SMCFP On This Day: Quatermass – An Endangered Species


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QM4-013

Series: Quatermass
Episode: S1Ep4 – An Endangered Species
First Aired: 14 November 1979
Character: Joe Kapp

Description: Quatermass emerges from the car park to find the stadium empty. So many have now been harvested that the particles of dust in the air have turned the sky green. Kapp attempts to repair his equipment in order to contact the alien presence, but the Planet People destroy his efforts. They try to persuade him to join them but he refuses, convinced now that his family are dead. Quatermass, aided by Gurov, who has travelled to London from Moscow, assembles a team of scientists to find a solution. He deliberately selects old people for the task as they are immune to the effects of the alien force. Quatermass decides to set a trap. He plans to fake the presence of a large gathering of Planet People at Kapp’s observatory and, when the force comes, to detonate a nuclear weapon

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SMCFP On This Day: Quatermass – What Lies Beneath


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QM3-004

Series: Quatermass
Episode: S1Ep3 – What Lies Beneath
First Aired: 7 November 1979
Character: Joe Kapp

Description: Quatermass is rescued by a group of elderly people living in a scrap yard. At the hospital, the doctors are shocked when Isabel levitates off her bed and explodes in a cloud of dust. Elsewhere, the devastated Kapp is left alone in the ruins of his cottage and observatory. More and more young people are joining the Planet People, including the gangs that have been terrorising the cities and the soldiers assigned to keep them away from the Megalithic sites.

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SMCFP On This Day: Quatermass – Lovely Lightning


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QM2-012

Series: Quatermass
Episode: S1Ep2 – Lovely Lightning
First Aired: 31 October 1979
Character: Joe Kapp

Description: Following the devastation at Ringstone Round, Quatermass hears of similar incidents worldwide and returns to London with district commissioner Annie Morgan and a Ringstone ‘survivor’ Isabel. En route they become separated in a shootout between rival gangs. Meanwhile, the beam of light descends again – near Joe Kapp’s home.

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SMCFP On This Day: Quatermass – Ringstone Round


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QM1-018

Series: Quatermass
Episode: S1Ep1 – Ringstone Round
First Aired: 24 October 1979
Character: Joe Kapp

Description: Professor Quatermass comes out of retirement to search for his missing granddaughter and finds a world on the verge of anarchy, and an American-Russian space station destroyed by unknown forces. He is befriended by astronomer Joe Kapp and they witness the obliteration of thousands of Planet People by a beam of light at the stone circle, Ringstone Round.

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Bibliography


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Simon MacCorkindale at 21

Here is the list of many of the resources used to build the Simon MacCorkindale Fan Page.  Everything listed here I have a physical copy of in full or part.

