Crane (TV series)
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Crane is a British
black and white adventure series that aired on ITV
from 1963 to 1965. It was shown on Monday nights at 8 PM.
) who was a successful city businessman who was tired of the big city rat race. He took his money and retired to the sun drenched shores of Morocco
, near Casablanca
, investing his money in a beach side café and boat.
Having let it be known that his services were available for import and export assignments, he soon found himself involved in minor smuggling activities (tobacco and alcohol, but no drugs). This brought him to the attention of the local chief of police, Colonel Mahmoud (Gerald Flood
). The pair developed a healthy respect for each other and there were times when they would join forces against a common enemy. Colonel Mahmoud was assisted by Inspector Larbi played by Bruce Montague.
Crane's only real friend was an ex-Foreign Legionnaire named Orlando O'Connor (Sam Kydd
), who became his trusted confidant. The glamour in the show was Halima (Laya Raki
), a young Arab girl Crane employed to run the bar in his café.
, whilst the interior filming was studio-bound and filmed in the studios at Wembley in London.
The series was originally planned as a 'midsummer filler programme', only to last one season of 13 episodes, but it proved so popular that it returned for a second season of 13 episodes and even a third one of 13 episodes.
It spawned another series, this one aimed at children and called Orlando
, based on one of its characters. This ran for 76 colour episodes of 30 minutes, running from 1965 to 1968 (one show ended January 1965, the other started April 1965).
Orlando stars Sam Kydd.
as Jennings, Jennifer Browne as Margot, Guy Deghy as Primo, Gábor Baraker, James Bree
.
2. Bad Company. Crane and Orlando pick up a young hitch-hiker and find themselves in trouble. Katherine Blake as Sonia, Charles Tingwell
as Albert Ringwood, Desmond Jordan as Inspector Slimene, David Nettheim
as Chavez.
3. The Canabis Syndicate. Crane and Mahmoud work together to stop a murder for sale syndicate which wants them both dead. Peter Reynolds as Austin Crispin, Derek Benfield
as Osman, David Graham
, John Herrington.
4. My Deadly Friend. Someone is trying to get Crane arrested on false charges. Bruce Montague
as Inspector Larki, Anthony Steele as Gil, Thalia Kouri as Rosamaria, Richard Davies
as Willie Jones, Geoffrey Colville as Aubrey Feltham, Arnold Yarrow as Louis Barreto, Henry Lincoln
as Arab guide.
5. The Executioners. Crane and Orlando are put in danger after helping a wounded man, being hunted in Casablanca. Alexander Davion as David, Warren Mitchell
as Dorfmann, Bryan Woolfe as Malachi, Cyril Shaps
as Rabbi, Sydney Arnold, Gordon Rollings
, Eileen Way
.
6. Yesterday's Woman. Someone is trying to kill Madeleine and blame an innocent man for the crime. Madi Hedd as Madeleine, Donald Morley as Latour, Rex Garner as Sergeant Fazil, Terry Bale as 1st Guard, Louis Raynes as 2nd Guard.
7. The Price of Friendship. Crane and Mahmoud are looking for a gang of thieves in Casablanca, one of whom may be a dangerous killer. Dermot Walsh
as Haufmann, Sally Nesbitt as Jacqueline, Desmond Newling as Roberts, Edmund Bailey as Fatim.
8. Three Days To Die. Crane believes a murder convict is innocent but only has three days before he is executed. Peter Bowles
as Nikkolai, Reginald Barratt as Inspector Misrai, Margot Van der Burgh as Maitre Zem, Brian Cant
as Kramm, Gertan Klauber
as Habbas.
9. My Brother's Keeper. Mahmoud is trying to find a callous murderer in Casablanca but the Foreign Legion will reveal nothing so he seeks Crane's help. Barry Keegan as Szabo, Alec Mango
as Dr. Ahbib, Richard Marner
as Alexis, Maitland Ross as a priest.
10. The Unwanted. An orphan taken in by Crane puts him and his friends' lives in danger. Peter Newton as Abba, Steve Plytas
as Krasses, John Hollis
as Hamid.
11. Return Of A Hero. Crane rescues a pursued man and comes up with a mystery involving a yellow rabbit. Edgar Wreford as Matthews, John Rumney as Mickey the Crook, Arthur Hewlett
as the Colonel.
12. The Golden Attraction. A corpse is discovered in a newly dug grave and Crane is dragged into the matter against his will. Jacqueline Ellis as Alison Harrington, Alan Tilvern
as Paul Harrington, Peter Arne
as Michael Harrington.
13. A Case Of Dolls. Crane and Orlando find a crate floating in the sea which brings them to the attention of some very nasty men. John Barnett, John Bennett
as Smith, George Coulouris
as Dr. Jackson, Alec Mango
as Chatterji, Dallas Cavell as Customs official.
as Marie, Peter Vaughan
as Goddard, Gertan Klauber
as Darius, Michael Hawkins as Martin.
2. Epitaph For A Fat Woman. A friend's son fails to arrive home from school so Crane follows the trail to death and heartbreak for his friends. Ingrid Hafner
as Selina, William Marlowe
as Pasquale, Emrys James
as Grant, David Nettheim
, James Culliford
, David Graham
.
