Catacombs Credits GuideCast
Catacombs Credits Guide
Born 14th May, 1942 in Glasgow. He is 1.82 m tall with brown eyes and hair.
Hancock was brought up and educated in Glasgow, studying architecture at college. He was also a keen sportsman, playing rugby and becoming a fencing instructor, but he was most interested in acting and directing in an amateur theatrical company. He attended the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. He earned roles in stage plays and on television, including episodes of Z Cars, Dixon Of Dock Green, Softly Softly and Dr Finley's Casebook in the 1960s. He had continuing roles in The Last Of The Mohicans (1972), Spy Trap (1972) and Colditz (1972-73). He also appeared in a two part episode of The Protectors (1973), and in several Dr Who episodes (Spearhead From Space, 1970, Planet Of The Daleks, 1973, Planet Of Evil, 1975, The Ribos Operation, 1978).
Since appearing in the first series of Space 1999 he has appeared in episodes of The New Avengers (1977), Survivors (1977), Danger UXB (1978), Secret Army (1979), Return Of The Saint (1979), The Professionals (1982) and The Bill (1989). He was a regular in the children's series Chocky's Children (1985) and Chocky's Challenge (1986). He appeared in the TV movies Lime Street (1985) and Jekyll and Hyde (1990), and the movies The 39 Steps (1978), The Monster Club (1980), and Defence Of The Realm (1986). In 1999 he appeared in an episode of CI5: The New Professionals.
Hancock appeared in 23 episodes of Year One. He was offered the role without auditioning, the fourth cast member to be recruited. During the filming of The Infernal Machine he was in hospital having a throat cyst removed, which a Space 1999 make up lady had noticed. He was not asked to return for the second series. He liked the series, especially episodes like Black Sun in which he played the guitar, a human touch he felt the show often lacked. Other favorite episodes are Last Sunset and Breakaway.
He was a guest at the 1979 and 1980 Alliance conventions in the U.S., the 1987 and 1990 conventions in Britain and the Los Angeles convention in 1999 (Breakaway).
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