Last updated 23/04/2013

Headline or DescriptionAbout or LinkSource TypeDate: DayDate: MonthDate: YearPage: FromPage: ToPicture/Text or Both
Yvonne Arnard TheatreThe Potsdam QuartetProgramme02101973--Both
ProgrammePygmalionProgramme--1974--Text
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19741662-Photo
ProgrammeFrench Without TearsProgramme25031975--Text
ProgrammeFrench Without TearsProgramme14041975--Text
My WeeklySimon and FionaMagazine2201197789Photo
OKSimon and FionaMagazine300419772123Both
Sunday Times MagazineDeath On The NileMagazine150119784649Photo
Film ReviewDeath On The NileMagazine-0319782224Photo
Screen InternationalRiddle Of the SandMagazine150419786263Photo
PhotoplayDeath On The NileMagazine-05197829-Both
Films IllustratedRiddle Of the SandMagazine-0919783435Both
Film ReviewRiddle Of the SandMagazine-0919783435Both
TitbitsDeath On The NileMagazine1910197824-Both
TV TimesDeath On The NileMagazine211019781819Both
Films and FilmingDeath On The NileMagazine-1019783739Photo
Death on the NileDeath On The NileBook-101978--Photo
Film ReviewDeath On The NileMagazine-1119784042Photo
PhotoplayDeath On The NileMagazine-1119783237Photo
Screen InternationalSimon and FionaMagazine0212197822-Photo
PeopleDeath On The NileMagazine0712197833-Photo
Press BookDeath On The NilePress Book--1978--Both
ProgrammeDeath On The NileMagazine--1978--Photo
Riddle of the SandsRiddle Of the SandBook--1978--Photo
Screen InternationalDeath On The NileMagazine2811197818-Photo
Within These WallsLinkMagazine Clipping-02197833-Photo
PhotoplaySimon - GeneralMagazine-0119793637Both
Film ReviewDeath On The NileMagazine-0219794445Both
PhotoplayQuatermassMagazine-02197952-Photo
After DarkSimon - GeneralMagazine-03197958-Both
Film ReviewRiddle Of the SandMagazine-0519796-Photo
Screen InternationalSimon and FionaMagazine2107197913-Photo
My GuySimon - GeneralMagazine01091979911Both
JackieSimon - GeneralMagazine290919791819Photo
My GuySimon and FionaMagazine2909197926-Both
TV TimesQuatermassMagazine2710197961-Photo
PhotoplayCaboBlancoMagazine-10197914-Both
TV Guide - AusSimon and FionaMagazine081219795-Both
Press BookDeath On The NilePress Book--1979--Both
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19791417-Photo
Simon MacCorkindale by John KercherLinkMagazine Clipping--1979-1980 Est2730Both
GossipSimon GeneralMagazine Clipping--1979-1982 Est--Photo
Screen InternationalSimon and FionaMagazine2601198020-Photo
JackieSimon - GeneralMagazine0202198030-Both
Oh BoySimon - GeneralMagazine1602198032-Photo
PhotoplaySimon - GeneralMagazine-03198027-Both
Radio TimesSimon - GeneralMagazine2106198022-Photo
ProgrammeMacBethProgramme-061980--Both
SlimmingSimon - GeneralMagazine-11198026-Photo
Sunday PeopleSimon - GeneralNewspaper1412198019-Both
Look Now - AusRiddle Of the SandMagazine-071980 Est14-Both
Photoplay or Film ReviewLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Photo
Photoplay or Film ReviewLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Both
Simon - Rugger/James BondLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Photo
Secret Mission AccomplishedLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Both
Simon and SusanLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Photo
By Henry FenwickLinkNewspaper Clipping--1980's Est--Photo
Always on SundaeLinkMagazine Clipping--1980's Est--Photo
PhotoplayManions of AmericaMagazine-03198162-Both
Women's WorldSimon - GeneralMagazine-0519818385Both
ProgrammeImportance of Being OscarProgramme26071981--Both
Screen InternationalSword and The SorcererMagazine0808198121-Both
TitbitsSimon and FionaMagazine3110198124-Text
Film ReviewSimon - GeneralMagazine-1219812627Both
International Film and TV Year BookSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--1981505-Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--1981--Photo
Fiona faces a bitter-sweet get-togetherLinkNewspaper Clipping24071981--Both
Film on Screen and VideoSword and The SorcererMagazine-1019823031Photo
AnnualManimalAnnual--1982--Both
Press BookSword and The SorcererPress Book--1982--Photo
Press BookManimalPress Book--1982--Both
Press BookRiddle of The SandsPress Book--1982--Photo
TV Guide - USManimal Advert - MultipleMagazine Clipping--1982 Est--Photo
Manimal AdvertLinkMagazine Clipping--1982 Est--Photo
American FilmJaws 3Magazine-04198351-Photo
TitbitsSimon and SusanMagazine07051983--Both
TV Guide - USManimalMagazine1009198374-Both
TV Guide - USManimalMagazine2409198327-Photo
UsSimon and SusanMagazine1010198360-Photo
VanidadesSimon and SusanMagazine0612198316-Photo
TV GuideManimalMagazine3112198340-Text
Trading CardJaws 3Trading Card--1983--Photo
FangoriaManimalMagazine--198358-Photo
Movie ProgrammeJaws 3Programme--1983--Both
Movie Programme - JapanJaws 3Programme1983--Photo
TV Guide - USManimal AdvertMagazine Clipping30091983182183Photo
TV Guide - USObsessive Love AdvertMagazine Clipping0704198395-Photo
Film ReviewJaws 3Magazine-0119842627Both
TitbitsManimalMagazine180219841617Both
DaredevilsManimalMagazine-0219842327Text
Woman's OwnSimon and SusanMagazine1703198489Both
Soap Opera DigestObsessive LoveMagazine1707198416-Photo
What's On - Boston HeraldObsessive LoveMagazine3009198431-Photo
Daily MirrorSimon and SusanNewspaper1110198411-Both
Press BookObsessive LovePress Book--1984--Both
UsFalcon CrestMagazine240919846164Photo
USFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping240919846164Photo
Movie MirrorSimon and SusanNewspaper Clipping-031984--Photo
National EnquirerFalcon CrestNewspaper Clipping251219845253Photo
TV Guide - USObsessive Love AdvertMagazine Clipping2104198418-Photo
TV Guide - USManimalMagazine Clipping0408198419-Both
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping--1984 Est113-Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping--1984 Est133-Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping--1984 Est101-Photo
Le RevistaNon EnglishMagazine070119854245Both
National EnquirerSimon and SusanNewspaper1902198516-Both
