The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in two series from 1969 to 1971. It is based on a series of novels and short stories written by Edgar Wallace featuring the character of J.G. Reeder, who had appeared in several film adaptations in the late 1930s. Sixteen episodes were made, all but two in black-and-white.
Reeder is a mild-mannered employee at the Department of Public Prosecutions with an extraordinary gift for solving complex crimes. He is played by Hugh Burden, working under the overbearing Sir Jason Toovey (Willoughby Goddard). It is set in the 1920s, when the stories were originally written, and the graphics of the opening credits reflect this Jazz Age setting.
The series has been released in Region 2 DVD.
Cast
Main
Hugh Burden as Mr. J.G. Reeder
Willoughby Goddard as Sir Jason Toovey
Mona Bruce as Mrs. Houchin
Gillian Lewis as Miss Belman
Virginia Stride as Margaret Belman
Windsor Davies as Chief Inspector Pyne
Mark Dignam as Lord Nettlefold
Geoffrey Lumsden as Lord Rothbard
Alison McMurdo as Miss Pangbourne
Harry Towb as Lew Kassio
David Steuart as judge
Amanda Barrie as Ethel Gibson
Guests
Petronella Barker as Miss Trottington-Fox
Madeline Smith as Miss Clutterbuck
Hildegarde Neil as Marylou Plessy
Michael Bates as Ras Lal Punjabi
Dino Shafeek as Second Priest
Mark Edwards
Victor Woolf
Jennifer Wilson
See also
Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938) Room 13 (1964)