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The Witches of Pendle (1977) -- A dramatisation of a real witch-trial that took place in Lancashire in 1612.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) -- After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the Second Death Star, while Luke Skywalker tries to bring his father back to the Light Side of the Force.
Britain Isn't Working (2009) -- As Britain crumbles Mayor Bunion receives instructions from the Prime Minister in this Teaser for Britain Isn't Working.

Overview

Date of Birth:
7 June 1943, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK more
Trivia:
_Fragile (2005)_ is the first theatrically released film he has starred... more
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Filmography

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Actor:
  1. Into the Storm (2009) (TV) .... Bomber Harris
  2. Britain Isn't Working (2009) .... Mayor Bunion
  3. "Holby City" .... David Powell / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
    ... aka Holby (UK: informal short title)
        - Love You (2008) TV episode .... Walter Noble
        - The Good Fight (2006) TV episode .... David Powell
  4. Florence Nightingale (2008) (TV) .... Wen
  5. "The Tudors" .... Abbot (1 episode, 2008)
        - Matters of State (2008) TV episode .... Abbot
  6. "Lewis" .... Dr Melville (1 episode, 2008)
    ... aka Inspector Lewis (USA)
        - Life Born of Fire (2008) TV episode .... Dr Melville
  7. "Trial & Retribution" .... James Clayton Q.C. (1 episode, 2007)
    ... aka Lynda La Plante's Trial & Retribution (Australia)
    ... aka Trial & Retribution II (UK: second season title)
    ... aka Trial & Retribution IV (UK: fourth season title)
        - Mirror Image: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... James Clayton Q.C.
  8. Frágiles (2005) .... Marcus
    ... aka Fragile (International: English title)
    ... aka Fragile: A Ghost Story (Philippines: English title: poster title)
  9. "Waking the Dead" .... Prof Alan Macintosh (1 episode, 2003)
        - Breaking Glass: Part 1 (2003) TV episode .... Prof Alan Macintosh
  10. "State of Play" .... Richard Siegler (1 episode, 2003)
        - Episode #1.6 (2003) TV episode .... Richard Siegler
  11. "The Bill" .... Judge Howard Sinclair (6 episodes, 2003)
        - 091 (2003) TV episode .... Judge Howard Sinclair
        - 090 (2003) TV episode .... Judge Howard Sinclair
        - 089 (2003) TV episode .... Judge Howard Sinclair
        - 084 (2003) TV episode .... Judge Howard Sinclair
        - 083 (2003) TV episode .... Judge Howard Sinclair
          (1 more)
  12. "Silent Witness" .... Dennis Morgan (2 episodes, 2002)
        - Tell No Tales: Part 2 (2002) TV episode .... Dennis Morgan
        - Tell No Tales: Part 1 (2002) TV episode .... Dennis Morgan
  13. "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" .... Priest (1 episode, 2001)
        - Scream Satan Scream! (2001) TV episode .... Priest

  14. "Dalziel and Pascoe" .... Hartley Culpepper (1 episode, 1997)
        - Ruling Passion (1997) TV episode .... Hartley Culpepper
  15. "Kavanagh QC" .... Ralph Merridew (1 episode, 1997)
        - Diplomatic Baggage (1997) TV episode .... Ralph Merridew
  16. "Timewatch" (1982) TV series .... Narrator (unknown episodes, 1996)
    ... aka BBC History: Timewatch (UK)
  17. "Cracker" .... Commander Gordon Ellison (1 episode, 1996)
        - White Ghost (1996) TV episode .... Commander Gordon Ellison
  18. "Between the Lines" .... Thomas Wenleigh (2 episodes, 1993)
    ... aka Inside the Line
        - The Fifth Estate (1993) TV episode .... Thomas Wenleigh
        - Some Must Watch (1993) TV episode .... Thomas Wenleigh

  19. "Summer's Lease" .... Hugh Pargeter (2 episodes, 1989)
        - The Urbino Trail (1989) TV episode .... Hugh Pargeter
        - A Battlefield (1989) TV episode .... Hugh Pargeter
  20. "The Wars of the Roses" .... Prince Hal / ... (2 episodes)
        - Henry IV: Part 1 (????) TV episode .... Prince Hal
        - Richard II (????) TV episode .... Richard II
  21. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes
  22. "Oscar" .... Narrator (3 episodes, 1985)
    ... aka Forbidden Passion: Oscar Wilde, the Movie (USA: video title)
        - De Profundis (1985) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
        - Trials (1985) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
        - Gilded Youth (1985) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
  23. "Freud" (1984) TV mini-series .... Carl Jung
  24. Oedipus the King (1984) (TV) .... Oedipus Rex
    ... aka Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (USA)
  25. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... Moff Jerjerrod
    ... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title)
  26. Cymbeline (1982) (TV) .... Posthumus
    ... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Cymbeline (USA: video title)
  27. Outside Edge (1982) (TV) .... Bob
  28. "BBC Play of the Month" .... Alexei Turbin / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1982)
        - The White Guard (1982) TV episode .... Alexei Turbin
        - Danton's Death (1978) TV episode .... Saint-Just
  29. "BBC2 Playhouse" .... John Lilburne (1 episode, 1981)
        - A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981) TV episode .... John Lilburne

