Stephen Churchett
Stephen George Churchett was an English actor and writer.
Life and career
One of his most notable roles was as solicitor Marcus Christie in EastEnders, on and off from 1990 to 2004. He reprised the role in 2014 and again in 2015.He has also appeared in various television programmes, including The Brief, Together, Minder, Campion, Up Pompeii!, Enemy at the Door, Specials, The Professionals, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Lucan, Casualty, Moon and Son, Bugs, The [House of Elliot], Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Dangerfield, Pie in the Sky, The Bill, Preston Front, Boon, Monroe, Dalziel and Pascoe and Porkpie. He also appeared in the Doctor Who episode titled Attack of the Cybermen in 1985.
He voiced Wing Commander Belfridge in the 'Allo 'Allo! episode titled "The Sausages in the Trousers". He appeared in various episodes of The Brittas Empire, as Councillor Jack Druggett.
He has written episodes of The Bill, Kavanagh QC, Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Monsignor Renard and Hornblower, as well as writing the screenplay for Lewis, and appeared in four Agatha Christie's Marple television adaptations as the Coroner. In 1984, he appeared in Miss Marple as Major Reeve in The [Body in the Library |The Body in the Library]. HIs interest in writing about detection was evident from a 1978 letter he wrote to Special Branch enquiring about the conspiracy case against Alice Wheeldon and her family, and their reply. Anecdotally, he visited Derby with a view to writing a play.
Churchett died on 11 January 2022, at the age of 74.
Partial filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | Bleak Moments | Remedial Trainee | |
| Play for Today | History teacher | Episode: "After The Solo" | |
| 1976 | Romeo & Juliet | Soldier of the Guard | Thames Television full-text production directed by Joan Kemp-Welch |
| 1977 | ' | Soldier | |
| 1977 | ' | John | |
| Enemy at the Door | Feldwebel | Episode: "The Raid" | |
| Play for Today | Dr. Lacey | Episode: "Minor Complications" | |
| Play for Today | Mr. Jessop | Episode: "Young Shoulders" | |
| Screen Two | Directorate Official | Episode: "Screen Two#In [The Secret State|In The Secret State]" | |
| 1985 | Number One | TV Announcer | Television film |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Dr. Clark | |
| 1986 | Murrow | BBC Technician | |
| 1987 | Still Crazy like a Fox | Sergeant | |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | Commercial Traveller | |
| Boon | Billy Hooper | Episode: "Boon episodes#Of Meissen Men|Of Meissen Men]" | |
| 1990–2004, 2014, 2023 | EastEnders | Marcus Christie | 73 episodes |
| ' | Mr. Mundy | ||
| Minder | Head Waiter | Episode: "Minder episodes#A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush|A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush]" | |
| 1992 – 1994 | ' | Joseph Wint | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Men in Suits | |
| Photographing Fairies | Mr. Dawson | ||
| Peak Practice | Mr. Anthony Millington | Episode: "Another Day of Life" | |
| McCallum | Humphrey Poole | Episodes: "Dead Man's Fingers" and "Running on Empty" | |
| Silent Witness | Charles | Episode: "List of [Silent Witness episodes#ep23|Brothers in Arms]" | |
| Dangerfield | Academic | Episode: "Harvest Time" | |
| 1999 | Hunting Venus | Antiques Dealer | |
| 1999 | ' | Headmaster Haines | Television film |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | DI Larkin | Episode: "Foreign Bodies" | |
| 2002 | Before You Go | TV Priest | |
| ' | Dr. Raeburn | Episode: "Lack of Affect" | |
| 2013 | The Head Master | ||
| 2013 | Lucan | Albert Hensby | TV mini-series |
| Lewis | Professor Richard Seager | Episode: "Lewis episodes#Intelligent Design|Intelligent Design]" | |
| 2015 | Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace | Lord Moran | Television film |