Malcolm Storry | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
Malcolm Storry (born 13 January 1948) is an English actor with extensive experience on stage, television, and film. Amongst many roles, he is perhaps best known for 'Yellin' in The Princess Bride , [1] HM Customs Chief Bill Adams on The Knock , and Clive Tishell in Doc Martin . [2]
Storry was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He has had an extensive career in theatre, TV, and film, including such roles as Sir Francis Drake in Elizabeth: The Golden Age , Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream for the National Theatre, and many roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company including Prospero [3] and Caliban in The Tempest and Macduff and Banquo in Macbeth . [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | The Sailor's Return | Sailor | |
1982 | Firefox | KGB Agent #2 | |
1987 | The Princess Bride | Yellin | |
1987 | The Beiderbecke Tapes | Mr Peterson | |
1988 | Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy | "Dogfood" Dan Milton | |
1991 | Under Suspicion | Waterston | |
1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Phelps | |
1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Ray Crabtree | |
1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Maj. Dunsmuir | |
1995 | Inspector Morse | DCI Martin Johnson | “The Way Through the Woods” S8:E1 |
1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Chief Ins. Cockburn | |
2004 | The Rocket Post | Captain Kultz | |
2001, 2010 | Midsomer Murders | Silas Burbage, Joe Megson | “Who Killed Cock Robin?” (2001), “Blood on the Saddle” (2010) |
2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Sir Francis Drake | Uncredited [4] |
2007 | Jekyll | Colonel Hart | TV Mini-Series, Episode: #1.3, #1.5, “Hyde” |
2009 | Above Suspicion | John McDowell Brother Raymond | TV Series, Part 1 & 2 TV Series, Episode: “The War Against Drugs” |
2011 | Will | Finch Maurice Crace | TV Mini-Series, 7 episodes |
2012 | Playhouse Presents | Gardener | TV Series |
2014 | New Worlds | Adam | TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes |
2013–2015 | Father Brown | Bishop Talbot | “The Blue Cross”, “The Mystery of the Rosary”, The Deadly Seal” |
2016 | The Living and the Dead | Gideon Langtree | TV Series, 6 episodes |
2017 | Darkest Hour | General Ironside | |
2015–2017 | Doc Martin | Clive Tishell | TV Series, 8 episodes |
2019 | Temple | Barry | TV Series, Episode #1.1 |
2022 | The English | Red Morgan |
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