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name: "Alec Sabin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alec-sabin"
roles: []
born: "28 August 1947"
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updated: "2026-09-18T07:42:10.177551+00:00"
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# Alec Sabin

Actor. Born 28 August 1947 in Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 28 August 1947, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Sabin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4714252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230676

## Biography

Alec Sabin is an English actor born on 28 August 1947 in Yorkshire. He trained at Manchester University after starting in theatre as an assistant stage manager at Nottingham Playhouse, and appeared in productions at the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His television roles include Fawn in the 1979 BBC series *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*, Ringway in the 1982 *Doctor Who* serial *Earthshock*, Colin Lomax in *Coronation Street* (1972), and appearances in *When the Boat Comes In*, *Bergerac*, *Call Me Mister* and *Birds of a Feather*. He also played Frederick Fleet in the 1979 television film *S.O.S. Titanic*.

From the mid-1980s Sabin worked as a radio journalist and BBC World Service announcer before becoming a voice and presentation trainer; he published the book *You're On!* in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Fi1m 88, as Fawn — [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tales of the Tardis* (2023), series, as Ringway
- *Earthshocked* (2018), Acting
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Newsreader
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as TV Reporter
- *French Fields* (1989), series, as Vegetable Stallholder, Quarrelling Husband
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, as Saunders
- *L'Étincelle* (1984), as Linsay
- *Nelly's Version* (1983), as Hotel Manager
- *The Fourth Arm* (1983), series, as Capt. Benchley
- *Doctor Who: Earthshock* (1982), as Ringway
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Lance
- *Maybury* (1981), series, as Mike
- *Antony & Cleopatra* (1981), as Dercetas, Dercetes
- *My Dear Palestrina* (1980), as Wyroslawski
- *S.O.S. Titanic* (1980), as Frederick Fleet, Crow's Nest Lookout
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), series, as Fawn — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *The Line* (1978), series, as Edward
- *The Roads of Exile* (1978), Acting
- *The Seventh Company Outdoors* (1977), Acting
- *One Day at a Time* (1977), as Brian
- *Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle* (1977), series, as Dr Bruce
- *King Lear* (1975), as First Officer
- *You're On Your Own* (1975), series, as Traffic P.C
- *Village Hall* (1974), series, as Chick Peters
- *The Capone Investment* (1974), series, as Edwards
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Wyroslawski
- *Billy Liar* (1973), series, as Ken
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Brian, Alec
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Pete
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Jimmy Coombes
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Ringway — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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