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine26021985136139Both
Tele SetteManimalMagazine130419852426Photo
Tele 7 Jours - FrManimalMagazine2206198590-Photo
Tele 7 Jours - FrManimalMagazine2906198598-Photo
Tele 7 Jours - FrManimalMagazine2707198588-Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine30071985108-Photo
Daily TVFalcon CrestMagazine-0819854244Both
GlobeSimon and SusanNewspaper0309198513-Photo
Soap Opera DigestSimon and SusanMagazine2210198540-Photo
National EnquirerFalcon CrestNewspaper1012198528-Photo
Sun - USSimon and SusanNewspaper1712198510-Photo
GQSimon - GeneralMagazine--1985149153Both
UsSimon and SusanMagazine2801198547-Photo
StarSimon and SusanNewspaper1009198512-Photo
PeopleCharityNewspaper Clipping230919852833Photo
HolaSimon and SusanMagazine Clipping12011985-1Photo
HolaSimon and SusanMagazine Clipping12011985--Both
PeopleSimon - GeneralMagazine Clipping230919852829Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--1985--Photo
Movie MirrorSimon and SusanNewspaper Clipping-061985--Photo
ExaminerSimon and SusanNewspaper Clipping1501198542-Both
Westwood PlayhouseImportance of Being OscarProgramme--1985 Est--Both
TV Guide - USObsessive Love AdvertMagazine Clipping--1985 Est--Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping--1985 Est59-Photo
Super StarsFalcon CrestSticker--1985 Est--Photo
Super PopSimon - GeneralCard--1985 Est--Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine1103198697-Photo
Soap Opera DigestSimon and SusanMagazine0605198686-Photo
HolaNon EnglishMagazine050619864648Both
SemanaNon EnglishMagazine180619865963Both
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine0107198663-Photo
Soap Opera DigestSimon and SusanMagazine29071986138-Photo
PhotoplaySimon and SusanMagazine-071986--Photo
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine0909198686-Photo
GarboSimon and SusanMagazine041019868-Both
HolaNon EnglishMagazine071019863233Both
ProntoSimon and SusanMagazine111019868183Both
Soap Opera DigestSimon and SusanMagazine2110198632-Photo
Hollywood Then and NowSimon - GeneralMagazine-11198612-Photo
Weekend MagazineSimon and SusanMagazine1612198633-Photo
Good Housekeeping MagazineSimon and SusanMagazine Clipping-021986-6Photo
StarFalcon CrestNewspaper Clipping2801198633-Photo
StarFalcon CrestNewspaper Clipping131119862425Photo
StarFalcon CrestNewspaper Clipping030619862021Photo
StarSimon and SusanNewspaper Clipping0701198639-Both
TV Guide - USFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping22051986133-Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--1986--Photo
StarSimon and SusanNewspaper Clipping1019863637Both
Woman's Day - AusSimon and SusanMagazine0203198713-Photo
CineManimalMagazine2304198772-Photo
EkranNon EnglishMagazine16051987--Photo
TitbitsSimon and SusanMagazine-08198713-Photo
CelebritySimon and SusanMagazine1911198717-Photo
TV Guide - USRobbers of the Sacred Mountain AdvertMagazine Clipping--1988 Est127-Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine1803198955-Photo
Sunday Mirror MagazineSimon and SusanMagazine090419892023Both
Soap Opera DigestSimon - GeneralMagazine270619898081Both
Women's Realm - AusSimon and SusanMagazine2706198958-Both
Film MonthlySimon and SusanMagazine-07198912-Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine0508198912-Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19891579-Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine Clipping130519895456Both
Soap Opera DigestFalcon CrestMagazine Clipping--1989 Est4-Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine21071990211Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine2209199068-Photo
Entertainment WeeklyCounterstrikeMagazine Clipping29061990Ukn-Photo
Counterstike - S1 TeamLinkMagazine Clipping--199085-Photo
TV Guide - USCounterstrikeMagazine Clipping-06 Est1990 EstUkn-Photo
Tele Revue (French)Simon - GeneralMagazine Clipping--1990's Est46-Photo
Soap Opera WeeklyManimalMagazine Clipping--1990's Est--Photo
Falcon Crest - Greg and Angela. FC retroLinkMagazine Clipping--1990's Est128-Photo
Special Tele - FrSimon and SusanMagazine-12199122-Both
TV Times - Vancouver SunCounterstrikeMagazine01111991--Both
TV Guide - USSimon - GeneralMagazine0703199218-Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine0205199272-Photo
Woman's RealmSimon and SusanMagazine020619922829Both
HelloCounterstrikeMagazine0808199272-Photo
TV Book - DetroitCounterstrikeMagazine1309199279-Photo
Newfoundland HeraldCounterstrikeMagazine1212199210-Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine301019939699Both
TV Guide - USCounterstrikeMagazine1112199310-Both
TV Guide - USCounterstrike - MultipleMagazine Clipping--1993--Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine260219942021Photo
Newfoundland HeraldCounterstrikeMagazine1203199489Both
Tele 7 Jours - FrCounterstrikeMagazine03091994101-Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine130519955060Both
The Famous Rainbow Recipe BookSimon and SusanBook--1995116-Photo
TV GuideAt the Midnight HourMagazine300919952530Both
SFXManimalMagazine-0219966466Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine130419961012Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine290619963031Both
Tele K 7 - FrManimalMagazine1307199667-Both
OKSimon and SusanMagazine180819962429Both
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19962439-Photo
TV Guide - USNo Greater LoveMagazine Clipping01011996120-Photo
Tele K 7 - FrManimalMagazine1711199773-Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine0703199816-Photo
OKSimon and SusanMagazine200319982-Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19982570-Photo
TV ZoneManimalMagazine-0819994246Both
OKSimon and SusanMagazine291219996364Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--19992665-Photo
HelloSusan GeorgeMagazine Clipping19122000-8Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine Clipping1912200049Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine1610200135-Photo
FHMManimalMagazine-102001139-Both
