Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Roald Dahl
Self - Introduced by
Andrew Ray
Cranmer Oakes
Forbes Collins
Inspector
Richard Johnson
James
Joan Collins
Clare Duckworth and Julia Roach
Sheila Gish
Frances
John Mills
Sam Morrissey
Lucy Gutteridge
Josie
Cyril Luckham
Gavin
Mark Lewis
Carlo
Christopher Blake
Israeli Officer
Micheline Presle
Madame Lagrue
Joan Greenwood
Emma Adkins
Gary Bond
Max de Marechal
John Beck
Jack
Eli Wallach
Gerry Williams
Deborah Harmon
Daisy Flock
Telly Savalas
Joe Brisson
Peter Copley
Man at Railway Station
Lisa Eichhorn
Sally
Miriam Margolyes
Mary Burge
Elaine Paige
Suzie
Evelyn Laye
Mrs Standing
Janet Leigh
Joan Stackpole
John Forgeham
Police Officer
Margaretta Scott
Lady Birdwell
Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Young Bruce Foxley
Peter Cellier
Wilkins
Jennifer Hilary
Wendy
Helmut Griem
Alois
Roxanne Hart
Cara
Stephanie Cole
Miss Harrison
Julian Fellowes
George
Dina Merrill
Marjorie
Richard Greene
The Colonel
June Ritchie
Jenny Morrissey
Pamela Stephenson
Cathy
Michael Byrne
Patrick Marney
Wendy Hiller
Louisa
Helen Fraser
Beryl
Bernard Kay
Detective Sergeant Jim Gordon
Tim Woodward
Timothy Burton
Moray Watson
Sir Ian Masterson
Harry H. Corbett
George Balsam
Leslie Caron
Nathalie Vareille
Jan Francis
Leila
Clive Swift
Latham
Bud Cort
Newt
Peter Barkworth
Richard Mellor
Patsy Byrne
Jean
Robert Beatty
Pulver
Cyd Hayman
Janet Murdoch
Tara Buckman
Sally Fenton
Charles Keating
Peter Madison
Van Johnson
Gerry T. Armstrong
Elizabeth Bradley
Mrs Bradley
Eleanor Bron
Polly Knox
Sharon Gless
Caroline Coates
Richard Basehart
Slade
Elspeth March
Mrs Carson
Anthony Higgins
Cassan
Don Johnson
Reeve Baker
Zoë Wanamaker
Margaret Smythe
Charles Kimbrough
Eric
Lois Smith
Sara
George Peppard
Sergeant Guedo
Michael Jayston
G.B. Shaw
Brad Dourif
Hitch-hiker
Randall Edwards
Rebecca
Ed Begley Jr.
George Princey
Sondra Locke
Edna
Gareth Thomas
Telfer
Caroline Goodall
Holly Peverill
Michael Brandon
Stephen Baker
Devon Scott
Jane Chenies
Jim Broadbent
Mr Lovejoy
Topol
Professor Max Kelada
Lesley Goldie
Mrs Jackson
Michael Kitchen
Arthur
Warren Clarke
Bob
Anthony Quayle
Kyros Kassoulas
Joanna Pettet
Betsy
Caroline Langrishe
Ellen
Gary Burghoff
Harry Flock
Rita Gam
Lisa Brisson
Frank Finlay
Arthur Pearson
Jack Weston
William Botibol
Michael Craig
Moira
Gloria Grahame
Olivia
Roy Marsden
Gerald Overton
Robert Lang
Arthur
James Faulkner
Patrick
Tom Chadbon
Frank Parker
Dorothy Tutin
Don
Bernard Cribbins
Charlie Krebs
Keith Barron
George Hitchman
Marius Goring
Dr John Landy
Rod Taylor
Paul Duveen
Timothy West
Albert Taylor
Beth Porter
Joanna Bligh
Robert Morse
Stephen Shaw
Ivor Roberts
Gas Inspector
Joyce Redman
Linda Knox
Morris Barry
Mr Wilbur
Godfrey James
Claud
Denholm Elliott
Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker
Sandra Payne
Miss Pulteney
Katy Jurado
Woman
Phil Brown
F. Milton Willis
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Sarah Grant
