Job Actor
Years active 1947-1999
Known for Smooth, upper-class charmers, beguiling rogues, amiable oafs
Top Roles Captain, Policeman on Motorcycle, R.A.F. Intelligence Officer, Mr. Lanchester, Carstairs
Top GenresComedy, Drama, Adventure, Mystery, War, Crime
Top TopicsWorld War II, Slapstick, True Story (based on)
Top Collaborators (Director), , , (Director)
Shares birthday with Dorothy Gish, Raoul Walsh, Al Ernest Garcia  see more..

Terence Alexander Overview:

Character actor, Terence Alexander, was born Terence Joseph Alexander on Mar 11, 1923 in Islington, England. Alexander appeared in over 160 film and TV roles, mostly TV. Alexander died at the age of 86 on May 28, 2009 in London, England .

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Round-faced and pushy-looking, Terence Alexander started a regular film career in the 1950s, usually appearing in light roles -- as smooth, upper-class charmers, beguiling rogues or amiable oafs. He was a natural for a part in The League of Gentlemen -- and it was probably his best film role.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Terence Alexander Quotes:

Richard Stuart: I assume they paid you well?
Peter Martin: Well handsomely, old chap. Luckiest day in my life when you asked me to check on that license number. Which reminds me - I owe you a tenner.


Peter Martin: I was never really cut out to be a private investigator, you know, sir. House of Commons is more to my taste.


Peter Martin: My coat of arms, Mr. Stuart, if I had one, would bear the motto "rapid service", inscribed on a field of blue.


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Terence Alexander Facts
Son of Joseph and Violet Alexander.

For over 30 years from the early 1960s onward, he was the voice of numerous UK theatrical trailers and television commercials.

Although he was born in London, he was brought up in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. He used his native Yorkshire accent for the part of Charlie Hungerford in "Bergerac" (1981).

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