Date of Birth : Jan 13th 1931
Hendry was born in Ipswich and educated at Culford School. Hendry’s film and TV career began in 1959 and within a year he had landed the lead role of Dr. Geoffrey Brent in the crime series Police Surgeon. The series only ran for twelve episodes but Hendry was next cast in the very similar role of Dr. David Keel in a new action-adventure series entitled The Avengers. Initially, Hendry was the star of this series, which co-starred Patrick Macnee as John Steed. However, production of the first season was curtailed by a strike and Hendry used the opportunity to depart the series and begin a film career. (The Avengers subsequently continued for the rest of the decade with Macnee as its star.)
Hendry had a lead role in films such as Live Now – Pay Later (1962) (in a role very similar to Alfie four years later), Girl In The Headlines (1963), The Hill (opposite Sean Connery) and in Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. He appeared in TV series such as Armchair Theatre, Danger Man and The Saint. In 1967 he took the lead role as disbarred solicitor Alex Lambert in the TV series The Informer.
In the early 1970s, Hendry took lead roles in several TV series such as The Adventures of Don Quick and The Lotus Eaters. He also appeared in a number of films, including a number of Hammer Horror entries such as Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter. Among the more widely seen films he appeared in during this time were Get Carter (1971) (for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Theatre of Blood opposite Vincent Price, The Passenger (1975) and 1978’s Damien: Omen II.
CAREER
Shout at the Devil ( 1976 )
Get Carter ( 1970 )