Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Fernand Badel (11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Badel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Critic
1982
as Sir Fretful Plaigary
Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacu...
Nijinsky
1980
as Baron de Gunzburg
A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Dollmann
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coa...
Agatha
1979
as Lord Brackenbury
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Petrovitch
World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Barrister
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He re...
Telefon
1977
as Colonel Malchenko
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents g...
Exiles
1977
as Michael Arlen
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tr...
The Winslow Boy
1977
as Sir Robert Morton
The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why, moreover, is he hiding in the gard...
Where Adam Stood
1976
"Where Adam Stood" is "based on" the 1907 autobiography, "Father and Son", by Christian fundamentalist and naturalist Edmund Gosse, but Dennis Potter ...
Luther
1974
as Cardinal Cajetan de Vio
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as the Minister
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated genda...
The Creeper
1970
as Edward Kimberley
A young man starts a new job as companion to a wealthy, eccentric recluse who lives in a large house in a remote area. The only others living there ar...
The Adventurers
1970
as President Rojo
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the co...
Where's Jack?
1969
as Lord Chancellor
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
Otley
1969
as Alec Hadrian
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
The Siegfried Idyll
1969
as Richard Wagner
A biopic on Richard Wagner
The Parachute
1968
as Father
As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in hig...
Toggle
1968
as Rory Farquhar
An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.
Arabesque
1966
as Nejim Beshraavi
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is r...
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Edmond Dantes
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend...
Children of the Damned
1964
as Dr. David Neville
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to ea...
The Lover
1963
as Richard
A sophisticated suburban couple try to enliven their marriage with erotic role-playing, but find their new games even more repressive than before.
Bitter Harvest
1963
as Karl
A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London i...
This Sporting Life
1963
as Gerald Weaver
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by l...
Don Juan in Hell
1962
as Don Juan
The third act of George Bernard Shaw's philosophical comedy Man and Superman. This dream episode depicts a lively debate between Don Juan, the Devil, ...
Magic Fire
1955
as Richard Wagner
Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and ...
Three Cases of Murder
1955
as Owen (segment "Lord Mountdrago") / Mr. X (segment "In the Picture") / Harry (segment "You Killed Elizabeth")
Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friend...
King Lear
1953
as Fool
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as The Great Mendoza
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the wo...
Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection
1953
as Narrator
A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack.
Salome
1953
as John the Baptist
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but H...
The Stranger Left No Card
1952
as John Smith
A strangely-garbed and eccentric-acting stranger arrives in a small English town. But, after several days on being in the town, the citizens accept hi...