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Albert Welling

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Albert Welling
Welling in Carla 2003
Born
Albert Edward Welling

(1952-02-29) 29 February 1952 (age 74)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present

Albert Welling (born 29 February 1952) is a British actor.[1] He has appeared in a number of television series including The Line of Beauty, Cribb, Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Bretts, Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost.

Career

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He made his stage debut in Zigger Zagger in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre. In 1979 he played Keith Everly, a recurring character, in the BBC drama series Telford's Change.[2]

His film credits include Backbeat, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's directorial debut Cemetery Junction and Wilde. He portrayed Adolf Hitler in an episode of Doctor Who entitled "Let's Kill Hitler",[3] and later was cast as Winston Churchill in the Netflix series Kennedy.[4] He played Max Pruss, in the documentary Hindenburg: The Untold Story.

In 2013, Welling wrote and starred in the play No Direction alongside Ronnie Toms; the play was premièred at the Edinburgh Festival. No Direction was directed by Bob Golding and ran for the duration of the festival at Assembly Three, George Square.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Lord Charles Canning
2019 The Good Liar German Industrialist
2021 Mothering Sunday Mr. Paxton

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Holby City Dr. Klaus Hafner Episode: "Moondance"
2007 Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies Captain Pruss Television movie
2008 Midsomer Murders Ron Wilson Episode: "Left for Dead"
2011 Doctor Who Adolf Hitler Episode: "Let's Kill Hitler"
2017 Taboo Count Musgrove Episode: "#1.5"
2018 Outlander Pastor Gottfried Episode: "Savages"
2019 Traitors Brigadier Moss Episode: "Feef"
2019 Succession Paul Dodds Episode: "Return"
2019 Catherine the Great German Ambassador Episode: "#1.4"
2023 Stonehouse Cliff Michelmore Episode: #1.1"
2023 FBI: International Simon Ballack Episode: "Glimmers and Ghosts"
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Judge Harvey Television miniseries

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (voice)

References

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  1. ↑ BFI.org
  2. ↑ "Telford's Change". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Doctor Who TV (30 June 2011). "Meet Let's Kill Hitler's Hitler". Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Hailu, Selome (27 March 2026). "'Kennedy' Netflix Series Drops First Look at Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr. and Adds 13 to Cast". Variety. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Philip Fisher. "No Direction". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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