The Sweeney
Premiered: Jan 02, 1975 | 4 seasons | 53 episodes
Popularity: 349
| Creator: | Ian Kennedy Martin |
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| Details: | Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. |
| Updated: | Feb 11, 2025 (Update) |
| Entered: | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| John Thaw | Det. Insp. Jack Regan | 53 |
| Dennis Waterman | Det. Sgt. George Carter | 53 |
| Garfield Morgan | Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins | 46 |
| Martyn Read | DC Jimmy Thorpe | 5 |
| Morris Perry | Det. Chief Supt. Maynon | 4 |
| Nick Brimble | Det. Con. Gerry Burtonshaw | 3 |
| Benjamin Whitrow | Det. Chief Supt. Braithwaite | 3 |
| Stephanie Turner | Alison Carter | 3 |
| George Sweeney | Tim Cook | 2 |
| Patrick Mower | Colin McGruder | 2 |
| Colin Douglas | Commander | 2 |
| James Warrior | Det. Con. Jellyneck | 2 |
| George Layton | Ray Stackpole | 2 |
| Jack McKenzie | Len | 2 |
| John Hurt | Tony Grey | 1 |
| Geraldine James | Shirley Glass | 1 |
| Richard Griffiths | Ronnie Harries | 1 |
| James Cosmo | Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth | 1 |
| John Rhys-Davies | Ron Brett | 1 |
| Lesley-Anne Down | Caroline Selhurst | 1 |
| Ray Winstone | Youth | 1 |
| Paul Freeman | 1 | |
| Paul Freeman | Detective | 1 |
| Peter Miles | Bradshaw | 1 |
| Colin McCormack | David Wade | 1 |
| Kate Fahy | WPC Julie Kingdom | 1 |
| John Collin | Parish | 1 |
| Marjorie Yates | May Holmes | 1 |
| Raymond Adamson | Mr. Tolman | 1 |
| Margaret Nolan | Betty | 1 |
| Bridget Brice | Secretary | 1 |
| Sheila Brennan | Marge Proctor | 1 |
| Barry Stanton | Otto Schmidt | 1 |
| Bernard Kay | Thomas | 1 |
| Alex Norton | Gibson | 1 |
| Jill Townsend | Jenny Peters | 1 |
| Catherine Schell | Stella Goodman | 1 |
| T. P. McKenna | Det. Supt. Grant | 1 |
| Colin Jeavons | Leonard Gold | 1 |
| Kenneth Gilbert | Supt. Reynolds | 1 |
| Patrick Malahide | Mason | 1 |
| Julian Glover | Bernard Stone | 1 |
| Derek Deadman | Curry | 1 |
| Cheryl Campbell | Erica Taylor | 1 |
| Peter Vaughan | Tony Kirby | 1 |
| Richard Wilson | D.C.I. Anderson | 1 |
| Caroline Blakiston | Hildegarde | 1 |
| Ronald Lacey | Barry Monk | 1 |
| David Hargreaves | Det. Sgt. Jellineck | 1 |
| Rachel Davies | Tina Adams | 1 |
| Brian Blessed | Frank Kemble | 1 |
| Stuart Wilson | DI Ken Knowles | 1 |
| Stuart Wilson | Jimmy Knox | 1 |
| Warren Clarke | Danny Keever | 1 |
| Diana Dors | Mrs. Rix | 1 |
| Joss Ackland | Alan Ember | 1 |
| Simon Callow | Detective Sergeant | 1 |
| Ronald Fraser | Titus Oates | 1 |
| Hywel Bennett | Steven Castle | 1 |
