---
name: "Carl Rigg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-rigg"
fi1m_id: "carl-rigg"
imdb_id: "nm0726621"
tmdb_id: 182081
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 May 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:07.545008+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Rigg

## Identity

Carl Rigg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-rigg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-rigg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0726621
- **TMDB ID:** 182081
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182081

Writer. Born 21 May 1941 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 May 1941, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–1987
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 writing
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182081

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Carl Rigg is an English actor and writer. Born on 21 May 1941 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, he has appeared in film and television since the 1960s.

His credits include *Robbery* (1967), *The Oblong Box* (1969), *Cry of the Banshee* (1970), *Lifeforce* (1985), *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), *The Living Daylights* (1987) and *Doctor Who* (as Varlik). Television roles encompass *Emmerdale*, *The Sweeney*, *Target*, *The Bill*, *Press Gang* and *Hollyoaks*.

Rigg wrote one episode of *EastEnders* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, ee-walford.fandom.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, as Imposter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, as First Radar Technician — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Murder in Suburbia* (2004), series, as Bernard
- *No Job for a Lady* (1990), series, as The Male Environmentalist
- *Press Gang* (1989), series, as Trevor Hambly
- *Unreported Incident* (1988), as Geoff
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Geoff
- *Big George Is Dead* (1987), as PC Travis
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), as Imposter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Rockliffe's Babies* (1987), series, as DC 'Bolo' Donnington
- *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), as Anthony Beaumont
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, as Eckhardt Sahnn
- *Lifeforce* (1985), as First Radar Technician — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *In Possession* (1984), as Hotel Manager
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Hotel Manager
- *Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll* (1979), as Varlik
- *Target* (1977), series, as Det. Con. Dukes
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Det. Sgt. Kent — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Regan* (1974), as Det. Sgt. Kent
- *Marked Personal* (1973), series, as Gordon Marsh
- *The Breaking of Colonel Keyser* (1972), as Diplock
- *Made* (1972), as Second Policeman
- *The Protectors* (1972), series, as Howard's Henchman
- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Forrester
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Dave Martin
- *Song of Norway* (1970), as Captain Hansen (uncredited)
- *Toomorrow* (1970), as Matthew
- *Cry of the Banshee* (1970), as Harry Whitman
- *The Oblong Box* (1969), as Norton
- *The Spanish Farm* (1968), series, as Georges D'Archeville
- *Submarine X-1* (1968), as CPO Norman Kennedy
- *Robbery* (1967), as Policeman Using Car Radio (uncredited)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Varlik — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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