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Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D.
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Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D.
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Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (February 12, 1952 - October 14, 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D.
In 1983, MacCorkindale starred in the short-lived series Manimal as the lead character, Dr. Jonathan Chase, before taking up the longer-running role of lawyer Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s he directed and produced many stage, TV and film productions through his company Amy International Artists, such as the film Stealing Heaven (1988). Moving to Canada, he starred as Peter Sinclair in the series Counterstrike for three years. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2002 and joined the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty, appearing in the role of Harry Harper for six years until 2008.
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 12, 1952
Died
October 14, 2010
Birthplace
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Family of Cops
1995
Death on the Nile
1978
Wing Commander
1999
No Greater Love
1995
The Girl Next Door
1999
Obsessive Love
1984
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997
Jaws 3-D
1983
Romeo and Juliet
1976
Juggernaut
1974
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
Falcon's Gold
1982
Macbeth
1981
13Hrs
2010
Caboblanco
1980
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
1987
Beasts: Baby
1976
Running Wild
1998
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000
+ 9 more movies
Falcon Crest
1981
Dynasty
1981
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Casualty
1986
Hart to Hart
1979
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Natural World
1983
Relic Hunter
1999
New Tricks
2004
La Femme Nikita
1997
Matt Houston
1982
I, Claudius
1976
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Hammer House of Horror
1980
Counterstrike
1990
Manimal
1983
Beasts
1976
Mentors
1999
Quatermass
1979
+ 7 more TV shows