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1904 - 1990

Stage debut was in 1922 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre


Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1922 Birmingham Repertory Theatre A Woman Killed with Kindness ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924 Court Theatre As Far as Thought Can Reach, Part V: Back to Methuselah Acis .. ..... .. ..
1924 Court Theatre The Farmer's Wife Reverend Septimus Tudor .. ..... .. ..
1925 - 1926 UK Tour The Farmer's Wife Curdles Ash .. ..... .. ..
1927 Little Theatre Dracula Count Dracula .. ..... .. ..
1927 - 1928 UK Tour Interference Philip Voaze .. ..... .. ..
1928-1930 USA Tour Dracula .... .. ..... .. ..
1931 Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City The Venetian Glass Nephew Angelo Querini .. ..... .. ..
1932 Queen's Theatre The Farmer's Wife Reverend Septimus Tudor .. ..... .. ..
1932 Theatre Royal Glasgow She Stoops to Conquer ..... .. ..... .. ..
1932 Theatre Royal Glasgow The Road to Rome ..... .. ..... .. ..
1932 Theatre Royal Glasgow The Swan ..... .. ..... .. ..
1932 Theatre Royal Glasgow This Woman Business ..... .. ..... .. ..
1932-1933 UK Tour The Dunbarry Count Dunbarry .. ..... .. ..
1933 Garrick Theatre Clear All Wires Pettingwaite .. ..... .. ..
1933 Fortune Theatre What Happened Then? Cookson .. ..... .. ..
1934 Wyndham's Theatre Clive of India Major Kilpatrick, Stringer, and Chatham .. ..... What Happened Then? ..
1934 Ambassadors' Theatre The White Guard Alexei Turbin .. ..... .. ..
1935 Duchess Theatre Cornelius Ex-officer and Fletcher .. ..... Can You Hear Me, Mother? Dolan
1936 Old Vic Theatre Richard III Hastings .. ..... Rembrandt Ludwick
1936 Old Vic / Daly's Theatre St. Helena Sir George Cockburn .. ..... .. ..
1936 Lyric Theatre Bees on the Boat Deck Slivers .. ..... .. ..
1936 Queen's Theatre Follow Your Saint Chapman .. ..... .. ..
1936 Savoy Theatre Young Madame Conti Dr. Reuchlin .. ..... .. ..
1937 Music Box Theatre, New York City Young Madame Conti Dr. Reuchlin .. ..... Knight Without Armour White Officer
1937 Daly's Theatre The First Legion Reverend John Fulton .. ..... Dinner at the Ritz Gibout
1937 Duchess Theatre Time and the Conways Alan .. ..... .. ..
1937 Duke of York's Theatre Susannah and the Elders Kashdak .. ..... .. ..
1938 St. Martin's Theatre When We Are Married Councillor Albert Parker .... .... .. ..
1938 Duchess Theatre Glorious Morning Professor Hans Skaedia .. ..... .. ..
1939 Globe Theatre Rhondda Roundabout Captain Guy Felton The Day Is Gone Stanley Thatcher .. ..
1940 Queen's Theatre Rebecca Frank Crawley .. ..... Night Train to Munich Kampenfeldt
1941 UK Tour Rebecca Frank Crawley .. ..... Freedom Radio Rabenau
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Ghost of St. Michael's Mr Humphries
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Ghost Train Price
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It Dr. Kerbishley
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... 'Pimpernel' Smith Marx
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... Once a Crook Prison Governor
1942 Strand Theatre Rebecca Frank Crawley .. ..... The Day Will Dawn Norwegian Under Secretary
1943 Globe Theatre They Came to a City Malcolm Stritton .. ..... The New Lot Barrington
1943 .. .. ..... .. ..... When We Are Married Albert Parker
1944 Apollo Theatre Private Lives Victor Prynne .. ..... The Way Ahead Pvt. Herbert Davenport
1945 UK Tour Ah! Josephine Count Barras .. ..... They Came to a City Malcolm Stritton
1945 Palace Theatre 1066 - And All That .... .. ..... .... ....
1946 Lyric / Hammersmith Theatre Fear No More Mr. Arcularis .. ..... I See a Dark Stranger J. Miller
1946 Embassy Theatre The Day of Glory Colonel Sanderson, DSO .. ..... School for Secrets Prof. Walter Laxton-Jones
1947 Duke of York's Theatre The Anonymous Lover Clive .. ..... .... ....
1948 .. .. ..... Men of Darkness Pisancon Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Moy-Thompson
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Broken Journey Edward Marshall
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... So Evil My Love Henry Courtney
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... It's Hard to Be Good Williams
1949 Ambassador's Theatre The Late Edwina Black Henry Martin .. ..... Passport to Pimlico Mr. W.P.J. Wix
1950 48th Street Theatre, New York City Black Chiffon Robert Christie BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Admirable Crichton Crichton Trio Mr. Chester
1951 Criterion Theatre And This Was Odd Frank Kemp When We Are Married Councillor Albert Parker The House in the Square Mr. Throstle
1951 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Long Dark Hall Chief Insp. Sullivan
1952 Vaudeville Theatre Lords of Creation Theodore Brumfit BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Dial M for Murder ..... Mr. Denning Drives North Wright
1952 .. .. ..... Operation Diplomat Det. Insp. Austin The Last Page Clive Oliver
1953 Savoy Theatre No Sign of the Dove Sir Mohammed D'Urt BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Number Three Prof. Brander Laxdale Hall Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Glad Tidings Tom Forester
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Meet Mr. Lucifer Mr. Patterson
1954 Westminster Theatre The Bombshell James Rice .. ..... Hobson's Choice Nathaniel Beenstock
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Teckman Mystery Maurice Miller
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... Orders Are Orders Col. Bellamy
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... Aunt Clara Maurice Hilton
1955 Saville Theatre Shadow of Doubt Manning .. ..... Geordie Olympic selector
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Prisoner The General
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Constant Husband J.F. Hassett
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Dam Busters Official, National Physical Laboratory
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Doctor at Sea Capt. Beamish
1956 Savoy Theatre Double Image Ernest Fanshaw Armchair Theatre - The Outsider ..... The Last Man to Hang? Attorney General
1956 .. .. ..... The Count of Monte Cristo - Mecklenburg Reimer The Green Man Sir Gregory Upshott
1957 .. .. ..... Hancock's Half Hour - A Holiday in Scotland Doctor Town on Trial Dr. Reese
1957 .. .. ..... A Time of Day Det. Insp. Kenton Brothers in Law Tatlock
1957 .. .. ..... The New Adventures of Charlie Chan - A Hamlet in Flames Colonel Kurt Schmidt .. ..
