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__NOTOC__ Anthony Valentine (born 17 August 1939) is an English actor known for his TV roles: the ruthless Toby Meres in ''Callan'', the sinister Major Mohn in ''Colditz'', as the title character in ''Raffles''. Valentine was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and educated at the Valerie Glynne School and Acton County Grammar School, London. From age 10 he has performed on television and stage. ==Career== Valentine worked as a child actor for the BBC, and appeared at the age of 10 in the film ''No Way Back'' (1949), and aged 12 in ''The Girl on the Pier'' (1953). He played Harry Wharton in the 1950s BBC children's adaptation of ''Billy Bunter'' (1955–57) – he initially played the character of Bob Cherry in the episodes where Harry Wharton was played by John Charlesworth. In 1958 Valentine appeared in a production of Ibsen's ''John Gabriel Borkman'', with leading actors Laurence Olivier and Irene Worth, as part of the ''ITV Play of the Week'' series. He is mostly known for his television roles as ruthless Toby Meres in the series ''Callan'' (1967–72), sinister Luftwaffe Officer, Major Horst Mohn in the BBC drama ''Colditz'' (1974) and the eponymous ''Raffles'' (1975–1977). Other TV appearances include ''A for Andromeda'' (1961), ''Z-Cars'' (1972), ''The Avengers'' (1967, 1968), ''Softly, Softly'' (1969), ''Department S'' (1970), ''Budgie'' (1971), ''Codename'' (1970), ''Space: 1999'' (1975), Raffles (1976), ''Minder'' (1979, 1980) playing Maurice, a professional gambler, ''Tales of the Unexpected'' (1980, 1982), ''Airline'' (1982) (in the first episode as Squadron Leader Dickie Marlowe of the RAF), ''Bergerac'' (1983), ''Robin of Sherwood'' (1984, 1985), ''Boon'' (1989), ''Lovejoy'' (1986, 1991), ''The House of Eliott'' (1991), ''The Bill'' (1998), ''The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'' (in ''The Illustrious Client'', 1991), ''New Tricks'' and ''Waking the Dead'' (2002). He also narrated the three ''Wildlife Explorer'' documentary films and played a South London bookmaker in the cult classic film ''Performance'' (1970). He was also the voice of "Dr. X" on Queensrÿche's seminal 1988 album, ''Operation: Mindcrime''. Further television work included an episode of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (2006), episodes of ''The Commander'' (2005, 2006, 2008), in which he played Commissioner Edward Sumpter, and an episode of ''Heartbeat'' (2006). Other television roles are as Nuremberg Prison Commandant Burton C. Andrus in the 2006 BBC docudrama ''Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial'', and Jimmy "The Gent" Vincent in ITV's ''The Last Detective'' (2007). In September 2009 he joined the cast of the British soap ''Coronation Street'' as George Wilson. In theatre he appeared in the West End plays ''No Sex Please We're British'', ''Sleuth'', ''Half a Sixpence'' and '''Art''', and in the premiere performance of Arnold Wesker's ''Chicken Soup with Barley'', playing the part of Ronnie. His most recent appearance was in ''Separate Tables'' at The Mill at Sonning; he wrote and directed ''The Waiting Game'' for the same theatre. On 12 November 2005 Valentine became a patron of the Thwaites Empire Theatre in his birthplace, Blackburn.〔("Patrons" ), Thwaites Empire Theatre. Retrieved 31 January 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Valentine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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