---
name: "Terence Rigby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terence-rigby"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 January 1937"
died: "10 August 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T06:18:01.034286+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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# Terence Rigby

Actor. Born 2 January 1937 in Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. Died 10 August 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 January 1937, Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 10 August 2008
- **Active:** 1971–1996
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (2), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7702000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10748

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)

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## Biography

Terence Rigby was an English actor. Born in Erdington, Birmingham, he trained at RADA and completed national service in the Royal Air Force.

His film roles included Gerald Fletcher in *Get Carter* (1971), the voice of Silver in *Watership Down* (1978), General Bukharin in *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997), and Edward Staunton in *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003). On television he played Roy Bland in the 1979 miniseries *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* and PC Snow in *Softly, Softly: Task Force*. Stage credits included creating the role of Joey in the original production of Harold Pinter's *The Homecoming* (1965).

Rigby died in London in 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Our Friends in the North* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Berger — [page](https://film.one/tv/our-friends-in-the-north.md)
- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Silver (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)
- *Get Carter* (1971), Fi1m 86, as Gerald Fletcher — [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Actor

## Also known for

- *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997), General Bukharin
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), Edward Staunton
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Ian Frasier
- *The Dogs of War* (1980), Hackett
- *Plunkett & Macleane* (1999), Harrison
- *The Saint* (1962), Charlie Mason
- *Accident* (1967), Plain Clothed Policeman
- *Scandal* (1989), James Burge

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