| Tony Jay | Lambourne | 1 |
| David Sterne | Ted Parkin | 1 |
| David Dixon | Andy Deacon | 1 |
| Tony Steedman | John Masterson | 1 |
| Tony Steedman | Andrew Barkis | 1 |
| Sheila Reid | Doreen Haskins | 1 |
| Maureen Lipman | Mrs. Smedley | 1 |
| Alun Armstrong | Peter Jenner | 1 |
| Warren Mitchell | William Wardle | 1 |
| Lee Montague | Colly Kibber | 1 |
| Bill Maynard | Det. Chief Insp. Stephen Quirk | 1 |
| Patrick Troughton | Reg Crofts | 1 |
| Cheryl Hall | Jenny | 1 |
| William Simons | Maurice Pope | 1 |
| Frank Middlemass | Sterndale | 1 |
| George Harris | Zak Franklyn | 1 |
| Matthew Scurfield | Kieran Kennedy | 1 |
| Rosemary Martin | Mrs. Lipman | 1 |
| Gary Waldhorn | Alan Fowler | 1 |
| Norman Eshley | Det. Sgt. Robert Hargreaves | 1 |
| George Cole | Dennis Longfield | 1 |
| Jim Norton | Phil Harrister | 1 |
| Leslie Schofield | Ian Ross | 1 |
| Robert Swann | Det. Sgt. David Keel | 1 |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Commander Watson | 1 |
| Andrew Paul | Teenager | 1 |
| John Cater | Alec Slemen | 1 |
| James Booth | Vic Labbett | 1 |
| Michael Sheard | Mr. Penketh | 1 |
| Kenneth Colley | Noah Riley | 1 |
| Miles Anderson | Hawkins | 1 |
| Cyril Shaps | Turner | 1 |
| Ed Devereaux | Harry Biggleswade | 1 |
| Moira Redmond | Marcia Edmunds | 1 |
| Michael Latimer | Cmdr. Jackman | 1 |
| Wolfe Morris | Greg Prince | 1 |
| George Tovey | Len Watters | 1 |
| Stephen Bent | Scouler | 1 |
| Stephen Bent | Eddie Hibberd | 1 |
| Deirdre Costello | Gwen Kibber | 1 |
| John Nolan | Bernie Conway | 1 |
| William Morgan Sheppard | Det. Chief Insp. Morrison | 1 |
| Karl Howman | Davey Holmes | 1 |
| Roger Hammond | Finch | 1 |
| Wanda Ventham | Brenda | 1 |
| Edward Hardwicke | Bellcourt | 1 |
| Michael Elphick | Jimmy Fleet | 1 |
| Ben Howard | Ronnie | 1 |
| Maurice Roëves | Phil Deacon | 1 |
| Sheila Gish | June | 1 |
| Susan Tracy | Fran | 1 |
| Roger Sloman | Cosby | 1 |
| Shane Briant | Giles Nunn | 1 |
| James Aubrey | Horace Reynes | 1 |
| Brian Glover | Moose | 1 |
| Paul Antrim | Michael Farrell | 1 |
| Prunella Gee | Sandy Williams | 1 |
| Jack Klaff | Al Krim | 1 |
| Tim Wylton | Customs Man | 1 |
| Brendan Price | Ian Pinder | 1 |
| Frederick Jaeger | Goldman | 1 |
| Lea Brodie | Jane | 1 |
| Gertan Klauber | Emilio | 1 |
| Nadim Sawalha | Capt. Shebbeq | 1 |
| Julian Holloway | John Smith | 1 |
| Sue Lloyd | Arleen Baker | 1 |
| George Irving | Detective | 1 |
| Katya Wyeth | Helga | 1 |
| Stanley Meadows | Harry Poole | 1 |
| Lynda Bellingham | Nancy King | 1 |
| Peter Brayham | Johnno Smith | 1 |
| Gloria Maley | Kirby's Girl | 1 |
