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Spencer Banks

Spencer Banks

British television actor

Spencer Banks (born 1954 in Chesterfield) is a British television actor.

He was mainly active in the 1970s, when he tended to play a geeky adolescent in glasses.[1] He starred in two significant programmes: the popular children's science fiction serial Timeslip as Simon Randall,[2] and the Play for Today Penda's Fen (1974) by David Rudkin directed by Alan Clarke.[3] He also appeared in television series including Alexander the Greatest, The Witch's Daughter, Tightrope, The Georgian House, Crossroads and Backs to the Land, films such as Diamonds on Wheels (1973) and A Christmas Carol (1984), and a 1981 radio version of The Chrysalids.[4] In 2015 he appeared as 'Reverend Simon Randall' in The Amityville Playhouse opposite former Timeslip co-star Cheryl Burfield.[5]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Clark, Anthony (16 April 2015). "Spencer Banks - Interview". Sci-Fi-Online.com.
  2. [2]
    "BFI Screenonline: Timeslip (1970-71)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. [3]
    "BFI Screenonline: Penda's Fen (1974)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. [4]
    "Spencer Banks". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. [5]
    "The Amityville Theater". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    "Spencer Banks". British Film Institute. URL retrieved on 2 April 2019.
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