Radio TimesSusan - GeneralMagazine071320012628Photo
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine190320022225Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine290320027-Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine2405200252-Both
Radio TimesSimon - GeneralMagazine08062002138-Both
TV TimesCasualtyMagazine0806200217-Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine210620024849Both
TV Guide - USManimalMagazine2007200218-Text
Press BookCasualtyPress Book-07200245Both
HeatCasualtyMagazine14092002106-Both
Radio TimesSimon - GeneralMagazine02112002146-Both
WeekendSimon - GeneralMagazine Clipping1105200268Both
Generation Series - FrManimalMagazine-0120035456Both
Cult TimesManimalMagazine200320036063Both
Press BookCasualtyPress Book-0820031819Both
CIN CalendarCasualtyCalendar--200420-Photo
Bristol Old VicThe School for ScandalProgramme--2004--Photo
SpotlightSimon - GeneralBook Clipping--20043413-Photo
Simon and Susan (Hello or OK?)LinkMagazine Clipping--2004 Est30-Photo
Simon and Susan (Hello or OK?)LinkMagazine Clipping--2004 Est--Photo
Woman's WeeklySimon - GeneralMagazine2903200589Both
CultureCasualtyMagazine2108200549-Photo
Radio TimesCasualtyMagazine27082005138-Both
Inside SoapSimon - GeneralMagazine170920054849Both
Sun TV MagCasualtyMagazine051120051415Both
Sun TV GuideCasualtyMagazine Clipping--2005 Est--Photo
HelloSimon - GeneralMagazine Clipping--2005 Est--Both
Switch OnLinkMagazine Clipping--2005 Est--Photo
The Lowdown OnLinkMagazine Clipping--2005 Est--Both
Driving ban for actor after hit-and-run - HelloLinkMagazine Clipping--2005 Est--Photo
TV TimesCasualtyMagazine0402200618-Both
CultureCasualtyMagazine300420065-Photo
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine06052006-Photo
TV TimesCasualtyMagazine2309200689Photo
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine0212200651-Photo
Star of the dayLinkMagazine Clipping--2006--Photo
The PeopleSimon - GeneralNewspaper070120073233Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine2601200747-Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine1002200721-Both
What's on TVCasualtyMagazine0408200713-Photo
TV TimesSimon - GeneralMagazine0610200798-Both
Brochure - WindsorSleuthBrochure-102007--Photo
Theatre Royal WindsorThe Unexpected GuestProgramme--2007--Both
what's on TVCasualtyMagazine170220074-Photo
HelloCasualtyMagazine05062007112-Photo
YoursCasualtyMagazine Clipping--200717-Both
What's On Theatre Guide - MidlandsThe Unexpected GuestMagazine Clipping-01200721-Both
YoursSimon - GeneralMagazine Clipping-07 Est200717-Both
Mail On SundaySimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping1802200757-Both
Theatre Royal WindsorThe Unexpected GuestFlyer09012007--Photo
Sun TV GuideCasualtyMagazine Clipping29092007--Both
Sun TV GuideCasualtyMagazine Clipping06102007--Both
Guppy pleads with Harty to help JasLinkMagazine Clipping--2007 Est--Photo
Harry has a question for EllenLinkMagazine Clipping--2007 Est--Photo
7 DaysSleuthMagazine310120083-Both
ChatCasualtyMagazine0603200851-Photo
Total TV GuideCasualtyMagazine0803200812-Both
Inside SoapCasualtyMagazine0803200827-Both
What's On TVCasualtyMagazine0803200817-Both
TV ChoiceCasualtyMagazine080320089-Both
What's On Live - MidlandsSleuthMagazine-03200815-Both
Brochure - WindsorSleuthBrochure-032008--Photo
Brochure - WindsorSleuthBrochure-032008--Photo
Brochure - WolvesSleuthBrochure-032008--Photo
The Weekly NewsSleuthNewspaper0305200829-Both
Seven DaysSimon - GeneralMagazine2505200845Both
Daily MailSound of MusicNewspaper220820086061Both
YoursSimon - GeneralMagazine16122008115-Both
Theatre Royal WindsorSleuthProgramme--2008--Both
Times OutSleuthMagazine Clipping220520087-Both
MetroSound Of MusicNewspaper Clipping2212200821-Photo
Culture - Sunday TimesThe Unexpected GuestMagazine Clipping--200835-Photo
London PalladiumSound Of MusicFlyer--2008--Photo
Cambridge Arts TheatreSleuthFlyer--2008--Photo
Theatre Royal BathSleuthFlyer--2008--Photo
Sun TV GuideCasualtyMagazine Clipping08032008--Both
Sun TV GuideCasualtyMagazine Clipping--2008--Photo
You're sackedLinkMagazine Clipping08032008--Photo
Bye, Bye, HarryLinkMagazine Clipping08032008--Photo
OKSimon and SusanMagazine24112009155156Photo
Mail on SundaySimon - GeneralNewspaper0612200930-Both
HelloSimon and SusanMagazine07122009816Both
London PalladiumSound of MusicProgramme--2009--Both
London PalladiumSound of MusicProgramme--2009--Photo
Culture - Sunday TimesSound Of MusicMagazine Clipping--200913-Photo
News of The WorldSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping081120092021Both
Mail On SundaySimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping081120091214Both
Daily MailSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping911200919-Both
Daily ExpressSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping911200925-Both
Daily MirrorSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping091120098-Both
TV MaxSimon - GeneralMagazine3004201010-Both
Daily MirrorSimon - GeneralNewspaper1610201014-Both
Daily ExpressSimon - GeneralNewspaper1610201016-Both
Daily MailSimon - GeneralNewspaper1610201047-Both
Daily TelegraphSimon - GeneralNewspaper161020105-Both
The SunSimon - GeneralNewspaper161020109-Both
Sunday TelegraphSimon - GeneralNewspaper1710201011-Text
Sunday ExpressSimon - GeneralNewspaper1710201038-Both
HelloSimon - GeneralMagazine2510201090-Both
RevealSimon - GeneralMagazine3010201041-Both
Tele StarSimon - GeneralMagazine3010201012-Both
BestSimon - GeneralMagazine0211201055-Both
What's On TVSimon - GeneralMagazine0611201015-Both
The TimesSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping16102010107-Both
The TimesSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping1610201019-Both
What's on TVNew TricksMagazine Clipping-1020103-Photo
Daily RecordSimon - GeneralNewspaper Clipping-102010--Photo
HelloSimon - GeneralMagazine Clipping-12201064-Both
HelloSusan about SimonMagazine110420115660Both
SagaSusan about SimonMagazine-0820113438Both