3. Dead Reckoning. Crane reluctantly agrees to help get a man out of prison only to nearly get killed in the attempt. Richard Vernon
as Wolsey, Colin Gordon
as Lung, Jan Waters
as Liz, Richard Davies
as Willie Jones, Sheila Keith
as Mrs. Ambrose, Bartlett Mullins as Governor, Brian Cant
as Man.
4. Picture Of My Brother. Mahmoud seeks Crane's help in bringing the murderous Venza gang to justice. Louis Rayner as Abdul, Bill Nagy as Venza, Jennifer White as Jasmina.
5. Two Rings For Danger. Crane is suspected by the brother and Mahmoud when it turns out he was the last person to see a murdered man alive. Dudley Foster
as Charles, Annette Andre
as Petra, Job Stewart as Alphonse.
6. Death Is A Black Camel. Mahmoud must solve a baffling case while Crane has to keep a rendezvous from which he may not return. Philip Latham
as Salbierre, Ric Hutton as Vanel, Lee Richardson as Corto, Patrick Godfrey
as Dr. Launay, Reg Lye as Stanley, Gábor Baraker as Fat policeman.
7. The Secret Assassin. Crane is invited to Ahmed's Palace as an honoured guest but gets a reception which makes him doubt Ahmed. Cyril Luckham
as Mouley Ahmed, Isobel Black
as Zuida, Donald Bisset as Muller.
8. A Mouthful Of Ashes. Crane gives Orlando a ticket to the theatre, with no idea that he is sending him into danger, in which he too will become involved. Anthony Newlands
as Stark, Maxine Audley
as Freda, Arthur White
as Pirelli.
9. Recoil. Crane and Orlando accept a Contessa's invitation to go to her villa, not knowing that Crane's murder is planned. Patricia Kneale
as Contessa d'Avezzano, Paul Eddington
as Dr. Stampini, Richard Hurndall
as Fausto.
10. Gypsy's Warning. Philipe plans revenge on a police informer and the cards of a gypsy lead Crane into violence and murder. John Woodvine
as Philipe, Howard Goorney as a Gypsy, Harold Innocent
as Jacko.
11. Knife In The Dark. Orlando is found on the beach with blood on his hands and is suspected of murder after a quarrel the night before. Derek Sydney as Arif, Michael Mellinger as Abdoul, Zoe Zephyr as Mokahl, Stephanie Bidmead as Annette Brillon, John G. Heller as Bartender.
12. Murder Is Waiting. Crane is after a killer hidden in Casablanca and receives an invitation which leads him into danger. Keith Anderson as Sweeper, Basil Dignam
as Raswani, David Andrews as Marcel, Harry Landis
as Ben Zeda, Roger Delgado
as Barman.
13. Man Without A Past. A gang of thieves try to murder Crane to stop him clearing an innocent man. Patrick Troughton
as Hugo Krantz, Alan Wheatley
as Michaud, Anthony Baird as Sergeant Miraz, Royston Tickner
as Sgt. Khatib, Joby Blanshard as Rahman, Hal Dyer as Hostess, Michael Allaby
as Doctor.
as Shafik, Valarie Sarruf as Zena, Camilla Hasse as Raya, Russell Waters
as Doctor, Eric Francis as Undertaker.
2. T.N.T. Men unskilled in the use of explosives put Crane's life in danger. Edwin Richfield
as Streve Hanna, Delphi Lawrence
as Lisa Martes, Barry Linehan as Harvey Troop, Henry Lincoln
as Mogista.
3. The Third Bullet. A telephone call from an unknown woman puts Crane's life in danger from an assassin. Leonard Trolley as Shaab, Felix Felton as Major Culcao, Lawrence Hardy as Dr. Salas, Brian Badcoe as Raoul, Peter Halliday
as Eladio, Peter Birrel
as 1st Guard, Bruce Wightman as 2nd Guard.
4. A Danger To Others. When Julie Lamont disappears, Crane and Orlando are asked to find her. They expect to find her dead but there are surprises in store. Sally Home as Julie Lamont, Eric Pohlmann
as Dr. Knunsden, Diana Lambert as Francine, John Bryans
as Dr. Mustapha, Michael Godfrey as Perez.
5. Death Walks Beside Me. Johnnie, an old friend asks for Crane's help but the request may be impossible for Crane. John Bonney as Johnnie, Christopher Carlos as Jericho, John Cazabon
as Perrichon, Gábor Baraker as Cairo, Reginald Barratt as Public prosecutor, Conrad Monk as Guard.
6. The Man With The Big Feet. A local mystic prophesies that Orlando will die. Crane investigates. Bruno Barnabe
as The Master, Campbell Singer
as Lewis, Vanda Godsell
as Mrs Lewis, Peter Laird as Halima's cousin.
7. In Trust Find Treason. Mahmoud's reputation comes into question so Crane springs to his defence. Ivor Dean
as Aldo Romitu, Yolande Turner as Allegria, Robert Cartland as Gadulla.
8. The Painted Lady. Crane chance meeting Louisa reveals a very dangerous lady. Moira Redmond
as Louisa, Richard Carpenter as Barjou, Harvey Hall as Otto, George Pravda
as Carl Hassler.
