Biography
Denis Carey (3 August 1909 – 28 September 1986) was a British actor who appeared in many film and television roles, although his biggest box office success was the revue Salad Days, which ran for 2,283 performances in the 1954–55 London season. He was married to actress Yvonne Coulette. Some of Carey's notable appearances include Dennis Potter's 1968 television series A Beast With Two Backs, Elizabeth R, I, Claudius and The Barchester Chronicles. Carey appeared three times in the BBC science fi...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Doctor Who: Shada
2017
as Professor Chronotis
The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help un...
Doctor Who: Shada
1992
as Professor Chronotis
The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, one ...
Lamb
1986
as Mr. Lamb
Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two reco...
Hard Travelling
1986
as Wally
Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden and violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys whose encou...
Doctor Who: Timelash
1985
as Old Man
The Doctor and Peri arrive on Karfel, a planet ruled by fear where the enemies of its ruler, the despotic Borad, are banished into a time tunnel known...
Atlantis
1983
as Ted
Goff and Lytton have a dream - a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways: The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rus...
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
1981
as The Keeper
The Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. Th...
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Casson
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated genda...
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971
as Doctor, at The Spike
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...
A Beast with Two Backs
1968
as Ebenezer
A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather th...
The Siege of Manchester
1965
as Sir John Mounson
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Late Summer
1963
as Mr. Dinsdale
Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time t...
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1961
as Pte. Attercliffe
Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.....but their intentions ar...