Valerie Mahaffey
Jane
Toyah Willcox
Marigold
Peter Egan
Keith
Cherie Lunghi
Karen Masterson
Bill Owen
Meakins
James Aubrey
Robert Simpson
Ian Holm
Alan Corwin
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Cotter
Frances Tomelty
Norma
Lou Jacobi
Waiter
Laurence Payne
Collingwood
Brenda Blethyn
Carol Hutchins
Julie Dawn Cole
Emma
Richard Pearson
Michael Carey
Darren McGavin
Sheriff Milt Singleton
Bryan Marshall
Frank Jesmond
Phyllida Law
Maggie Patton
Phyllis Calvert
Mabel Ince
Lynsey Baxter
Jane
Hazel McBride
Louise Medway
Suzanne Danielle
Milly / Elaine
Dick Smothers
Dr Humphrey Baxter
John Bailey
Winterluck
Arthur Hill
Terence Carter
Elaine Giftos
Grace
Bettye Ackerman
Ruby
Joan Hackett
Brenda
Malachy McCourt
Judge
Jenny O'Hara
Pearson's Wife
Will Hare
Old Man
Carol Lynley
Elizabeth
Frank Converse
Jack
Charles Dance
Robert Smythe
Jeremy Gittins
Dominic
Richard Briers
Albert Dobson
Benedict Taylor
Nicholas Lillie
Eamonn Walker
Bates
Derek Jacobi
The Stranger
Nigel Havers
Miller
Patrick Field
Rex Tobin
Vivien Heilbron
Mother
Nigel Hawthorne
Charles Drummond
Anthony Pullen Shaw
Smith
Logan Ramsey
Philbert
Deryck Guyler
Commissionaire
Roger Rees
James Howgill
Saeed Jaffrey
Dr Kunzru
Simon Cadell
Co-Pilot / Sam Luke
John Carson
Arthur
Daragh O'Malley
Jimmy
Thorley Walters
Harry Gold
Ron Moody
Richard Pratt
Anna Massey
Irene Wrzaszcyzk
Robert Morley
Henry Knox
Hilary Tindall
Vivienne Trent
Betsy Blair
Mrs Wilbur
Michael Aldridge
Sir Basil Turton
Rupert Frazer
Basil Dashwood
Michael Hordern
Cyril Bixby
Michael Ontkean
Tommy
Mark Jones
Detective Sergeant Jameson
Paul Seed
Director of Commercial
Jennie Linden
Faye
Carol Drinkwater
Linda Larch
Joe Gladwin
Heeny
Tom Bosley
Ralph Stackpole
Terry O'Quinn
Cop
John Duttine
Max / Dr Roger Ashburn
Victoria Tennant
Bernice
Peter Jeffrey
Mr Stewart
Hugh Fraser
Paul Standing
Paul Herzberg
Henri / John Bannister
Steve Kilroe
Director of Photography
Royce D. Applegate
Deputy Eddie Ream
George Sewell
Laughlin
Richard Crafter
Director of Photography
Anna Neagle
Fanny Soane
Geoff Greenleaf
Director of Photography
Stephen Greif
Rinaldo
Trevor Vaisey
Director of Photography
Ray Lonnen
Dr Steve Hutchins
Peter MacQueen
Director of Photography
Peter Cushing
Von Baden
Gerald Perry Finnerman
Director of Photography
Paul Glickman
Director of Photography
Samantha Eggar
Gwen Carter
Max Gail
Charlie
Harry J. May
Director of Photography
Warren Oates
Harry
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Mike Fash
Director of Photography
Robert Loggia
Harry Elton
Ed Martin
Director of Photography
Kevin Dobson
Fred Pearson
Jane Asher
Jane
Kenneth J. Withers
Camera Operator
Dennis Christopher
Killer
Ted Williams
Director of Photography
Ian Craig
Director of Photography
Bradley Lavelle
The Lawyer
Paul Markwell
Director of Photography
Geoff Fletcher
Director of Photography
Rob Spendlove
Detective Inspector Hook
Nina van Pallandt
