- Lasting Life – The Simon MacCorkindale Legacy – Charity set up in Simon’s name by Susan
- Simon MacCorkindale Fanlistings – Various fanlistings related to Simon – some run by this site, so go add your name to the list
- Simon MacCorkindale Facebook Page – Want to follow us on Facebook?
- Simon MacCorkindale Fan Page on Twitter – Or Twitter?
- The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust – The trust where we adopted Simon a baby elephant. More info can be found on the forum
- Simon Fans – Fantastic site with some very unique photos and information, also has an archive of the ‘Simply Simon Fan Club Newsletters’ which will date from 1983 till around 1995 – the archive is slowly transferring to this site from Lonna’s
- Simon MacCorkindale Site – Excellent site, loads of caps and scans of Simon MacCorkindale, biography, filmography etc – if you haven’t yet visited, do it now, has some scans, articles and screen caps not available on here. A lot of this site appears to be offline at the moment 🙁
- Georgian Arabians – Simon MacCorkindale and Susan George’s Arabian Stud Farm site
- Susan George’s Website – Susan’s official website
- Christopher Plummer Fan Site – A place for his fans from around the world to enjoy a little bit of Christopher Plummer
- Holby.tv – Casualty, Holby City, Holby Blue Community
- Michael Praed’s Fanfare – Michael Praed’s Official Fan Club
- Legacy Web – Poltergeist: The Legacy Fansite. Simon appeared in 5 season 4 episodes of this series
- Falcon Crest Blog – The latest news from the stars of 80’s Primetime Drama ‘Falcon Crest’, Pictures, Information and more
- Shelliwood.com – All the sites I look after
29 December 2007
Affiliates and Links
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16 October 2007
Hello – October 16 2007
SUSAN GEORGE
PHOTOS SHOWCASE HER UNBRIDLED PASSION
(Mainly a Susan George article)
Formerly known for her work on the big screen, these days Susan George can be forgiven for horsing around behind the camera. The actress turned equestrian photographer has been celebrating her first major exhibition in Mayfair. The Straw Dogs star and film icon of the 1970s has latterly turned her attention to Arabian horses, which she breeds at the farm in Somerset that she owns with her husband of 23 years, Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale.
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06 October 2007
TV Times – 6-12 October 2007
Simon MacCorkindale
The Casualty star on his TV times in pictures
1977 – Simon in his ITV drama Romance. ‘In a way it was my breakthrough performance,’he recalls. ‘lt was shown to the director of Death on the Nile [1978] and I got the role of Simon Doyle in it.’
1984 – With the late, Oscar-winning actress JayneWyman in hit US soap opera Falcon Crest. ‘She was a fantastic woman. We stayed in touch for many years.’
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03 October 2007
SMCFP On This Day: GMTV – 3rd October
Series: GMTV
First Aired: 3rd October 2007
Description: Simon appeared on GMTV to discuss The Unexpected Guest and his Casualty return
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30 September 2007
Sunday Express – 30 September 2007
Sad news for all those female fans who tune in to BBC1 on Saturday nights to gaze adoringly at Simon MacCorkindale. After five years playing consultant Harry Harper in Casualty the smoothy actor is hanging up his stethoscope.
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29 September 2007
The Sun TV Guide – 29 September 2007
To the rescue
Harry is back to help – to Nathan’s horror!
Harry Harper makes a triumphant return to the A&E department -but not everyone is pleased. His new job as consultant manager means he’s now arch-rival Nathan’s boss!
The medic finally returns following Guppy’s pleas for him to come back to the troubled hospital.
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11 September 2007
Hello – 11 September 2007
Pictured At Home With Her Magnificent Arabian Horses
Actress Susan George Reveals Why She Gave Up Hollywood For The Good Life
(Mainly a Susan George article)
While Susan George remains firmly embedded in the nation’s psyche for her illustrious film career, these days the actress is more likely to to be found delivering foals than lines from a script
In a move that has taken her far from the bright lights of Hollywood, the Straw Dogs star now spends her time breeding Arabian horses at the farm she shares with her husband of 22 years, Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale. In turn, the magnificent animals have led to Susan’s inspired venture into photography.
