UFO - The Cast Who Came Back
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Many actors who worked with Gerry Anderson returned across his productions. UFO drew on performers already familiar from AP Films and Century 21, while introducing others who would appear in later projects. This archive guide follows some of those connections, from puppet voices to live-action roles.
Ed Bishop
In UFO: Commander Ed Straker.
- Captain Blue — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- David Poulson — Doppelgänger
- Colonel John Hunter — The Protectors: The First Circle
- Narrator — The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
George Sewell
In UFO: Colonel Alec Freeman.
- Mark Neuman — Doppelgänger
Keith Alexander
In UFO: Lieutenant Keith Ford.
- John Tracy — Thunderbird 6
- Sam Loover — Joe 90
- Flight director — Doppelgänger
- Agent Blake — The Secret Service
Jeremy Wilkin
In UFO: Lieutenant Gordon Maxwell.
- Virgil Tracy — Thunderbirds
- Captain Ochre — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Various voices — Joe 90
- Control technician — Doppelgänger
- The Bishop — The Secret Service
- Inspector Lars Bergen — The Protectors: Route 27
Norma Ronald
In UFO: Miss Ealand.
- Pam Kirby — Doppelgänger
Vladek Sheybal
In UFO: Dr Doug Jackson.
- Dr Beauville — Doppelgänger
- Sandor Karoleon — The Protectors: Brother Hood
Shane Rimmer
In UFO: Lieutenant Bill Johnson.
- Scott Tracy — Thunderbirds
- Various voices — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service
- Zeke Daley — The Protectors: Zeke’s Blues
- John — The Investigator
- Kelly — Space: 1999: Space Brain
- Lieutenant Chuck Brogan — Space Police
- Dick Spanner — Dick Spanner P.I.
Matt Zimmerman
In UFO: Co-pilot Jim in Exposed; dubbed by Jeremy Wilkin.
- Alan Tracy — Thunderbirds
Lois Maxwell
In UFO: Miss Holland.
- Lieutenant Atlanta Shore — Stingray
Charles Tingwell
In UFO: Beaver James in Mindbender.
- Various voices — Thunderbirds
- Doctor Fawn — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Nancy Nevinson
In UFO: Housekeeper in The Man Who Came Back.
- Various voices — The Adventures of Twizzle
Paul Maxwell
In UFO: Lieutenant Jim Lewis in Sub-Smash.
- Steve Zodiac — Fireball XL5
- Various voices — Thunderbirds
- Captain Grey — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Anthony Chinn
In UFO: Lieutenant Chin in Sub-Smash.
- Ulan-Bator air/sea rescue — Doppelgänger
- Chino — The Protectors
Neil McCallum
In UFO: Carl Mason in Court Martial.
- Dr Ray Pierce — Thunderbirds Are Go
- Various voices — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Alexi Kosneff — The Protectors: One and One Makes One
Gary Files
In UFO: Phil Wade in Identified.
- Black Phantom — Thunderbird 6
- Captain Magenta — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Various voices — Joe 90
- Matthew Harding — The Secret Service
Follow the connections
This is a selection rather than a complete filmography. Explore the Doppelgänger film hub for the earlier live-action production that shares so many faces with UFO, or discover Shane Rimmer’s life and work.