Marthe Drouard
Kenneth Van Sickle
Director of Photography
Geoff Greenleaf
Director of Photography
Oscar James
William - Fisherman
Peter MacQueen
Director of Photography
William Boyett
Simpson
W.G. Noble
Director of Photography
Alan More
Director of Photography
Colin Skeaping
Stunt Driver
Dorothy Ford
Stunts
Tracey Eddon
Stunts
Alan Stuart
Stunt Coordinator
Graham Evans
Director
John Gorrie
Director / Writer
Denis Quilley
Captain Waterhouse
Alan Gibson
Director
Herbert Wise
Director
Martin Benson
Vasco
Susan Strasberg
Roberta Elton / Madame Myra
Stuart Wilson
Dave Brigham
John Jacobs
Director
Peter Hammond
Director
John Bennett
Royden
Bert Salzman
Director / Writer / Teleplay
Michael Gambon
Andrew
James Greene
Garage Attendant
John Peyser
Director
Claude Whatham
Director
Hugh Cross
Police Doctor
Ray Danton
Director
Paul Annett
Director
Jim Norton
H.A.K. Bates / Dr Mellish
Hilary Mason
Mrs Pardoe
Rodney Bennett
Director
Fulton Mackay
Edward
Norman Lloyd
Director
Edward Albert
Sam
Leo Penn
Director
Alastair Reid
Director
David Cassidy
Donald / David
Sheila Burrell
Lady Eleanor Benson
Simon Langton
Director
Michael Melia
Detective Sergeant
Jacqueline Hill
Melanie Litmayer / Mrs Milvain
Michael Tuchner
Director
Denys Graham
Doctor
Philip Dudley
Director
Jennifer Holmes
Marcie
Barry Davis
Director
Patrick O'Neal
Sutton
Leonard Lewis
Director
Peter Duffell
Director
Kathleen Doyle
Ann
Giles Foster
Director
Peter Davison
Jeremy Tyler
John Bruce
Director
Gareth Davies
Director
David Suchet
Yves Drouard
Chris Lovett
Director
Donald McWhinnie
Director
John Nettleton
Hotel Manager
John Glenister
Director
Dezsö Magyar
Director
Heather Sears
Margaret Pearson
Gordon Hessler
Director
Maureen O'Brien
Janet
Susan Penhaligon
Mary Ashburn / WPC Mary Bryan
Wendy Toye
Director
John Howard Davies
Director
Christopher Miles
Director
Brian Blessed
Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
Philip Leacock
Director
Carmen Silvera
Carmen La Rosa
Neville Phillips
English Passenger / Waiter
Graham Williams
Director
Ann Doran
Mary Deacon
Christopher Lukas
Director
William Slater
Director
Heinz Bernard
Charlie
Ralph Forsdick
Editor
Larry Keith
Grenich
Stephen Peart
Editor
Liza Goddard
Barbara Colport
Patricia Routledge
Milly Dobson
Kevin Waters
Editor
Jemma Redgrave
Violette Charbonneau
Philip Bunn
Editor
Michael O'Halloran
Editor
Stephen Hancock
Mr Lillie
Ralph Javes
Editor
Elodie Keene
Editor
Jo Rowbottom
Joy
Keith Judge
Editor
Peter Bowles
Major Haddock
Keith Rogers
Editor
Hayley Mills
Claire Hawksworth
Peter Tuddenham
Control Voice (voice) / Control (voice) / Tommy
Phil Connick
Editor
Armond Lebowitz
Editor
Bruce Boa
Mr Groober
David Buck
Father
Clive Dunn
Editor
Geoffrey Beevers
The Health Inspector
Giles Tuffield
Editor
Stuart Whitman
Sam Jenner
Alan Newton
Editor
Robert Arden
Berners
Geoffrey Chater
James Hamilton / The Magistrate
Michael S. Murphy
Editor
Michael O'Halloran
Editor
Antony Carrick
