George Sewell
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Play for Today (1970) as Father
- Doctor Who (1963) as Ratcliffe
- Heartbeat (1992) as Ray Walker
- Minder (1979) as Frank
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Laughlin
- Z-Cars (1962)
- The Sweeney (1975) as Vic Tolman
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as DI Barnes
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Ricketts
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as George Barking
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Gurney
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Eddie
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Nicholls
- UFO (1970) as Alec Freeman
- Public Eye (1965) as Jakeman
- Public Eye (1965) as Harry Brierly
- The Main Chance (1969) as Harry Kenton
- Screen One (1989) as Friedrich
- The Upper Hand (1990) as George Carver
- Gideon's Way (1965) as Tim Murphy
- The Expert (1968) as Louis Scammell
- Churchill's People (1974) as Colonel Michelburn
- The Detectives (1993) as Superintendent Cottam