Patrick Allen

March 17, 1927 · Nyasaland [now Malawi]

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.

Notable work

8
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Detective Pearson
8
Blackadder (1983)
as Narrator and as The Hawk
7.6
Threads (1984)
as Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
6.7
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) and as Luther Ames

Often works with

Roger Moore
3 titles together
The Wild Geese, The Saint, The Sea Wolves
Kenneth Griffith
3 titles together
The Wild Geese, 1984, The Sea Wolves
Percy Herbert
3 titles together
The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, Night of the Big Heat
Sidney James
3 titles together
Carry On Up the Khyber, Carry On Doctor, Don't Lose Your Head
Kenneth Williams
3 titles together
Carry On Up the Khyber, Carry On Doctor, Don't Lose Your Head
Charles Hawtrey
3 titles together
Carry On Up the Khyber, Carry On Doctor, Don't Lose Your Head

Full filmography · 118

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as Pilot Narrator
2023
The War File: Hitler's War
as Narrator
2008
The Official Story of the British Army
as Narrator
2006
Hitler's War
as Narrator
2005
Heroes of the Second World War
as Narrator
2005
The War File: Tank Battles: El Alamein to the Volga
as Narrator
2002
The War File: Great Sea Battles of World War Two
as Narrator
2002
The War File: Battleships at War
as Narrator
2002
The Hawker Hurricane
as Narrator
2001
Story of the Spitfire
as Narrator
2001
The Conquest of Everest 1953
as Narrator
1997
Bullet to Beijing
as Colonel Wilson
19955.2