Julian Curry
Acting • Born 1937-12-08 – Died 2020-06-27
Biography
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).
Filmography
63 credits
Mysteries of Egypt
Movie • 1998
Carnarvon
The Mini-Affair
Movie • 1967
Ronnie
The Bronte Sisters
Movie • 1979
Mr. Smith
Vanished! A Video Seance
Movie • 1999
Father
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Movie • 1985
Etienne
Reasonable Force
Movie • 1988
Commissioner
Rasputin
Movie • 1996
Dr. Lazovert
Deadline
Movie • 1988
Stuart-Smith
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Movie • 2004
Dr. Vargas
Death of a Son
Movie • 1989
Prof. Ray Spector
Hamlet
Movie • 1970
Horatio
7 Days to Live
Movie • 2000
Prof. Ed Saunders
The Way of the World
Movie • 1975
Petulant
Bright Eyes
Movie • 1982
Charvier
The Midas Plague
Movie • 1965
Edward
The Saliva Milkshake
Movie • 1975
Rafferty
Cause of Death
Movie • 1997
Dr. Blake
Big Wheels and Sailor
Movie • 1979
Dave Adams
The Missionary
Movie • 1982
Friend of Raggy Masterson
Loch Ness
Movie • 1996
Englishman
Thatcher: The Final Days
Movie • 1991
David Harris
Psy-Warriors
Movie • 1981
Hooper
The Vanishing Army
Movie • 1978
Symington
King Lear
Movie • 1982
Duke of Cornwall
Escape to Victory
Movie • 1981
Shurlock
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Movie • 1977
Campion
The Floater
Movie • 1975
Jeremy Butler
Brassneck
Movie • 1975
Ghost Chase
Movie • 1987
Lawyer
When the Actors Come
Movie • 1978
Count Botvay
Bugs
TV • 1995
Admiral
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ronald Burgess
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Alan Cartwright
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Claude Erskine-Brown
Life of Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Sir Robert Cecil
Oxbridge Blues
TV • 1984
Tom
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Albert Shlessinger
The New Statesman
TV • 1985
Lecturer
The Hanged Man
TV • 1975
Simon Hatchett
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Symington
Truth Seekers
TV • 2020
Old Byron Berkeley
Three Up, Two Down
TV • 1985
Gerald
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Bill Rochester
Around the World in 80 Days
TV • 1989
Wilson
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Commissioner
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Professor Ray Spector
A Fine Romance
TV • 1981
Charles Payne
The Manions of America
TV • 1981
Colonel Maitland
Life Begins at Forty
TV • 1978
The Vicar
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Jeremy Butler
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Campion
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Hooper
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Dr. Tim Izzard
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1967
Mr. Collins
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Oronte
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Count Botvay
Nicholas Nickleby
TV • 1968
Lenville
Buccaneer
TV • 1980
Lord Champlieu
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Claude Erskine Brown
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Hubert
Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965
Edward
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Raffety
Lytton's Diary
TV • 1985
Tim Beauchamp