9. Moving Target. An old enemy, a military man, seeks Mahmoud's life. Scott Forbes
as Major Seaford, John Carson
as Hennessey-Bodley, Ursula Howells
as Stella.
10. A Cargo Of Cornflower. Offered a job of transporting cornflour, Crane is suspicious when they won't let him inspect the cargo. Then Orlando goes missing. Peter Bowles
as Vincent Moro, Edina Ronay
as Carmena, Mark Kingston
as Flavio, John Hollis
as Djiba, David Nettheim
as Aziz.
11. A Violent Animal. Crane's smuggling activities has caused a man from the mainland to come to kill him. Peter Dyneley
as Peter Garvey, Michael Mellinger as Achmet, Arthur White
as Pirelli, Keith Barron
as Rene Leclerc, John Cater
as Afiz, Arthur Blake as Sgt. Zahaz, Jolyon Booth as Gibbah, Michael Allaby
as Policeman.
12. The Death Of Karaloff. Mahmoud has been ordered to keep Karaloff, a known criminal and sworn enemy alive. Denys Graham as Karaloff, Tony Steedman
as Brigadier Harris, Robert Gillespie
as Ames, Philip Stone
as Boris, Aubrey Morris
as Mustafa, John Garvin as Doctor.
13. The Man In The Gold Waistcoat. The waistcoat caused Crane to be involved in the death of a man found in the desert and now he's running for his life from a band of men intent on killing him. Steve Plytas
as Franz Bauer, Alan Wheatley
as Dr. Hilfe, William Devlin as Sheik Gamal, Alan MacNaughtan
as The Major, Nicolas Chagrin as Selim.
United Kingdom
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black and white adventure series that aired on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
from 1963 to 1965. It was shown on Monday nights at 8 PM.
Plot
The series was based around Richard Crane (Patrick AllenPatrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
) who was a successful city businessman who was tired of the big city rat race. He took his money and retired to the sun drenched shores of Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, near Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
, investing his money in a beach side café and boat.
Having let it be known that his services were available for import and export assignments, he soon found himself involved in minor smuggling activities (tobacco and alcohol, but no drugs). This brought him to the attention of the local chief of police, Colonel Mahmoud (Gerald Flood
Gerald Flood
Gerald Flood was a British actor of stage and television.Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire but lived for most of his life in Farnham, Surrey, where he regularly appeared on stage at the Castle Theatre...
). The pair developed a healthy respect for each other and there were times when they would join forces against a common enemy. Colonel Mahmoud was assisted by Inspector Larbi played by Bruce Montague.
Crane's only real friend was an ex-Foreign Legionnaire named Orlando O'Connor (Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd was an Ulster-born English actor. An army officer's son, he was born in Belfast, but moved to London, England when he was a child. He was educated at Dunstable Grammar School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England....
), who became his trusted confidant. The glamour in the show was Halima (Laya Raki
Laya Raki
Laya Raki is a former dancer and film actress popular in Germany in the 1950s and early 1960s. She also became an international star for her roles in English films and TV productions.-Biography:...
), a young Arab girl Crane employed to run the bar in his café.
Particularities
The location filming was shot in MoroccoMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, whilst the interior filming was studio-bound and filmed in the studios at Wembley in London.
The series was originally planned as a 'midsummer filler programme', only to last one season of 13 episodes, but it proved so popular that it returned for a second season of 13 episodes and even a third one of 13 episodes.
It spawned another series, this one aimed at children and called Orlando
Orlando (TV series)
Orlando is a British television thriller series for young adults which ran for four series between 1965 and 1968. Made by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network, it stars Sam Kydd as Orlando O'Connor, the character he had played in the adult television series Crane.-Cast:-External links:* at...
, based on one of its characters. This ran for 76 colour episodes of 30 minutes, running from 1965 to 1968 (one show ended January 1965, the other started April 1965).
Orlando stars Sam Kydd.
Season 1 (2 April to 25 June 1963)
1. A Death of No Importance. When a friend of Crane's is killed, he hunts the man through the streets of Casablanca. Michael RobbinsMichael Robbins
Michael Anthony Robbins was a British actor known for his television work...
as Jennings, Jennifer Browne as Margot, Guy Deghy as Primo, Gábor Baraker, James Bree
James Bree
James Bree was a British actor who played many supporting roles in both film and television.Bree was educated at Radley College and during World War II served in the RAF. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama...
.
2. Bad Company. Crane and Orlando pick up a young hitch-hiker and find themselves in trouble. Katherine Blake as Sonia, Charles Tingwell
Charles Tingwell
In 1941, aged 18, he volunteered for war service overseas with the Royal Australian Air Force. Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, personnel from Commonwealth air forces were part of a joint training and assignment system. Consequently, Tingwell trained as a pilot in Canada during 1942...
as Albert Ringwood, Desmond Jordan as Inspector Slimene, David Nettheim
David Nettheim
David Cosman Nettheim was an Australian actor.Born in Sydney, and brought up in Cremorne Point the eldest son of actor Roy Nettheim and the actress Mary Hosking, he was introduced to the theatre when his parents joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre.He...
as Chavez.
