Allan Corduner

Born: 1950-04-02

Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Midsomer Murders

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First aired: 1997-03-23

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Call the Midwife

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First aired: 2012-01-15

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
First aired: 1979-03-24

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as Store Assistant
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First aired: 2011-10-02

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The Blacklist

as Aaron
First aired: 2013-09-23

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Minder

as Marty
First aired: 1979-10-29

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Foyle's War

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-10-27

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First aired: 1987-01-06

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Heartbeat

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First aired: 1992-04-10

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Heartbeat

as Tristram Johnstone
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Drop the Dead Donkey

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The Musketeers

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First aired: 2014-01-19

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Utopia

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First aired: 2013-01-15

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The Last Detective

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First aired: 2003-02-07

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Grandma's House

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First aired: 2010-08-09

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Dancing on the Edge

as Mr. Wax
First aired: 2013-02-04

An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.

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Girls On Top

as Benny
First aired: 1985-10-23

Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...

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Fat Friends

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-10-12

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Fearless

as Monty Berman
First aired: 2017-06-12

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Zen

as Michelangelo Gattuso
First aired: 2011-01-02

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The Lady Musketeer

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First aired: 2004-06-20

When the bride-to-be of King Louis XIV is kidnapped, the sons of the original three musketeers...

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Secrets of the Third Reich

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2014-01-02

Little-known events that played a large role in determining the outcome of World War II are...

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Spies of Warsaw

as Viktor Rosen
First aired: 2013-01-09

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Daniel Deronda

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-11-23

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The Way We Live Now

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Ridley Road

as Rabbi Lehrer
First aired: 2021-10-03

During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and...

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No Heroics

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-09-18

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Simon Schama's Power of Art

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-10-19

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The Last Machine

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-01-07

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A Passionate Woman

as Mr. Solomon
First aired: 2010-04-11

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Freud

as Oscar Rie
First aired: 1984-09-14

The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

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as Minotti
First aired: 1994-10-14

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