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17 July 2007
Simon News – Sleuth 2008 Tour
Simon will be appearing in a touring production of Sleuth, starting on 22nd January 2008 in Windsor for two weeks, then to various locations around the UK on a 16 week tour (starting 4th February and ending 25th May? – if my maths is right – so any dates after this will be without Simon, if the play continues) (Edit – see dates below)
At present the only other location I can confirm is The Grand in Wolverhampton in April. More details as soon as I’m aware of them but it’s still a long time away for details to come too quickly.
This probably means he will be leaving Casualty at the end of the year as most of us suspected, but no confirmation of that yet. (Edit – has now been confirmed)
Still no new locations confirmed, yet. But tickets are already on sale for both Wolves and Windsor.
All details are subject to change so please confirm with the theatre when booking
Simon has confirmed that he’ll start rehearsals for Sleuth on January 14th (this might be earlier now too)
Simon’s co star will be Micheal Praed and we will be sharing details with his official site so we can keep as up to date as possible. (Micheal will be playing Milo, so Simon will be playing Andrew(?)) Micheal Praed Official Site (added 01/11/07)
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20 May 2007
SMCFP On This Day: TV BAFTA’s – 20th May
Series: TV BAFTA’s
First Aired: 20th May 2007
Description: Simon attended the BAFTA’s when Casualty won best continuing drama
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17 April 2007
SMCFP – Interview for Site’s 1st Birthday
This is the interview we managed to arrange for the site’s first birthday in April 2007 , though the interview was recorded late February. All answers are pretty much word for word what he replied. The interview was carried out at the Grand Theater in Wolverhampton. This is quite a long interview and the questions are out of order from when they were originally asked to make more sense.
Audio from the interview can be found on the forum
Question 000 – From shelliwood: How did you get the scar under your right eye?
How did I get the scar under my right eye? That happened when I was about 13 and I was playing cricket and I got hit by a cricket ball.
I hit a ball and it caught the edge of the bat and flew back up into my face, and hit me right under the eye, split it wide open. But it’s been there and I’ve used it, on a couple of jobs I did I actually highlighted it slightly and made it a feature of the character.
Did I use it in Manimal? Did I or not, do you know I can’t remember. I mean it was more noticeable, it become progressively less noticeable, I don’t even notice it anymore actually. I haven’t ever had anything done about it but as one’s face changes so does it. It also stated a little higher it was nearer my eye so it gets a bit lower, force of gravity (chuckle) or something like that.
Question 003 – From Kerri: Do you find it weird that there are fan sites about you?
I suppose I don’t find it weird because I did when it first happened and therefore having accepted it, I know it’s there.
When Lonna Poland approached my manager in California, which was probably 1982, she would know better than I, but I’m sure it was 1982, it seem to me to a very strange thing, seemed to be rather an American thing because I hadn’t really experienced it much in the UK. We discussed it, my manger said, ‘No this is really fairly normal and it’s not a bad things at all it’s good for PR, it a good way of communicating with fans and we can control a lot of thing so forth to a degree.’ So anyway I said to Lonna that we’d do it and we did. So having made that judgment, from then on I knew about fan sites and therefore I knew what it could be like and Lonna was exceptionally good at running it.
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02 April 2007
Site History
April 2007
I joke around saying my Simon MacCorkindale obsession started with that scar, which is partly true. I think the place to start would be when/how I first discovered Simon.
I first watched Simon in Casually episode Deja Vu on UKTV Gold in 2005, I can still remember the exact scene (This one). Then a few days later I saw part of the first Manimal episode, again I still remember the scene clearly (This one), how could I forget a good looking, blond haired, blue eyed guy turning into a panther! It took me a few minutes to figure out it was the same guy from Casualty, pleasantly surprised, but was interested in finding out more, not only about Manimal but the actor.
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01 April 2007
What’s On Theater Guide – Midlands – Jan-Apr 2007
Murder most Foul
Casualty Star Simon MacCorkindale talks about his latest play, Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest, and explains how close he came to playing James Bond. . .
What’s The Unexpected Guest about, Simon?