3. The Canabis Syndicate. Crane and Mahmoud work together to stop a murder for sale syndicate which wants them both dead. Peter Reynolds as Austin Crispin, Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield was a British playwright and actor.He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce Running Riot and the second actor who played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates...
as Osman, David Graham
David Graham (actor)
David Graham is a British character actor and voice artist. Born in London, after a period in the R.A.F as a Radar Mechanic he trained as an actor in New York but has worked mainly on British television series....
, John Herrington.
4. My Deadly Friend. Someone is trying to get Crane arrested on false charges. Bruce Montague
Bruce Montague
Bruce Montague is a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom Butterflies. In 2000, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Genocide Machine and, in the following year, he starred alongside Paul McGann in the Doctor Who story Sword of...
as Inspector Larki, Anthony Steele as Gil, Thalia Kouri as Rosamaria, Richard Davies
Richard Davies (actor)
Richard Davies is a Welsh actor, from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales whose film and TV work covers many years but is probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr Price in the LWT popular situation comedy Please Sir!.Davies uses a broad Welsh accent for much of his...
as Willie Jones, Geoffrey Colville as Aubrey Feltham, Arnold Yarrow as Louis Barreto, Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln is an English author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former Supporting actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and —starting in the 1970s— authored a series of books and inspired documentaries for the British television channel BBC2,...
as Arab guide.
5. The Executioners. Crane and Orlando are put in danger after helping a wounded man, being hunted in Casablanca. Alexander Davion as David, Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell is an English actor who rose to initial prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part , and its sequels Till Death... and In Sickness and in Health , all of which were written by Johnny Speight...
as Dorfmann, Bryan Woolfe as Malachi, Cyril Shaps
Cyril Shaps
-Biography:Shaps was born in Highbury, London; he was of Polish ancestry and his father was a tailor.He was a child broadcaster, providing voices for radio commercials at the age of 12. After grammar school and Army service he trained at RADA and then worked for two years as an announcer, producer...
as Rabbi, Sydney Arnold, Gordon Rollings
Gordon Rollings
Gordon Charles Rollings was a British actor who mainly appeared on television, but also appeared on-stage and in feature films. He was born in Batley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England and started his career in radio in Israel...
, Eileen Way
Eileen Way
Eileen Way was an English actress who appeared in many film and television roles in a career dating back to the 1930s....
.
6. Yesterday's Woman. Someone is trying to kill Madeleine and blame an innocent man for the crime. Madi Hedd as Madeleine, Donald Morley as Latour, Rex Garner as Sergeant Fazil, Terry Bale as 1st Guard, Louis Raynes as 2nd Guard.
7. The Price of Friendship. Crane and Mahmoud are looking for a gang of thieves in Casablanca, one of whom may be a dangerous killer. Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series Richard the Lionheart.-Early life:...
as Haufmann, Sally Nesbitt as Jacqueline, Desmond Newling as Roberts, Edmund Bailey as Fatim.
8. Three Days To Die. Crane believes a murder convict is innocent but only has three days before he is executed. Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles
-Early life:Bowles was born in London, England, the son of Sarah Jane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. His father was a chauffeur and butler at a stately home in Warwickshire; but, upon the outbreak of World War II, he was seconded to work as an engineer at Rolls-Royce and moved the family to Nottingham...
as Nikkolai, Reginald Barratt as Inspector Misrai, Margot Van der Burgh as Maitre Zem, Brian Cant
Brian Cant
Brian Cant is an English actor, television presenter and writer.-Personal life:Born in Ipswich, he currently lives in Buckinghamshire and is married to writer and director Cherry Britton, sister of TV presenter Fern Britton and actor Jasper Britton. They have three children, daughter Rose, and...
as Kramm, Gertan Klauber
Gertan Klauber
George Gertan Klauber was a British character actor.He played small roles in many of the Carry On films, and appeared as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third....
as Habbas.
9. My Brother's Keeper. Mahmoud is trying to find a callous murderer in Casablanca but the Foreign Legion will reveal nothing so he seeks Crane's help. Barry Keegan as Szabo, Alec Mango
Alec Mango
Alec Mango was an English actor. He is best known for portraying El Supremo in the 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., he also appeared in South of Algiers , The Strange World of Planet X , The 7th Voyage of Sinbad , Danger Man , and Frankenstein Created Woman, .-Selected filmography:* They Who...
as Dr. Ahbib, Richard Marner
Richard Marner
Richard Marner, born Alexander Molchanoff was a Russian-born British actor. He was probably best known for his role as Colonel Kurt Von Strohm in the British sitcom Allo 'Allo!.-Early life:...
as Alexis, Maitland Ross as a priest.
10. The Unwanted. An orphan taken in by Crane puts him and his friends' lives in danger. Peter Newton as Abba, Steve Plytas
Steve Plytas
Steve Plytas was an actor who worked in British films and television....
as Krasses, John Hollis
John Hollis
John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen...
as Hamid.
11. Return Of A Hero. Crane rescues a pursued man and comes up with a mystery involving a yellow rabbit. Edgar Wreford as Matthews, John Rumney as Mickey the Crook, Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Hewlett was a British actor.He is best remembered for his roles on television, including Quatermass and the Pit, Police Surgeon, The Avengers, The Saint, No Hiding Place, The Baron, The Troubleshooters, Menace, Follyfoot, The Changes, Blake's 7, Doctor Who Arthur Hewlett (12 March 1907...
as the Colonel.
