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Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Actor · Died June 29, 1982, aged 69 · London, England, UK

Michael Brennan was born on 25 September 1912 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Lust for a Vampire (1971) and The Onedin Line (1971). He was married to Mary Hignett. He died on 29 June 1982 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
September 25, 1912
Died
June 29, 1982 (aged 69)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 37% in 30 days

What are Michael Brennan's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Survival
21%
Self
14%
Power
14%
Bonds
13%
Ideas
9%
Society
5%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Tense
2
Contemplative
2
Joyful
2
Absurd
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michael Brennan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Brennan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.

  • Why Men Don't Iron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 3 episodes · Camera Operator

  • Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'(1995)

    as Janni

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Canned Laughter(1979)

    as Security Guard

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • All Creatures Great & Small(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Meeker

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Forget to Write! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr Field

  • Nicholas Nickleby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Landlord

  • Churchill's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Brigantian Chieftan

  • Second City Firsts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Sergeant

  • Sykes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Fireman

  • Up the Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Military Policeman

  • Doctor in Charge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Doomwatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Tom Straker

  • The Regiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as William Bright

  • The Onedin Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Bully Hayes

  • Fright(1971)

    as Sergeant

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Detective Waiting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Bonning

  • Lust for a Vampire(1971)

    as Landlord

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Aggressive Man (uncredited)

  • Ivanhoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 5 episodes · as Front de Boeuf

  • Softly Softly: Task Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Collins

  • Up Pompeii! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Dextrus Secundus

  • Hadleigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Hedley Boyd

  • Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Father

  • If Only the Trains Came (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Nikita

  • The Expert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Superintendent Cramer

  • The Great Pony Raid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Butch

  • The Prisoner(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Killer Karminski

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Woman Times Seven(1967)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Nikita

  • The Cuckoo Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Superman No1

  • Just Like a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Commissionaire

  • The Deadly Affair(1967)

    as Wolfe - the Barman

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Watch the Birdies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 5 episodes · as Donovan

  • Love Is a Woman(1966)

    as Bonelli

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Thunderball(1965)

    as Janni

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Blunt

  • The Mask of Janus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Jevtic

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Fred Giley · as Leonard

  • The Troubleshooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Matt Lawson

  • Pardon the Expression (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Joe

  • Three Hats for Lisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Police Sergeant

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Patient

  • Act of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Police Sergeant

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Jones · as Metzler

  • Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret

  • Zero One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Devil's Agent(1962)

    as Horvat

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Ambush in Leopard Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Harry

  • Steptoe and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Audience Member Who Threatens Al

  • Candida(1961)

    as Mr. Burgess

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Johnny Nobody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Supt. Lynch

  • Adventure Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Father Cleitus

  • Citizen James (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Meat Axe

  • Maigret(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Cassin · as Marius Leclercq

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Strange World of Gurney Slade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Executioner

  • Watch Your Stern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Security Guard

  • Sunday-Night Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Cornflower · as Korrianke, Harras’s driver · as Tiefenbach

  • No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · as Hanlon

  • Interpol Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Victor Perrot

  • The 39 Steps(1959)

    as Detective on Train (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of William Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Brenner

  • Law and Disorder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Bent - Warder Ext. Prison

  • The Big Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Bluey

  • Dunkirk(1958)

    as Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Just My Luck(1957)

    as Masseur

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Not Wanted on Voyage(1957)

    as Chief Steward

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Up in the World(1956)

    as Prison Warder

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Bonning

  • Dixon of Dock Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · as Danny McCallion · as Fenton · as Jack Kelly · as Jack Kelly (uncredited) · as Joe Duckett · as Mr. Smethers · as Mr. Warren · as Tiny Allbright

  • Up to His Neck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as CPO Brazier

  • Trouble in Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Davis

  • It's a Grand Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Sgt. Maj. O'Reilly

  • Personal Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Police Officer (uncredited)

  • Ivanhoe(1952)

    as Baldwin

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Something Money Can't Buy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Fairground boss

  • The Hundred Hour Hunt(1952)

    as Police Constable

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • 13 East Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Mack

  • The Lady with a Lamp(1951)

    as Purveyor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Circle of Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Bert Oakshott

  • Tom Brown's Schooldays(1951)

    as Black Bart

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Clouded Yellow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Police Superintendent

  • Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Mickey Garston

  • No Trace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Fenton

  • Waterfront (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Engineer

  • Paul Temple's Triumph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Hammond

  • They Were Not Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Smoke O'Connor

  • Morning Departure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as CPO Barlow

  • Sunday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ajax · as Captain of the Guard · as Casca · as Charles · as Feret · as Inspector Mitchell · as Jake Middleton · as Johnny Huff · as Korrianke · as Monsieur Thomas · as Peter · as Sergeant Ericsson · as Sergeant Hooper · as Sergeant-Major Mascher

  • The Chiltern Hundreds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Sergeant

  • For Them That Trespass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Det. Insp. Benstead

  • Cardboard Cavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Brother Barebones

  • The Silk Noose(1948)

    as Ropey (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Blanche Fury(1948)

    as Farmer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Captain Boycott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)

  • I Became a Criminal(1947)

    as Jim

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Mister V(1941)

    as Camp Guard with Lantern

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles from 1941 to 1998; peak year 1972.

Highest rated

I Became a Criminal (1947)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Fright (1971)

Film career

19411998

Peak 1972 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1947Screen debut· They Made Me a Fugitive
  • 1965Career best· Thunderball

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 96: 95 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thOther crew1 of 96: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1940s8 · acting1950s32 · acting1960s38 · acting1970s17 · acting1990s1 · crew

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
4757

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Michael Brennan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Love Is a Woman (1966)

55th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mister V (1941)

Midcredits 87th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Michael Brennan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Brennan's MovieCove titles; Griffith Jones shares the most, 2.