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1950

Chance of a Lifetime (Film)
Kettle

Chance of a Lifetime is a 1950 British film starring, produced, part-written and directed by Bernard Miles. Patrick plays Kettle who is an employee of a small factory where the workers, discontented with the owner boss (Basil Radford) go on strike. They challenged him to surrender the management to them. He does so and, of course, their nominated leaders quickly discover that life in the office isn’t as simple as it seems. By the time Mr. Radford returns to save them from disaster they are more than delighted to leave managerial headaches and a seven-day week behind and get back to their benches.
1950

Treasure Island (Film)
Roach

Treasure Island is a feature film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island. It stars Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins, and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. Patrick played a small role as a pirate called Roach. My father’s diary describes the days filming on location in Black Park, Iver Heath near Pinewood Studios - “Boyhood excitement today. Guns, charging pirates and acting wounded. What fun! Decided to rid myself of the hat - too comical and not evil enough. Byron Haskins (director)was very pleased with what I did especially when I was shot.”
1950

Waterfront Women (Film)
Sam

Waterfront Women is a 1950 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison and Avis Scott. A sailor abandons his family, in the Liverpool slums. He returns years later causing family frictions. Patrick played a small uncredited part in this Bell Pictures presentation. Included in the cast were Hattie Jacques as a singer, Richard Burton as Ben Satterthwaite, Kennith Griffith as Maurice Bruno and  Susan Shaw as Connie McCabe. It was al filmed in the Bay District of Liverpool.
1951

The Franchise Affair
Bill Brough

The Franchise Affair is a British thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls, Kenneth Moore and Marjorie Fielding. It is an extremely faithful adaptation of the novel The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey. Patrick played the role of Bill. A school girl Ketty Kane (Ann Stephens) claims that two locals from an isolated house, Marion Sharpe (Dulcie Gray) and Marion’s mother (Marjorie Fielding), have kidnapped and beaten her. The authorities believe Ketty’s story, but village lawyer Robert Blair (Michael Dennison) is sceptical.
1951

White Corridors
Sailor

White Corridors is a British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and based on a novel by Helen Ashton. It starred Googie Withers, Godfrey Tearle, James Donald and Petula Clark. The film is set in Yeoman’s Hospital shortly after the establishment of the National Health Service. Sophie Dean, a young and gifted surgeon, is torn between her love for pathologist Dr Neil Mariner, and a prestigous post in London. Patrick played a sailor in a scene set in the waiting room of the hospital. It was nominated best film at the BAFTAS. 
1952

Kidnapped (TV Series)
Alan Breck

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1953

Robin Hood (TV Mini-Series)
Robin Hood

Robin Hood was a live BBC series for children with Patrick in the lead role. Episodes would be transmitted live and then re-acted the following Saturday or Sunday in order for a repeat to be shown. Joy Harington directed the six-part children’s serial shot at Lime Grove Studios.  The BBC made quite a fuss about the new series with my father being involved in a number of publicity promotions before the script was even complete. Sadly only one episode of this historic series survives because they were live with no recording facilities. 
1954

Clementina (TV Series)
Charles Wogan

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1954

The Black Knight (Film)
King Mark

The Black Knight is a feature film produced by Warwick Films and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It starred Alan Ladd as the title character and Peter Cushing (Sir Palamides) and Patrick (King Mark) as two conspirators attempting to overthrow King Arthur. Patrick’s scenes were mostly studio based but he did return to a location he had worked before during Treasure Island, Iver Heath. Being able to ride well and fight convincingly with a sword were useful skills and was one of the main reasons he had been cast by the director, Tay Garnett.
1955

Richard III (Film)
Tyrell

Richard III is a London Films adaptation of William Shakespeare’s historical play  about the wicked deformed king and his conquests both on the battlefield and in the bedroom. Sir Lawrence Olivier directed and took on the main role. Patrick plays Tyrell, a minor knight eager for advancement, who Richard commands to murder the young Edward and the Duke of York in the Tower of London. The cast includes many noted Shakespearean actors, including Sir Ralf Richardson, Clare Bloom,  Sir John Gielgud, Andrew Cruckshank and Cedric Hardwicke.
1956

The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV)
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a British TV adventure series based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and produced by the Towers of London for Incorporated Television Programmes. Patrick appeared as the Pimpernel’s second in command Ffoulkes in fifteen out of the eighteen episodes. Marius Goring played the lead role of Sir Percy Blakeney who rescued innocent French aristocrates from the guillotine. The series was created by writer Michael Hogan and also featured Anthony Newlands as Lord Hastings and Stanley Van Beers as Chauvelin.