12. The Golden Attraction. A corpse is discovered in a newly dug grave and Crane is dragged into the matter against his will. Jacqueline Ellis as Alison Harrington, Alan Tilvern
Alan Tilvern
Alan Tilvern was a British film and television actor. He is best known for his role as R.K. Maroon in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.-Television appearances:* Doctor Who serial, Planet of Giants...
as Paul Harrington, Peter Arne
Peter Arne
Peter Arne was a British character actor best known for various performances in British film and television, including supporting roles in the television series The Avengers, Danger Man, as well as villains in Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series, in a career that spanned 40 years...
as Michael Harrington.
13. A Case Of Dolls. Crane and Orlando find a crate floating in the sea which brings them to the attention of some very nasty men. John Barnett, John Bennett
John Bennett (actor)
John Bennett was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide Rep experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to...
as Smith, George Coulouris
George Coulouris
George Coulouris was a prominent English film and stage actor.-Early life:Coulouris was born in Manchester, England, the son of Abigail and Nicholas Coulouris, a merchant of Greek origin. He was brought up both in Manchester and nearby Urmston and was educated at Manchester Grammar School...
as Dr. Jackson, Alec Mango
Alec Mango
Alec Mango was an English actor. He is best known for portraying El Supremo in the 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., he also appeared in South of Algiers , The Strange World of Planet X , The 7th Voyage of Sinbad , Danger Man , and Frankenstein Created Woman, .-Selected filmography:* They Who...
as Chatterji, Dallas Cavell as Customs official.
Season 2. (13 January to 15 June 1964)
1. The Death Of Mary Vetier. A beautiful woman brings murder and treachery into Crane's life. Patricia HainesPatricia Haines
Patricia Haines was an English actress.Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Haines is best known for her television work...
as Marie, Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan is an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts...
as Goddard, Gertan Klauber
Gertan Klauber
George Gertan Klauber was a British character actor.He played small roles in many of the Carry On films, and appeared as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third....
as Darius, Michael Hawkins as Martin.
2. Epitaph For A Fat Woman. A friend's son fails to arrive home from school so Crane follows the trail to death and heartbreak for his friends. Ingrid Hafner
Ingrid Hafner
Ingrid Hafner was a British actress. Her father was Raoul Hafner, an Austrian helicopter pioneer, and her mother Eileen Myra McAdam was a descendant of John Loudon McAdam, the road builder....
as Selina, William Marlowe
William Marlowe
William Marlowe was a British theatre, television and film actor.He served in the Fleet Air Arm and hoped for a career as a writer before training as an actor at RADA. His most famous role was probably that of Chief Supt. Thomas in The Chief...
as Pasquale, Emrys James
Emrys James
Emrys James , was a Welsh Shakespearean actor. He also performed in many theatre and TV parts between 1960 and 1989, and was an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
as Grant, David Nettheim
David Nettheim
David Cosman Nettheim was an Australian actor.Born in Sydney, and brought up in Cremorne Point the eldest son of actor Roy Nettheim and the actress Mary Hosking, he was introduced to the theatre when his parents joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre.He...
, James Culliford
James Culliford
James Culliford was a British actor on stage, film and television.He met his life partner, the actor Alfred Lynch at theatre acting evening classes. Some of his noted roles are The Entertainer , Quatermass and the Pit and The Trygon Factor...
, David Graham
David Graham (actor)
David Graham is a British character actor and voice artist. Born in London, after a period in the R.A.F as a Radar Mechanic he trained as an actor in New York but has worked mainly on British television series....
.
3. Dead Reckoning. Crane reluctantly agrees to help get a man out of prison only to nearly get killed in the attempt. Richard Vernon
Richard Vernon
Richard Vernon was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles...
as Wolsey, Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon was a British actor born in Ceylon .He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford. He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of “Toad of Toad Hall”. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory...
as Lung, Jan Waters
Jan Waters
Jan Waters is an English actress of the theatre, television, and film. She was particularly active in the London theatre scene during the 1960s and 1970s, notably appearing in the original West End productions of Jule Styne's Do Re Mi and Noel Coward's High Spirits...
as Liz, Richard Davies
Richard Davies (actor)
Richard Davies is a Welsh actor, from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales whose film and TV work covers many years but is probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr Price in the LWT popular situation comedy Please Sir!.Davies uses a broad Welsh accent for much of his...
as Willie Jones, Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith was a British actress, active in films and TV, born to Scottish parents in London while they were visiting the city and brought up in Aberdeen, Scotland....
as Mrs. Ambrose, Bartlett Mullins as Governor, Brian Cant
Brian Cant
Brian Cant is an English actor, television presenter and writer.-Personal life:Born in Ipswich, he currently lives in Buckinghamshire and is married to writer and director Cherry Britton, sister of TV presenter Fern Britton and actor Jasper Britton. They have three children, daughter Rose, and...
as Man.
4. Picture Of My Brother. Mahmoud seeks Crane's help in bringing the murderous Venza gang to justice. Louis Rayner as Abdul, Bill Nagy as Venza, Jennifer White as Jasmina.
