Ended

Playhouse

Created by: Sarah Pia Anderson

7.0 1

1974

35m

8 seasons

Drama

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Seasons

Cast

Edwin Tonsell, John Lennon (uncredited), Robert (uncredited)

Lieberman, Sam Nicholls, Dr. Einstein, Mr. Mockler

Denholm Elliott

F.J. Dobbs, Psychiatrist, Bernard, Geoffrey Treasure

Aaron Green, Alec Thorne, Robbie, Director of Austrian State Radio

Maggie Wilkinson

Lily Drucker, Blanche

Teddy Flynn, Ben, Stan Rendall, Mark

Henry, Kotchkarev

Harmon, Heister, Frederick, Albert

Mrs. Orpen, Margaret

Donald Pleasence

Bendel, George Livingston, Aaron

Prof. Nicholas Reeve, Eddie Marsh, Gregory

James Lombard, Dr. Mallam, Putzi Hanfstaengl

Alec Marriott, Capt. Bate, Dr. Raeburn

Romilly, Michael Stayman, Zevakin

Elizabeth Spriggs

Middle-Class Woman, Miss Parsons, Mrs. Radcliffe

Peter Mountjoy, Cecil, Policeman

Maj. Glendinning, Bellamy, David

Andrew, Ray, Athelstone

PO 'Dusty' Miller, Police Sgt. Cowl, Ray Parker

Pub Customer (uncredited), Unemployed Man (uncredited), Transvestite (uncredited)

Elizabeth Aidallbery

Simone, Kate, Lorna

Mr. Weaver, Father, Beryl's dad

Sylvia Coleridge

Elizabeth Estensen

Michael Elphick

Frank, Charlie, Eddie

Margaret D'Arcy

John Fothergill, Sir Malcolm Campbell

Tim Pigott-Smith

Timothy Perkins, Michael

Harry Leech, Jenkins

Mrs. Acland, Esther

Peter-Hugo Daly

Dr. Friendman, Harry S. Bloomberger

J.D. Tupperman, Evelyn Waugh

Spengler, Rabbi

David Troughton

Hogg H., Andrews

Michael Kitchen

Peter, Rose S.J.

Desmond Llewelyn

Major Bill Whittall, Papa

Nigel Hawthorne

Rosalind Knight

Matron, Mrs. Mattison

Janine Duvitski

Diane Weaver, Sharon

Anne Reeve, Roma

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Police Inspector, Preston

Mrs. Menant, Mrs. Fielding

Frances Darwin, Linda

Mrs. Travers, Holland Park

David Wilkinson

J.R. Foreshaw, Julian Dadd

Mrs. Fisher, Gladys Kershaw

Christopher Guard

Eugene, Denis Browne

Death, Charles Charrington

Dr. Brock, James

Lieberman, Inigo Schrub

The Master, Mr. Jones

Frederick Jaeger

Douglas Smedley, Keith Sayle

Digby, Harvey Fenton-Jones

John Franklyn-Robbins

Clubman, John Michael Fielding

Mary, Louise Plum

Stephanie, Teenage Girl

Isabella Ridout, Virginia Fly

Polly Hemingway

The Patron, Maclean

Juntress, Stewart

Mother, Mrs. Harvey

Portia Menant, Ann

Peter Fielding, Anutchkin

Ralph Butcher, Sgt. Maj. Globe

Janet Achurch, Alicia Moore

Kellner, Lothar

Rupert Brooke, John Gray

Wlfred Owen, Peter

Norma Shebbeare

Lady Wakefield, Mrs. Beardsley

Christopher Strauli

Richard Latt, Arthur Symons

Emily Troop, Marina

Diana Brent, Deirdre

Kidderminster, Mother

Celia, Miss Agafya

Michael Troughton

Robert Graves, 'Burdie' Partridge

Rosalie Crutchley

Miss Snell, Beth

Crane, Arthur Weiner

Christopher Fairbank

Billy, Jerry Crowe

Cass Rudolf, Anne

Prof. Lovsky, Shorty

Tom McCann, Professor

Kenneth Drucker

Ann Queensberry

Lady Latimer, Iris Voluntary Worker

Geraldine James

Janine, Hesther

Hana Maria Pravda

Caroline Hutchison

Madeleine, Hélène

Dutch Painter, Wilhelm Bruckner

Simon Cowell-Parker

Peter Pilkington, Graham

Maj. Orpen, Father

Sheila McVay, Mother

Margaret Tyzack

Madame Fyokla, Daphne

Katherine, Miss Crighton

Jarvis, Angry Frenchman

Valentine, Gerald

Arthur, Monsieur Léon

Sir Hugo Latymer, Verner Conklin

Bruce Lidington

Lawrence Hastings

Robert Urquhart

Terrence Hardiman

David de Keyser

Peggy Aitchison

William Hootkins

Elizabeth Ashley

Ambassador Bingham

The Hon C. St J. Denton

Michael Hordern

Winston Ntshona

Frau Schuldiener

Christopher Muncke

Sarah's Daughter

Anthony Nicholls

Dr. John Fowler

Rosalind McCabe

Charon One (voice)

Frank Middlemass

Clifford Kershaw

Nurse at Old Folks' Home (uncredited)

