Alan Wheatley
English actor (1907-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Alan Wheatley was an English actor. He was a well known stage actor in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, appeared in forty films between 1931 and 1965 and was a frequent broadcaster on radio from the 1930s to the 1990s, and on television from 1938 to 1964.
Alan Wheatley is read about 48 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Department SSeries, Carter1964
The ProtectorsSeries, James Benson
A Jolly Bad FellowFilm, 1964Epicene1963
Doctor WhoSeries, Temmosus1961
The AvengersSeries, Dangerfield
The Shadow of the CatFilm, 1961Inspector Rowles1960
Danger ManSeries, Solicitor
An Arabian NightFilm, 1960Jafar1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Mr. Murdstone1955
The Adventures of Robin HoodSeries, Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood: The MovieFilm, 1955Sheriff of Nottingham1954
Delayed ActionFilm, Mark Cruden1953
You Are ThereSeries, King Charles I1952
The Pickwick PapersFilm, Fogg1951Sherlock HolmesSeries, Sherlock Holmes
Home to DangerFilm, 1951Hughes1950
Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Roderigo1948
Brighton RockFilm, Fred Hale1947
JassyFilm, Sir Edward Walker1945
Caesar and CleopatraFilm, Persian1939The CircleFilm, Arnold Champion-Cheney, M.P.1937William TindaleFilm, William Tindale1931
The Conquest of the AirFilm, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli1907Born19 April 1907People around Alan
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William Hartnell Also in The Daleks and Appointment with Crime
Peter Cushing Duets: Sherlock Holmes and Sheriff of Nottingham
Carole Ann Ford Also in The Daleks and Doctor Who: The Daleks
William Russell Also in The Daleks and Doctor Who: The Daleks
Jacqueline Hill Also in The Daleks and Doctor Who: The Daleks- Montgomery Tully Directed Spring Song and Small Town Story
Raymond Lovell Also in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Roger Moore Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Peter Finch Duets: Sheriff of Nottingham
Robert Shaw Duets: Sheriff of Nottingham- Zena Marshall Also in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
- Susan Shaw Also in Jassy and It's Not Cricket
Rona Anderson Also in Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)- David Kossoff Duets: Sheriff of Nottingham
- June Thorburn Also in The Pickwick Papers and Delayed Action
- Verity Lambert Produced The Daleks (1964)
- Harry Fowler Also in The Pickwick Papers and Tomorrow at Ten
Margaretta Scott Also in Calling Paul Temple and Counterblast
Robert Downey Jr. Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Christopher Lee Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Michael Caine Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Christopher Plummer Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Alan Rickman Duets: Sheriff of Nottingham
Ian McKellen Duets: Sherlock Holmes
Filmography 39
62 credits on file
Television 16
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
His most prominent television role was the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Richard Greene as Robin Hood; Wheatley played the sheriff in 54 episodes between 1955 and 1959. Earlier, he had played Sherlock Holmes in the first television series featuring the great detective.