| Billy Murray | Brian Cooney | 1 |
| Tony Caunter | Derek Clarke | 1 |
| Colin Prockter | Stupid Hawes | 1 |
| Vincent Wong | Japanese Tourist | 1 |
| Patsy Smart | Alice | 1 |
| James Warrior | Taffy | 1 |
| Maurice O'Connell | Morgan | 1 |
| Keith Buckley | Jake Jenkins | 1 |
| Brian Wilde | Stanley Hedges | 1 |
| John Lyons | Det. Sgt. Jim Huke | 1 |
| Frederick Treves | Beemax | 1 |
| Lesley Dunlop | Eileen Shaw | 1 |
| Dudley Sutton | Max Deller | 1 |
| Roger Brierley | Psychiatrist | 1 |
| Liz Smith | Mrs. Davies | 1 |
| Michael Ripper | Herbie Mew | 1 |
| Geoffrey Whitehead | Mills | 1 |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Harry Kretchmar | 1 |
| Gwen Taylor | Anne Knightly | 1 |
| John Forgeham | Dennis Rawlins | 1 |
| Sydney Tafler | Manny Bellow | 1 |
| John Tordoff | Joey Stickley | 1 |
| Sheila Ruskin | Judy Grinden | 1 |
| Godfrey James | Charley Smith | 1 |
| Dave King | Arnold Drake | 1 |
| John Junkin | Taxi Yard Proprietor | 1 |
| Brian Capron | Colin | 1 |
| Edward Judd | Eddie Monk | 1 |
| Paul Angelis | Barney Prince | 1 |
| Dave Hill | Shaylor | 1 |
| David Lodge | Pop Garret | 1 |
| Michael Robbins | Kevin Lee | 1 |
| Tony Selby | Johnny Lyon | 1 |
| Patricia Franklin | Mrs. Perraut | 1 |
| John Ronane | Red Redgrave | 1 |
| Anna Wing | Mrs. Haldane | 1 |
| Ken Hutchison | Vincent Vaughan | 1 |
| Jean Boht | Neighbour | 1 |
| Peter Dyneley | Pat Tarley | 1 |
| Adrian Shergold | Don Edwards | 1 |
| Nicola Pagett | Sara Prince | 1 |
| Philip Madoc | Det. Supt. Pettiford | 1 |
| Derek Martin | Spooner | 1 |
| Lynda La Plante | Eve Fisher | 1 |
| Colin Welland | Tober | 1 |
| Ivor Roberts | Sale | 1 |
| Arnold Diamond | Dr. Cohen | 1 |
| Madhav Sharma | Earle | 1 |
| Peter Kerrigan | Bowyer | 1 |
| Brian Hall | Ernie Davies | 1 |
| Jenny Runacre | Sharon | 1 |
| George Sewell | Vic Tolman | 1 |
| Martin Wyldeck | Cowley | 1 |
| Barrie Ingham | Det. Chief Supt. Canning | 1 |
| Alfred Marks | Gerald Bishop | 1 |
| Derek Francis | Raymond Meadows | 1 |
| Angus MacKay | Alec Prosser | 1 |
| Roy Boyd | Stan Traynor | 1 |
| Michael Cronin | Sgt. Chivers | 1 |
| Russell Hunter | Popeye | 1 |
| Rod Culbertson | Ronnie Grigg | 1 |
| Edward de Souza | Prof. Frederick Busby | 1 |
| Harry Jones | Hooter | 1 |
| Christopher Ellison | Phillip Budd | 1 |
| Edward Peel | Lennie | 1 |
| Miranda Forbes | Maggie's Mother | 1 |
| Eric Morecambe | Eric Morecambe | 1 |
| Norman Jones | Det. Insp. Perraut | 1 |
| Peter Halliday | Chief Insp. Gordon | 1 |
| Judy Matheson | Kibber's Girlfriend | 1 |
| Paul Moriarty | Barry Tyson | 1 |
| David Foxxe | Cyril | 1 |