Richard Hampton

Peter Barkworth

Patricia Garwood

Charles Keating

Ambassador's Wife

Maureen Sweeney

Norman Rossington

Janet Street-Porter

Mrs. Livingston

Izabella Telezynska

Hazel Bainbridge

Frederick Bennett

Mr. Palamountain

George Coulouris

Richard Hurndall

Willoughby Goddard

Elisa Tomlinson

Gonzague De Fontaubert

Geoffrey Bayldon

George Bernard Shaw

Prunella Scales

Pauline Delaney

Jenny Patterson

Margaret Anderson

Charlotte Payne-Townshend

Vernon Dobtcheff

Nora Charrington

Miss P. Jackson

John Normington

Richard Warwick

Richard Clifford

Martin Garfield

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

David Threlfall

Stephanie Turner

Nicholas Le Prevost

Christopher Good

Lucinda Bateson

Jonathan Caplan

Merelina Kendall

Lucy Gutteridge

Cathleen Nesbitt

Debbie Farrington

Hugh Russell-Smith

Jackie Smith-Wood

William Maxwell

Frederick Treves

Mrs. Reddington

Kenneth Midwood

Madeleine Cannon

Matthew Guinness

Michael Jennings

Barbara Kellerman

Shelley Crowhurst

Francesca Fielding

Caroline Fielding

Raymond Westwell

Robert Stephens

Joseph Blatchley

Phoebe Nicholls

Nicholas Kamenos

Mr. Kyriakoulis

Mrs. Kyriakoulis

Robert Gillespie

Granville Saxton

Narrator (voice)

Sylvester McCoy

Caroline Silhol

Kerwin's Follower

Eleanor Tremain

Art Gallery Manager

American Newsman

Michael Kingsbury

Siegfried Sassoon

Bertrand Russell

Gordon Hammersley

Kristine Howarth

Oxford St. John

Sister Marie-Thérèse

Elizabeth Spender

Lesley Manville

Christine Butcher

Mandy McIlwaine

Danny MacErlane

Veronica Roberts

Crusty Old Party

Howard Crossley

Paul Butterworth

Sidney Radcliffe

Marjorie Garfield

Barbara Laurenson

Cynthia Fearnley

Eileen Fletcher

Christine Russell

Mrs. Poindexter

Michael Pennington

Philip Martin Brown

Elizabeth Peter

Siobhán McKenna

Maurice Roëves

William Patrick

Charles McKeown

Christopher Ryan

Michael Angelis

Andrew Schofield

Pete Lee-Wilson

Anna Calder-Marshall

Brother (Adult)

Hywel Williams-Ellis

Brother (Child)

Lesley Clare O'Neill

Tim Charrington

Russian Soldier

Lesley-Anne Down

Annie MacFarlane

Clare Byam-Shaw

Petra Plowright

Julia Owen Phillimore

Eugene Lipinski

Richard Denning

Philip Colindale

Mischa De La Motte

Herr Deutlemoser

Terence Alexander

Sir Arnold Latimer

Allan Cuthbertson

John Moulder-Brown

Sheridan Fitzgerald

Christopher Coll

Kenneth MacDonald

Arthur Nightingale

Linden MacIntyre

Anthony Gardner

Councillor Podkolyossin

Stratford Johns

Hotel Owner's Wife

Billie Whitelaw

Giles Patterson

Jonathan Wilmott

Julian Patterson

Christopher Casson

Robert Hamilton

Finnuala O'Shannon

Anthony Stewart Head

Surg. Lt. Commander

Chris Jenkinson

PO 'Buck' Taylor

John Cunningham

Lt. Robert Pike

Charlie Oakhampton

Geoffrey Wysdom

Carolyn Pickles

Roger Llewellyn

Maurice Thorogood

Mysterious Stranger

Rosamund Greenwood

Jessica Spencer

Aimée Delamain

Pauline Jameson

Nicholas Farrell

Aubrey Beardsley

Mabel Beardsley

Leonard Smithers

Andre Raffalovich

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Mother Superior

Opera House Manager

Peggy Ann Jones

Christopher Driscoll

Norman Chappell

Jacqueline Tong

Julie Covington

Jennifer Piercey

Brenda Cavendish

Alan MacNaughtan

Frederick Moore

Daniel Day-Lewis

Patrick Hannaway

Victoria Fairbrother

Patrick Troughton

Matthew Scurfield

Dicken Ashworth

Lilian Rostkowska

Victoria Burton

Judith Blakstad

Patron's Daughter

Patience Collier

Marcella Markham

Michael Edward Ross

Trevor T. Smith

Benjamin Whitrow

John Matshikiza

Jennifer Hilary

Rosemary Martin

Maurice O'Connell

Christine Hargreaves

Leslie Grantham

Nicholas McArdle

Carolyn Heywood

Kathleen St John

Jonathan Leighton-Clarke

Imelda Staunton

Unemployment Officer

Patricia Gallimore

Social Security Officer

Social Security Officer

Geraldine McVay

Michael McKnight

Walter McMonagle

Charles Durning

Charlie Stavola

Geraldine McEwan

Anna-Mary Conklin

Margaret Whiting