
Acting · Devon, England, UK · Born December 8, 1937
Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
TVTruth Seekers
2020
as Old Byron Berkeley
MovieSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
as Dr. Vargas
The Hunt
2001
as Gerard Stephens
Movie7 Days to Live
2000
as Prof. Ed Saunders
MovieVanished! A Video Seance
1999
as Father
MovieMysteries of Egypt
1998
as Carnarvon
MovieCause of Death
1997
as Dr. Blake
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Ronald Burgess
MovieLoch Ness
1996
as Englishman
MovieRasputin
1996
as Dr. Lazovert
TVBugs
1995
as Admiral
MovieThatcher: The Final Days
1991
as David Harris
TVAround the World in 80 Days
1989
as Wilson
MovieDeath of a Son
1989
as Prof. Ray Spector
Reasonable Force
1988
as Commissioner
MovieDeadline
1988
as Stuart-Smith
MovieGhost Chase
1987
as Lawyer
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Alan Cartwright
The New Statesman
1985
as Lecturer
TVThree Up, Two Down
1985
as Gerald
MovieBaby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
as Etienne
TVLytton's Diary
1985
as Tim Beauchamp
TVScreen Two
1985
as Commissioner
TVThe Secret Servant
1984
as Sir Anthony Sladen
TVOxbridge Blues
1984
as Tom
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Albert Shlessinger
MovieThe Missionary
1982
as Friend of Raggy Masterson
MovieKing Lear
1982
as Duke of Cornwall
MovieBright Eyes
1982
as Charvier
TVA Fine Romance
1981
as Charles Payne
TVThe Manions of America
1981
as Colonel Maitland
MoviePsy-Warriors
1981
as Hooper
MovieEscape to Victory
1981
as Shurlock
Buccaneer
1980
as Lord Champlieu
MovieBig Wheels and Sailor
1979
as Dave Adams
MovieThe Bronte Sisters
1979
as Mr. Smith
MovieThe Vanishing Army
1978
as Symington
TVLife of Shakespeare
1978
as Sir Robert Cecil
Life Begins at Forty
1978
as The Vicar
MovieWhen the Actors Come
1978
as Count Botvay
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Count Botvay
MovieGotcha / Campion's Interview
1977
as Campion
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Claude Erskine-Brown
MovieThe Floater
1975
as Jeremy Butler
MovieBrassneck
1975
MovieThe Way of the World
1975
as Petulant
The Hanged Man
1975
as Simon Hatchett
MovieThe Saliva Milkshake
1975
as Rafferty
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Hubert
TVCentre Play
1973
as Raffety
MoviePeer Gynt
1972
as Bridegroom / Pen
MovieHamlet
1970
as Horatio
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Symington
TVNicholas Nickleby
1968
as Lenville
TVPride and Prejudice
1967
as Mr. Collins
MovieThe Mini-Affair
1967
as Ronnie
MovieThe Midas Plague
1965
as Edward
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Oronte
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Dr. Tim Izzard
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Edward