Leonard Cracknell
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Leonard Cracknell was a British actor (20 January 1941-13 March 1998)
Raised in Hornchurch, Essex, Cracknell was a successful television, radio, film and theatre actor, mainly during the 1960s and 1970s.
As his acting career developed, he starred in the BBC television soap opera 199 Park Lane
, created in 1965.
Another notable appearance came in The Terrornauts
(1967), a cult science fiction movie about an alien invasion of the earth.
He was twice married, firstly to Rosemary, with whom he had one daughter; then to Sylvia, with whom he lived out his days in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
Raised in Hornchurch, Essex, Cracknell was a successful television, radio, film and theatre actor, mainly during the 1960s and 1970s.
Life
He first came to the attention of the British public in the late 1950s when he starred in one of the first BBC television costume dramas, the 1956 production of David Copperfield.. As a childhood star he played the lead role as the young David Copperfield, appearing on the front cover of the Radio Times.As his acting career developed, he starred in the BBC television soap opera 199 Park Lane
199 Park Lane
199 Park Lane is a British television soap opera produced by the BBC in 1965.The series was a consciously upper-class affair, based around the residents of an exclusive block of apartments in London, and dealt with the intrigues of the Chelsea/Kensington set.All of this short-lived soap opera's 18...
, created in 1965.
Another notable appearance came in The Terrornauts
The Terrornauts
-Synopsis:Project Star Talk is based at a UK radio telescope site, its mission is to listen for radio signals from other intelligences. Dr Joe Burke is the head of the project assisted by his small team consisting of electronics expert Ben Keller and office manager Sandy Lund . Due to the lack of...
(1967), a cult science fiction movie about an alien invasion of the earth.
He was twice married, firstly to Rosemary, with whom he had one daughter; then to Sylvia, with whom he lived out his days in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
Acting career
- The Wednesday PlayThe Wednesday PlayThe Wednesday Play was an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. Every week's play was usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured...
(2 episodes, 1964-1970) - If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them TV, 1960)
- The TerrornautsThe Terrornauts-Synopsis:Project Star Talk is based at a UK radio telescope site, its mission is to listen for radio signals from other intelligences. Dr Joe Burke is the head of the project assisted by his small team consisting of electronics expert Ben Keller and office manager Sandy Lund . Due to the lack of...
(1967) - Dixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
(3 episodes, 1959-66) - Invasion (Film, 1965)
- 199 Park Lane (TV, 1965)
- Liza of Lambeth (TV, 1965)
- Z-CarsZ-CarsZ-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...
(1 episode, 1964) - No Hiding Place (1 episode, 1961)
- Sheep's Clothing (TV,1960) (TV)
- Dead Lucky (1960)
- Volpone (1959) (TV)
- Julius Caesar (1959)
- David Copperfield (4 episodes, 1956)
- Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
- Rangle River (1936)