From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Danny Webb (British actor)

British actor (born 1958)

Summary

British actor (born 1958)

Field	Value
name	Danny Webb
birth_date
birth_place	London, England
occupation	Actor
years_active	1979–present
spouse	Leila Bertrand
children	2

Danny Webb (born 6 June 1958) is an English television and film actor. His roles include the prisoner Morse in the movie Alien 3, Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and John Maynard Jefferson in the two part Doctor Who story "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" in 2006.

Early life and education

Webb was born on 6 June 1958 to Eileen and Maurice Webb. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1977.

Career

Film and television

Webb has appeared in many British television programmes, including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Our Friends in the North, A Touch of Frost, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness and Shackleton. He also appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who – "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit". He has also appeared in Britannia High as Jack Tyler and in New Tricks as a DJ.

In 1985, Webb appeared alongside Jon Pertwee in a television adaptation of Karl Wittlinger's Broadway play, Do You Know the Milky Way? playing Kris, a psychiatric patient who believed that he came from another star. Webb has also had recurring roles in several television series, including Brookside, Cardiac Arrest and Life Begins.

In 2008, Webb appeared as the journalist Noel Botham in the BBC Four drama Hughie Green, Most Sincerely, as well as narrating the Games Workshop Black Library audiobook The Lightning Tower/The Dark King and the Gotrek and Felix audiobook Slayer of the Storm God. He also had a small part as a German communications officer in the film Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise. In September 2009, he had a lead role in the BBC1 five-part drama series Land Girls, playing a sergeant in the Home Guard.

In 2015, Danny completed the role of Roy in the British crime thriller The Contract which was released in January 2016. In August 2024, it was announced that Webb had been cast as Ser Arlan of Pennytree in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The series premiered in 2026.

Theatre

Webb has worked extensively in theatre, including in the Olivier Award-winning production of Blasted by Sarah Kane at the Lyric Theatre in 2011. He also won Best Actor for the role in the Off West End Awards. He has appeared twice at the Royal Court Theatre, in Chicken Soup with Barley by Arnold Wesker (2011) and The Mistress Contract. In 2022, he appeared as Al Smith in Straight Line Crazy in London and Off-Broadway.

Music videos

Webb plays the protagonist in all three versions of Yes's 1983 video for "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

Films

Year	Title	Character
A Year of the Quiet Sun	David
No End	Englishman
Defence of the Realm	Danny Royce	Hemdale Film Corporation
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire	TV Director
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Zacharias' Man	Cannon Films
Henry V	Gower	BBC
Robin Hood	Much the Miller	20th Century Fox / Working Title
Alien 3	Robert Morse	20th Century Fox
True Blue	Alan Palmer	FilmFour Productions
Love and Death on Long Island	Video Assistant	Telefilm Canada
Still Crazy	Clive	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Shiner	Karl	Miramax Films
Inspiration	Man
I'll Be There	Denny Wise	Morgan Creek
The Aryan Couple	Himmler
The Upside of Anger	Grey Wolfmeyer	Media 8 Entertainment
Attack Force	Werner
Valkyrie	Captain Haans	United Artists
The Story of F***	Barton Hamborski
Hummingbird	Damon	Lionsgate
Locke	Cassidy	A24
A Little Chaos	Claude Moulin	BBC Films
The Contract	Roy	Scanner Rhodes Production / Robert Fucilla Company
Silent Hours	David Frampton
City of Tiny Lights	DS Cal Donnely	BBC Films
Pegasus Bridge	General Richard Gale	Independent
Churchill	General Alan Brooke	Salon Pictures
Never Grow Old	Preacher Pike	Saban Films

