
Actor
Patrick Allen
Born 1927 · Nyasaland [now Malawi]
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.
Acting

Dial M for Murder
Detective Pearson · 1954

Blackadder
Narrator · 1983

Threads
Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · 1985

Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Sebastian Moran · 1984

The Eagle Has Landed
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1976

The Wild Geese
Rushton · 1978

The Saint
Miles Hallin · 1962

The Night of the Generals
Colonel Mannheim · 1967

The Devil Rides Out
Rex Van Ryan (voice) · 1968

1984
Inner Party Official · 1956

UFO
Turner · 1970

Dunkirk
Sergeant on Parade Ground · 1958

Carry On Doctor
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1967

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Peter Carter · 1960

Carry On Up the Khyber
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1968

The Winds of War
Dowding · 1983

Don't Lose Your Head
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1967

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Kingsor · 1970

The Sea Wolves
Colin Mackenzie · 1980

Captain Clegg
Captain Collier · 1962

The Domino Principle
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1977

Who Dares Wins
Police Commissioner · 1982

The Wilby Conspiracy
District Commissioner · 1975

I Was Monty's Double
Col. Mathers · 1958