5. Two Rings For Danger. Crane is suspected by the brother and Mahmoud when it turns out he was the last person to see a murdered man alive. Dudley Foster
Dudley Foster
Dudley Foster was an English actor most notable on TV.Foster was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire. He appeared in such series as Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, Doctor Who , and Z Cars, often in villainous roles. He occasionally appeared in films...
as Charles, Annette Andre
Annette Andre
Annette Andre is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was educated at Brigidine College, Sydney. Her father was an upholsterer....
as Petra, Job Stewart as Alphonse.
6. Death Is A Black Camel. Mahmoud must solve a baffling case while Crane has to keep a rendezvous from which he may not return. Philip Latham
Philip Latham
Philip Latham is a British actor. He was educated at Felsted School.In the late 1960s/early 1970s he was well known to British TV viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the "conscience" to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead in the BBC series The Troubleshooters...
as Salbierre, Ric Hutton as Vanel, Lee Richardson as Corto, Patrick Godfrey
Patrick Godfrey
Patrick Godfrey is a British actor of film, television and stage.Godfrey was born in the United Kingdom, the son of Lois Mary Gladys and Frederick Godfrey, who was a reverend...
as Dr. Launay, Reg Lye as Stanley, Gábor Baraker as Fat policeman.
7. The Secret Assassin. Crane is invited to Ahmed's Palace as an honoured guest but gets a reception which makes him doubt Ahmed. Cyril Luckham
Cyril Luckham
Cyril Luckham was a British film, television and theatre actor.Luckham played the White Guardian in the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who. He appeared in The Ribos Operation, the first serial in The Key to Time season, and Enlightenment...
as Mouley Ahmed, Isobel Black
Isobel Black
Isobel Amy Black is a British actress who is noted for her roles on film and television. She is the daughter of the late screenwriter Ian Stuart Black...
as Zuida, Donald Bisset as Muller.
8. A Mouthful Of Ashes. Crane gives Orlando a ticket to the theatre, with no idea that he is sending him into danger, in which he too will become involved. Anthony Newlands
Anthony Newlands
Anthony Newlands was a British actor, most famous for his supporting guest roles in British television series of the 1960s. These included two roles in ABC Weekend's adventure drama The Avengers and a role in the ITC Entertainment series Danger Man...
as Stark, Maxine Audley
Maxine Audley
Maxine Audley was an English theatre and film actress. She made her professional stage debut in July 1940 at the Open Air Theatre. Throughout her career, Audley performed with both the Old Vic company and the Royal Shakespeare Company multiple times...
as Freda, Arthur White
Arthur White (actor)
Arthur White is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother Sir David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones...
as Pirelli.
9. Recoil. Crane and Orlando accept a Contessa's invitation to go to her villa, not knowing that Crane's murder is planned. Patricia Kneale
Patricia Kneale
Patricia Kneale was a British stage and television actress.-Career:Kneale gained a Meggie Albanesi scholarship to RADA, where she was awarded the Bancroft gold medal. Her acting debut was in 1947, as Olivia in Twelfth Night at Regents Park. In 1952, she played Lady Macbeth at the old Nottingham...
as Contessa d'Avezzano, Paul Eddington
Paul Eddington
Paul Eddington CBE was an English actor best known for his appearances in popular television sitcoms of the 1970s and 80s: The Good Life, Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.-Early life:...
as Dr. Stampini, Richard Hurndall
Richard Hurndall
Richard Gibbon Hurndall was an English actor.-BBC radio:Hurndall was born in Darlington and he attended Claremont Preparatory School, Darlington and Scarborough College, before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He then appeared in several plays at Stratford-upon-Avon...
as Fausto.
10. Gypsy's Warning. Philipe plans revenge on a police informer and the cards of a gypsy lead Crane into violence and murder. John Woodvine
John Woodvine
John Woodvine is an English stage and screen actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles.-Early life:...
as Philipe, Howard Goorney as a Gypsy, Harold Innocent
Harold Innocent
Harold Sidney Innocent was a British actor who appeared in many film and television roles.After attending Broad Street Secondary Modern School in Coventry, Innocent worked for a short time as an office clerk...
as Jacko.
11. Knife In The Dark. Orlando is found on the beach with blood on his hands and is suspected of murder after a quarrel the night before. Derek Sydney as Arif, Michael Mellinger as Abdoul, Zoe Zephyr as Mokahl, Stephanie Bidmead as Annette Brillon, John G. Heller as Bartender.
12. Murder Is Waiting. Crane is after a killer hidden in Casablanca and receives an invitation which leads him into danger. Keith Anderson as Sweeper, Basil Dignam
Basil Dignam
Basil Dignam was an English character actor.Basil Dignam, a native of Sheffield, acted on film and television between 1951 and 1975. He often appeared as an authority figure, such as a police officer, army general or peer....
as Raswani, David Andrews as Marcel, Harry Landis
Harry Landis
Harry Landis is a British actor. He has had a long career in British television and film and is known for playing cockney-Jewish roles....
as Ben Zeda, Roger Delgado
Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto was an English actor, best known for his role as the first Master in Doctor Who....
as Barman.