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production
The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game	Peter	ITV	Episode: "Trackdown"
Twelfth Night	Servant	BBC	TV film
Jackanory Playhouse	Harold	BBC	Episode: "The Silver Fish"
Mackenzie	Builder's Merchant	BBC	Episode: "Preliminary Enquiries"
Play for Today	Police Constable	BBC	Episode: "Pasmore"
Play for Today	Despatch Rider	BBC	Episode: "The Imitation Game"
We'll Meet Again	Young Recruit	ITV	Episode: "Old Enough to Fight"
**	Marek	ORF	TV film
Brookside	Gavin Taylor	Channel 4
More Lives Than One	Steve	BBC	TV film
Do You Know the Milkyway?	Kris		TV film
Slip-Up	Monk & McCabe	BBC	TV film
Intimate Contact	Scott		TV film
The Comic Strip Presents...	Party Guest	Channel 4	Episode: "Didn't You Kill My Brother?"
Bergerac	Joe Grantham	BBC	Episode: "Retirement Plan"
Agatha Christie's Poirot	Porter	ITV	Episode: "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection		Celtic Film Entertainment	TV film
Boon	Mike Hawkins	ITV	2 episodes
The Bill	Steve Hill	ITV	Episode: "Fools Gold"
Screen Two	Actor	BBC	Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow Ends"
Made in Heaven	Dave	Granada	Episode: "Falling in Love"
Screenplay		BBC	Episode: "Clubland"
The Jazz Detective	Bernie Weston
Bookmark	Dick Hughes	BBC	Episode: "Sunny Stories"
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Pablo Picasso	ABC	2 episodes
A Woman's Guide to Adultery	Ray	Carlton Television
Comics	Brian Duffield	Channel 4
The Bill	Steven Petit	ITV	Episode: "Big Eagle Day"
Headhunters	Roger Garrison	BBC
99-1	McCarthy	ITV	2 episodes
Cardiac Arrest	Mr Simon Bentancourt	BBC	Series 1
Space Precinct	Wyndam 'Houdini' Derrit	Sky One	Episode: "Two Against the Rock"
Mrs. Hartley and the Growth Centre	Vicar
Our Friends in the North	Detective Inspector Ron Conrad	BBC	4 episodes
Murder Most Horrid	Tony Smedley	Talkback Productions	Episode: "Dead on Time"
The Bill	Grigori Minescu	ITV	Episode: "Black Money"
Sharman	Durban	ITV	Episode: ""A Good Year For The Roses"
A Touch of Frost	Karl Edwards	ITV	Episode: "Paying the Price"
Dressing for Breakfast	John	Channel 4	Episode: "Married Man"
A Perfect State	Johnny	BBC
The King of Chaos	Liam Keller	Stone City Films	TV film
Terror in the Mall	Warden Banks	Warner Bros Television	TV film
2point4 Children	Malcolm	BBC	Episode: "Malcolm X"
The Bill	Sammy Lewis	ITV	Episode: "Three Cheers"
The Jump	Davey Jackson	ITV
Frenchman's Creek	William	Carlton Television	TV film
Harbour Lights	Vic Morley	BBC	Episode: "Muckraker"
Hunting Venus	John	ITV	TV film
Dalziel and Pascoe	Det. Chief Inspector Geoffrey Hiller	BBC	Episode: "Recalled to Life"
In the Name of Love	George Walters		TV film
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Libersac	BBC	Episode: "A Good Name"
The Knock	John Gilbraith	ITV	Episode: "Power Trip"
In the Beginning	Laban	NBC	TV film
Casualty	Harry Chapman	BBC	Episode: "Seize the Night"
Hawk	David	BBC	TV film
Take Me	Doug Patton	ITV
Shackleton	Perris	Channel 4	TV film
Outside the Rules	Dr. John Falkirk	BBC	TV film
Murder in Mind	Derek Stevensby	BBC	Episode: "Swan Song"
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Inspector Lestrade	BBC	TV film
Cutting It	Ivor Biltong	BBC	Episode: "Episode #2.4"
Henry VIII	Thomas Cromwell	ITV	TV film
Starhunter	Max	The Danforth Studios Ltd.	Episode: "Supermax Redux"
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys	Edward Montagu	BBC Films	TV film
Murder in Suburbia	Gavin Webb	ITV	Episode: "Applejacks"
Murder City	Eddie Gresham	Granada Television	Episode: "Mr Right"
Waking the Dead	Sir Martin Havering	BBC	Episode: "False Flag"
