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Matthew Scurfield

b. 1948

British actor

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Born 1948. Matthew Scurfield is a British actor and television actor.

Matthew Scurfield (born 2 February 1948) is an English actor and the eldest child of author, poet, and politician George Bazeley Scurfield and his wife Cecilia (née Hopkinson).

His autobiography, I Could Be Anyone, was published in 2008 .

Theatre Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Duke of Milan / Antonio), The Globe 1996 season; The Life of Henry the Fifth (The Duke of Exeter), The Globe 1997 season; A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, (Mr. Yellowhammer), The Globe 1997 season; The Street of Crocodiles (Father) at the Theatre de Complicite and the National Theatre; The Trial (Huld) at the National Theatre; Die Fledermaus (Frosch) with the English National Opera; A Flea in the Ear at the Old Vic; Apart from George (George) at the National Theatre.

Television The Sweeney, " Jack Or Knave" (1978) – Kieran Kennedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) – Number One Open All Hours, 1 episode (1981) – Man from Bus Stop Educating Marmalade Atkins (1982) – Sister Purification The Secret Adversary (1983) – Conrad Bulman (1985) – Eddie 'The Snout' Boon (1986) – Sergeant Wilson The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, 2 episodes (1988) – Will Palmer The Bill 3 episodes (1988–1990) – Sergeant Coles / Norris Monster Maker (1989) – Vaughn Shelley (1990) – Saul A Murder of Quality (1991) – Inspector Rigby Blue Heaven in episode "Pilot" (1992) – Jim Minder (1994) – Frankie Time After Time (1994–1995) – Sergeant Dawes Sharpe's Honour (1994) – El Matarife Wycliffe (1995) – D.S. Rinnick Pie in the Sky (1996) – Roger Hoskins Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) – Oliver Hardiman Karaoke (1996) – Impatient patient Dangerfield (1996) – Martin Ryder Cosmic Sucker (1997) – Jack McHine A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) – Major Finn Kavanagh QC (1998) – Dr. Ralph Dutton Jones Waking the Dead (2003) – Inspector Tynan Game of Thrones, Series 1 Episode 8 (2011) – Vayon Poole

Film Sweeney 2 (1978) – Jefferson McVicar (1980) – Streaky Jeffries Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – 2nd. Nazi The Jigsaw Man (1983) – KGB man No. 1 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) – Guard #2 Dakota Road (1992) – Bernard Cross Black Beauty (1994) – Horse Dealer Look Me in the Eye (1994) – Clerk Amy Foster/Swept from the Sea (1997) – Thackery A Different Loyalty (2004) – Anton Zakharov Do Re Mi Fa (2016) – Bozo's Conscience

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Who is Matthew Scurfield?

British actor

When was Matthew Scurfield born?

Matthew Scurfield was born on 2 February 1948 in Cambridge.

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Matthew Scurfield is an actor and television actor.

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Matthew Scurfield is British.

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· Wikipedia: Matthew Scurfield

· Wikidata: Q6791207

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