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name: "Michael Denison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-denison"
fi1m_id: "michael-denison"
imdb_id: "nm0219221"
tmdb_id: 85934
wikidata_id: "Q518393"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1915"
died: "22 July 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:35:10.386891+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."
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# Michael Denison

## Identity

Michael Denison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-denison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-denison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219221
- **TMDB ID:** 85934
- **Wikidata ID:** Q518393
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Denison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85934

Actor. Born 1 November 1915 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 22 July 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 July 1998
- **Also known as:** Майкл Денисон, John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Denison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85934

## Biography

Michael Denison was an English actor. Born John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison in Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1915, he was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford, before training at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art in London, where he met actress Dulcie Gray. They married in 1939 and appeared together in numerous stage productions and several films.

Denison served in the Royal Intelligence Corps during the Second World War. He maintained a long career in the theatre, performing in more than 100 West End shows, and acted in films such as *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1952), in which he played Algernon Moncrieff, and *Shadowlands* (1993), in which he played Harry Harrington. He was also known for the title role in the television series *Boyd QC* (1956–1964). He died in 1998.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadowlands* (1993), Fi1m 79, as Harry Harrington — [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Shadowlands* (1993), as Harry Harrington — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Richard
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, as Admiral Francis Redfern
- *Cold Warrior* (1984), series, as Captain Aubrey Percival, SIS
- *The Rocking Horse Winner* (1982), as Race Commentator
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, as Johnson
- *Private Schulz* (1981), series, as Browne
- *Bedroom Farce* (1980), as Ernest
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Lord Derrington
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Napier Lee
- *Late Night Theatre* (1972), series, as Sir Harry Sims
- *Unexpectedly Vacant* (1970), as Bruce Armstrong
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Dick Quarry
- *Funeral Games* (1968), as Pringle
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Pringle, Bruce Armstrong
- *Faces in the Dark* (1960), as David Merton
- *The Friendly Inn* (1958), Actor
- *The Truth About Women* (1957), as Rollo
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Charles Cuttinghame
- *Boyd Q.C.* (1956), series, as Richard Boyd Q.C.
- *Contraband Spain* (1955), as Agente británico Ricky Metcalfe
- *There Was a Young Lady* (1953), as David Walsh
- *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1952), as Algernon Moncrieff
- *Tall Headlines* (1952), as Philip Rackham
- *Angels One Five* (1952), as Squadron Leader Peter Moon
- *The Magic Box* (1952), as Reporter
- *The Franchise Affair* (1951), as Robert Blair
- *Landfall* (1949), as Rick
- *The Glass Mountain* (1949), as Richard Wilder
- *The Blind Goddess* (1948), as Derek Waterhouse
- *My Brother Jonathan* (1948), as Jonathan Dakers
- *Hungry Hill* (1947), as Henry Brodrick

## Gallery

- ![Michael Denison](https://film.one/media/person/83635/gallery-3cfcec4dadb6.jpg) Michael Denison — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Denison](https://film.one/media/person/83635/gallery-a5f4dcde1553.jpg) Michael Denison — Image via TMDB

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