Spencer Banks (born 1954 in
Chesterfield) is a British television actor.
He was mainly active in the 1970s, when he tended to play a geeky adolescent in glasses. He starred in two significant programmes: the popular children's science fiction serial ''
Timeslip'' as Simon Randall, and the ''
Play for Today
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'' ''
Penda's Fen'' (1974) by
David Rudkin directed by
Alan Clarke
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer.
Life and career
Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England.
Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, ...
. He also appeared in television series including ''
Alexander the Greatest'', ''
The Witch's Daughter
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Plot summary
On the small remote Scotti ...
'', ''Tightrope'', ''
The Georgian House
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Plot
The story concerned two students, Dan and Abbie, wh ...
'', ''
Crossroads'' and ''
Backs to the Land'', films such as ''
Diamonds on Wheels
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'' (1973) and ''
A Christmas Carol
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'' (1984), and a 1981 radio version of ''
The Chrysalids''. In 2015 he appeared as 'Reverend Simon Randall' in ''
The Amityville Playhouse
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'' opposite former ''
Timeslip'' co-star Cheryl Burfield.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
*
Spencer Banks (Simon Randall) at Timeslip.org
1954 births
Living people
English male television actors
People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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