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Alan Badel

Actor

Alan Badel

Born September 11, 1923 in Rusholme, Manchester, EnglandDied March 19, 198232 films

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Alan Fernand Badel (11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears".

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The Day of the Jackal posterFirst watchThe Day of the Jackal19737.5as the MinisterAn international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.View film

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Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 1982The CriticSir Fretful Plaigary
  2. 1980NijinskyBaron de Gunzburg
  3. 1979The Riddle of the SandsDollmann
  4. 1979AgathaLord Brackenbury
  5. 1978Force 10 from NavaronePetrovitch
  6. 1978The Medusa TouchBarrister
  7. 1977TelefonColonel Malchenko
  8. 1977ExilesMichael Arlen
  9. 1977The Winslow BoySir Robert Morton
  10. 1976Where Adam StoodPhilip Gosse
  11. 1974LutherCardinal Cajetan de Vio
  12. 1973The Day of the Jackalthe Minister
  13. 1970The CreeperEdward Kimberley
  14. 1970The AdventurersPresident Rojo
  15. 1969Where's Jack?Lord Chancellor
  16. 1969OtleyAlec Hadrian
  17. 1969The Siegfried IdyllRichard Wagner
  18. 1968The FanaticsCapitoul
  19. 1968The ParachuteFather
  20. 1968ToggleRory Farquhar
  21. 1966ArabesqueNejim Beshraavi
  22. 1964Children of the DamnedDavid Neville
  23. 1963The LoverRichard
  24. 1963Bitter HarvestKarl
  25. 1963This Sporting LifeGerald Weaver
  26. 1962Don Juan in HellDon Juan
  27. 1955Magic FireRichard Wagner
  28. 1955Three Cases of MurderOwen (segment "Lord Mountdrago") / Mr. X (segment "In the Picture") / Harry (segment "You Killed Elizabeth")
  29. 1953King LearFool
  30. 1953Will Any Gentleman...?The Great Mendoza
  31. 1953SalomeJohn the Baptist
  32. 1952The Stranger Left No CardJohn Smith