Michael Cochrane

Michael Cochrane

Known For

The Iron Lady

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy.

He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series.

He has twice appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial "Black Orchid" (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in "Ghost Light" (1989). He was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama "No Man's Land".

He featured in the ITV science fiction series The Uninvited. In 2008 he appeared in the soap opera Doctors as Daniel's solicitor and in 2009 in Margaret as MP Alan Clark. He appeared in the situation comedy Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director.

Cochrane also starred in the 2002 film Offending Angels with Susannah Harker and Shaun Parkes. He is married to the actress Belinda Carroll.

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Movies Featuring Michael Cochrane

Living

Living (2022)

as Sir James
RSC Live: Twelfth Night

RSC Live: Twelfth Night (2018)

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Coalition

Coalition (2015)

as Senior Tory MP Buchanan
Holy Flying Circus

Holy Flying Circus (2011)

as Malcolm Muggeridge
Margaret

Margaret (2009)

as Alan Clark
The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector (2005)

as Sir Richard Dearlove
No Image

Reversals (2003)

as Derek Barry
The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play (2002)

as Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
No Image

The Cry (2002)

as Nathaniel Wakely
Longitude

Longitude (2000)

as Waddington, Gould's solicitor
Nancherrow

Nancherrow (1999)

as Sir George Rawlings
Incognito

Incognito (1997)

as Detective Inspector Deeks
Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment (1996)

as Sir Henry Simmerson
Sharpe's Sword

Sharpe's Sword (1995)

as Sir Henry Simmerson
Sharpe's Eagle

Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

as Colonel/General Sir Henry Simmerson
Number One Gun

Number One Gun (1990)

as Flash Fairmaid
Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who: Ghost Light (1989)

as Redvers Fenn-Cooper
Hay Fever

Hay Fever (1984)

as Sandy Tyrell
Frankenstein

Frankenstein (1984)

as Henry Clervell