1958 Westminster Theatre Any Other Business? Sir Norman Tullis The New Adventures of Charlie Chan - Three Men on a Raft Tony Hathaway Next to No Time Forbes, Factory Supervisor
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... Innocent Meeting Harold
1959 Westminster Theatre The Woman on the Stair Det. Superintendent Coates Hancock's Half Hour - The Train Journey ..... The Mummy Joseph Whemple
1959 Piccadilly Theatre Caught Napping Dr. Rodd .. ..... Our Man in Havana General
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Room at the Top Mr. Hoylake
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... I'm All Right Jack Magistrate
1960 .. .. ..... Barnaby Rudge Mr. John Chester Suspect Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
1960 .. .. ..... Interpol Calling - Payment in Advance Schroeder A French Mistress Rev. Edwin Peake
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... Sands of the Desert Bossom
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... Bottoms Up Garrick Jones
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... Follow That Horse! Special Branch Chief
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... À bout de souffle A Journalist
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... Make Mine Mink Inspector Pape
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's Judge
1961 Phoenix Theatre The Landing Place Sir Nicholas Ennor Danger Man - The Gallows Tree Clements .. ..
1961 .. .. ..... Walk a Crooked Mile Adrian Chares .. ..
1961 .. .. ..... Sir Francis Drake - Doctor Dee Doctor Dee .. ..
1961 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - A Tune on the Old Tax Fiddle Mr. Gaunt .. ..
1961 .. .. ..... Comedy Playhouse - The Private Lives of Edward Whiteley Hargreaves .. ..
1962 .. .. ..... No Hiding Place - Convicts Wife Ward Only Two Can Play Vernon
1962 .. .. ..... Make Room for Daddy - A Hunting We Will Go Lord Nuffield On the Beat Sir Ronald Ackroyd
1962 .. .. ..... .. ..... Waltz of the Toreadors Ackroyd, Court President
1962 .. .. ..... .. ..... Crooks Anonymous Wagstaffe
1963 Garrick Theatre Difference of Opinion John Freyling .. ..... Nurse on Wheels Vicar
1963 .. .. ..... .. ..... Father Came Too! Mr. Wedgewood
1963 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Yellow Teddybears Harry Halburton
1964 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Black Torment Col. Wentworth
1965 Garrick Theatre Difference of Opinion ..... Gideon's Way - To Catch a Tiger Sir Percy Richmond Rotten to the Core Prison Governor
1966 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford A Family and a Fortune Edgar The Wednesday Play - A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel Superintendent Willow .... ..
1966 Garrick Theatre An Ideal Husband Earl of Caversham Softly Softly - Over Take / Take Over Chief Constable Jarrold .. ..
1966 UK Tour A Family and a Fortune Edgar The Baron - Samurai West Norman Stirling .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery Sir Horace, the Minister
1967 Strand Theatre Getting Married Collins The Rat Catchers - Big Grab - Amsterdam Sir James Tinsell .. ..
1968 New Theatre Soldiers Paymaster General .. ..... Hostile Witness John Naylor
1968 .. .. ..... .. ..... Hot Millions Bayswater
1969 .. .. ..... Dr Atkinson's Daughter Dr. Hallam Aitkinson .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... Rogues' Gallery - The Timorous Rake Alderman Tindal Arthur! Arthur! ..
1969 .. .. ..... Destiny of a Spy Supt. Pode The Adding Machine Smithers
1969 .. .. ..... Paul Temple - Message from a Dead Man Gilbert Lacey .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... The Wednesday Play - Doctor Atkinson's Daughter ..... .. ..
1971 .. .. ..... That's Your Funeral Emanuel Holroyd .. ..
1971 .. .. ..... Softly Softly - Aberration Dr. Mancroft .. ..
1971-1975 .. .. ..... Upstairs, Downstairs Sir Geoffrey Dillon .. ..
1972 .. .. ..... Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour Sir Zachary Stein That's Your Funeral Emmanuel Holroyd
1972 .. .. ..... .. ..... Young Churchill Old Officer
1974 .. .. ..... .. ..... Symptoms ..
1975 .. .. ..... Wodehouse Playhouse - Romance at Droitgate Spa Sir Aylmer Bastable .. ..
1976 .. .. ..... Victorian Scandals - The Portland Millions Dr. Tristram .. ..
1977 Apollo Theatre Separate Tables Mr. Fowler Crown Court - An Upward Fall Mr. Justice Ambleforth .. ..
1978 .. .. ..... Crown Court - Through the Bottom of a Glass Darkly Mr. Justice Downes .. ..
1980 .. .. ..... The Square Leopard Henry Parish .. ..
1982 .. .. ..... A Voyage Round My Father Judge .. ..
1984 .. .. ..... Brass Judge .. ..
1987 Queens Theatre Beyond Reasonable Doubt ..... .... .... .. ..
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