Acting · Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Born February 12, 1952
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.
MovieA Closed Book
2012
as Andrew Boles
Movie13Hrs
2010
as Duncan
TVBlizzard: Race to the Pole
2007
as Narrator
MovieNile
2004
as Himself - Narrator
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Sir David Bryant
MovieThe Dinosaur Hunter
2000
as Jack McCabe
TVRelic Hunter
1999
as Tafik / Fabrice De Viega
MovieThe Girl Next Door
1999
as Steve Vandermeer
Mentors
1999
as Oscar Wilde
MovieWing Commander
1999
as Flight Boss
MovieRunning Wild
1998
as Walton Baden Smythe
MovieWater War
1998
as Peter Gregory
TVEarth: Final Conflict
1997
as Dennis Robillard
TVLa Femme Nikita
1997
as Alec Chandler
MovieWhile My Pretty One Sleeps
1997
as Jack Campbell
MovieFamily of Cops
1995
as Adam Novacek
MovieAt the Midnight Hour
1995
as Richard Keaton
MovieThe Way to Dusty Death
1995
as Johnny Harlow
MovieNo Greater Love
1995
as Patrick Kelly
TVCounterstrike
1990
as Peter Sinclair
TVTwist of Fate
1989
as Manley-Jones
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
MovieShades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
1987
as Mark Jamieson
TVCasualty
1986
as Harry Harper
MovieObsessive Love
1984
as Glenn Stevens
TVNatural World
1983
TVManimal
1983
as Jonathan Chase
MovieJaws 3-D
1983
as Philip FitzRoyce
MovieThe Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
MovieRobbers Of The Sacred Mountain
1982
as Hank Richards
MovieAn Outpost of Progress
1982
TVMatt Houston
1982
MovieThe Sword and the Sorcerer
1982
as Mikah
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Greg Reardon
TVThe Manions of America
1981
as David Clement
TVDynasty
1981
MovieMacbeth
1981
as Macduff
MovieVisitor from the Grave
1980
as Harry
TVHammer House of Horror
1980
as Harry
MovieCaboblanco
1980
as Lewis Clarkson
MovieThe Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Joe Kapp
TVQuatermass
1979
as Joe Kapp
MovieThe Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Arthur Davies
TVHart to Hart
1979
MovieDeath on the Nile
1978
as Simon Doyle
TVLife of Shakespeare
1978
as Sir Thomas Walsingham
TVWill Shakespeare
1978
as Sir Thomas Walsingham
TVThe Doombolt Chase
1978
TVJesus of Nazareth
1977
as Lucius
Romance: Three Weeks
1977
as Paul Verdayne
Romance
1977
as Paul Verdayne
MovieBeasts: Baby
1976
as Peter Gilkes
TVBeasts
1976
as Peter Gilkes
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1976
as Paris
TVI, Claudius
1976
as Lucius
MovieJuggernaut
1974
as No. 1 Helmsman
Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
1973
as Lieutenant Carter
Late Night Theatre
1972
as The pilot
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Rolf Hornblower
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
