Patrick Allen

Known for

Acting

Born

March 17, 1927

Birthplace

Nyasaland [now Malawi]

Died

July 28, 2006 (aged 79)

Biography

John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.

Best known work

Dial M for Murder

1954

Blackadder

1983

Threads

1984

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

The Wild Geese

1978

Sherlock Holmes

1984

The Devil Rides Out

1968

The Night of the Generals

1967

The Avengers

1961

1984

1956

Filmography

TBA
The Video Encyclopedia of World War Two 2008TV
Presenter
2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as Pilot Narrator
2008
The Video Encyclopedia of World War TwoTV
as Self - Narrator (10 episodes)
2008
The War File: Hitler's War
as Narrator
2006
The Official Story of the British Army
as Narrator
2005
Hitler's War
as Narrator
2005
Heroes of the Second World War
as Narrator
2005
Unsolved Mysteries Of The Second World War - The Enigma Of Swastika / The Eagle And The Swastika
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Days That Shook the WorldTV
as Sir John French (1 episode)
2002
The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the Volga
as Narrator
2002
The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War Two
as Narrator
2002
The War File: Battleships at War
as Narrator
2002
Dare To BelieveTV
2001
Story of the Spitfire
as Narrator
2001
The Hawker Hurricane
as Narrator
1997
The Conquest of Everest 1953
as Narrator
1995
Bullet to Beijing
as Colonel Wilson
1993
The Smell of Reeves and MortimerTV
1993
Body & SoulTV
as Walter Street (6 episodes)
1992
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
as Maj. Ronald Ferguson
1991
The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police
as Narrator
1990
The Occult History of the Third ReichTV
as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
1990
Naked Down Under
as Opening Narrator (voice)
1990
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe
as Narrator
1989
TUGSTV
as Captain Star / Narrator (voice) (13 episodes)