  30. "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978)
        - Mr. & Ms. Bureaucrat (1978) TV episode
  31. "ITV Playhouse" .... Don Harris / ... (3 episodes, 1968-1977)
        - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977) TV episode .... Don Harris
        - The Tycoon (1968) TV episode .... Peter Bell
        - Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart (1968) TV episode .... Lancelot Wishart
  32. The Witches of Pendle (1977) (TV)
  33. "No Exit" .... Ian Strawson (1 episode, 1972)
        - Last Land (1972) TV episode .... Ian Strawson
  34. "Callan" .... Lafarge (1 episode, 1972)
        - The Contract (1972) TV episode .... Lafarge
  35. "Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1 episode, 1972)
        - An Affair of Honour (1972) TV episode
  36. "Public Eye" .... John Sheldon (1 episode, 1971)
        - Well - There Was This Girl, You See (1971) TV episode .... John Sheldon
  37. "Armchair Theatre" .... Adrian / ... (2 episodes, 1968-1970)
        - The Dolly Scene (1970) TV episode .... Tom
        - No Easy Walk (1968) TV episode .... Adrian
  38. "W. Somerset Maugham" .... Hans (1 episode, 1970)
        - The Unconquered (1970) TV episode .... Hans
  39. Mad Jack (1970) (TV) .... Geoffrey Cromlech
  40. "The Wednesday Play" .... Garry / ... (3 episodes, 1967-1970)
        - Mad Jack (1970) TV episode
        - Anyone for Tennis? (1968) TV episode .... Garry
        - The Order (1967) TV episode .... Youth

  41. Hamlet (1969) .... Laertes
    ... aka Shakespeare's Hamlet (USA: complete title)
  42. "The Root of All Evil?" .... Clive Pinner (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Right Attitude? (1968) TV episode .... Clive Pinner
  43. "Middlemarch" .... Will Ladislaw (7 episodes, 1968)
        - Scandals (1968) TV episode .... Will Ladislaw
        - The Wife and the Widow (1968) TV episode .... Will Ladislaw
        - The Husbands (1968) TV episode .... Will Ladislaw
        - Homecoming (1968) TV episode .... Will Ladislaw
        - The New Doctor (1968) TV episode .... Will Ladislaw
          (2 more)
  44. "Theatre 625" .... Alexander / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
        - The Single Passion (1967) TV episode .... Alexander
        - Conquest: The Encounter (1966) TV episode .... Wulfnoth
  45. "No Hiding Place" .... Gerry Waltham (1 episode, 1967)
        - It Couldn't Be Charlie (1967) TV episode .... Gerry Waltham
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Italians" (narrator) (1 episode, 1984)
        - The Venetian Dance Master (1984) TV episode (narrator) (uncredited)
Self:
  1. RAF at 90 (2008) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
  2. "Time Shift" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2006)
        - The Da Vinci Code: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (2006) TV episode .... Narrator
  3. "Empire Warriors" (2004) TV mini-series (voice) .... (Narrator)
  4. Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
  5. Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story (2003) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator (UK version)
  6. The Dinosaur Hunters (2002) (TV) .... William Buckland
  7. Pyramid (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
    ... aka Building the Great Pyramid (USA)
    ... aka Die Pyramide - Ein Weltwunder entsteht (Germany)
    ... aka Länder - Menschen - Abenteuer - Die Pyramide: Ein Weltwunder entsteht (Germany)
  8. "Tourists of the Revolution" (2000) TV series (voice) .... Narrator

  9. "Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC" (1997) TV mini-series .... Narrator (unknown episodes)
  10. "Biography" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
        - Hamlet (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  11. Le tombeau d'Alexandre (1993) (voice) .... Voice
    ... aka The Last Bolshevik
    ... aka Viimeinen bolsevikki (Finland)

  12. "Playing Shakespeare" .... Himself (7 episodes, 1979-1984)
        - Passion and Coolness (1984) TV episode
        - Irony and Ambiguity (1984) TV episode .... Himself
        - Set Speeches and Soliloquy (1984) TV episode .... Himself
        - Language and Character (1984) TV episode .... Himself
        - Using the Verse (1984) TV episode .... Himself
          (2 more)

  13. "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1979)
        - Royal Shakespeare Company Masterclass: Part 2 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
        - Royal Shakespeare Company Masterclass: Part 1 (1979) TV episode .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
(1983) He acted in the stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostovesky's "Crime and Punishment" by director Yuri Lyubimov who also adapted with Yuri Kariakin at Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Paola Dionsiotti, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Kelly, Bill Paterson, Sheila Reid, Mia Soteriou, and Gary Waldhorn. more
Genres:
Drama | Crime | Documentary | Mystery more
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