Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale

Birthday: 1952-02-12

Deathday: 2010-10-14

Place of birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also known as: Simon Mac Corkindale, Simon McCorkindale, Simon Maccorkindale

imdb_id: nm0531546

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.

Played in movies:

Death on the Nile

Score: 7.1

Running Wild

Score: 7.0

Family of Cops

Score: 6.5

Falcon's Gold

Score: 6.3

Juggernaut

Score: 6.2

The Riddle of the Sands

Score: 6.1

Macbeth

Score: 6.0

Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet

Score: 6.0

At the Midnight Hour

Score: 5.8

Obsessive Love

Score: 5.8

The Sword and the Sorcerer

Score: 5.5

A Closed Book

Score: 5.5

The Dinosaur Hunter

Score: 5.5

Caboblanco

Score: 5.4

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

Score: 5.0

No Greater Love

Score: 5.0

Romeo and Juliet

Score: 5.0

Wing Commander

Score: 4.8

While My Pretty One Sleeps

Score: 4.6

Jaws 3-D

Score: 4.5

Manimal

Score: 4.5

13Hrs

Score: 4.4

The Quatermass Conclusion

Score: 4.2

The Way to Dusty Death

Score: 4.0

The Girl Next Door

Score: 3.8

Visitor from the Grave

Score: 1.0

An Outpost of Progress

Score: 0.0

Nile

Score: 0.0

Beasts: Baby

Score: 0.0

Water War

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Will Shakespeare

Score: 10.0

Mentors

Score: 8.7

I, Claudius

Score: 7.8

Jesus of Nazareth

Score: 7.8

La Femme Nikita

Score: 7.5

New Tricks

Score: 7.4

Manimal

Score: 7.3

Hammer House of Horror

Score: 7.1

Natural World

Score: 7.1

Counterstrike

Score: 7.0

Beasts

Score: 7.0

Hart to Hart

Score: 6.8

Earth: Final Conflict

Score: 6.8

Relic Hunter

Score: 6.7

Quatermass

Score: 6.6

Dynasty

Score: 6.5

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

Matt Houston

Score: 6.2

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Twist of Fate

Score: 5.8

Falcon Crest

Score: 5.5

The Manions of America

Score: 5.5

Within These Walls

Score: 5.3

This Morning

Score: 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

The Doombolt Chase

Score: 5.0

Blizzard: Race to the Pole

Score: 0.0

Life of Shakespeare

Score: 0.0