Simon MacCorkindale
Born
February 12, 1952
Died
October 14, 2010 (58 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale 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.
A Closed Book
Andrew Boles
2012
13Hrs
Duncan
2010
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2007
Nile
Himself - Narrator
2004
New Tricks
Sir David Bryant · (1 episode)
2004
The Dinosaur Hunter
Jack McCabe
2000
Relic Hunter
Tafik / Fabrice De Viega · (3 episodes)
1999
The Girl Next Door
Steve Vandermeer
1999
Mentors
Oscar Wilde · (1 episode)
1999
Wing Commander
Flight Boss
1999
Running Wild
Walton Baden Smythe
1998
Water War
Peter Gregory
1998
Earth: Final Conflict
Dennis Robillard · (1 episode)
1997
La Femme Nikita
Alec Chandler · (1 episode)
1997
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Jack Campbell
1997
Family of Cops
Adam Novacek
1995
At the Midnight Hour
Richard Keaton
1995
The Way to Dusty Death
Johnny Harlow
1995
No Greater Love
Patrick Kelly
1995
Counterstrike
Peter Sinclair · (66 episodes)
1990
Twist of Fate
Manley-Jones · (2 episodes)
1989
This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
Mark Jamieson
1987
Casualty
Harry Harper · (317 episodes)
1986
Obsessive Love
Glenn Stevens
1984
Natural World
(1 episode)
1983
Manimal
Jonathan Chase
1983
Manimal
Jonathan Chase · (8 episodes)
1983
Jaws 3-D
Philip FitzRoyce
1983
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
Falcon's Gold
Hank Richards
1982
An Outpost of Progress
1982
Matt Houston
(1 episode)
1982
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Mikah
1982
Falcon Crest
Greg Reardon · (59 episodes)
1981
The Manions of America
David Clement · (3 episodes)
1981
Dynasty
(1 episode)
1981
Macbeth
Macduff
1981
Visitor from the Grave
Harry
1980
Hammer House of Horror
Harry · (1 episode)
1980
Caboblanco
Lewis Clarkson
1980
The Quatermass Conclusion
Joe Kapp
1979
Quatermass
Joe Kapp · (4 episodes)
1979
The Riddle of the Sands
Arthur Davies
1979
Hart to Hart
(1 episode)
1979
Death on the Nile
Simon Doyle
1978
Life of Shakespeare
Sir Thomas Walsingham · (1 episode)
1978
Will Shakespeare
(1 episode)
1978
The Doombolt Chase
(6 episodes)
1978
Jesus of Nazareth
Lucius · (4 episodes)
1977
Beasts: Baby
Peter Gilkes
1976
Beasts
Peter Gilkes · (1 episode)
1976
Romeo and Juliet
Paris
1976
I, Claudius
(1 episode)
1976
Juggernaut
No. 1 Helmsman
1974
Within These Walls
(3 episodes)
1974
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962