| Robert Dorning | Leonard Geisler | 1 |
| James Ottaway | Uncle Billy | 1 |
| Sally Faulkner | WPC Pat Bond | 1 |
| Richard Davies | Doctor | 1 |
| Frank Mills | Len Holmes | 1 |
| Toni Palmer | Edi Driscoll | 1 |
| Patricia Maynard | Miss Doreen Alexander | 1 |
| John Clive | John Frewin | 1 |
| Basil Dignam | Moberly | 1 |
| Barbara Ewing | Joan Maskall | 1 |
| Dave Atkins | Marriot | 1 |
| Veronica Lang | Sally Labbett | 1 |
| Timothy Carlton | Justin | 1 |
| Roger Booth | Ashcroft | 1 |
| Reginald Marsh | Arnold Foss | 1 |
| Marc Zuber | Abdul | 1 |
| Alan Tilvern | Charlie Walters | 1 |
| Trevor Thomas | Leroy Garner | 1 |
| Michael Culver | Dave Leeford | 1 |
| Tony Rohr | Sean Flynn | 1 |
| Linal Haft | Brian Fischer | 1 |
| Glyn Owen | Wally Hough | 1 |
| Arthur English | Tug Wilson | 1 |
| Jeremy Young | Wren | 1 |
| Joe Gladwin | Stanley Proctor | 1 |
| Ralph Nossek | Duxbury | 1 |
| John Challis | Skef Warren | 1 |
| Colin Rix | Letts | 1 |
| Vilma Hollingbery | Anne Monk | 1 |
| Donald Webster | Tommy Rhys Llewellyn | 1 |
| Maureen Pryor | Enid Wardle | 1 |
| Jan Harvey | Pat Knightly | 1 |
| Peter Bayliss | Burnham | 1 |
| Bill Treacher | Tom | 1 |
| Derrick O'Connor | Eagle | 1 |
| Terence Budd | Douglas Owen | 1 |
| Keith James | Lakin | 1 |
| Jeremy Sinden | Det. Con. Feast | 1 |
| John Bardon | Doc Boyd | 1 |
| Lewis Fiander | Ashby-Jones | 1 |
| J.G. Devlin | Tony Hay | 1 |
| Carl Duering | Dantziz | 1 |
| George Innes | Willoughby | 1 |
| Carol MacReady | Kath | 1 |
| Anne Stallybrass | Doreen Haskins | 1 |
| Jim McManus | Ollie Parsons | 1 |
| Jonathan Elsom | Mr. Bradshaw | 1 |
| Barrie Cookson | Assistant Commissioner | 1 |
| Jeffry Wickham | Major Carver | 1 |
| Gretchen Franklin | Florence, the Charlady | 1 |
| Maggie McCarthy | WPC Collins | 1 |
| Anthony Smee | Army Lt. | 1 |
| Anthony O'Donnell | Maurice | 1 |
| Bill Dean | Charlie Norton | 1 |
| Peter Howell | Alan Sevier | 1 |
| Brian McDermott | Ken Algar | 1 |
| Neil Hallett | John Morris | 1 |
| John Woodnutt | Dr. Clare | 1 |
| Billy Hamon | Barry Smith | 1 |
| John Rolfe | Det. Chief Supt. Brookford | 1 |
| Annie Lambert | Air Hostess | 1 |
| Stewart Preston | Ross | 1 |
| Alan David | Blakeney | 1 |
| Richard Hampton | Barnes | 1 |
| Richard Hampton | Hilary Elkin | 1 |
| Albert Welling | PC Mike Seton | 1 |
| Alec Linstead | Optician | 1 |
| Michael Beint | Dubbin | 1 |
| William Moore | Det. Sergeant Bowyer | 1 |
| Hugh Futcher | The Porter | 1 |
| Delena Kidd | Mrs. Morris | 1 |
| Robert Russell | Arni | 1 |
| John Sharp | Uncle | 1 |
| Rosemarie Dunham | The Dowager | 1 |
