Derek Martin
Derek Martin has been one of the most authentic working class voices in British film and television since the 1970s. Born Derek William Rapp in 1933, Martin was in the RAF for his National Service and took up a series of jobs including road worker, Smithfield Meat Market porter, and professional gambler, before entering showbusiness as an extra and stunt performer in a variety of programmes including Doctor Who. He retired from stunt work following an injury on Elizabeth I in 1971 and moved into acting. His most famous break out role was as the corrupt detective Fred Pyle in GF Newman's controversial 1978 drama Law & Order. In the following decade Martin had major roles in TV dramas such as The Chinese Detective and King & Castle, and played James Cagney's aide in milos Forman's epic 1981 film Ragtime. In 2000, Martin joined the cast of EastEnders as Charlie, the patriarch of the Slater family, a role he continued to play on and off for sixteen years.
Ragtime
as Waldo's Aide No. 2A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among...
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Museum GuardFu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...
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Priest of Love
as Police SergeantFollowing the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife,...
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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Motorcycle DealerRandy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy...
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The Aerodrome
as Provo Sgt. PetersIn the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the...
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Spaghetti House
as Commissioner HutchinsonThree black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims...
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Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
as David MitchellThe present day: just as the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrive in Fetchborough, England, Professor...
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The Big Switch
as 1st HeavyPlayboy John Carter picks up a woman in a discotheque and takes her home. When she is murdered...
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Boston Kickout
as Ray SaundersSchool leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire...
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Keep It Up, Jack!
as Client with SwingFailed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes...
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Doctor Who: Inferno
as UNIT SoldierUNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to...
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The Hope and the Glory
as Club ManagerSam, a quiet West Indian working as a London Transport ticket collector, strikes up an unlikely,...
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EastEnders: Pat and Mo
as Charlie SlaterThis special episode revealed what caused the feud between Pat Evans and Mo Harris that lasted...
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Bet Your Life
as JimmyLike alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A...
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Diversions
as EscortWhilst on a train journey a beautiful woman fantasizes about a series of bizarre sexual encounters.
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Doctor Who
as David MitchellThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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Play for Today
as uncreditedPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Minder
as CedricThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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Hart to Hart
as Inspector DrootinWealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...
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No Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
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EastEnders
as Charlie SlaterThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...
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Dempsey and Makepeace
as ScottDempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...
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Upstairs, Downstairs
as HecklerUpstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For...
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The Professionals
as RenshawThe lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...
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Dixon of Dock Green
as Len DrakeCreated by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...
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The Detectives
as Groom's FatherThe absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence -...
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Terry and June
as PolicemanTerry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...
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Terry and June
as Mr. ParkinsTerry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...
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The Gentle Touch
as uncreditedThe Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...
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Shoestring
as uncreditedShoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...
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Angels
as uncreditedAngels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print...
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The Sweeney
as SpoonerJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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The Chinese Detective
as D.C.I. BerwickChinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the...
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Softly, Softly
as uncreditedSoftly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1...
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The First Churchills
as uncreditedThe lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the...
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Little Britain
as uncreditedA zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little...
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Survivors
as CyrilSurvivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and...
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The Zoo Gang
as Gallery GuardSix resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names, fought during World War II....
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Z-Cars
as uncreditedZ-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...
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Elizabeth R
as Horseman to CecilThis historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one...
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Paul Temple
as uncreditedPaul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple,...
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GMTV
as SelfGMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee,...
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Celebrity Mastermind
as uncreditedCelebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is...
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Big Deal
as Phil GravesThe ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker...
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Target
as uncreditedA crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
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Private Schulz
as GruberPrivate Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and...
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King and Castle
as Ronald KingHaving hastily left the Met before his dubious activities finally caught up with him,...
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Law & Order
as Fred PyallLaw & Order is a series of four British television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by...
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