George Sewell
Actor
Biography
George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War.
Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
Filmography
Get Carter
as Con 1971
Doppelgänger
as Mark Neuman 1969
This Sporting Life
as Jeff 1963
Robbery
as Ben 1967
Deadlier Than the Male
as Car Park Assassin 1967
Operation: Daybreak
as Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator 1975
The Haunted House of Horror
as Bob Kellett 1969
The Vengeance of She
as Harry 1968
Invasion: UFO
as Col. Alec Freeman 1980
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Bert 1963
Kaleidoscope
as Billy 1966
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as Ratcliffe 1988
The Informers
as Fred Hill 1963
Up the Junction
as Barny 1965
A Place to Go
as Market Trader 1963
The Fix
as Chairman 1997