Thorndyke (TV series)

Thorndyke is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the Detective anthology series. It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases.

All six episodes presumably still exist, but they have not been made available to the public.

Main

 * Peter Copley as Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke
 * Paul Williamson as Doctor Jervis
 * Patrick Newell as Polton
 * Glyn Owen as Superintendent Morton

Other
Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include:
 * George A. Cooper as Pratt
 * Ronald Leigh-Hunt as John Simpson
 * Jack May as Percival Bland
 * Stephanie Bidmead as Kathy
 * Kenneth Colley as Ellis
 * Jane Downs as Mrs. Crofton
 * John Le Mesurier as Pembury
 * Anthony Sagar as Ellis
 * Royston Tickner as Smith
 * Patrick Troughton as Frank Belfield
 * Rex Rashley as Amos Caldwell
 * Harry Towb as Ambrose
 * Wanda Ventham as Maud
 * Peter Madden as Det. Supt. Martin
 * Kevin Brennan Sergeant
 * David Nettheim as Stalker
 * Lennard Pearce as Shenston
 * Donald Bisset as Sergeant Hawkins
 * Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Brattle
 * Ivor Salter as Stanton
 * Edwin Brown as Brattle
 * Vernon Dobtcheff as Coroner
 * Aubrey Morris as Julius Wicks