Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
Mysteries of Egypt
(Carnarvon)
The Mini-Affair
(Ronnie)
The Bronte Sisters
(Mr. Smith)
Vanished! A Video Seance
(Father)
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
(Etienne)
Reasonable Force
(Commissioner)
Rasputin
(Dr. Lazovert)
Deadline
(Stuart-Smith)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
(Dr. Vargas)
Death of a Son
(Prof. Ray Spector)
Hamlet
(Horatio)
Seven Days to Live
(Prof. Ed Saunders)
The Way of the World
(Petulant)
Bright Eyes
(Charvier)
The Midas Plague
(Edward)
The Saliva Milkshake
(Rafferty)
Cause of Death
(Dr. Blake)
Big Wheels and Sailor
(Dave Adams)
The Missionary
(Friend of Raggy Masterson)
Loch Ness
(Englishman)
Thatcher: The Final Days
(David Harris)
Psy-Warriors
(Hooper)
The Vanishing Army
(Symington)
King Lear
(Duke of Cornwall)
Escape to Victory
(Shurlock)
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
(Campion)
The Floater
(Jeremy Butler)
Brassneck
Ghost Chase
(Lawyer)
When the Actors Come
(Count Botvay)
Bugs
(Admiral)
Midsomer Murders
(Ronald Burgess)
Inspector Morse
(Alan Cartwright)
Rumpole of the Bailey
(Claude Erskine-Brown)
Nicholas Nickleby
Life of Shakespeare
(Sir Robert Cecil)
Oxbridge Blues
(Tom)
Sherlock Holmes
(Albert Shlessinger)
The New Statesman
(Lecturer)
The Hanged Man
(Simon Hatchett)
Lytton's Diary
(Tim Beauchamp)
Pride and Prejudice
(Mr. Collins)
Play for Today
(Symington)
Truth Seekers
(Old Byron Berkeley)
Three Up, Two Down
(Gerald)
Play for Today
(Bill Rochester)
Around the World in 80 Days
(Wilson)