13. Man Without A Past. A gang of thieves try to murder Crane to stop him clearing an innocent man. Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton
Patrick George Troughton was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969,...
as Hugo Krantz, Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white era....
as Michaud, Anthony Baird as Sergeant Miraz, Royston Tickner
Royston Tickner
Royston Tickner was a British actor.He was born in Leicester and trained as an actor at Scarborough repertory theatre...
as Sgt. Khatib, Joby Blanshard as Rahman, Hal Dyer as Hostess, Michael Allaby
John Michael Allaby
John Michael Allaby is an Aventis Junior prize winning author. He was born September 18, 1933, in Belper, Derbyshire in England.He was a police cadet from 1949 to 1951. After that served in the RAF from 1951 to 1954, becoming a pilot. After leaving the RAF, he worked as an actor from 1954 to 1964...
as Doctor.
Season 3. (26 October 1964 to 25 January 1965)
1. Death Is A Closed Door. Crane has to turn down a friend who is trying to save a threatened man. Sandor ElesSandor Elès
Sandor Elès was a Hungarian-born actor....
as Shafik, Valarie Sarruf as Zena, Camilla Hasse as Raya, Russell Waters
Russell Waters
Russell Waters was a Scottish film actor.Waters was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. He began acting with the Old English Comedy and Shakespeare Company then appeared in repertory theatre, at the Old Vic and in the West End. On screen Waters generally...
as Doctor, Eric Francis as Undertaker.
2. T.N.T. Men unskilled in the use of explosives put Crane's life in danger. Edwin Richfield
Edwin Richfield
Edwin Richfield was an English actor.His film credits include: X the Unknown, Quatermass 2, The Camp on Blood Island, The Face of Fu Manchu and Quatermass and the Pit....
as Streve Hanna, Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence was an English actress.She was educated in Slough at Halidon House School and lived in Colnbrook. Of Hungarian ancestry, Lawrence trained as a concert pianist before becoming an actress. She made her first film in 1952 and over the next decade established a following in British films...
as Lisa Martes, Barry Linehan as Harvey Troop, Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln is an English author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former Supporting actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and —starting in the 1970s— authored a series of books and inspired documentaries for the British television channel BBC2,...
as Mogista.
3. The Third Bullet. A telephone call from an unknown woman puts Crane's life in danger from an assassin. Leonard Trolley as Shaab, Felix Felton as Major Culcao, Lawrence Hardy as Dr. Salas, Brian Badcoe as Raoul, Peter Halliday
Peter Halliday
Peter Halliday is a Welsh actor.He is probably best known for his role as Dr. John Fleming in A for Andromeda and its sequel,...
as Eladio, Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel was an English actor.He played numerous bit parts in British TV series for nearly forty years....
as 1st Guard, Bruce Wightman as 2nd Guard.
4. A Danger To Others. When Julie Lamont disappears, Crane and Orlando are asked to find her. They expect to find her dead but there are surprises in store. Sally Home as Julie Lamont, Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann was an Austrian theatre, film and television character actor.Born Erich Pollak in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he was a classically trained actor who studied under the renowned director Max Reinhardt...
as Dr. Knunsden, Diana Lambert as Francine, John Bryans
John Bryans
John Bryans was a British actor, who appeared frequently on television.He is possibly best known for his recurring role as Bercol during the first two series of Blake's 7. He also appeared in the third series as the torturer Shrinker...
as Dr. Mustapha, Michael Godfrey as Perez.
5. Death Walks Beside Me. Johnnie, an old friend asks for Crane's help but the request may be impossible for Crane. John Bonney as Johnnie, Christopher Carlos as Jericho, John Cazabon
John Cazabon
John F Cazabon was an Australian actor born in Hertford, England.His parents were Albert Cazabon , a noted violinist and from 1927–36 musical director of Prince Edward Theatre orchestra and Mrs Albert Cazabon , a professional actor born in Australia, who became active again with Pickwick Theatre...
as Perrichon, Gábor Baraker as Cairo, Reginald Barratt as Public prosecutor, Conrad Monk as Guard.
6. The Man With The Big Feet. A local mystic prophesies that Orlando will die. Crane investigates. Bruno Barnabe
Bruno Barnabe
Bruno Barnabe was a British film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand.- Biography :...
as The Master, Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer was a British character actor who featured in a number of film and television roles during his long career....
as Lewis, Vanda Godsell
Vanda Godsell
Vanda Godsell was an English actress.-Early life:She was born near Bristol into the well known Godsell family, best known for its brewery based in Stroud. Her father was an officer in the Navy and served in the Battle of Jutland whilst her mother, Muriel, was the sister of novelist and actress...
as Mrs Lewis, Peter Laird as Halima's cousin.
7. In Trust Find Treason. Mahmoud's reputation comes into question so Crane springs to his defence. Ivor Dean
Ivor Dean
Ivor Donald Dean was a British stage and television actor.With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and indeed it is for the role of Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal in the 1960s series The Saint, opposite Roger Moore, that he is best remembered...
as Aldo Romitu, Yolande Turner as Allegria, Robert Cartland as Gadulla.