Inspector / Mike Schofield
Denys Coppard
Editor
Sean Barrett
Steward
John Rosenberg
Producer
Robin Chapman
Writer
Lisa Dunsheath
Gloria
Denis Cannan
Writer
John Bryant
Christopher Mulholland
Ronald Harwood
Writer
Debbie Farrington
Louise Schofield
Ross Thomas
Writer
John Collier
Writer / Story
Robert McBain
Ambulance Driver
Henry Slesar
Story
Joanne Lara
Maria
Stanley Ellin
Story
Barbara Bolton
Mrs Sutton
Susan George
Mary Marney / Mabel Taylor
Julian Bond
Writer
Jack Ritchie
Story
Alison Coleridge
Mildred
William Hootkins
Peter Bligh / Harry Chester
Tony Wilmot
Writer / Story
Alan Seymour
Writer / Teleplay
Annie Leon
Miss Stevens
W. Somerset Maugham
Story
Sarah Webb
Jackie
David Scott Milton
Writer
Chaim Bermant
Writer
Andrew MacLachlan
Police Sergeant
Phillip Hatton
Thug
Jeremy Paul
Screenplay / Writer
Peter Ransley
Writer
Bill Pronzini
Story
Johnny Byrne
Writer
John Graham
Scottish Passenger
William Merrow
German Passenger
Gerald Savory
Writer
Aileen Wheeler
Story
Patricia Moyes
Story
Matthew Long
Control (voice)
Ruth Rendell
Story
Julian Symons
Story
Paul Ableman
Writer
Kevin Goldstein-Jackson
Writer
Tom Smothers
Marvin Castlemore / William
Frank Gatliff
Thomas Keyes
Donald Honig
Writer / Story
Robert L. Fish
Story
Howard Dayton
Joe
Roy Russell
Writer / Screenplay
John Charters
Story
Anthony Steel
The Stranger / 'Timber'
Graham Sutton
Story
Richard Austin
Paul Masterson
Ruth Wissman
Story
Sidney Carroll
Story
Orla Pederson
Farmer
Jane Gardam
Story
Benjamin Whitrow
Fergus Locke
Doug Morgan
Story
Maggie Fitzgibbon
Melissa Mellor
David Trainer
Writer
June Watson
Audrey Locke
C.B. Gilford
Story
Angela Harding
Cathleen
James Andrew Hall
Writer
Fanny Rowe
Actress
Susan Tracy
Emily
Dana Lyon
Story
Jeffrey Archer
Story
Diana King
Ruth
Robert Bloch
Story
Derek Anders
Goff
William Moore
Crisp
Patricia Highsmith
Story
Tonita S. Gardner
Story
Patrick McAlinney
Landlord
Charles Hallahan
Jack Lowry / Charlie
Michael A. Candela
Gardener
John Stamp
Gallery Attendant / Williams
Peter Lovesey
Story
Patricia McGerr
Story
John Bakkenhoven
Story
Michael Brett
Story
Donald Eccles
Vicar
Nigel Greaves
Waiter
Noella Smith
Writer
Joseph Dougherty
Story
Elizabeth Taylor
Writer
Luther Murdoch
Writer
Michael Forrest
Chief Inspector Nelson
Zia Kruger
Story
Timothy Carlton
Walter Jameson
A.A. Roberts
Writer
Peter Howell
Louis Kendall
Hector Hugh Munro
Story
Edward D. Hoch
Story
Lawrence Block
Story
Kenneth Tigar
Merrifield / Semple
Ella Griffiths
Story
Vincent Wong
Art Dealer
Rex Taylor
Art Dealer
Brian Garfield
Story
John Gielgud
Cyril Boggis / Jelks
Elaine Stritch
Pamela Beauchamp / Mary Pearl
Peter Machin
Andy
Bernard Eismann
Writer
Ferenc Molnár
Writer
Janette Legge
Eleanor Jesmond
Miriam Bienstock
Idea
Robert Edmond Alter
Story
Paul Davies Prowles
Timmy
Nicholas Monsarrat
Story
Guy Bertrand
Manservant
Joss Ackland
Colonel George Peregrine / Jack Cutler
J.J. Maling
Story
John Judd
Police Inspector
