Biography
Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993),…
Movies & TV Shows
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) — Dr. Vargas
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Escape to Victory (1981) — Shurlock
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Midsomer Murders (1997) — Ronald Burgess
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Truth Seekers (2020) — Old Byron Berkeley
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Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Albert Shlessinger
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Inspector Morse (1987) — Alan Cartwright
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Loch Ness (1996) — Englishman
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Around the World in 80 Days (1989) — Wilson
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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) — Etienne
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Rasputin (1996) — Dr. Lazovert
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The Missionary (1982) — Friend of Raggy Masterson
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7 Days to Live (2000) — Prof. Ed Saunders
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The Bronte Sisters (1979) — Mr. Smith
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Ghost Chase (1987) — Lawyer
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) — Claude Erskine-Brown
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Bugs (1995) — Admiral
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Play for Today (1970) — Symington
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Mysteries of Egypt (1998) — Carnarvon
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Three Up, Two Down (1985) — Gerald
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A Fine Romance (1981) — Charles Payne
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Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Dr. Tim Izzard
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BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Oronte
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Out of the Unknown (1965) — Edward
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Screen Two (1985) — Commissioner
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King Lear (1982) — Duke of Cornwall
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Deadline (1988) — Stuart-Smith
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Death of a Son (1989) — Prof. Ray Spector
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The Manions of America (1981) — Colonel Maitland
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Thatcher: The Final Days (1991) — David Harris
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Psy-Warriors (1981) — Hooper
- The Hanged Man (1975) — Simon Hatchett
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Lytton's Diary (1985) — Tim Beauchamp
- Life Begins at Forty (1978) — The Vicar
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Oxbridge Blues (1984) — Tom
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Pride and Prejudice (1967) — Mr. Collins
- Buccaneer (1980) — Lord Champlieu
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Churchill's People (1974) — Hubert
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The Mini-Affair (1967) — Ronnie
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Vanished! A Video Seance (1999) — Father
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Hamlet (1970) — Horatio