The Times – Obituary – 16th October 2010


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Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale

Urbane British leading man who co-starred in Death on the Nile and was a stalwart of the long-running medical drama Casualty

Simon MacCorkindale was a classically handsome, rugged and urbane English leading man who had recurring roles in the glossy US soap opera Falcon Crest (1984-86) and more recently in the long-running British medical drama series Casualty (2002-08). He appeared in more than 200 episodes.

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Guardian – 16th October 2010


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Simon MacCorkindale

Suave actor known for his roles in Falcon Crest and Casualty

In common with his contemporaries Jeremy Irons, Michael York and Hugh Grant, the actor Simon MacCorkindale, who has died of cancer aged 58, on screen projected the very English persona of an ex-public schoolboy. But unlike them, MacCorkindale never made it big in films. Nevertheless, his “posh” accent, his suave demeanour and patrician good looks made him a natural for roles in television soap operas, from the opulent mansions of Falcon Crest (1984-1986), to the hospital corridors of Casualty (2002-2008). In the latter, he played the autocratic clinical consultant Harry Harper, who ran Holby City hospital’s emergency department. A doctor of the old school, he sweeps through the wards, advising, cajoling, admonishing and seducing colleagues and patients alike.

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Shop – Where to Buy


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This page contains:
– Films or series staring or produced/directed by Simon
– Tapes/CDs or DVD’s when Simon has done audio books or voice overs
– Photos and posters
– Films or series which Simon has been in part of not all (i.e. Casualty)
– Films or series that have a Simon connection (i.e. the original Sleuth or Sound of Music Film, also a few Susan George DVD’s)
– Some films, books and songs Simon has said he likes

  • If you’re looking for a specific item that is not listed send us a message via the ‘Contact Us‘ link below and we’ll try and see if it’s available anywhere.
  • If you go to buy an item and you’re not sure it’s the correct version, drop us an email via the ‘Contact Us‘ link and we’ll check it for you
  • Remember when buying DVD’s and video’s that the format/region is correct as American DVD’s will not play on most British DVD players and vice versa
  • We will only list officially released DVD’s, video’s, book’s etc
  • Some items are not available at all on DVD so where this happens we will only list the VHS, these are generally second hand items and quality varies
Date/OtherFormatProductionWhere to Buy
1974DVDTerror on the BritannicSimon is only in 1 minute of this film - blink and you will miss him
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1976DVDWithin These Walls - Series 5Simon is in 1 or 2 episodes of this series
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1976DVDJust William - Series 1Simon appears in one episode of this series: William and the Sleeping Major
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1976DVDBeastsSimon is in one episode of this series: Baby.
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1976DVDI, ClaudiusSimon has a minor role in one episode of this series: Waiting in the Wings.
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1976DVDWithin These Walls - Series 4Simon is in 1 or 2 episodes of this series
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1976DVDRomeo and JulietSimon plays Paris who has a reasonable role in this. There are several versions of this with different actors - make sure your buying the right one.
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1977DVDJesus of NazarethSimon has a small role in this.
Standard Edition
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Special Edition
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1978DVDThe Doombolt ChaseSimon is in the first episode of this series
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1978DVDWill ShakespeareSimon is in one episode of this series: Dead Shepherd
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1978DVDThe Riddle Of The SandsSimon has a main role in this film.
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1979DVDDeath on the NileSimon has a main role in this film. There are several versions of this with different actor - make sure your buying the right one. If you need help drop us a message with the link you're looking at for us to check
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1979DVDDukes Of HazzardSimon is in one episode of this series: Duke of Duke.
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1979DVDQuatermass: The ConclusionSimon has a main role in this series. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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1980DVDCabo BlancoSimon has a main role in this. There is a version of this DVD with U.S Marshall on it as well - this version is not very good quality so it's not recommended.
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1980DVDHammer House of HorrorSimon is in one episode of this series: Visitor from the Grave
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1981DVDManions Of AmericaSimon has a main role in this. A French DVD of this can sometimes be found on eBay, as well as old VHS versions. The French version doesn't have an English soundtrack, French only. Amazon sell a US region one version
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1981DVDMacbethSimon plays MacDuff who has a main role in this
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1982VHSRobbers of The Sacred MountainSimon has a main role in this. This is only available as VHS, if you find a DVD chances is it's not an original so the quality could vary.
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1982DVDThe Sword and The SorcererSimon has a main role in this film.
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1982VHSAn Outpost Of ProgressSimon has a main role in this. American format VHS can sometimes be found on eBay
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1982DVDDynasty - Series 2Simon is in one episode of this series: The Will
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1983DVDJaws 3 (3D)Simon has a main role in this. This can also be found on a Jaws box set
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1984VHSObsessive LoveSimon has a main role in this. American format VHS can sometimes be found on eBay
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1986Audio TapeLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisSimon narrates. You might find other version narrated by other people so check before buying. Occasionally available on eBay
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1987VHSSincerely, VioletSimon has a main role in this. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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1990Audio TapeStraight by Dick FrancisSimon narrates. You might find other version narrated by other people so check before buying. Occasionally available on eBay
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1992Audio TapeFlying Finish by Dick FrancisSimon narrates. You might find other version narrated by other people so check before buying. Occasionally available on eBay
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1993Audio TapeStone Cold by John FrancomeSimon narrates. You might find other version narrated by other people so check before buying. Occasionally available on eBay
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1995DVDAt The Midnight HourSimon has a main role in this. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price. On eBay you'll find a version that was given away free with the UK Daily Mail as well as official US releases
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1995DVDThe Way to Dusty DeathSimon has a main role in this. Generally only European versions with an English soundtrack as well as European languages are available
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1995DVDFamily of CopsSimon has a small role in this. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD
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1996DVDNo Greater LoveSimon has a main role in this.
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1996DVDThe Building Of The Complete Offshore YachtSimon narrates this DVD
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1997DVDLa Femme Nikita - Series 1Simon is in one episode of this series: Charity. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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1997DVDWhile My Pretty One SleepsSimon has a reasonable role in this. As well as the official releases there is a Daily Mail edition which was given away free with the newspaper.
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1997DVDRunning WildSimon has a reasonable role in this. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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1999DVDThe Girl Next DoorSimon has a main role in this film. There is several films with the same name as this, make sure you're buying the correct film. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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1999DVDWing CommanderSimon has a minor role in this film (5 minutes max!)
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2000DVDThe Dinosaur HunterSimon has a main role in this. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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2000DVDEarth: Final Conflict - Series 3Simon is in one episode of this series: Scorched Earth. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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2001DVDQueen of SwordsSimon is in one episode of this series: Runaways. This is only available at Amazon.fr - says it's only in French but does have English audio as well
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2002DVDRelic Hunter - Series 3Simon is in 3 episodes of this series, Sydney at 10, Hunting With The Enemy and So Shall It Be
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2004DVDThe NileSimon narrates this DVD
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2006Audio CDForgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle for Britain - BoxsetSimon narrates. Also available as individual CD's or on tape
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2007DVDBlizzard: Race to the PoleSimon narrates this DVD
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2007DVD GamePyramids of GizaSimon and his wife Susan George have small roles in this DVD game
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2007DVD GameA First Class MurderSimon and his wife Susan George have small roles in this DVD game
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2009DVDA Closed BookSimon has a minor role in this film
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2010DVD13 Hrs (Nightwolf)Simon has a minor role in this film
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2010DVDNew Tricks - Series 7Simon is in one episode of this series: Good Morning Lemmings
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Produced/Written/Directed by SimonDVDStealing HeavenSimon's company produced this. This is only available as an American Region 1 DVD. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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Produced/Written/Directed by SimonDVDThat Summer of White RosesSimon credits on this include writer and producer. This is available at Amazon but only from their 'sellers' - similar to eBay but at a fixed price
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Simon's FavouritesMP3The Pearl Fishers' DuetWhen asking Simon what was the last piece of music he's listened to he's mentioned this one a couple of times
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Simon's FavouritesBookThe Woman in White, Wilkie CollinsSimon's favourite book
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Simon's FavouritesDVDThe Shawshank RedemptionSimon's favorite film
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Sound Of Music Programme – Aug 2008 – Feb 2009