Wolf Mankowitz
Writer
Antonia Fraser
Story
Pat Hoddinott
Writer
Ronny Cush
Harry
Talmage Powell
Story
Siobhán McKenna
The Landlady / Mrs Grady
Bazil Otoin
Desk Clerk
David Webb
Ronnie Carey
Lally Bowers
Alicia Hawksworth / Miss Elphinstone
Amanda Redman
Anna Warrack / Pat
Robert Snively
George Devon
Penelope Nice
Julie Forester
Philip Jackson
George Forester
Penelope Fischer
Carol
Margaret Courtenay
Marge
Anne Carroll
Lena
Jeremy Clyde
George Stamford / Charlie Prince
Christopher Fulford
Bill
Vanessa Paine
Carol
Barry McCarthy
Jeff
Gabrielle Hamilton
Doris
Elizabeth Spriggs
Martha / Aunt May
Matthew Francis
Young Von Baden
Kirstie Pooley
Eva
Barrie Jaimeson
Josef
Colin Blakely
Colin Mearns / Dr David Rankin
Joseph Cotten
Lionel / Edward
Alpana Sengupta
Receptionist
Carrie Lee Baker
Maid
John King
Taxi Driver
Gayle Hunnicutt
Susan Mandeville
Burnell Tucker
Peter Blundell
Nicholas Field
Mario
Shane Rimmer
Janet Murdoch / Arthur Beauchamp
Martin Ryan Grace
Shaun
Patrick Bailey
Dieter
Gertrude Shilling
Mrs Sopwith
Barbara Molyneux
Stephanie Langran
Stuart Turton
Wine Waiter / Franco
Shireen Anwar
Bank Teller
Brian Tipping
Head Waiter
John Alderton
Rev George Duckworth / Robert Sandy
Phyllida Nash
Joan Hunter
Cherry Morris
Casualty Sister
Anthony Valentine
Bob / Roland Trent
Tony Crean
Ambulance Attendant
James Carroll Jordan
Alan Brodie
Elliott Reid
Dick Archer
Ellen Geer
Stella Archer
Phillip Epstein
Ben Avery
Heather Locklear
Pat Ward
Eugène Lourié
Vingleberg
Denise Marcia
Receptionist
Thomas Gark
Barman
Angelina Estrada
Maid
Gretchen Corbett
Martha Parker
Julie Harris
Mrs Foster / Mrs Bixby
Nicholas Hormann
John Spalding
Harry Northup
Fred
Maggie Peach
Fred's Wife
Angie McCright
Fred's Daughter
David Healy
Jack Harrison / Auctioneer
Ted Gehring
Bartender
Vince Howard
Detective
Tom Finnegan
Barfly
Clifford Parrish
Frank Miller
Mark Jax
White
Christopher Reich
Peter Simpson
Celia Gregory
Fatima / Edna
Susannah Fellows
Joannie
Sue Vanner
Zara Luke
Ian Tyler
Bellhop
Bill Bailey
Bob
Barbara Rosenblat
TV Interviewer
Judy Geeson
Mary / Sandra
Julie Burton
Marie
Miriam Byrd-Nethery
Waitress
Michael Troughton
Steward / Andrew
Patrick Mower
Walter
Panos Alexander
Steward
MacKenzie Allen
Ray
Matthew Leddick
Matthew
George Hall
George
Rick Crom
Photographer
Cyril Cusack
Michael Fish / Percy Hampton
Carol Schindler
Jogger
Paul Spurrier
David / Young William Perkins
Fritz Weaver
Princey
Geoffrey Bayldon
Sid / Dr Applegate
Mary Sinclair
Mrs Princey
Kate Harper
Clodagh Jansen / Mary Tregallas
Sydney Swire
Millicent
Peter Murphy
Loren
George Todisco
Freezer Man
Linda Gelman
Cabbie
Pedro Yi Fung
Delivery Man
Allan Corduner
Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant / Store Assistant
Christopher Oyen
Policeman
Andrew Bicknell
Macker / Giles Wimbourne
Paul Zuckerman
Medic
Bill McLaughlin
Medic
Roland Culver
Mr Foster / Sir Alex Bullen
Wendy Austin
Cissy
Pauline Collins