 
1956

The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)
Marseilles
Marcel

The Count of Monte Cristo is a children’s drama TV series adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas produced by ITC Entertainment/TPA.
The Count disguises himself as a sailor in order to discover the truth behind the recent attacks on Spanish merchant ships by French pirate vessels. Patrick appeared in the episode Marseilles as a drunken sailor who is really an undercover assistant to the Count. This episode was adapted and directed by Charles Bennett. Also appearing were Simone Lovell (Yvonne), Conrad Philips (Conrad) and Andre Mikhelson (Rousse).
1956

The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)
The Portugese Affair
Branza

The Count of Monte Cristo is a children’s drama TV series adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas produced by ITC Entertainment/TPA. Patrick appeared in the episode called The Portugese Affair and played very well observed a pen pushing records clerk at the Ministry of Justice. He turns out to be the leader of a group who plan to restore a dictatorship in the country and is caught red-handed by the Count. The episode was adapted by David Robinson, directed by Dennis Vance and co starred Richard Beeb, Mercy Heysted and Barry Kegan.
1956

The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)
The Island
The Ferret

The Count of Monte Cristo is a children’s drama TV series adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas produced by ITC Entertainment/TPA. Patrick appeared in the episode The Island and played a creepy sevile money grabbing informant. George Dolenz played Edmond Dante with Nick Cravat (Jacapo) and Robert Cawdron (Rico). The story was adapted for television by Charles Marion and directed by Charles Bennett. It was filmed at National Studios in Elstree, London, close to where Patrick lived - Mill Hill.
1957

Sword of Freedom (TV)
The Ambassador
Cecco

Sword of Freedom was a family drama adventure series produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions. Patrick appeared in an episode entitled The Ambassador as a character called Cessi. The story was written by William Templeton and directed by Peter Maxwell. Edmund Purdom played th lead role of Marco del Monte with Martin Benson as Duke de Medici, Bernard Brown as Vinci, Peter Hammond as The Ambassador and Monica Stevenson as Francesca.
1957

Sword of Freedom (TV)
The Tower
Duke Di Luca

Sword of Freedom was a family drama adventure series produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions.Patrick appeared in an episode called The Tower as Duke Di Luca. In order to impress a visiting nobleman, the Duke de Medici (Martin Benson) commissions elaborate decorations and then refuses to pay for them. The artisans plot to force the Duke to compensate them for their efforts. The story was written by George Baxt, directed by Terence Fisher and included in the cast Adrienne Corrie as Angelica.
1957

Sword of Freedom (TV)
Vespucci
Bastiano

Sword of Freedom was a family drama adventure series produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions. Patrick appeared in the episode called Vespucci as Bastiano. When an Italian explorer Vespucci (John Gabriel) seeks funding for a trip to the New World, his wild stories are scorned until he produces Little Fawn, a Native American, to back them up. This episode was written by Michael Connor, directed by Anthony Squire and starred Edmund Purdom as Marco de Monte.
1957

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV)
The Shell Game Traveller

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British TV series produced by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment staring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Patrick plays a small role as the traveller in an episode entitled The Shell Game. He turns out to be a messenger on his way to London to collect the some jewels to finance the Kings battles abroad. Unfortunatlely he has been injured by an attack in the forest and is unable to continue with his journey. Robin takes over the mission and recovers the jewels with the help of Pick (Sam Kydd)
1957

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV)
The Bandit of Brittany
Raoul

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British TV series produced by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment staring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. In this episode called The Bandit of Brittany, Robin and Tuck escort a young prince and his mother to the safety of France only to be captured by the self proclaimed Robin Hood of France.  Patrick plays a ex-prisoner called Raoul who helps Robin gain access to a high security french prison by pretending he has the plague. It was directed by Terry Bishop and written by Milton Schlesinger.
1957

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV)
Food for Thought
Seneschal

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British TV series produced by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment staring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Patrick plays a rather comical over-the-top assistant to Count Olivier (John Sharplin) in an episode called Food for Thought. Upper Minton villagers come to Robin and tell him of a new tax imposed on them by the greedy Count Olivier. This tax is certain to empty their food stores and cause a terrible famine in the area if Robin can’t do something about it. The story was written by Sidney Wells and directed by Terry Bishop.
1957

