Julian Curry
Acting
Born December 8, 1937, Devon, England, UK
Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
Filmography
- Truth Seekers — Old Byron Berkeley
- 2004Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow — Dr. Vargas
- 2002Prince William — Prince Philip
- 2001The Hunt — Gerard Stephens
- 20007 Days to Live — Prof. Ed Saunders
- 1999Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life — Mr. Justice Havers
- 1999Vanished! A Video Seance — Father
- 1998Mysteries of Egypt — Carnarvon
- 1997Cause of Death — Dr. Blake
- Midsomer Murders — Ronald Burgess
- 1996Loch Ness — Englishman
- 1996Rasputin — Dr. Lazovert
- Bugs — Admiral
- Kavanagh Q.C. — Michael Faraday QC
- 1991Thatcher: The Final Days — David Harris
- Around the World in 80 Days — Wilson
- 1989Death of a Son — Prof. Ray Spector
- 1988Deadline — Stuart-Smith
- 1988Reasonable Force — Commissioner
- 1987Ghost Chase — Lawyer
- Inspector Morse — Alan Cartwright
- 1985Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend — Etienne
- Lytton's Diary — Tim Beauchamp
- Screen Two — Commissioner, Professor Ray Spector
- The New Statesman — Lecturer
- Three Up, Two Down — Gerald
- Oxbridge Blues — Tom
- Sherlock Holmes — Albert Shlessinger
- The Secret Servant — Sir Anthony Sladen
- 1982Bright Eyes — Charvier
- 1982King Lear — Duke of Cornwall
- 1982The Missionary — Friend of Raggy Masterson
- A Fine Romance — Charles Payne
- 1981Escape to Victory — Shurlock
- 1981Psy-Warriors — Hooper
- The Manions of America — Colonel Maitland
- Buccaneer — Lord Champlieu
- 1979Big Wheels and Sailor — Dave Adams
- 1979The Bronte Sisters — Mr. Smith
- Life Begins at Forty — The Vicar
- 1978The Vanishing Army — Symington
- 1978When the Actors Come — Count Botvay
- BBC2 Play of the Week — Count Botvay
- 1977Gotcha / Campion's Interview — Campion
- 1975Brassneck
- Rumpole of the Bailey — Claude Erskine-Brown, Claude Erskine Brown
- 1975The Floater — Jeremy Butler
- The Hanged Man — Simon Hatchett
- 1975The Saliva Milkshake — Rafferty
- 1975The Way of the World — Petulant
- Churchill's People — Hubert
- Centre Play — Raffety
- 1972Peer Gynt — Bridegroom / Pen
- 1970Hamlet — Horatio
- Play for Today — Symington, Bill Rochester, Jeremy Butler, Campion, Hooper
- Nicholas Nickleby — Lenville
- Pride and Prejudice — Mr. Collins
- 1967The Mini-Affair — Ronnie
- BBC Play of the Month — Oronte
- Out of the Unknown — Edward
- 1965The Midas Plague — Edward
- Thirty-Minute Theatre — Dr. Tim Izzard