also succeed at University, despite its pretentions which apall him.

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

1965

House of Character poster
10.0

Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.

House of Character

1968

No artwork available
NR

A waiting room, with eight chairs, a table with magazines on it, and a picture on the wall. Sitting on the eight chairs - eight men. One by one they go into the interview room. But not one ever comes out

The Interview

1968