Barry Jackson is an English

England

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 actor

Actor

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He is known for his roles on film

Film

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 and television

Television

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His film roles include: Ryan's Daughter

Ryan's Daughter

Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 film directed by David Lean. The film, set in 1916, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours...

, Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period romantic war film produced, written, and directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray which recounts the exploits of an 18th century Irish adventurer...

, Aces High

Aces High (film)

Aces High is a 1976 British war film directed by Jack Gold and starring Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. The screenplay was written by Howard Barker. As acknowledged in the opening credits, the film is based on the 1930s play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff and the memoir...

, The Raging Moon

The Raging Moon

The Raging Moon is a British film from 1971 based on the book by British novelist Peter Marshall and starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman...

, Mr. Love

Mr. Love

Mr. Love is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Roy Battersby and starring Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham and Margaret Tyzack. It was made by Goldcrest Films.-Partial cast:* Barry Jackson - Donald Lovelace* Maurice Denham - Theo...

and Wimbledon

Wimbledon (film)

Wimbledon is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film centers on a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt and an up-and-coming tennis star named Lizzie Bradbury during the Wimbledon Championships.The film was dedicated to Mark McCormack, who died on 16 May 2003 after...

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TV credits include: A for Andromeda

A for Andromeda

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, The Mask of Janus

The Mask of Janus

The Mask of Janus is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1965.The series was set in the fictional European country of Amalia and dealt with the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities within. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV...

, Adam Adamant Lives!

Adam Adamant Lives!

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, Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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, Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...

, Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

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, The Troubleshooters, Doomwatch

Doomwatch

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, Poldark

Poldark

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, Oil Strike North

Oil Strike North

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, The New Avengers, Secret Army

Secret Army (TV series)

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, Blake's 7

Blake's 7

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, The Professionals

The Professionals (TV series)

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, Coronation Street

Coronation Street

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, Enemy at the Door

Enemy at the Door

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, All Creatures Great and Small, Minder

Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...

, Bergerac

Bergerac (TV series)

Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...

, Lovejoy

Lovejoy

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, Casualty

Casualty (TV series)

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, Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...

, Silent Witness

Silent Witness

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, Kavanagh QC

Kavanagh QC

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, The Bill

The Bill

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, A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost (TV series)

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, Holby City

Holby City

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, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

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He appeared in Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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in the original shows run including the stories The Romans

The Romans (Doctor Who)

The Romans is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 16 to February 6, 1965. The story is set during the era of the Roman Empire in the reign of Nero.-Plot:...

and in the episode Mission to the Unknown

Mission to the Unknown

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which served as a prequel to the epic The Daleks' Master Plan

The Daleks' Master Plan

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. He also played Drax, a schoolchum of the Doctor, in the Fourth Doctor

Fourth Doctor

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 story The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 20 January to 24 February 1979...

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