Biography
Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Prometheus
1999
as Grandad
Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very ...
Simon Magus
1999
as Benjamin
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid ...
Treasure Island
1999
as Ben Gunn
Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling ...
EverAfter
1998
as Maurice
Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a ...
The Woodlanders
1998
as Old Creedle
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishi...
Jane Eyre
1996
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
Now and Then
1995
as Crazy Pete
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall t...
Dirtysomething
1994
as Bill
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternativ...
Shadowlands
1993
as Fred Paxford
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
U.F.O. The Movie
1993
as Old Codger
The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by a gang of feminist aliens from the 25th century a...
The Secret Garden
1993
as Ben Weatherstaff
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle....
Memento Mori
1992
as Stall Holder
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
Let Him Have It
1991
as Nightwatchman
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangs...
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as Duncan
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. ...
Smack and Thistle
1991
as Waggy
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one ...
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
as Receptionist
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract...
Somewhere to Run
1989
as Neighbour
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
The Accidental Tourist
1988
as Hot Dog Vendor
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, ...
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1987
as Grandfather
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to the...
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Ethan Engel
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his clas...
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Klaus
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brillian...
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
as Bernie
Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
The Kitchen
1977
as Tramp
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his m...
The Portland Millions
1976
as George Hollamby Druce
Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as 2nd Prisoner
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win t...
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971
as Common Lodging House Proprietor
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deteriorati...
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970
as Lionel's father
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
Zeta One
1969
as Stage Manager
Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.
The Pistol
1965
as Private First Class Jones
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Second Ambulance Man (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An arch...