Portrait of Derek Waring

Acting

Derek Waring

Career

Active from 1957 to 1987, with a break from 1959 to 1973, busiest in 1974 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Derek Waring Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 83
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mr. Cooper-Bassett

1980s

7 titles
Heart of the Country
Heart of the Country (1987)

TV show · as Arthur Wandle

Love After Lunch
Love After Lunch (1987)

as Gerald

The Funny Side
The Funny Side (1985)

TV show

The Happy Apple
The Happy Apple (1983)

TV show

Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982)

as Shardovan

Partners
Partners (1981)

TV show · as Rupert Bannister

The Enigma Files
The Enigma Files (1980)

TV show · as Ken Bowers

1970s

10 titles · average score 65
Thundercloud
Thundercloud (1979)

TV show · as Commander Flint

The Professionals
The Professionals (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Dr. Seigel

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)

TV show · as Dr Meadow

The New Avengers
The New Avengers (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as George Harmer

Angels
Angels (1975)

TV show

Moody and Pegg
Moody and Pegg (1974)

TV show · as Roland Moody

An Unofficial Rose
An Unofficial Rose (1974)

TV show

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
GoodWatch score 48

as Banker #4 (uncredited)

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Jeremy Clements

...And Mother Makes Three
...And Mother Makes Three (1971)

TV show · as Mr Maitland

1960s

11 titles · average score 74
Callan
Callan (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

Not in Front of the Children
Not in Front of the Children (1967)

TV show · as Fred Simmons

The World of Wodehouse
The World of Wodehouse (1967)

TV show · as James Belford

The Informer
The Informer (1966)

TV show · as Gray

The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses (1965)

as Earl of Rivers

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Shardovan

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as DI Neil Goss

Studio 4
Studio 4 (1962)

TV show · as Rollo Spencer

Suspense
Suspense (1962)

TV show · as Tony Dyson

Studio 4
Studio 4 (1962)

TV show · as Rollo

1950s

11 titles · average score 64
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

The Heart of a Man
The Heart of a Man (1959)

as Another man

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Sir Roger

The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Louis

Fair Game
Fair Game (1958)

TV show · as Robert

Time Is the Enemy
Time Is the Enemy (1958)

TV show

Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill (1957)
GoodWatch score 64

as Second Surgeon

The Truth About Women
The Truth About Women (1957)
GoodWatch score 60

as Top-hatted Gent with Duelling Pistols (uncredited)

The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as George Bradbury

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Balin

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Peter Larkin / Tom the Thatcher