Eve Peregrine / Pat Lewis
Barry Cahill
Joe
Dave Rensil
Telegram Boy
Richard Foxton
Stage Manager / Security Guard / Assistant Manager
Denise Galik
Melanie Todd
Jay Varela
Sergeant Demmer
Richard Dow
Gregory
John Castle
Derek Johnstone / John Burge
Richard Marr
Vernon
Michael Galloway
Stuart
Gladys Spencer
Old Lady / Sylvia
Michael Conforti
Stanley
Amanda Boxer
Jenny Overton
Toby Scopes
James Overton
Diana Goodman
Television Reporter
Evie Garratt
Mrs Cromer
Zara Nutley
Ann Dibbell
Peter Russell
Police Constable
Alan Rowe
Mr Clements / Duncan Larch
Meg Davies
Caroline Howgill
Annamaria Macchi
Sandra Marino
Keith Edwards
Juan Luis Romero
Wilfred Grove
Porter
Tamara Ustinov
Beryl
John Hug
Arthur
Ian Flintoff
Doctor
Jason Carter
Youth
Ruth Kettlewell
Wife
John Biggerstaff
Mr Pollard / Tobacconist
Bryan Matheson
Husband
Yvonne Marsh
Policewoman
Buddy Owen
Sailor
A.C. Daily
Beggar
Harry Richard
Desk Clerk
Adair Jameson
Gallery Lady
Claude Anagram
Bartender
Francesca Brill
Jane Fisher
Philip Dunbar
Henry Traile
Jean Kitson
Clerk / Mavis
Brewster Mason
Mr Horton / Herbert Millette
Carol Leader
Daphne
Elizabeth Richardson
Eva / Clarissa Tower
Andrew Burt
The Vicar / Edward
Paul Williamson
Harry
John Horsley
Giles Rowley
Anna Nicholas
Irina Stefanopoulos
Kate Emma Davies
Clio Stefanopoulos
Dennis Matsuki
Manservant
Willow Wipp
Maid
Alison Fiske
Betty Sandy
Jonathan Coy
William Haddock
Shirley Cain
Sister Wyman
David Belcher
Julius Goff
John Skitt
James Wishart
Raad Rawi
Crown Prince Zawi
Geoffrey Greenhill
Detective Inspector Watkins
Rowland Davies
The Bank Manager
Andrew Seear
Man in Teashop
Garth Walker
Café Owner
Debbie Norris
Waitress
Glenda Smith
Waitress
Peter Firth
Mike Carnell
Passerby
Tony Kassell
Schoolboy
Rosalind Bennett
Zoe
Gerald Logan
James Barron-Ervine
Daphne Neville
Mrs Lillie
Ronnie Stevens
Jeweller / Mr Rudge
James Easton
Tony
Ronald Markham
Arthur
Bosco Hogan
Tony Medway / Tom
Olivier Pierre
Leclerc / Arnaud
James Tapp
Cashier
Genevieve Allenbury
Croupier
John Drake
President
Paul Vaughan-Teague
Scorer
Michael Quinto
Man in Dressing Room / Police Constable
Robin McCallum
Piers
Terry Wallis
Hall Porter
Les Henry
Head Waiter
Luke Kelly
Barman
Mel Hastings
Steward
Penelope Gillette
Mrs Runion / Gladys Miton
Helen Horton
Martha / American Passenger
Ellis Dale
Desk Clerk
Tony Osoba
Police Officer / Dr Hartley
Nadim Sawalha
Zayid Halim
Stefan Kalipha
Chief Inspector Aziz
Graham Bell
Interviewer / TV Presenter
Avril Elgar
Thelma / Nancy
Michael O'Hagan
Detective Superintendent Burke
Christopher Simon
Hussein
Eddy Lemare
Police Constable
Glynis Barber
Lilian / Sylvia Brett
Nicholas Ball
Ken Johnson
Lois Baxter
Annie Johnson
Albert Welling
Detective Inspector Gunter
Graham Weston
Police Superintendent / Businessman
Michael Wisher
Dexter
Norman Tyrrell
George the Ferryman
Derek Carpenter
Van Driver
Brian Goodfellow
Detective Sergeant Davies
David Caddick
Police Officer
Dave Summerton
