Actor
Patrick Allen
99 years · Nyasaland [now Malawi] · 77 films
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British actor. Allen's distinctive, authoritative voice was familiar across the United Kingdom, even amongst those who did not recognise him as an actor.
Best known for
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Detective Pearson
On TCM
Threads
1984 · Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
On AMC+
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
On Plex
The Wild Geese
1978 · Rushton
On Plex
The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Rex Van Ryan (voice)
The Night of the Generals
1967 · Colonel Mannheim
Filmography 77
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023 · Pilot Narrator
The War File: Hitler's War
2008 · Narrator
The Official Story of the British Army
2006 · Narrator
Hitler's War
2005 · Narrator
On Fawesome
Heroes of the Second World War
2005 · Narrator
The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the Volga
2002 · Narrator
On Amazon MX Player
The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War Two
2002 · Narrator
The War File: Battleships at War
2002 · Narrator
Story of the Spitfire
2001 · Narrator
The Hawker Hurricane
2001 · Narrator
On Plex
The Conquest of Everest 1953
1997 · Narrator
Bullet to Beijing
1995 · Colonel Wilson
On Plex
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
1992 · Maj. Ronald Ferguson
On Amazon Prime Video
The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police
1991 · Narrator
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe
1990 · Narrator
Roman Holiday
1987 · General
Love After Lunch
1987 · Harold Hagdorff
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984 · King Simonides
On Kanopy
Threads
1984 · Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
On AMC+
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983 · Sir James Brooke
Who Dares Wins
1982 · Police Commissioner
On Philo
Murder Is Easy
1982 · Maj. Horton
On Philo
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980 · Gerald Gardiner QC
Alien Attack
1980 · Luna Commission Chairman