Simon MacCorkindale
Acting
1952-02-12 · Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
A Closed Book
2012 · Movie
13Hrs
2010 · Movie
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
2007 · Series
Nile
2004 · Movie
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Adventure Inc.
2002 · Series
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000 · Movie
Relic Hunter
1999 · Series
The Girl Next Door
1999 · Movie
Mentors
1999 · Series
Wing Commander
1999 · Movie
Such a Long Journey
1998 · Movie
Running Wild
1998 · Movie
Water War
1998 · Movie
Earth: Final Conflict
1997 · Series
Night Man
1997 · Series
La Femme Nikita
1997 · Series
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997 · Movie
Family of Cops
1995 · Movie
At the Midnight Hour
1995 · Movie
The Way to Dusty Death
1995 · Movie
No Greater Love
1995 · Movie
The House that Mary Bought
1995 · Movie
Counterstrike
1990 · Series
Twist of Fate
1989 · Series
That Summer of White Roses
1989 · Movie
This Morning
1988 · Series
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
1987 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
Obsessive Love
1984 · Movie
Natural World
1983 · Series
Manimal
1983 · Series
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Movie
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983 · Movie
Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain
1982 · Movie
An Outpost of Progress
1982 · Movie
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982 · Movie
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
The Manions of America
1981 · Series
Dynasty
1981 · Series
Macbeth
1981 · Movie
Visitor from the Grave
1980 · Movie
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series
Caboblanco
1980 · Movie
Quatermass
1979 · Series
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979 · Movie
The Riddle of the Sands
1979 · Movie
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
Death on the Nile
1978 · Movie
Will Shakespeare
1978 · Series
The Doombolt Chase
1978 · Series
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
Romance: Three Weeks
1977 · Movie
Romance
1977 · Series
Beasts: Baby
1976 · Movie
Beasts
1976 · Series
Romeo and Juliet
1976 · Movie
I, Claudius
1976 · Series
Juggernaut
1974 · Movie
Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
1973 · Series
Late Night Theatre
1972 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series