It’s the story of a man who arrives at a property in South Wales after having trouble with his car. When he enters the property he finds a dead body, and a woman who claims she’s responsible for the murder. The man, for a variety of reasons, decides to set about trying to give her an alibi…
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18 February 2007
Mail On Sunday – 18th February 2007
Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale has spoken for the first time about the moment he became a hit-and-run driver, abandoning a seriously injured cyclist in a remote country lane.
The 55-year-old actor, who plays consultant Harry Harper in the BBC hospital drama, hit John Lilley in a narrow lane near Taunton, Somerset, in 2005.
But instead of stopping to help, he made the split-second decision to continue on to Casualty rehearsals in Bristol.
Half an hour later, his conscience got the better of him and he called an ambulance to the scene.
MacCorkindale then drove to a police station to report the accident.
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10 February 2007
Inside Soap – 10-16th February 2007
Spin Doctor
Harry is elected Holby’s new MP – but we haven’t seen the last of actor Simon MacCorkindale on the hospital wards. . .
Ever since we heard that Simon MacCorkindale was planning to quit his role as Casualty’s Harry Harper, the Inside Soap team has be distraught. How on earth would the emergency department ever be able to cope without him? And who else could offer the patients such a charming bedside manner? Luckily, when we put these questions to the man himself, it didn’t take him long to quell our worries. . .
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01 February 2007
Wigan Today – 1st February 2007
Casualty’s Harry Is The Unexpected Guest
IT was typical of a doctor to keep you waiting. When have they ever kept their appointment times?
But as my consultation was with one of Holby City’s finest medics, the stoical Harry Harper, I was prepared to wait.
In the four years that actor Simon MacCorkindale has worn the lead stethoscope and a furrowed brow in the BBC’s flagship Saturday night soap he has set more than a few hearts fluttering on and off set.
But can the 54-year-old actor cut the mustard while temporarily back in civvie street on stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week in Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest?
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26 January 2007
Inside Soap – 26th January to 2nd February 2007
Goodbye, Si
There’s bad news for fans of hospital drama Casualty – it looks like Simon MacCorkindale, who plays Harry Harper, could soon be leaving the show. The star recently admitted that he’s considering quitting his role to pursue his cherished dream of big-screen success.
“There comes a point when you feel you’ve done enough,” reveals the 54-year-old. “And I’ve always felt that the best part of my career would be at the latter end. I want to go on as an actor and move up to the next level.”
07 January 2007
The People – 7th January 2007
Casualty Heartthrob Simon MacCorkindale Opens His Heart To The People
I Still Dream Of Being The World’s No1 Stud*
(*But That’s Breeding Horses, Not Bedding Nurses)
As sexy Casualty consultant Harry Harper, he has set millions of female pulses racing.
But Simon MacCorkindale, who plays the handsome TV hospital rogue, has been happily married to actress Susan George for more than 20 years.
So it’s a shock to hear how he still dreams of being the world’s No1 stud.
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01 January 2007
The Unexpected Guest Flyer – Jan-Apr 07
The Unexpected Guest
Agatha Christie
Following widespread critical acclaim for their star-studded production of The Hollow, the second production from The Agatha Christie Theatre Company promises to be another “beautifully staged and executed murder-mystery… a killer production of classic Christie class” (The Argus).
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Yours – Unknown Date 2007
Doctor Dashing
Casualty viewers have missed the charismatic consultant Harry Harper since he left Holby General last February. But now he’s back!
Harry Harper is arguably TV’s most debonair doctor. But in the flesh, Casualty actor Simon MacCorkindale (55) is, if possible, even more dashing. Immaculately dressed and speaking in deep tones, which are every bit as reassuring and in control as his on-screen alter ego’s, he surely is every woman’s idea of a dream doctor. Many of the letters Simon receives express the wish that he was a real doctor.
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The Unexpected Guest Programme – Jan-Apr 07
Simon MacCorkindale
Michael Starkwedder
Simon MacCorkindale is perhaps best recognised as Harry Harper, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, in the BBC’s most popular and enduring drama series Casualty.
A childhood love for drama led to a place at Studio ’68 of Theatre Arts in London aged 19. On completing the course, he toured in regional rep before his West End debut in the highly acclaimed Pygmalion. He worked extensively on British TV, and in 1976 appeared in the renowned I, Claudius and in Zeffirelli’s opulent Jesus of Nazareth.
