Albert Welling

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Albert Welling
Albert Welling in Carla 2003.jpg
Welling in Carla 2003
Born
Albert Edward Welling

(1952-02-29) 29 February 1952 (age 73)
London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present

Albert Welling (born 29 February 1952) is a British actor. [1] He has appeared in a number of television series including The Line of Beauty , Cribb , Z-Cars , The Sweeney , Rumpole of the Bailey , The Bretts, Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost .

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Career

He made his stage debut in Zigger Zagger in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre. In 1979 he played Keith Everly, a recurring character, in the BBC drama series Telford's Change . [2]

His film credits include Backbeat , Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's directorial debut Cemetery Junction and Wilde . He portrayed Adolf Hitler in an episode of Doctor Who entitled "Let's Kill Hitler". He played Max Pruss, in the documentary Hindenburg: The Untold Story .

In 2013, Welling wrote and starred in the play No Direction alongside Ronnie Toms; the play was premièred at the Edinburgh Festival. No Direction was directed by Bob Golding and ran for the duration of the festival at Assembly Three, George Square. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Lord Charles Canning
2019 The Good Liar German Industrialist
2021 Mothering Sunday Mr. Paxton

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Holby City Dr. Klaus HafnerEpisode: "Moondance"
2007 Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies Captain PrussTelevision movie
2008 Midsomer Murders Ron WilsonEpisode: "Left for Dead"
2011 Doctor Who Adolf Hitler Episode: "Let's Kill Hitler"
2017 Taboo Count MusgroveEpisode: "#1.5"
2018 Outlander Pastor GottfriedEpisode: "Savages"
2019 Traitors Brigadier MossEpisode: "Feef"
2019 Succession Paul DoddsEpisode: "Return"
2019 Catherine the Great German AmbassadorEpisode: "#1.4"
2023 Stonehouse Cliff MichelmoreEpisode: #1.1"
2023 FBI: International Simon BallackEpisode: "Glimmers and Ghosts"
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Judge HarveyTelevision miniseries

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (voice)

References

  1. BFI.org
  2. "Telford's Change". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. Philip Fisher. "No Direction". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 23 March 2023.