Gerald Flood
Biography
Gerald Flood was a British actor. Born in Portsmouth in 1927, he joined the Farnham Repertory Company. His first starring television roles were in the Pathfinders science fiction serials from 1960 to 1961, as journalist Conway Henderson. He then played Mark Bannerman in the 1962 and 1963 serials City Beneath the Sea and Secret Beneath the Sea. He became nationally known as Colonel Sharif Mahmoud, a police chief, in the Morocco-set series Crane from 1963 to 1965. In Doctor Who he voiced Kamelion in The King's Demons and Planet of Fire, appeared briefly in The Caves of Androzani, and played King John in The King's Demons. On stage he appeared at the Globe Theatre in London in Graham Greene's The Complaisant Lover from 1959 to 1960 and played Robert Danvers in There's a Girl in My Soup more than 650 times. He also appeared in Tom Brown's Schooldays and Steptoe and Son.
61years old at death
- Born Portsmouth
- Died Surrey
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Gerald Robert Flood
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 10 years1964 to 1974
Every film, newest first
- 1974FrightmareIMDb rating 6.2
- 1970PattonIMDb rating 7.9
- 1964SmokescreenIMDb rating 6.9
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A role that slipped away
Gerald Flood took over from Donald Sinden as Robert Danvers in the West End comedy There's a Girl in My Soup in June 1967, and played the role more than 650 times in total.
First role
In the ABC science-fiction serials Pathfinders in Space, Pathfinders to Mars and Pathfinders to Venus, shown from 1960 to 1961, Gerald Flood played the journalist Conway Henderson. These were his first television starring roles.
Big break
Gerald Flood became nationally prominent for playing police chief Colonel Sharif Mahmoud in the Morocco-based police series Crane, starring alongside Patrick Allen and Sam Kydd. The series ran from 1963 to 1965 on ITV.
A change of course
During World War II, Gerald Flood was a wireless operator in the RAF. He also worked as a filing clerk, and after the war he became an actor and joined the Farnham Repertory Company.
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Worked with
Gerald Flood made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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George C. Scott's page
Peter Vaughan's page
Sam Kydd's page
David Bauer's page
Leo Genn's page
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Jim O'ConnollyDirector, 1 film, 1964
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