Actor

Rachel Herbert

Born January 1, 1935 in Surrey, England, UK 5 films

Rachel Herbert is a British actress whose television appearances include roles in Deadline Midnight (1960), Thursday Theatre (1964), The Villains (1964), No Hiding Place (1963–65), Danger Man (1965), The Power Game (1965–66), and Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967). She appeared in The Prisoner episode entitled "Free for All" (1967) as Number Fifty-Eight but ultimately revealed to be the new Number Two.

Other roles include ITV Play of the Week (1965–67), Man in a Suitcase (1968), Spindoe (1968), The Champions (1969), Callan (1970), Special Branch (1970), ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); episode 1 of Lord Peter Wimsey 's Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise (1973), The Pallisers (1974), The Venturers (1975), Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1974–75), Shadows (1978), The Professionals (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Enigma Files (1980), Minder (1980), Crown Court (1973–84), Screen Two (1986), and The House of Eliott (1994).

Herbert's film appearances include Robbery (1967), The Raging Moon (1971) and The Doctor and the Devils (1985).

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First watchRobbery19676.6as School teacherIn this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.View film

Essential films

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6.3The Doctor and the Devils1985

Filmography

5 films as actor

1986Frankie and JohnnieMoira Mallett
1985The Doctor and the DevilsMrs Stevens
1970Still LifeTheona
1967RobberySchool teacher
1965StrifeEnid Underwood