Background
Cochrane was born in Brighton, Sussex.
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Michael Cochrane
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He was educated at Cranleigh School.
Career
He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-1978), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), Number Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990–1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series. His film career has included roles in Escape to Victory, The Return of the Soldier, Number One Gun, The Saint, Incognito, A Different Loyalty and The Iron Lady.
He has twice appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation science fiction series Doctor Who, first as Charles Cranleigh in the serial Black Orchid (1982) and later as Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light (1989).
Cochrane was later associated with Doctor Who when he appeared in the 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama, Number Manitoba"s Land. He appeared in 2008 Big Finish Productions audio drama Brotherhood of the Daleks, Trail of the White Worm/The Oseidon Adventure in 2012, and The Fate Of Krelos/Return To Telos in 2015.
He was featured in the Independent Television science fiction series The Uninvited. In 2008 he appeared in the soap opera Doctors as Daniel"s solicitor and in 2009 in Margaret as Member of Parliament Alan Clark.
He appeared in the sitcom Perfect World as the sex-obsessed marketing director
He appeared in Offending Angels (2002). He was seen as the vicar in Downton Abbey with Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Smith as well as Johnny Darby in the one-off special Panto! written by John Bishop and Jonathan Harvey. He had a small role in episode 5 of the British Broadcasting Corporation serial drama The Musketeers (2014).
He appeared as the ship"s officer in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Keeping Up Appearances episode titled Sea Fever (1993).
Cochrane is married to the actress Belinda Carroll. But according to Martin Cochrane at the Pandorica 2015 convention in Bristol, September 2015, this turns out to be false.
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Born
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Nationality
United Kingdom