Simon MacCorkindale
Acting • Born 1952-02-12 – Died 2010-10-14
Biography
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.
Filmography
56 credits
Death on the Nile
Movie • 1978
Simon Doyle
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Movie • 1997
Jack Campbell
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie • 1979
Arthur Davies
Water War
Movie • 1998
Peter Gregory
The Girl Next Door
Movie • 1999
Steve Vandermeer
Obsessive Love
Movie • 1984
Glenn Stevens
Caboblanco
Movie • 1980
Lewis Clarkson
The Quatermass Conclusion
Movie • 1979
Joe Kapp
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1976
Paris
13Hrs
Movie • 2010
Duncan
Jaws 3-D
Movie • 1983
Philip FitzRoyce
The Dinosaur Hunter
Movie • 2000
Jack McCabe
Beasts: Baby
Movie • 1976
Peter Gilkes
Family of Cops
Movie • 1995
Adam Novacek
At the Midnight Hour
Movie • 1995
Richard Keaton
Nile
Movie • 2004
Himself - Narrator
Running Wild
Movie • 1998
Walton Baden Smythe
An Outpost of Progress
Movie • 1982
Wing Commander
Movie • 1999
Flight Boss
Falcon's Gold
Movie • 1982
Hank Richards
Juggernaut
Movie • 1974
No. 1 Helmsman
No Greater Love
Movie • 1995
Patrick Kelly
A Closed Book
Movie • 2012
Andrew Boles
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
Movie • 1987
Mark Jamieson
The Way to Dusty Death
Movie • 1995
Johnny Harlow
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Movie • 1982
Mikah
Macbeth
Movie • 1981
Macduff
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Movie • 1983
Visitor from the Grave
Movie • 1980
Harry
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Greg Reardon
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Casualty
TV • 1986
Harry Harper
Manimal
TV • 1983
Jonathan Chase
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Tafik / Fabrice De Viega
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
The Doombolt Chase
TV • 1978
Beasts
TV • 1976
Peter Gilkes
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Counterstrike
TV • 1990
Peter Sinclair
La Femme Nikita
TV • 1997
Alec Chandler
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Lucius
Natural World
TV • 1983
Life of Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Sir Thomas Walsingham
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Harry
The Manions of America
TV • 1981
David Clement
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
TV • 2007
Narrator
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Sir David Bryant
Will Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Dennis Robillard
Quatermass
TV • 1979
Joe Kapp
Mentors
TV • 1999
Oscar Wilde
Twist of Fate
TV • 1989
Manley-Jones
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Rolf Hornblower
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Lucius