| Ron Pember | Apps | 1 |
| Geraldine Moffat | Sheila Martin | 1 |
| Malcolm Tierney | Miller | 1 |
| John G. Heller | Casino Manager | 1 |
| Michael Coles | Maynard | 1 |
| Helen Keating | Cathy Clayton | 1 |
| Diana Weston | WPC Janet Reynolds | 1 |
| David Jackson | Eddy Cory | 1 |
| Bernard Spear | Benny | 1 |
| Janet Key | Kate Regan | 1 |
| Jill Balcon | Miss Hepple | 1 |
| Tim Hardy | Francis | 1 |
| Ellis Dale | Bank Manager | 1 |
| Mollie Maureen | The Old Woman | 1 |
| Paul Kember | Mickey | 1 |
| Sally Lahee | Bank Clerk | 1 |
| Nigel Humphreys | Con | 1 |
| Evie Garratt | Night Watchman's Daughter | 1 |
| Maxwell Shaw | Colin Raleigh | 1 |
| Jack Carr | Pat Tyler | 1 |
| John D. Collins | Stephen Vane | 1 |
| Andonia Katsaros | Annie Clark | 1 |
| Patrick Durkin | Foreman Decorator | 1 |
| Paul Jones | Tommy Garret | 1 |
| Sydney Arnold | Tilley | 1 |
| Ken Parry | Fat Eric | 1 |
| Nicholas McArdle | Inspector Wilson | 1 |
| Nicholas McArdle | Tridgwell | 1 |
| Donald Morley | Delacroix | 1 |
| Margaret Whiting | Fladge | 1 |
| Myra Frances | Dr. Liz Keel | 1 |
| Dennis Blanch | CID Detective | 1 |
| Bernard Gallagher | Desk Sergeant | 1 |
| Peter Armitage | Jacko | 1 |
| Brian Coburn | The Scotsman | 1 |
| Marjie Lawrence | Mrs. Harris | 1 |
| Ivor Salter | Ibbitt | 1 |
| John Cording | Evil Willie Sanders | 1 |
| Stuart McGugan | Hicks | 1 |
| Sandy Ratcliff | Liz Jenner | 1 |
| Hubert Rees | Reginald Dowland | 1 |
| Elizabeth Cassidy | Sandy Little | 1 |
| Sara Clee | Jo | 1 |
| Meg Davies | Christobel Delgado | 1 |
| Valentine Palmer | Carew | 1 |
| Carl Rigg | Det. Sgt. Kent | 1 |
| Brian Gwaspari | Det. Sgt. Cree | 1 |
| Damaris Hayman | Mrs. Cowley | 1 |
| Naomi Chance | Miss Fay Mayhew | 1 |
| Keith Washington | The Reporter | 1 |
| Anne Dyson | Lilly Booth | 1 |
| Bernadette Milnes | Maureen Whittle | 1 |
| Nina Thomas | Caroline | 1 |
| Anthony Langdon | Shand | 1 |
| George Mikell | Danilov | 1 |
| Tina Heath | Deborah Meadows | 1 |
| Roy Kinnear | Frankie Little | 1 |
| Jeremy Child | Elphick | 1 |
| Alfred Maron | Stirk | 1 |
| Robert Gillespie | Steward | 1 |
| Peter Jeffrey | Det. Supt. Pringle | 1 |
| Fran Fullenwider | Girl in Pub | 1 |
| Ralph Arliss | Ames | 1 |
| Tony Anholt | Mark Colebrook | 1 |
| Norman Rodway | Philip Edmunds | 1 |
| Johnny Shannon | Mason | 1 |
| Del Henney | Eddie Boyse | 1 |
| Peter Clapham | Local Inspector | 1 |
| Tina Martin | Kath Monk | 1 |
| Keith Bell | Eddie Swan | 1 |
| Ian Ricketts | Boyd | 1 |
| June Brown | Mrs. Martin | 1 |
| Ian Hendry | Dave Brooker | 1 |
| Warren Mitchell | 0 | |
| Marc Zuber | 0 |