Malcolm Storry (born 13 January 1948) is an English actor with extensive experience on stage, television, and film. Amongst many roles, he is perhaps best known for "Yellin" in The Princess Bride, HM Customs Chief Bill Adams on The Knock, and Clive Tishell in Doc Martin.
Storry was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He has had an extensive career in theatre, TV, and film, including such roles as Sir Francis Drake in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream for the National Theatre, and many roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company including Prospero and Caliban in The Tempest and Macduff and Banquo in Macbeth.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1978 The Sailor's Return Sailor 1982 Firefox KGB Agent #2 1987 The Princess Bride Yellin 1987 The Beiderbecke Tapes Mr Peterson1988 Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy "Dogfood" Dan Milton1991 Under Suspicion Waterston 1992 The Last of the Mohicans Phelps 1994 A Pinch of Snuff Ray Crabtree 1995 The Scarlet Letter Maj. Dunsmuir 1995 Inspector Morse DCI Martin Johnson “The Way Through the Woods” S8:E11996 Wycliffe Bill Hewton "Faith" S3:E61997 The Man Who Knew Too Little Chief Ins. Cockburn 2004 The Rocket Post Captain Kultz 2001, 2010Midsomer MurdersSilas Burbage, Joe Megson“Who Killed Cock Robin?” (2001), “Blood on the Saddle” (2010)2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeSir Francis DrakeUncredited 2007JekyllColonel HartTV Mini-Series, Episode: #1.3, #1.5, “Hyde”2009Above Suspicion
New TricksJohn McDowell
Brother RaymondTV Series, Part 1 & 2
TV Series, Episode: “The War Against Drugs”2011 Will The Shadow Line Finch Maurice Crace TV Mini-Series, 7 episodes2012Playhouse PresentsGardenerTV Series2014New WorldsAdamTV Mini-Series, 3 episodes2013–2015Father BrownBishop Talbot“The Blue Cross”, “The Mystery of the Rosary”, The Deadly Seal”2016The Living and the DeadGideon LangtreeTV Series, 6 episodes2017 Darkest Hour General Ironside 2015–2017Doc MartinClive TishellTV Series, 8 episodes2019TempleBarryTV Series, Episode #1.12022The English Red Morgan2024Beyond ParadiseOld HarryTV Series, Episode #2.4
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