Precious Bane (TV)
Gideon Sarn

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1958

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV)
Pete Wilson

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1958

The Moonraker
Captain Wilcox

The Moonraker is a British swashbuckler film made by Associated British Picture Corporation and distributed by Associated British-Pathé. Set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Sims, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le Mesurier and Patrick who played a captain of the guard, Wicox. The story is an account of the escape of Charles II, arranged by a foppish royalist nobleman, the Earl of Dawlish, who leads a double life as a roundhead-baiting highwayman called “The Moonraker”, who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to France.
1958

Ivanhoe (TV Series)
Vignole

Ivanhoe is a ITV children’s adventure series from a co-production between Columbia subsidiary Screen Gems and British producer Sydney Box. It starred Roger Moore in his first major role, as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe with characters drawn loosely from Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel. Patrick appeared in an episode entitled The Kidnapping as a leader of a band of bood thirsty bandits. The story involves Ivanhoe sneaking King Richard’s heir to the throne out of the country and was written by Lawrence Hazard, directed by Arthur Crabtree and was filmed near Beaconsfield.
1958

Sword of Freedom (TV)
The School
Teofilo

Sword of Freedom was a family drama adventure series produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions.  Patrick took on the role of a charcter called Teofilo in the episode The School.  Marco’s friend the printer of a secret republican manifesto has his shop smashed up by de Medici’s men and a spy is suspected at the school his son attends. Marco (Edmund Purdom) takes a job there as a teacher. It was directed by Terry Bishop, written by William Templeton and included Kenneth Williams in the cast as Tizio.
1958

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV)
Elixir of Youth
Sir Boland

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British TV series produced by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment staring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Patrick plays a bad tempered and contacerous old Lord who shouts alot in the episode entitled Elixir of Youth. Sir Boland (Patrick), in desperate need of money, promises the hand of his ward Melissa(Anne Reid) to Sir Louis (Reginald Beckwith), an elderly Norman, in spite of her being in love with Sir Boland’s squire. When Friar Tuck hears of the young girl’s plight, he asks Robin for help.
1958

William Tell (TV)
Hanzler

The Adventures of William Tell is a ITVswashbuckler adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series was produced by Ralph Smart, and starred Conrad Phillips as William Tell. The show was made at the National Studios in Elstree and in Snowdonia. Patrick played Hanzier in an episode entitled The Golden Wheel in which Tell tries to uncover a traitor in the Resistance. The story was written by  Michael Connor, directed by Peter Maxwell and included in the cast Willoughby Goddard as Gessier, Derek Godfrey as Captain Wolfgang and Charles Ross as Fritz.
1959

The Four Just Men (TV)
Inspector Nardi

The Four Just Men was a TV series about group who fought for justice against tyranny, using money set aside for the purpose by their late commanding officer. It was a Sapphire Films production for ITC Entertainment. Patrick played an Italian policeman in the episode The Night of the Precious Stones. Ricco Poccari (Vittorio De Sica ) organizes a charity ball at his hotel but receives a warning from the other Just Men that jewel thieves are joining together to steal the priceless “Empress Diamonds”. The story was written by Guy Morgan, directed by William Fairchild and  included a brief appearance from Jack Hawkins.
1959

Dial 999 (TV Series)
Bill Mace / Tramp

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1959

Interpol Calling (TV)
Sukru

Interpol Calling was a Rank Organisation and Jack Wrather Productions television crime drama series for ITC Entertainment. It followed the adventures of Interpol policemen Duval ( Charles Korvin) and Mornay (Edwin Richfield) as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery. Patrick played a Italian drug dealer called Sukru in an episode called The Thirteen Innocents. Inspector Duval traces an upturn in drug trafficking in Vienna, but the source is an unlikely one- homing pigeons from Istanbul. The story was written by David T. Chantler and it was directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards.
1959

The Invisible Man (TV Series)
Vickers

The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man) is a British science fiction television series made by Incorporated Television Company.  Patrick appears as the very unwell business partner of Lucian Currie (Griffith Jones) in the episode called Strange Partners. Lucian uses extortion and a trained attack dog to force the Invisible man (Tim Turner) to kill his partner Vickers (Patrick) and make it look like a heart attack.
The script was adapted by Michael Cramoy from the original story by H.G.Wells. It was directed by Pennigton Richards and included in the cast a young Debbie Watling, and Victor Plat.
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