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SIMON MACCORKINDALE

Simon MacCorkindale as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of MusicCAPTAIN GEORG VON TRAPP

Theatre includes: as director, Sleuth (Texas and California), A Doll’s House (Dramalogue Award as Best Director, Matrix, Hollywood) and The Merchant of Venice (The Globe, Hollywood); as actor, Gayden Chronicles (Los Angeles), Macbeth (Ludlow Festival), Relatively Speaking (Questors and Oakington), Dark Lady of the Sonnets (NT), French Without Tears (Thorndike, Leatherhead), B-B-Que (Soho Polytechnic), Pygmalion (Albery), The Happiest Days of Your Life (Oakington), Potsdam Quartet (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford), Back to Methuselah (Shaw Festival), Bequest to the Nation, The Front Page, Getting On and Journey’s End (Belgrade, Coventry) and, most recently, The Unexpected Guest and Sleuth (national tours).

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Simon MacCorkindale Filmography


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Simon MacCorkindale at 21

This is an ever growing list of everything Simon MacCorkindale has appeared, produced, directed or provided voiceover for. This is the most extensive filmography of Simon online.

* denotes newly added items

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Wigan Today – 1st February 2007



Casualty’s Harry Is The Unexpected Guest

IT was typical of a doctor to keep you waiting. When have they ever kept their appointment times?

But as my consultation was with one of Holby City’s finest medics, the stoical Harry Harper, I was prepared to wait.

In the four years that actor Simon MacCorkindale has worn the lead stethoscope and a furrowed brow in the BBC’s flagship Saturday night soap he has set more than a few hearts fluttering on and off set.

But can the 54-year-old actor cut the mustard while temporarily back in civvie street on stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week in Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest?

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The Unexpected Guest Programme – Jan-Apr 07



Simon MacCorkindaleSimon MacCorkindale

Michael Starkwedder

Simon MacCorkindale is perhaps best recognised as Harry Harper, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, in the BBC’s most popular and enduring drama series Casualty.

A childhood love for drama led to a place at Studio ’68 of Theatre Arts in London aged 19. On completing the course, he toured in regional rep before his West End debut in the highly acclaimed Pygmalion. He worked extensively on British TV, and in 1976 appeared in the renowned I, Claudius and in Zeffirelli’s opulent Jesus of Nazareth.

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Radio Times – 27 Aug to 02 Sept 2005


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Simon MacCorkindaleOne Final Question

For an actor who’s survived more deaths than most, the original Mr Manimal remains optimistic

 

There’s a Casualty/Holby City special this Saturday. What is it?

It’s an organ donation episode. It’s the end of the BBC’s organ donor week, and we’ve combined with Holby to do a story that is organ-donor driven but has some reality TV elements to it.

