Terence Morgan

Actor

December 9, 1921 (83 years)

† August 25, 2005

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Biography

Terence Morgan was born on December 8, 1921 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1948), Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) and The Steel Key (1953). He was married to Georgina Jumel. He died on August 25, 2005 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

Filmography

7.6

The Persuaders!

Carl Foster

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

7.1

Out of the Unknown

Bert Foster

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

5.1

Sir Francis Drake

Hugh Graveney

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.

6.9

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

2nd Lt. Gerard

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

7.4

Hamlet

Laertes

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

5.5

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

Adam Beauchamp

Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.

6.2

Encore

Syd Cotman

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

8.2

The Persuaders!

Carl Foster

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes along the French Riviera.

7.1

Mandy

Harry Garland

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.

9.0

Loves of Three Queens

Golo (segment: Il Cavalieri dell'illusione)

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

5.9

The Penthouse

Bruce Victor

A married man and his young mistress suffer sadistic torture when Tom, Dick and Harry invade their penthouse.

6.1

The Sea Pirate

Lord Blackwood

A young naval officer becomes a corsair to make enough money to marry a pretty girl, and fights injustice and snobbery to reach home safely.

5.5

Hide and Seek

Ted Lawson

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.

5.5

Street Corner

Ray

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.

6.1

Svengali

Billy Bagot

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

7.4

Tread Softly Stranger

Dave Mansell

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

6.0

The Big Hit of Surcouf

Lord Blackwood

The continuation of the adventures of Captain Robert Surcouf and his crew.

6.5

Always a Bride

Terence Winch

Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]

6.3

The March Hare

Sir Charles Hare

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.

6.0

The Shakedown

Augie Cortona

Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.