Simon Dutton

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Simon Dutton (born 1 January 1958) is a British actor from England,[https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/752478/Simon-Dutton The New York Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193425/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/752478/Simon-Dutton |date=2016-03-05 }} best known for playing the title role of Simon Templar (alias the Saint) in a series of internationally produced television films in 1989. In 2007, he joined the cast of British sitcom Not Going Out as recurring character Guy, but was written out at the end of series two.

Dutton has been married two times, to Betsy Brantley and Tamsin Olivier. Both marriages resulted in divorce.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \|Notes
1981 \| From a Far Country \| Assistant \|
1983 \| To the Lighthouse \| Jasper (age 24) \| TV film
1984 \| Memed, My Hawk \| Memed \|
1985 \| King David \| Eliab \|
1989 \| The Man in the Brown Suit \| Harry Lucas \| TV film
1990 \| Blood Royal: William the Conqueror \| Robert Curthose \| TV film
1994 \| Citizen Locke \| Chief Justice \| TV film
1997 \| The Place of the Dead \| Lt Colonel Robert Neill \| TV film
1998 \| Dangerous Beauty \| Minister Ramberti \|
2005 \| {{Ill\|Lasko: Death Train\|de\|Lasko – Im Auftrag des Vatikans}} \| Matthias \| TV film
rowspan="2"\|2010 \| Come Rain Come Shine \| Andy \| TV film
House Swap \| Jack Wilson \|
2011 \| 1911 \| John Newell Jordan \|
2013 \| Walking with the Enemy \| Miklos Schoen \|
rowspan="2"\|2014 \| Suite Française \| Maurice Michaud \|
A Royal Christmas \| Victor \| TV film
2015 \| Jupiter Ascending \| Tskalikin \|
rowspan="2"\|2018 \| Royal Matchmaker \| King Edward \| TV film
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding \| Lord Leopold \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" |Notes

1981

| From a Far Country

| Assistant

1983

| To the Lighthouse

| Jasper (age 24)

| TV film

1984

| Memed, My Hawk

| Memed

1985

| King David

| Eliab

1989

| The Man in the Brown Suit

| Harry Lucas

| TV film

1990

| Blood Royal: William the Conqueror

| Robert Curthose

| TV film

1994

| Citizen Locke

| Chief Justice

| TV film

1997

| The Place of the Dead

| Lt Colonel Robert Neill

| TV film

1998

| Dangerous Beauty

| Minister Ramberti

2005

| {{Ill|Lasko: Death Train|de|Lasko – Im Auftrag des Vatikans}}

| Matthias

| TV film

rowspan="2"|2010

| Come Rain Come Shine

| Andy

| TV film

House Swap

| Jack Wilson

2011

| 1911

| John Newell Jordan

2013

| Walking with the Enemy

| Miklos Schoen

rowspan="2"|2014

| Suite Française

| Maurice Michaud

A Royal Christmas

| Victor

| TV film

2015

| Jupiter Ascending

| Tskalikin

rowspan="2"|2018

| Royal Matchmaker

| King Edward

| TV film

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

| Lord Leopold

=Television=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \|Notes
1980 \| Fair Stood the Wind for France \| Lancaster Crew \| Mini-series
rowspan="2"\|1981 \| Strangers \| Luke \| Episode: "Stand and Deliver"
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years \| William Deakin \| Episode: "What Price Churchill?"
1982 \| Harry's Game \| Lieutenant \| Mini-series
rowspan="2"\|1983 \| The Professionals \| Tree \| Episode: "No Stone"
By the Sword Divided \| Will Saltmarsh \| Series regular
rowspan="2"\|1984 \| Play for Today \| Ben \| Episode: "Only Children"
Robin of Sherwood \| Henry of Skipton \| Episode: "The Prophecy
1987 \| A Sort of Innocence \| Ben Crossley \| 1 episode
rowspan="2"\|1989 \| Bergerac \| DC Rushden \| Episode: "Weekend Off"
The Saint \| Simon Templar \| Series regular
1992 \| Downtown Lagos \| Oliver \| Mini-series
1993 \| Lovejoy \| Iain \| Episode: "Taking the Pledge"
1999 \| Nancherrow \| Ronny Cox \| Mini-series
rowspan="2"\|2005 \| Heartbeat \| Sir George Broughton \| Episode: "Picture This"
Holby City \| Dominic Fryer \| 2 episodes
2006 \| Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire \| Titus Labienus \| Episode: "Caeser"
rowspan="3"\|2007 \| The Afternoon Play \| Ken Hunter \| Episode: "The Real Deal"
New Tricks \| Duncan Freedman \| Episode: "Casualty"
Not Going Out \| Guy \| Series regular
2008 \| Bones \| William Curry \| Episode: "The Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2 "
2009 \| Doctors \| Robert Gaddis \| Episode: "Arranged Family"
rowspan="3"\|2010 \| Doctor Who \| Alistair \| Episode: "The Time of Angels"
Holby City \| Paul Sears \| Episode: "All Cried Out"
Garrow's Law \| Earl of Sandwich \| 1 episode
rowspan="3"\|2011 \| Midsomer Murders \| Laurence Fletcher \| Episode: "Dark Secrets"
EastEnders \| Philip Granger QC \| 1 episode
Doctors \| Harold Bempton \| Episode: "Intereo Per Veneratio"
2013 \| Dracula \| Sir Clive Dawson \| Episode: "The Blood Is the Life"
2014 \| rowspan="2"\|Doctors \| Edwin Caroux \| 2 episodes
2016 \| Adam Burt \| Episode: "I Know She Lies"
2018 \| Endeavour \| Armand De Vere \| Episode: "Cartouche"
2022 \| The Walk-In \| Mr. Jackson \| 1 episode

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" |Notes

1980

| Fair Stood the Wind for France

| Lancaster Crew

| Mini-series

rowspan="2"|1981

| Strangers

| Luke