 

What, as in people will vote out the organ they don’t like?

No. We’ve already created the drama part but the programme’s going to be bookended by Professor Robert Winston who makes an appeal in order to promote the notion of donation, which is also being pronounced as Do-Nation – as in the nation should respond by getting on to the organ donation register.

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Cult Times Special – March 2003


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Simon MacCorkindale as Harry Harper in CasualtyManimal Instinct

Simon MacCorkindale might now be more familiar for his role on Casualty, But we decide to remind him of his time when he could turn into any animal he wanted, in his superhero guise of … Manimal!

Possibly the most bizarre of a plethora of superhero action series that Glen Larson launched upon an unsuspecting television audience in the Eighties, Manimal starred Simon MacCorkindale as Dr Jonathan Chase, a tuxedo-clad university professor who helped the police using his unique special power. At the merest hint of trouble, he could turn into any animal he desired. Whether panther, elephant or mouse, a barrage of plastic special effects, throbbing foreheads and elongating fingers signaled his transformation as he stomped or scurried to thwart a dastardly crime. MacCorkindale took to the role with aplomb, a dashing hero with charisma and charm, but alas the combination of his debonair good looks and demented special effects were not enough and the show only lased for eight episodes after its star-studded pilot first aired.

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Radio Times – 2nd to 8th November 2002



TV CV

Simon MacCorkindale

Casualty Saturdays BBC1
Name Simon MacCorkindale
Age 50
Education Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, Studio 68 of Theatre Arts, London
Role Call Could easily have been typecast as an urbane hunk, but has achieved a diverse gallery of roles – from classics to soaps – in TV, film and theatre.  Also a writer, director and producer who runs his own production company, Amy International, with his actress wife, Susan George

 

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helenheart.com – TV Zone – 1999


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In the short-lived 1983 series Manimal, college professor Jonathan Chase used his ability to transform into animals to assist law enforcement.

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SIMON MACCORKINDALE was the perfect choice to play the wealthy, cultured Chase. “I thought the concept for Manimal was excellent,” says MacCorkindale. “I also appreciated the fact Chase was a very cerebral individual and that Glen Larson [series creator and producer] had decided to make the show very stylish by having my character be an Englishman who wore expensive suits and drove around in a Rolls Royce. All this was quite unusual for television at that time, so we really were exploring new ground.

“Back in the early Eighties the only other English actor on American television was Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. Then I got Manimal and a year or two later there was a massive influx of English actors hired for night-time Soap Operas, but Pierce and I started that whole trend. So that, of course, was very much an exciting part of getting the job on Manimal because I knew I had found a foothold in an area that was pretty much virgin territory for Englishmen.

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Simpy Simon – Biography


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Simon MacCorkindale
Biography

Written by Simon himself during his early career

Simon MacCorkindale, the talented British actor/producer/director, who made his international film debut as the murderer in DEATH ON THE NILE and who was seen as a regular on CBS’s FALCON CREST, says that probably more mayhem has happened to him on movie and TV screens than any other actor of the younger set.

“In DEATH ON THE NILE, I was shot twice; in THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, my hand was smashed; in QUATERMASS, I was beaten up and then shot; in CABO BLANCO, I caught a bullet in the shoulder and almost bled to death. In THE GAYDEN CHRONICLES, I was hanged; in MACBETH, I was beheaded; in I CLAUDIUS, I was drowned; while in AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS, I hanged myself after comitting murder. For THE SWORD & THE SORCERER, I was hung in chains and tortured; while in THE MANIONS OF AMERICA, I was wounded in the leg (off stage) and then shot in the shoulder in a duel. In OBSESSIVE LOVE, I put my fist through a glass cabinet; in FALCON’S GOLD (ROBBERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN), I get beaten up, chased, beaten up again, and finished up hanging from the skid of a helicopter; and in JAWS 3D, I was unceremoniously devoured by a 35-foot shark.”

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Agent’s Biography – July 1998


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SIMON MacCORKINDALE – BIOGRAPHY

JULY 1998

Internationally recognised as an award-winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter, Simon MacCorkindale personifies the suave, sophisticated British leading man, a role he very much brought to life in the USA Cable/ALLIANCE/TFl France co-production series COUNTERSTRIKE (66 episodes), in which he starred as ex-Scotland Yard inspector Peter Sinclair in front of the cameras, and acted as executive production consultant behind them.

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helenheart.com – SFX – February 1996


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MANIMAL 1983

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Picture this: a glossy American series where a hunky British actor fights crime, the twist being that he has a unique way of getting out of trouble – he can turn into any animal he chooses (usually a black panther) by looking constipated. Sound like a winner, doesn’t it? Yes, if you thought we were scraping the barrel with our retrospective on Blue Thunder: The Series in SFX, has Jon Abbott got a treat for you…

Created by Glen A Larson, master of gimmick TV, Manimal was a short- lived blend of fantasy series and crime show – just one of a large number of such shows that came and went in the late ’70s and early ’80s. It starred British actor Simon MacCorkindale, reasonably well known in the UK for assorted TV series (most interestingly as scientist Joe Kapp in the 1979 Quatermass serial), films (such as Death on the Nile and the 1978 adaptation of Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands), and being married to actress Susan George. MacCorkindale’s career, though promising at one point, never really took off, and choices like Manimal ought begin to explain why…

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helenheart.com – The Newfoundland Herald – 12-18th March 1994



Action-adventure series is a must-see

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Counterstrike, a hit series about billionaire industrialist Alexander Addington (Christopher Plummer) whose passion for justice is implemented by a three-member strike team.

