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Beginning in 1948, he also began appearing in films, usually as a supporting player and often as a military officer. He appeared in [[Hollywood]] studio fare like ''Conspirator'' (with [[Elizabeth Taylor]]) , the musical ''Funny Face'' (with [[Audrey Hepburn]], as designer Paul Duval), and the fact-based ''The Man Who Never Was'' (with the voice of [[Peter Sellers]]) plus a spate of British titles. He starred as mad scientists in the 1960s entries ''The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' and ''The Blood Beast Terror''. Other films included ''The Quiller Memorandum'', ''The Deadly Affair'' (with [[James Mason]]), ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (directed by [[Richard Attenborough]]), ''Battle of Britan'', ''Young Winston'', ''Travels with My Aunt'', the 1978 remake of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock#The 39 Steps|The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (as the magistrate), and ''Shadowlands''.
Beginning in 1948, he also began appearing in films, usually as a supporting player and often as a military officer. He appeared in [[Hollywood]] studio fare like ''Conspirator'' (with [[Elizabeth Taylor]]) , the musical ''Funny Face'' (with [[Audrey Hepburn]], as designer Paul Duval), and the fact-based ''The Man Who Never Was'' (with the voice of [[Peter Sellers]]) plus a spate of British titles. He starred as mad scientists in the 1960s entries ''The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' and ''The Blood Beast Terror''. Other films included ''The Quiller Memorandum'', ''The Deadly Affair'' (with [[James Mason]]), ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (directed by [[Richard Attenborough]]), ''Battle of Britan'', ''Young Winston'', ''Travels with My Aunt'', the 1978 remake of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock#The 39 Steps|The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (as the magistrate), and ''Shadowlands''.
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On TV, Flemyng appeared on the various televised play anthologies from the mid 1950s onward, in both the US and England. In New York, concurrent with his Broadway work, he appeared on ''The Elgin Hour'' (in "Sting of Death" opposite [[Boris Karloff]]), ''Studio One'', ''Playhouse 90'', ''The Alcoa Hour'', and ''Omnibus''. On UK television, he starred on ''Family Solicitor'' (1961), was a regular on the office [[soap opera]] ''Compact'' as managing editor Edmund Bruce (1963-1964), and recurred on ''Crown Court'' as prosecutor Nigel Latimore QC, later promoted to judge (1976-1982). He made guest appearances (often as a worried peer or government figure) on action series ''Danger Man'', ''The Avengers'', ''The New Avengers'', ''The Persuaders!'', and ''The Professionals'', as well as the historical miniseries ''Edward the King'', ''Edward and Mrs. Simpson'', adaptations of ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Rebecca'', and an episode of the 1980s sitcom ''Executive Stress''.
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On TV, Flemyng appeared on the various televised play anthologies from the mid 1950s onward, in both the US and England. In New York, concurrent with his Broadway work, he appeared on ''The Elgin Hour'' (in "Sting of Death" opposite [[Boris Karloff]]), ''Studio One'', ''Playhouse 90'', ''The Alcoa Hour'', and ''Omnibus''. On UK television, he starred on ''Family Solicitor'' (1961), was a regular on the office [[soap opera]] ''Compact'' as managing editor Edmund Bruce (1963-1964), and recurred on ''Crown Court'' as prosecutor Nigel Latimore QC, later promoted to judge (1976-1982). He made guest appearances (often as a worried peer or government figure) on action series ''Danger Man'', ''
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'', ''The New Avengers'', ''The Persuaders!'', and ''The Professionals'', as well as the historical miniseries ''Edward the King'', ''Edward and Mrs. Simpson'', adaptations of ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Rebecca'', and an episode of the 1980s sitcom ''Executive Stress''.
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