Police Officer
Sarah-Jane Varley
Lucie
Adam Crouch
Antoine
Mike McKenzie
Pianist
Douglas Lambert
Mr Harrington / American Passenger / Henry Snape
Kim Thomson
Elly Somerton
Edward Wiley
Jasper Cranley
Leslie Lyon
Lizzie Cranley
Steve Plytas
Professor Daxatides
Steffanie Pitt
Angela Dalton
Neil Daglish
Heath / Young Man
Erika Hoffman
Suzie Anderson
José Ferrer
Carlos
Angela Malcolm
Maid
Giles Phibbs
Farmer / Bus Conductor
Frederick Farley
Pawnbroker
Vass Anderson
Huntsman
Richard Hampton
Patient / Arthur Baxter
Will Leighton
Seamus
Alan Chuntz
Taxi Driver
Jane Paton
Nurse
Jimmy Mac
William Pearl
George Little
Mr Samuel
Andrew Fell
Uniformed Police Constable
David English
Plain Clothes Officer
Anthony Dawes
Clergyman
Jess Davies
Gregory Temple
Don Fellows
Renshaw
Constantine Gregory
Jacques Vareille / Helmut Weinrich
Davyd Harries
Purser
Jana Shelden
Mrs Renshaw
Paula Tilbrook
Maggie
Lynette Davies
Sophie Kassoulas / Paula Shaw
Bill Reimbold
Bill Wilson
Ken Buckle
Sailor
Angus MacKay
Walker
Jeremy Longhurst
Driver
Julia Watson
Maid
Brian Capron
Airport Official
Dulcie Huston
Airline Hostess
Mercia Glossop
Sybil Schofield
Gabrielle Blunt
Mrs Adams
Anthony Woodruff
Housemaster
Colin Thomas
City Gent
Guy Humphries
Stamford
Clifford Abrahams
Schoolboy
Adrian Breeze
Schoolboy
Timothy Breeze
Schoolboy
Wayne Brooks
Schoolboy
Ann Beach
Miss Unwin
Jacob Witkin
Boris Duckworth
Grant Bardsley
Young George
Peter Godfrey
Doctor
Zhivila Roche
Klara
Pauline Letts
Joan Wilcox / Madame Cabon
Hana Maria Pravda
Frau Lemner
Tony Alleff
Police Sergeant / Hassin
Alastair Llewellyn
Doctor
Graham Seed
Josef
Toby Waldock
Young Alois
Paul Bacon
Mason
Paul Greenhalgh
Simpson
John Rees
Clerk
Michael Sheard
Inspector
Alfred Burke
Herbert
Pat Keen
Vera
Lorna Yabsley
Sylvia
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Mrs Wilkinson
Leonard Preston
Billy Weaver / Leighton
Anthony Smee
Vicar
Christopher Bramwell
Dominic
Anthony Roye
James
Nigel Caliburn
Stage Manager / Signwriter
Peter van Dissel
Derek
Katie Flower
Annie
Carol Thornton
Woman in Dressing Room
Dudley Sutton
Detective Sergeant Jack Sherrard
John Gill
Alec MacTaggart
Geoffrey Lumsden
Solicitor
Peter Macklin
Police Constable Harris
Richard Barnes
Charles Hearn
Stephen Boswell
Doorman
Robert Mill
Lionel Brewster
Fiesta Mei Ling
Suky
Mary Cornford
Theresa Burton
Terry Walsh
Bouncer
Nancy Nevinson
Grande Dame
Marshall Ward
Electrician
Michael Ryan
Man at Airport
Virginia Clay
Landlady / Housekeeper
Sylvester Williams
Messenger
Bernard Miles
Mr Rummins
Lee Montague
Mr Storker
Harry Jones
Bert Rummins
Irlin Hall
County Lady
Roger Milner
Mr Hawkins
Patricia Quinn
Phyl Tinker
Diane Holland
Blanche Cutler
Tim Bentinck
Meech
Paul Sherman
Young Jack Cutler
David Carlton-Young
Boy
Russel Gleed
Boy
Harvey Hillyer
Boy
Colin Hodges
Boy
Robin Keston
Boy
Patricia Mort
Olive Parsons
Roger Brierley
Jack Parsons
Alan Foss
Hector Wilcox
Murray Ewan
Professor Coburn