8. The Painted Lady. Crane chance meeting Louisa reveals a very dangerous lady. Moira Redmond
Moira Redmond
Moira Redmond was a British actress.She was born in Bognor Regis, England, the daughter of the actress Molly Redmond and her husband who was a stage manager...
as Louisa, Richard Carpenter as Barjou, Harvey Hall as Otto, George Pravda
George Pravda
George Pravda was a Czechoslovakian film and television actor.He began his career in Czechoslovakia, where he was credited as Jirí Pravda, and then emigrated to the United Kingdom....
as Carl Hassler.
9. Moving Target. An old enemy, a military man, seeks Mahmoud's life. Scott Forbes
Scott Forbes
Conrad Scott-Forbes , popularly known as Scott Forbes, was a movie and television actor and screenwriter. In his later career as a screenwriter, he was credited as C. Scott Forbes.-Early years:...
as Major Seaford, John Carson
John Carson (actor)
John Carson is a British actor noted for his appearances in film and television.Making his film debut in 1947, he carved out a career appearing in low budget British movies such as Seven Keys ; Smokescreen ; and Master Spy...
as Hennessey-Bodley, Ursula Howells
Ursula Howells
Ursula Howells was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television....
as Stella.
10. A Cargo Of Cornflower. Offered a job of transporting cornflour, Crane is suspicious when they won't let him inspect the cargo. Then Orlando goes missing. Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles
-Early life:Bowles was born in London, England, the son of Sarah Jane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. His father was a chauffeur and butler at a stately home in Warwickshire; but, upon the outbreak of World War II, he was seconded to work as an engineer at Rolls-Royce and moved the family to Nottingham...
as Vincent Moro, Edina Ronay
Edina Ronay
Edina Ronay FRSA is an Anglo-Hungarian fashion designer and former actress, the daughter of food critic Egon Ronay and mother of actress/writer Shebah Ronay....
as Carmena, Mark Kingston
Mark Kingston
Mark Kingston was an English actor who made many television and stage appearances over his 50 year career....
as Flavio, John Hollis
John Hollis
John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen...
as Djiba, David Nettheim
David Nettheim
David Cosman Nettheim was an Australian actor.Born in Sydney, and brought up in Cremorne Point the eldest son of actor Roy Nettheim and the actress Mary Hosking, he was introduced to the theatre when his parents joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre.He...
as Aziz.
11. A Violent Animal. Crane's smuggling activities has caused a man from the mainland to come to kill him. Peter Dyneley
Peter Dyneley
Peter Dyneley was a British actor, born in Hastings, East Sussex, England.Although appearing in many smaller roles in both film and television, he is best remembered for his performance as the voice of Jeff Tracy in the Gerry Anderson 1960s TV series Thunderbirds and the subsequent movies...
as Peter Garvey, Michael Mellinger as Achmet, Arthur White
Arthur White (actor)
Arthur White is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother Sir David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones...
as Pirelli, Keith Barron
Keith Barron
Keith Barron is an English actor and television presenter, well-known from numerous roles on British television from the 1960s to the present day.-Career:...
as Rene Leclerc, John Cater
John Cater
John Edward Cater was an English actor.His television credits include: Danger Man, Z Cars, The Avengers, The Baron, Doctor Who , Follyfoot, Softly, Softly, Department S, Up Pompeii!, Dad's Army, The Naked Civil Servant, I, Claudius, Alcock and Gander, The Duchess of...
as Afiz, Arthur Blake as Sgt. Zahaz, Jolyon Booth as Gibbah, Michael Allaby
John Michael Allaby
John Michael Allaby is an Aventis Junior prize winning author. He was born September 18, 1933, in Belper, Derbyshire in England.He was a police cadet from 1949 to 1951. After that served in the RAF from 1951 to 1954, becoming a pilot. After leaving the RAF, he worked as an actor from 1954 to 1964...
as Policeman.
12. The Death Of Karaloff. Mahmoud has been ordered to keep Karaloff, a known criminal and sworn enemy alive. Denys Graham as Karaloff, Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman was an English character actor, perhaps best known for his role as Socrates in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure....
as Brigadier Harris, Robert Gillespie
Robert Gillespie
Robert Gillespie is a British actor.He was brought up in Nantes until his parents moved to Manchester, having arrived in Plymouth in 1940...
as Ames, Philip Stone
Philip Stone
Philip Stone was an English actor.He was born Philip Stones in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Stone appeared in three successive Stanley Kubrick films: playing the central character's "Dad" in A Clockwork Orange , "Graham" in Barry Lyndon and as "Delbert Grady," the original caretaker in The Shining...
as Boris, Aubrey Morris
Aubrey Morris
Aubrey Morris is a British actor perhaps best known for his appearances in the cult 1970s films A Clockwork Orange and The Wicker Man....
as Mustafa, John Garvin as Doctor.
13. The Man In The Gold Waistcoat. The waistcoat caused Crane to be involved in the death of a man found in the desert and now he's running for his life from a band of men intent on killing him. Steve Plytas
Steve Plytas
Steve Plytas was an actor who worked in British films and television....
as Franz Bauer, Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white era....
as Dr. Hilfe, William Devlin as Sheik Gamal, Alan MacNaughtan
Alan MacNaughtan
Alan MacNaughtan was a Scottish actor, born in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. An experienced Old Vic, West End and Broadway actor, he became active in television and certain films between 1954 and 1999....
as The Major, Nicolas Chagrin as Selim.