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Michael Kitchen
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Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1948
- Birthplace
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
IT
Is That Your Body, BoyWaller
1970
Hell's AngelDick Foster
1971
Unman, Wittering and ZigoBungabine
1971
Dracula A.D. 1972Greg
1972
The ReportersAlan
1972TF
The Four BeautiesHenry Batley
1973
The Monkey's PawHerbert White
1973
Once the Killing StartsGeorge Newton
1974
SleepwalkerIan
1975TI
The Imp of the PerverseThe Student
1975
Beasts: What Big EyesBob Curry
1976
Brimstone and TreacleMartin Taylor
1976
No Man's LandFoster
1978
School PlayRose S J
1979
The Long and the Short and the TallPrivate Bamforth
1979BF
Bedroom FarceNick
1980
Breaking GlassLarner
1980
Caught on a TrainPeter
1980
The MisanthropeAcaste
1980AR
A Room for the WinterStephen
1981
The BunkerRochus Misch
1981
King LearEdmund
1982
The Comedy of ErrorsAntipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse
1983LS
Love SongYoung William Hatchard
1985
Out of AfricaBerkeley Cole
1985
The Browning VersionFrank Hunter
1985BO
Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageSmiley Face
1989B
Benefactors
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Home RunBill English
1989
The DiveBricks
1989
Crossing to FreedomMaj. Diessen
1990
Fools of FortuneMr Quinton
1990
The Russia HouseClive
1990
Enchanted AprilGeorge Briggs
1991
The War That Never Ends2nd Athenian Representative
1991
HamletNarrator
1992
HostageFredericks
1992
The GuiltySteven Vey
1992
The TrialBlock
1993
Doomsday GunDoctor Christopher Cowley
1994
FatherlandSS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger
1994TD
The Drilling FieldsVoice-over
1994
The Winter's TalePolixenes (voice)
1994
GoldenEyeBill Tanner
1995
KidnappedWilliam Reid
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old TownJeremy Swain
1995
The Hanging GaleCaptain William Townsend
1995
WildernessLuther Adams
1996
A Royal ScandalLord Malmesbury
1997
Mrs. DallowayPeter Walsh
1997
Reckless: The SequelRichard Crane
1998
The Last ContractJohn Gales alias Ray Lambert
1998
The World Is Not EnoughTanner
1999
Proof of LifeIan Havery
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of ChangeLloyd George
2000
The Holocaust on TrialProf. Richard Evans
2000
The Railway ChildrenFather
2000TS
The Secret World of Michael FryHerbie
2000
Lorna DooneJudge Jeffrey
2001
New Year's DayRobin
2001A&
Adolf & EvaNarrator (voice)
2002
AlibiGreg Brentwood
2003
FallingHenry Kent
2005
My Week with MarilynHugh Perceval
2011
HacksStanhope Feast
2012
The Kemps: All TrueHarvey Stickles
2020
The Kemps: All GoldJohn Farrow
2023
Mrs. Weekley's LoverD.H. Lawrence
2025S
SavagesCarlos Esquerdo
Television
BBC Play of the MonthAcaste · 1 eps
1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreWaller · 1 eps
1965
ITV PlayhouseTommy · 1 eps
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1 eps
1969
Play for TodayDick Foster · 1 eps
1970Play for TodayAlan · 1 eps
1970
Country MattersHenry Batley · 1 eps
1972LN
Late Night TheatrePaul · 1 eps
1972
New Scotland YardPeter Coppard · 1 eps
1972
Centre PlayThe Student · 1 eps
1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesHerbert White · 1 eps
1973
The Brontës of HaworthBranwell Brontë · 5 eps
1973
ThrillerGeorge Newton · 1 eps
1973ThrillerIan · 1 eps
1973
Churchill's PeopleJohn Wilmot, Earl of Rochester · 1 eps
1974
Fall of EaglesTrotsky · 1 eps
1974
PlayhouseRose S.J. · 1 eps
1974PlayhousePeter · 1 eps
1974SF
Seven Faces of WomanArchie · 1 eps
1974PA
Private AffairsD.H. Lawrence · 1 eps
1975
A DivorceLaurence · 3 eps
1976
BeastsBob Curry · 1 eps
1976R
RomanceMaurice Rossiter · 1 eps
1977
The ProfessionalsDuffy · 1 eps
1977
The BBC Television ShakespeareAntipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse · 1 eps
1978
MinderMaltese Tony · 1 eps
1979
Tales of the UnexpectedArthur · 1 eps
1979
Lady KillersReverend Father M'Enery · 1 eps
1980
FreudErnst von Fleischl-Marxow · 3 eps
1984WP
Weekend PlayhouseEd · 1 eps
1984
Screen TwoBlock · 1 eps
1985
Theatre NightDavid · 1 eps
1985
LovejoyDavid Herbert · 1 eps
1986
Inspector MorseRussell Clark · 1 eps
1987
Screen OneBill English · 1 eps
1989
Stay Lucky1 eps
1989
The Justice GameTim Forsythe · 4 eps
1989
ChancerRoman · 2 eps
1990
The Advocates3 eps
1991
A Touch of FrostJonathan Meyerbridge · 1 eps
1992
Between the LinesRoger Boshier · 1 eps
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesNarrator (voice) · 1 eps
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesPolixenes (voice) · 1 eps
1992
Rik Mayall PresentsJeremy Swain · 1 eps
1993
To Play the KingThe King · 4 eps
1993
Dandelion DeadMajor Herbert Rowse Armstrong · 4 eps
1994
Harry Enfield and ChumsDavid the Director · 1 eps
1994
Pie in the SkyDudley Hooperman · 2 eps
1994TD
The Drilling FieldsVoice-over · 1 eps
1994
The BuccaneersSir Helmsley Thwaite · 2 eps
1995
The Hanging GaleCapt. William Townsend · 4 eps
1995
Dalziel and PascoePhilip Swain · 1 eps
1996
WildernessLuther Adams · 3 eps
1996
RecklessRichard Crane · 6 eps
1997SF
Sunnyside Farm6 eps
1997
Oliver TwistMr. Brownlow · 4 eps
1999
A History of BritainReader · 15 eps
2000
Lorna DooneJudge Jeffreys · 2 eps
2000
Second Sight1 eps
2000
The Secret World of Michael FryHerbie · 2 eps
2000
Foyle's WarDCS Foyle · 28 eps
2002Foyle's WarConsulting Producer
2002
MobileDavid West · 4 eps
2007
White HeatJack (present day) · 6 eps
2012
Brian Pern: A Life in RockJohn Farrow · 9 eps
2014Photos
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