Stanley Meadows

British film and television actor

Stanley Meadows (born 14 July 1931 in Stepney, London, England) is a retired British film and television actor.

Meadows was the son of a shopowner in Stepney Green. He won a scholarship to Forest School, in Epping Forest, and eventually graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955.[1] After graduating he worked as a barman, storeman, waiter, and a shipping representative, while also performing in a variety of repertory companies. He worked with Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and Harold Pinter and starred in a number of plays on ITV.[2]

As his career developed further, Meadows made frequent appearances in British films and became something of a stalwart of British television series including Public Eye, Undermind, Randall and Hopkirk and Widows (Eddie Rawlins).[3][4][5]

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1953 | Three Steps to the Gallows | 2nd Clerk - Travel Agent | Uncredited
1959 | The Mummy | Attendant |
1960 | Jackpot | Police Intelligence Officer on Radio | Uncredited
1961 | Payroll | Bowen |
1962 | A Prize of Arms | Sgt. White | Uncredited
1962 | Live Now, Pay Later | Second Bailiff On Doorstep | Uncredited
1963  | The Desperate People  | Luther Harris  |
1963 | Panic | Tom |
1964 | The Masque of the Red Death | Guard | Uncredited
1964 | Clash by Night | George Brett |
1964 | The Main Chance | Joe Hayes |
1965 | The Ipcress File | Inspector Pat Keightley |
1965 | You Must Be Joking! | Barry Morris | Uncredited
1965 | The Night Caller | Det. Tom Grant |
1966 | Bat Out of Hell (TV series) | Ned Tallboy | Five episodes
1966 | Kaleidoscope | Dominion Captain |
1967 | The Terrornauts | Ben Keller |
1967 | The Avengers | Erskine in "The Hidden Tiger" |
1967 | The Naked Runner | Psychiatrist | Uncredited
1968 | The Fixer | Gronfein |
1970 | Performance | Rosebloom |
1981 | Prends ta rolls et va pointer | Lord Archibald Swanson |
1984 | La 7ème cible |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Stanley Meadows — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
2. ^ Finch, Brian (26 January 1964). "An actor who hates shop talk – that's Stanley Meadows". TVTimes. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. ^ BFI.org
4. ^ "Stanley Meadows | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
5. ^ "Stanley Meadows". www.aveleyman.com.

## External links

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* Stanley Meadows at IMDb

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