---
name: "Eric Deacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-deacon"
fi1m_id: "eric-deacon"
imdb_id: "nm0212573"
tmdb_id: 1220356
wikidata_id: "Q2400769"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:06:28.091949+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."
---

# Eric Deacon

## Identity

Eric Deacon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-deacon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-deacon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212573
- **TMDB ID:** 1220356
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2400769
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220356

Writer. Born 25 May 1950 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 May 1950, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- **Active:** 1979–1991
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220356

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Eric Deacon is an English actor and writer. Born in Oxford in 1950, he trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career in repertory theatre.

He is known for his leading role as Oliver Deuce in the 1985 film *A Zed & Two Noughts*, directed by Peter Greenaway, in which he appeared alongside his brother, actor Brian Deacon. His other acting credits include appearances in *Doctor Who* (1985), *Lovejoy* (as Det. Insp. Hardwick), *Prime Suspect* (as Dr. Gordon) and multiple episodes of *Casualty*.

Deacon has also written for television, including the *Prime Suspect* episode *Inner Circles* (1995) and episodes of *Lovejoy*, *The Bill* and *Holby City*. He is married to actress Laraine Humphrys.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, as Chris Lambert — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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

- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, Writer
- *The Last Musketeer* (2000), as Charles Drew
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Neil Innes
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Alan Mansfield · Writer
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, as Dr. Gordon · Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *Maigret* (1988), as Tony Portman
- *Hard Cases* (1988), series, as Ross Kennedy
- *London's Burning* (1986), series, Actor
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Peter — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Det. Insp. Hardwick · Writer
- *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), as Oliver Deuce
- *Doctor Who: Timelash* (1985), as Mykros
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), series, as Paul Davis — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)
- *Operation Julie* (1985), as D.C. Ernie Wilson
- *Only Children* (1984), as Dolly
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Actor
- *King's Royal* (1982), series, as Robert King
- *Contract* (1981), as Billy
- *Dark Secret* (1981), as Boy
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Chris Lambert — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Yesterday's Hero* (1979), as Chris
- *Secret Army* (1977), series, as Klein
- *A Photograph* (1977), as Boy
- *It Could Happen to You* (1976), as Mick
- *Let's Get Those English Girls* (1976), as Mike
- *Rentaghost* (1976), series, as Beethoven
- *Survivors* (1975), series, as Steve
- *The Sex Thief* (1973), as Crabshaw
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Billy
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Mykros — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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