UFO Characters - Ordeal

Teleplay by: Tony Barwick
Director: Ken Turner
First Air Date: Apr 14, 1971

Paul Foster is abducted from a SHADO facility.

Commander Ed Straker

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: All
Played By: Ed Bishop
134193

Colonel Paul Foster

First Episode: Exposed
Other Episodes: Survival, Conflict, The Dalotek Affair, The Square Triangle, Court Martial, Close Up, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Sub Smash, The Sound of Silence, The Cat With Ten Lives, Destruction, The Man Who Came Back, The Psychobombs, Reflections in the Water, Timelash, Mindbender, The Long Sleep
Played By: Michael Billington
174213

Colonel Alec Freeman

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, Exposed, Survival, Conflict, The Dalotek Affair, A Question of Priorities, The Square Triangle, Court Martial, Close Up, Confetti Check A-OK, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Kill Straker!, Sub Smash
Played By: George Sewell
008162

Space Intruder Detector SID (voice)

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: All
Played By: Mel Oxley
117

Lt. Nina Barry

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, Exposed, Conflict, The Dalotek Affair, A Question of Priorities, The Square Triangle, Confetti Check A-OK, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Sub Smash, The Sound of Silence, The Cat With Ten Lives, Destruction, The Man Who Came Back, Reflections in the Water, Timelash
Played By: Dolores Mantez
153356

Lt. Gay Ellis

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, A Question of Priorities, The Square Triangle, Close Up, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Destruction
Played By: Gabrielle Drake
001145

Lt. Keith Ford

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, Exposed, The Dalotek Affair, A Question of Priorities, The Square Triangle, Court Martial, Close Up, Confetti Check A-OK, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P.
Played By: Keith Alexander
119201

Joe Franklin

Played By: David Healy
245

Doctor Frazer

First Episode: Exposed
Other Episodes: The Dalotek Affair, The Sound of Silence
Played By: Basil Moss
Notes: In Ordeal, character is listed as Dr. Harris
197

Lt. Joan Harrington

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, Exposed, The Dalotek Affair, The Square Triangle, Close Up, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Destruction
Played By: Antonia Ellis
002

Lt. Sylvia Howell

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, A Question of Priorities, Close Up, The Responsibility Seat, Kill Straker!
Played By: Georgina Moon
152290

Doctor Doug Jackson

First Episode: Exposed
Other Episodes: Court Martial, The Cat With Ten Lives, Reflections in the Water, Timelash, The Long Sleep
Played By: Vladek Sheybal
Notes: According to some sources, Jackson was Polish and his name was Zradowski.
173

Lt. John Masters

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, Close Up, Confetti Check A-OK
Played By: Jon Kelley
Notes: Skydiver Engineer, electronics expert
113

Lt. Gordon Maxwell

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Flight Path, A Question of Priorities, Close Up, Confetti Check A-OK, The Responsibility Seat
Played By: Jeremy Wilkin
136

Lt. Gary North


Other Episodes: Close Up, The Responsibility Seat
Played By: Mark Hawkins
Notes: Interceptor Pilot
243

Doctor Perry

Played By: Peter Burton
Notes: This may or may not be the same character as Dr. Murray in Computer Affair
234

Lew Waterman

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, The Dalotek Affair, The Square Triangle, Court Martial, The Responsibility Seat, Sub Smash
Played By: Gary Myers
151139

Medic

Played By: Joseph Morris
237

Moonbase Astronaut

Played By: Richard Ough
Notes: credit info sent in by the actor
235

Moonmobile Lt.

First Episode: The Dalotek Affair
Played By: Richard Poore
207239

Research Center Employee

Played By: uncredited
Notes: dead in dream sequence
240

SHADO Operative

Played By: Burnell Tucker
233

SHADO Operative

First Episode: Identified
Other Episodes: Computer Affair, Exposed, Conflict, The Dalotek Affair, A Question of Priorities, The Square Triangle, Court Martial, Close Up, The Responsibility Seat, E.S.P., Kill Straker!, The Sound of Silence, The Cat With Ten Lives, Destruction, The Psychobombs, Reflections in the Water, Timelash, Mindbender, The Long Sleep
Played By: Maxwell Craig
332

SHADO Operative

Played By: uncredited
246

Rowan?

Played By: uncredited
Notes: The character's name should begin with a 'Fr' or 'Fo' but was addressed as 'Rowan'. Could be his first name.
244

SHADO Operative

Played By: uncredited
Notes: Helicopter crewman
241

SHADO Operative

Played By: uncredited
Notes: Helicopter crewman
242

Skydiver Crew

Played By: uncredited
238

Sylvia Graham

Played By: Quinn O'Hara
247

* Screen credits or other sources have identified this actor as playing this role. However, the IMDB database does not confirm this.
** IMDB database indicates this actor was in this episode, but the character does not seem to appear onscreen or cannot be identified.

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