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17 April 2006
Simon MacCorkindale Fan Page
This site is dedicated to actor, director and producer Simon MacCorkindale
Simon MacCorkindale is well known for his roles as Jonathan Chase in Manimal, Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest, Peter Sinclair in Counterstrike and Harry Harper from BBC’s BAFTA Award winning Casualty.
His work in film includes Simon Doyle in Death On The Nile, Arthur Davies in The Riddle Of The Sands, Philip FitzRoyce in Jaws 3D
Simon was seen on stage as Michael Starkwedder in The Unexpected Guest, Andrew Wyke in Sleuth and Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music in his musical debut
The aim of this site has always been to build a large and extensive online resource of Simon MacCorkindale’s work for his fans
Some of the things this site has:
- Media Gallery: Thousands of screen caps covering Simon’s career early days in the 70’s until his last performance, hundreds of video clips covering most of Simon’s career and hundreds of scans from various sources e.g. magazines, photo’s, cast cards, newspapers, theater programes.
- Articles: Interviews about or with Simon spanning over 40 years
- Forum/Community: Which brings together Simon fans from across the globe and spanning a huge age range, some members were part of Simon’s fan club in the 1980′s. Members of the forum have access to a few more images and audio files than non members
- Shop: A list of available DVD’s, videos and more to buy from various sources.
- If you still cannot find what you are looking for, drop us a message and we will try to help
The Simon MacCorkindale Fan Page and Community* was started April 17th 2006 and became Semi-Official in September 2008
This site is updated as time allows, I have a lot more still to add so keep checking back
* Simon and Susan keeps calling this site his ‘Fan Club’ though I prefer the term ‘Fan Site’ to differentiate from the original Fan Club.
Want to know a little bit more about how the site started and what sources we use? See our site history, bibliography and thanks
Thanks to Susan for the new header image, photograph www.brianaris.com ©
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04 February 2006
TV Times – 4-10 February 2006
Maybe Baby
Casualty’s Harry Harper is in for a big shock this week when he finds out his ex-girlfriend Ellen is pregnant. Actor Simon MacCorkindale talks to David Hollingsworth
Q: Harry dumped Ellen last week. Why did he do that?
A: ‘The split was down to the pressure on him by senior staff members. They felt that the relationship was inappropriate because of him being in such a higher position to her. He just feels as though the relationship compromises both of them and it therefore should have no future.
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01 February 2006
What’s on TV – February 2006
No Child Of Mine
Ellen Shocks Harry when she tells him she’s pregnant
Harry Harper’s walking around the A&E department with the weight of the world on his shoulders at the moment.
Not only is the consultant facing battles with corporate manager Nathan Spencer about how the casualty department should be run, but he’s also fed up with being the subject of hospital gossip after everyone found out about his brief affair with nurse Ellen Zitek.
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17 September 2005
Inside Soap – 17-23 September 2005
Loose Lips – The Stars . . . In Their Own Words
“I feel my time as as actor and leading man is now”
At the grand old age of 53, Simon is more content than ever with his impressive acting career.
“They put us up against Dallas on a Friday night. It was suicide!”
One of Simon’s most bizarre roles was as a professor with the power to turn into animals. Sadly, Manimal was axed after three months in 1983!
“The farm provides us with two contrasting lifestyles – it’s restful after a hectic day”
The actor and his wife, Susan, Live on a large farm in Exmoor, Devon where they breed Georgian Arabian horses.
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27 August 2005
Radio Times – 27 Aug to 02 Sept 2005
One Final Question
For an actor who’s survived more deaths than most, the original Mr Manimal remains optimistic
There’s a Casualty/Holby City special this Saturday. What is it?
It’s an organ donation episode. It’s the end of the BBC’s organ donor week, and we’ve combined with Holby to do a story that is organ-donor driven but has some reality TV elements to it.
What, as in people will vote out the organ they don’t like?
No. We’ve already created the drama part but the programme’s going to be bookended by Professor Robert Winston who makes an appeal in order to promote the notion of donation, which is also being pronounced as Do-Nation – as in the nation should respond by getting on to the organ donation register.
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