
Michael James Latimer (6 September 1941 – 25 June 2011) was a British television stage and film actor who later in his career turned to writing, directing and producing. Latimer was born in Calcutta, where his father had a business, and was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge from 1955 to 1959, where he was a middle-distance runner and played rugby for the English Schoolboys Team. Upon leaving school, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) for two years, and on leaving began acting in cabaret revues. He stood in for Peter Cook in Beyond the Fringe when the original cast took the show to New York. He appeared in various repertory and West End productions. His television appearances included The Avengers (1966–67), Sexton Blake (1968), Man at the Top (1972), Van der Valk (1972–73), in which he played Johnny Kroon alongside Barry Foster as Van der Valk, Special Branch …
tvThe World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieProject Alien
1990 · Beckwith
movieGinger Meggs
1982 · Story, Screenplay
tvHammer House of Horror
1980 · Dr. Bradley
movieHenry Intervening
1979 · Potter
tvThe Professionals
1977 · Georgi, Willis
movieSpectre
1977 · Co-Pilot
tvThis Year Next Year
1977 · Alan Williams
movieSweeney!
1977 · PPS
tvThe New Avengers
1976 · Reresby
tvVictorian Scandals
1976 · Reverend William Brookfield
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Mr. Cuxham
tvThe Sweeney
1975 · Cmdr. Jackman
movieGot It Made
1974 · David Tollemache
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Inspecteur Johnny Kroon
movieMan of Violence
1970 · Moon
movieSlave Girls
1967 · David
tvSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Philip Hardacre
movieBedtime
1967
movieA Man for All Seasons
1966 · Norfolk's Aide
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Haworth