Biography
Brian Rawlinson (12 November 1931 β 23 November 2000) was an English actor and writer for films and TV from the 1950s.
Rawlinson was born in Stockport, Cheshire. He appeared in several films (including several in the Carry On series) but was more frequently on television, a regular role being Robert Onedin in the BBC TV serial The Onedin Line. He also played character roles in many other TV programmes such as Coronation Street, The Baron, Z-Cars, Market in Honey Lane, The Bill, Heartbeat, Danger Man, Goodnight Sweetheart and Last of the Summer Wine, in which he played Cyril Gridley, which was his final appearance. He was also in the series The Buccaneers, playing Gaff Guernsey.
As a writer, Rawlinson wrote several plays, but was most involved in the mid-1970s BBC serial Churchill's People, an adaptation based on Winston Churchill's book A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. He was later interviewed about his association with the series on TV Hell, a theme night that BBC Two ran in 1992 on bad television programmes.
He died in Lyme Regis, Dorset on 23 November 2000 aged 69.
Filmography
all 23
Movies 14
TV Shows 9
Creator 1
Heartbeat (1992)
Sunday Pursuit (1990)
Border (1988)
Brush Strokes (1986)
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (1984)
Churchill's People (1974)
The Onedin Line (1971)
See No Evil (1971)
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred (1970)
The Main Chance (1969)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Gideon's Way (1965)
The Big Job (1965)
Carry On Cleo (1964)
Ladies Who Do (1963)
The Iron Maiden (1963)
Nurse on Wheels (1963)
Carry On Cruising (1962)
The Unstoppable Man (1961)
No Kidding (1960)
Dangerous Exile (1957)
The Buccaneers (1956)
Market in Honey Lane
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GenderMale
Birthday1921-11-21
Deathday2000-11-23 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceStockport, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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