Silent Witness	Sergeant Paul Bradley	BBC	Episode: "Body 21"
My Family	Ches	BBC	Episode: "Glad Tidings We Bring"
Life Begins	Paul	ITV	12 episodes
Uncle Adolf	Joseph Goebbels	ITV	TV film
A Touch of Frost	Father David Rose	ITV	Episode: "Near Death Experience"
Heartbeat	Vince Wain	ITV	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
The Bill	George Swanson	ITV	Episode: "444"
Hotel Babylon	Mr Matthews	BBC	Episode: "Episode 1"
Lewis	Tom Pollock	ITV	Episode: "Reputation"
Totally Frank	Jimmy	Channel 4	Episode: "Episode #2.4"
Nostradamus	Pierre		TV film
Doctor Who	Mr Jefferson	BBC	2 episodes
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Eddie Price	BBC	Episode: "In the Blink of the Eye"
Midsomer Murders	Tony Kirby	ITV	Episode: "Dance with the Dead"
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Licinius	BBC	Episode: "Constantine"
Agatha Christie's Marple	Mutti	ITV	Episode: "At Bertram's Hotel"
All About Me	Danny Caldwell	BBC	TV film
Lark Rise to Candleford	Dan Macey	BBC	Episode: "Episode 2"
The Bill	Ernie Rosen	ITV	Episode: "The Deadly Game"
Phoo Action	Lord Rothwell	BBC	TV film
Casualty	Rob Greyson	BBC	Episode: "The Mess We're In"
Honest	Mack Carter	ITV	Main cast
Hughie Green, Most Sincerely	Noel Botham		TV film
New Tricks	Graham Madeley	BBC	Episode: "A Face for Radio"
Britannia High	Jack Tyler	ITV	2 episodes
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Trojan		Episode: "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
The Bill	Matthew Devlin	ITV	6 episodes
Trinity	Crispin Hunter	ITV	Episode: "1.5"
Land Girls	Sgt Dennis Tucker	BBC	Main cast
Hustle	Rex Kennedy	BBC	Episode: "Father of the Jewels"
Holby City	Kevin Dalton	BBC	Episode: "To Have and to Hold"
Midsomer Murders	Jeff Bowmaker	ITV	Episode: "The Silent Land"
Being Human	Marcus	BBC	Episode: "Daddy Ghoul"
Death in Paradise	Jon Taylor	BBC	Episode: "Amongst Us"
Endeavour	DS Arthur Lott	ITV	Episode: "Endeavour"
Sherlock	DI Carter	BBC	Episode: "A Scandal in Belgravia"
Agatha Christie's Poirot	Superintendent Bill Garroway	ITV	Episode: "Elephants Can Remember"
Humans	Professor Edwin Hobb	Channel 4 & AMC	9 episodes
Plebs	Lepidus	Rise Films	2 episodes
Father Brown	Malcolm Pendle	BBC	Episode: "The Alchemist's Secret"
The Halcyon	MI5 agent	ITV	2 episodes
Liar	DS Rory Maxwell	ITV	Main role, 12 episodes
The City And The City	Maj. Jorgi Syedr	BBC	Miniseries
Pennyworth	John Ripper	Epix
The Trial of Christine Keeler	George Wigg, Baron Wigg	BBC	Miniseries
The Regime	Mr. Laskin	HBO	Miniseries
Beyond Paradise	Jaimie Martins	BBC One	1 episode
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	Ser Arlan of Pennytree	HBO	Recurring role

References

(2020). "Danny Webb".
Kathryn Flett. (6 January 2002). "Truly, this was an Endurance test". The Guardian.
Sue Davies. (2 February 2008). "Doctor Who: The Girl Who Never Was by Alan Barnes".
"Danny Webb, The Contract CAST LIST".
(8 August 2024). "'A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel Adds 7 To Cast". Deadline.
"Olivier Awards with MasterCard – Previous Winners | #BeInspired".
"The Mistress Contract".
McHenry, Jackson. (2022-10-26). "A One-Dimensional Robert Moses in Straight Line Crazy".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1958-births english-male-film-actors english-male-television-actors living-people male-actors-from-london english-male-stage-actors 20th-century-english-male-actors 21st-century-english-male-actors alumni-of-the-royal-academy-of-dramatic-art

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Danny Webb (British actor) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report