George Sewell
Known for: Acting
George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
Father
1970
Series
Doctor Who
Ratcliffe
1963
Series
Minder
Frank
1979
Series
The Wednesday Play
Ricketts
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
George Barking
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Gurney
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Eddie
1964
Series
Heartbeat
Ray Walker
1992
Series
ITV Playhouse
DI Barnes
1967
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Laughlin
1979
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Nicholls
1965
Series
Gideon's Way
Tim Murphy
1965
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
The Sweeney
Vic Tolman
1975
Series
UFO
Alec Freeman
1970
Series
Public Eye
Jakeman
1965
Series
Public Eye
Harry Brierly
1965
Film
Barry Lyndon
Barry's Second
1975
Series
Screen One
Friedrich
1989
Series
Churchill's People
Colonel Michelburn
1974
Series
The Upper Hand
George Carver
1990
Series
The Expert
Louis Scammell
1968
Series
Special Branch
Det. Chief Insp. Alan Craven
1969
Series
Paul Temple
Sammy Carson
1969
Series
Detective
1964
Series
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Det. Inspector Grant
1984
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Series
The Main Chance
Harry Kenton
1969
Series
The Detectives
Superintendent Cottam
1993
Series
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Stapleton
1967
Series
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mendel
1979
Series
The Gentle Touch
Dave Connally
1980
Series
The Adventurer
Harry Venner
1972
Series
Rising Damp
Detective Constable Baker
1974
Series
Manhunt
Allard
1970
Series
The Power Game
Frank Hagadan
1965
Series
Six Days of Justice
Anthony Brown
1972
Series
The Man in Room 17
Shelton
1965
Series
Born Free
Sam Willis
1974
Series
The Edwardians
Gus Elen
1972
Series
The Informer
Vaughn
1966
Film
Get Carter
Con
1971
Series
Londoners
Bert
1965
Series
Londoners
Barman
1965
Series
Don't Forget to Write!
Pierre
1977
Series
The Chinese Detective
Jack Longman
1981
Series
Shadows of Fear
Harry
1970
Andy Robson
Peter Mueller
1982
Film
Operation: Daybreak
Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator
1975
Series
The Caesars
Ennius
1968
Film
This Sporting Life
Jeff
1963
Film
Kaleidoscope
Billy
1966
Film
Robbery
Ben
1967
Series
Home James!
1987
Home and Away
Winslow Scott
1972
The Nineteenth Hole
Ray Smollett
1989
Film
Doppelgänger
Mark Neuman
1969
Film
Running Blind
Slade
1979
Film
The Criminal
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1960
Film
Deadlier Than the Male
Car Park Assassin
1967
Series
Spindoe
Scaliger
1968
Film
The Vengeance of She
Harry
1968
Film
The Coming Out Party
Ricketts
1965
Film
Taking Leave
Father
1974
Film
Invasion: UFO
Col. Alec Freeman
1980
Film
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Ratcliffe
1988
Film
Sparrows Can't Sing
Bert
1963
Film
The Haunted House of Horror
Bob Kellett
1969
Film
Up the Junction
Barny
1965
The Bass Player and the Blonde
The Drummer
1978
Film
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Knocker
1981
Film
Suspect
DI Barnes
1969
Film
The Fix
Chairman
1997
Film
Diamonds on Wheels
Henry Stewart
1973
Film
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
Colonel Alec Freeman
1971
Film
The Informers
Fred Hill
1963
The Investigation
Witness
1967
Film
UFO: Take Them Alive
Colonel Alec Freeman
1972
Film
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
Colonel Alec Freeman
1972
Film
Wet Job
Haggerty
1981
Film
A Place to Go
Market Trader
1963
Film
Sticky Wickets
Friedrich
1990
Film
Mark of the Devil
Det. Inspector Grant
1984
The Education of Corporal Halliday
Staff Sgt. Graham
1967
Film
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
Film
Winterspelt 1944
Colonel
1978
Film
Three Clear Sundays
Johnny May
1965
The Voices in the Park
Gurney
1967
Let's Stick Together
Carter
1998