birth_place relatives name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
brighton , england , uk -lsb- brother -rrb- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168252/?ref_=nmbio_trv_2 martin cochrane -lrb- actor -rrb- -rsb- -lrb- michael cochrane 19 may 1947 michael cochrane
 michael dundonald cochrane actor
michael cochrane

michael dundonald cochrane -lrb- born 19 may 1947 -rrb- is an english actor who specialises in playing suave upper class characters .
his elder brother is actor martin cochrane .
cochrane was born in brighton .
he was educated at cranleigh school .
he has had many television and radio roles including oliver sterling in the radio 4 soap opera `` the archers '' , `` the pallisers '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- , `` wings '' -lrb- 1977 -- 78 -rrb- , `` the citadel '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , `` goodbye mr. chips '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` no job for a lady '' , `` the chief '' -lrb- 1990 -- 1995 -rrb- , and as sir henry simmerson in the `` sharpe '' series .
his film career has included roles in `` escape to victory '' , `` the return of the soldier '' , `` number one gun '' , `` the saint '' , `` incognito '' , `` a different loyalty '' and `` the iron lady '' .
he has twice appeared in the bbc science fiction series `` doctor who '' , first as charles cranleigh in the serial `` black orchid '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- and later as redvers fenn-cooper in `` ghost light '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- .
cochrane was later associated with `` doctor who '' when he appeared in the 2006 big finish productions audio drama , `` no man 's land '' .
he appeared in 2008 big finish productions audio drama `` brotherhood of the daleks '' and `` trail of the white worm '' / `` the oseidon adventure '' in 2012 .
he was featured in the itv science fiction series `` the uninvited '' .
in 2008 he appeared in the soap opera `` doctors '' as daniel 's solicitor and in 2009 in `` margaret '' as mp alan clark .
he appeared in the sitcom `` perfect world '' as the sex-obsessed marketing director .
he appeared in `` offending angels '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
he was seen as the vicar in `` downton abbey '' with hugh bonneville and maggie smith as well as johnny darby in the one-off special `` panto ! ''
written by john bishop and jonathan harvey .
he had a small role in episode 5 of the bbc serial drama `` the musketeers '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