Plummer is a film and theatre legend. He has starred and costarred in over 40 feature films, including The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King, The Return of The Pink Panther and Star Trek VI.

As Addington on Counterstrike, he formed his strike team after his wife was kidnapped by an international terrorist organization.

The search for her proved unsuccessful. Nevertheless, he vowed that behind the cover of his financial empire, he would help eliminate criminals who currently find sanctuary in the cracks between existing law enforcement organizations.

Leading the strike team is Peter Sinclair (Simon MacCorkindale) – featured on this week’s cover.

Sinclair, a former Scotland Yard inspector – the youngest in the history of the Yard – is also a legendary hostage negotiator.

MacCorkindale made his stage debut at age eight. From this humble beginning, his love for theatre was born. During the next nine years he wrote, produced, directed and/or acted in some 25 productions at school and with local groups.

Upon leaving high school he was accepted as a drama student at Studio 68 of Theatre Arts in London, England. And, as luck would have it, by the end of his first year he was signed to play a leading role in George Bernard Shaw’s The Dark Lady of the Sonnets.

After a number of appearances in the regional theatres in England, he made his West End debut in the highly-acclaimed 1974 production of Pygmalion.

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helenheart.com – Manimal Annual – 1984



SIMON MACCORKINDALE alias Jonathan Chase

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Merely transforming into a wide variety of animals from a black leopard to a high flying hawk should pose no problem to British star Simon MacCorkindale, who stars as Jonathan Chase in the 20th Century- Fox Television series, “Manimal”.

“In recent pictures and series I’ve been shot and killed, had my hand bashed, was caught by a bullet in the shoulder, hanged, beheaded, drowned, hung in chains, tortured, and in “Jaws 3D”, I was devoured by a 35-ft. shark,” the handsome leading man confided.

MacCorkindale, who came to the United States in 1981, is a native of Cambridge, England, who made his professional stage debut at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, England, in “A Bequest to the Nation”. His first international television assignment was in Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth ” in which he played Lucius, the centurion who was strongly featured in the last hour of the six-hours epic. Curiously enough, he also played Lucius, the son of Emperor Augustus, in “I Claudius”.

Among his roles on British TV have been Sir Thomas Walsingham in “Will Shakespeare”, Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet”, the callous vet in “Baby”, poet Siegfried Sassoon in “Out of Battle”, the naive Oxford graduate in Elinor Glyn’s “Three Weeks”, along with appearances in “Just William ” and Dr. Dady in the series set in a woman’s prison, “Within These Walls”.

What he considers the major break of his career was his being cast as Simon Doyle, the smooth, avaricious young murderer in “Death on the Nile”. He was presented to the Queen at the Royal Premiere in London, by which time he had completed a role in marked contrast, the tough sailor hero in Erskine Guilders classic spy story, “The Riddle of the Sands”.

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Manimal – Press Pack


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SIMON MACCORKINDALE

Merely transforming into a wide variety of animals from a black leopard to a high flying hawk should pose no problem to British star Simon MacCorkindale, who stars as Jonathan Chase in the 20th Century-Fox Television series, “Manimal.”

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Film Review – December 1981


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Simon MacCorkindaleI Don’t Wait For The Phone To Ring

Says Simon MacCorkindale who believes in making things happen himself. And happening they are – in America.

Simon MacCorkindale breezed into the London hotel where we’d arranged to meet. He was dressed in a navy blazer, open-neck shirt and pale blue trousers, apparently oblivious to the cold and rain outside.

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The Importantance of Being Oscar – 26th July 1981



Simon MacCorkindale

Since his award-winning performances in the films Death on the Nile and The Riddle of the Sands, 29-year-old Simon MacCorkindale has spent much time commuting between the United Kingdom and the U.S.A.  In fact for his Festival engagement today he has flown in especially from Los Angeles, where he is currently filming in Sword and Sorcerer. The visit marks a brief but welcome return home for the Ely-born actor, whose father, former RAF Group Captain Peter MacCorkindale, is now a social services administrator for Pye and Philips of Cambridge.  In his career, Simon continues to enjoy the nomadic existence that was a feature of his childhood.  Death on the Nile was filmed in Egypt; The Riddle of the Sands took him to Holland and Germany; Capo Blanco, in which he co-stars with Charles Bronson, was made in Mexico, and he has recently completed four months location work in Dublin, starring as Lieutenant David Clement of the Royal Hussars in The Manions of America, made for EMI-TV by ABC.  This sweeping saga spanning two parallel love stories during the 20 years from 1847 will be screened as a six-hour mini-series.

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MacBeth Programme – June 1980


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SIMON MacCORKINDALE

Simon MacCorkindaleSimon MacCorkindale made an impressive entry into major film roles with two highly contrasting parts: the smooth, sybaritic Simon Doyle in the 1930’s-set Agatha Christie murder mystery Death on the Nile, and the rough sailor hero, Arthur Davies, in the Edwardian spy thriller The Riddle of the Sands. His performances in both films brought him the Most Promising Actor Award in the 1979 Evening News British Film Awards. He has since co-starred with Sir John Mills in Thames TV’s four-part serialisation of Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass, playing the single-minded radio astronomer Joe Kapp, and in the film adaptation, Quatermass Conclusion. Now he has completed work on another leading film role, Lewis Clarkson, an M15 agent in post-World War II Peru, in the forthcoming Charles Bronson epic Cabo Blanco.

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