Robin Marchal
Clinker
Bryan Andrews
Police Inspector
Raymond Francis
Mr Peckham
Janthea Williams
Sue
Michael Nagel
Noel
Vic Tablian
Arab Officer
Albert Moses
Arab Patrolman
Kenneth Hadley
Plain-Clothes Detective
Bernadette Windsor
Young Girl / Louise
Roger Evans
Police Officer
Astley Harvey
John
Mel Taylor
Fisherman
David Rhule
Fisherman
John Wyman
Guest
Mary Laine
Guest
Judi Bowker
Ann
Anthony Franciosa
Arnold Bourdon
Shirley Knight
Elizabeth Bourdon
Deborah Geffner
Miss Grecco
Annie McGreevey
Nurse
Raymond Thorne
Gardener
Imogene Bliss
Mother
Ian Martin
Dr Ivey
Godfrey Talbot
Emerson
Bridget McConnell
Mrs Emerson
Harry Andrews
Klausner
James Warwick
Dr Scott
Margery Mason
Mrs Saunders
Keith Drinkel
Sim
Cheryl Hall
Irene Rankin
Brian Osborne
Police Sergeant
Edward Grover
Bailout
Robert Casper
Wheatley
Rachel Kempson
Nell Bridges / Mrs Mason
Damian London
Mr Grunge
Tad Horino
Coroner
Carlos Douglas
Sous-Chef
Pat Lewis
Miss Pym
Claude Le Saché
Waiter
Robert H. Thomson
Graham MacKenzie
Gérard Lartigau
Henri
Alan Gifford
Edward
Belinda Mayne
Anna Kleiber
Ramsay Williams
Howard Duncombe
Linda Liles
Miss Graham
Kevin Brennan
Mr Grimshaw
Allan Mitchell
Detective Sergeant
Nat Jackley
Mr Deacon
Aaron Shirley
Mr Brown
Patricia Browning
Ward Sister
Ralph Bates
Paul Foster
Sharon Duce
Sophie Trent
Billy Hamon
Bryan Sabotier
Edward Jewesbury
Psychiatrist
Stephen Bent
Car Dealer
Sheila Ruskin
Louise
Bernice Stegers
Kaye
Rosalyn Elvin
Waitress
Lill Roughley
Blonde Girl
Frank Henson
Van Driver / Stunt Coordinator
Edward Burnham
Henry Bliss
Jason Norman
Billy Thompson
Rachel Laurence
Hilda
Eliza Buckingham
Reporter
Nick Diprose
Studio Personnel
Richard Everett
Studio Personnel
Frank Wylie
Chief Inspector McLintock
Ian Redford
Detective Sergeant Harvey
Tom Cotcher
Detective Sergeant Talbot
Paul Antrim
Mike
Ian MacKenzie
Police Draughtsman
Harold Reese
Pathologist
Peter Baldwin
Desk Clerk
David Hanson
John Dibbell / Winford Stark
Rita Gomez
Rosa
Amanda Kemp
Guest
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Release DateMarch 24, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes112
Running Time25m
Genres
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Tales of the Unexpected (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected) is a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Every episode of series one, twelve episodes of series two, two episodes of series three, two episodes of series four, and one episode of series nine were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, and Someone Like You.
The series was made by Anglia Television for ITV with interior scenes recorded at their Norwich studios, whilst location filming mainly occurred across East Anglia. The theme music for the series was written by composer Ron Grainer. The dancer in the opening titles was Karen Standley.The series has been contemporarily repeated on Granada Plus, ITV3, and Sky Arts.