Simon MacCorkindale
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: February 12, 1952
Place of Birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Andrew Boles
as Duncan
as Narrator
as Himself - Narrator
as Sir David Bryant
as Jack McCabe
as Tafik / Fabrice De Viega
as Steve Vandermeer
as Flight Boss
as Walton Baden Smythe
as Peter Gregory
as Dennis Robillard
as Alec Chandler
as Jack Campbell
as Adam Novacek
as Richard Keaton
as Johnny Harlow
as Patrick Kelly
as Peter Sinclair
as Manley-Jones
as Self
as Mark Jamieson
as Harry Harper
as Glenn Stevens
as Jonathan Chase
as Philip FitzRoyce
as Hank Richards
as Mikah
as Greg Reardon
as David Clement
as Macduff
as Harry
as Harry
as Lewis Clarkson
as Joe Kapp
as Joe Kapp
as Arthur Davies
as Simon Doyle
as Sir Thomas Walsingham
as Lucius
as Peter Gilkes
as Peter Gilkes
as Paris
as No. 1 Helmsman
as Rolf Hornblower
as Self