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| Film credits |
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| THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER / REBEL WITH A CAUSE | 1962 | Colin Smith |
| PRIVATE POTTER | 1962 | Private Potter |
| BILLY LIAR | 1963 | William 'Billy' Terrence Fisher |
| KING & COUNTRY / HAMP / GLORY HOLE | 1964 | Private Hamp |
| DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | US/Italy/Liechtenstein, 1965 | Pasha Antipov/'Strelnikoff' |
| KING RAT | US, 1965 | Lt Robin Grey, The Provost Staff |
| OPERATION CROSSBOW / GREAT SPY MISSION / CODE NAME: OPERATION CROSSBOW | UK/Italy/US, 1965 | Robert Henshaw |
| THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS / LA NUIT DES GÉNERAUX | UK/France, 1966 | Corporal Hartmann |
| THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT | Greece/UK, 1967 | the navigator |
| A DANDY IN ASPIC | 1968 | Gatiss |
| OTLEY | 1968 | Gerald Arthur Otley |
| CATCH ME A SPY / TO CATCH A SPY / KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED / LES DOIGTS CROISÉS | UK/France/US, 1971 | Baxter Clarke |
| ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH / A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH | UK/Norway/US, 1971 | Ivan Denisovich |
| ONE WORD OF TRUTH | 1982 | commentator |
| THE DRESSER | 1983 | Norman |
| HAPPY NEW YEAR | US, 1987 | Edward Saunders |
| "LET HIM HAVE IT" | UK/France, 1991 | William Bentley |
| POSLEDNÍ MOTYL / LAST BUTTERFLY / LE CRI DU PAPILLON | Czecholslovakia/UK/France, 1991 | Antoine |
| THE BOY FROM MERCURY | UK/France, 1996 | Uncle Tony |
| WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HAROLD SMITH? | UK/US, 1999 | Harold Smith |
| LAST ORDERS | UK/Germany, 2001 | Vic Tucker |
| NICHOLAS NICKLEBY | US/UK, 2002 | Newman Noggs |
| FLOOD | UK/South Africa, 2006 | Professor Leonard Morrison |
| THE GOLDEN COMPASS | UK/US, 2007 | Farder Coram |
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| Television credits |
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| INSIDE STORY: A Present for Penny | ITV tx 1/5/1960 | Bert |
| TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: Private Potter | ITV tx 6/4/1961 | Private Potter |
| TONIGHT | BBC1 tx 17/12/1964 | interviewee |
| BBC-3 | BBC2 tx 15/1/1966 | guest |
| PLAY OF THE MONTH: Ghosts | BBC1 tx 17/3/1968 | Oswald Alving |
| HAMLET REVISITED | BBC2 tx 22/10/1970 | on-screen participant |
| STAGE 2: She Stoops To Conquer | BBC2 tx 4/1/1971 | Marlow |
| FILM NIGHT SPECIAL: John Schlesinger | BBC2 tx 20/6/1971 | on-screen participant |
| THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Tom Courtenay | ITV tx 23/2/1972 | subject of programme |
| SPORT TWO | BBC2 tx 11/8/1972 | on-screen participant |
| I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME | (US) tx 18/12/1973; ITV tx 7/9/1975 | Father Mark Brian |
| ARENA: THEATRE | BBC2 tx 26/11/1975 | on-screen participant |
| PLAY OF THE MONTH: The Chester Mystery Plays | BBC1 tx 18/4/1976 | Jesus |
| TIME AND TIME AGAIN | ITV tx 18/5/1976 | Leonard |
| ARENA: THEATRE: A Dream Come True | BBC2 tx 15/9/1976 | on-screen participant |
| SIX FIFTY-FIVE SPECIAL | BBC2 tx 13/7/1982 | interviewee |
| PEBBLE MILL AT ONE | BBC1 tx 25/10/1982 | interviewee |
| LOOK NORTH | BBC1 (North) tx 1/7/1983 | interviewee |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 tx 26/1/1984 | guest |
| ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE: Makers of Magic | BBC2 tx 29/1/1984 | on-screen participant |
| FILM 84 | BBC1 tx 30/1/1984 | interviewee |
| THE ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE 1984: The Dresser | ITV tx 19/3/1984 | interviewee |
| LOOK NORTH | BBC1 (North) tx 22/3/1984 | interviewee |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 tx 9/4/1984 | interviewee |
| WOGAN | BBC1 tx 4/9/1985 | guest |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC2 tx 27/9/1984 | reader |
| THEATRE NIGHT: Absent Friends | BBC2 tx 29/9/1985 | Colin |
| STAR QUALITY: Me and the Girls | BBC1 tx 1/12/1985 | George Banks |
| PRO-CELEBRITY GOLF: Marley Trophy | BBC2 tx 1/3/1996 | interviewee |
| AROUND WITH ALLISS: Tom Courtenay | BBC2 tx 24/5/1986 | interviewee |
| THE ITV PLAY: Chekhov in Yalta | ITV tx 14/8/1988 | Anton Chekhov |
| CELEBRATION: The Gingerbread Revolution | ITV tx 20/5/1990 | on-screen participant |
| WOGAN | BBC1 tx 1/7/1991 | guest |
| SCREENPLAY: Redemption | BBC2 tx 3/7/1991 | Stan Peachey |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 20/11/1991 | on-screen participant |
| NORTH WEST TONIGHT | BBC1 (North West) tx 16/12/1991 | interviewee |
| PEBBLE MILL | BBC1 tx 17/3/1992 | interviewee |
| HOLLYWOOD U.K. BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: Northern Lights | BBC2 tx 5/9/1993 | interviewee |
| HOLLYWOOD U.K. BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: A Very British Picture | BBC2 tx 19/9/1993 | interviewee |
| THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES: Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | ABC (US) tx 15/1/1995 | Bronislaw Malinowski |
| THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP | Disney Channel (US) tx 19/3/1995 | Daniel Quilp |
| WOGAN'S ISLAND: Movie Business | BBC1 tx 9/8/1995 | on-screen participant |
| NORTHERN EYE: The Man Behind The Dresser | ITV (Tyne Tees) tx 19/9/1995 | on-screen participant |
| FAMOUS FRED | Channel 4 tx 24/12/1996 | voice of Kenneth |
| KAVANAGH Q.C.: Memento Mori | ITV tx 17/3/1998 | Dr Felix Crawley |
| A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE | BBC2 tx 30/12/1998 | Roy |
| LOOK NORTH | BBC1 tx 12/12/1999 | reader |
| SONGS OF PRAISE | BBC1 (North) tx 14/7/1999 | interviewee |
| LOOK NORTH SATURDAY | BBC1 (North) tx 4/3/2000 | interviewee |
| OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD | Channel 5 tx 14/3/2000 | interviewee |
| EXCLUSIVE | Channel 5 tx 19/3/2000 | interviewee |
| PARKINSON | BBC1 tx 13/10/2000 | guest |
| OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD | Channel 5 tx 25/10/2000 | guest |
| NORTH WEST TONIGHT | BBC1 (North West) tx 10/9/2001 | interviewee |
| OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD | Channel 5 tx 31/10/2001 | guest |
| FILM 2002 | BBC1 tx 14/1/2002 | interviewee |
| THE JOHN THAW STORY | ITV1 tx 5/9/2002 | interviewee |
| LOOK NORTH | BBC1 (North) tx 27/11/2002 | interviewee |
| LOOK NORTH | BBC1 (North) tx 29/11/2002 | interviewee |
| RICHARD AND JUDY | Channel 4 tx 12/3/2003 | guest |
| THE HEAVEN AND EARTH SHOW | BBC1 tx 22/5/2005 | interviewee |
| WORKING LUNCH | BBC2 tx 22/7/2005 | interviewee |
| READY WHEN YOU ARE, MR McGILL | Sky Movies tx 15/9/2004; ITV1 tx 26/12/2005 | Joe McGill |
| LITTLE DORRIT | BBC1 tx 26/10-11/12/2008 (14 pts) | Mr Dorrit |
| THE ROYLE FAMILY: The New Sofa | BBC1 tx 25/12/2008 | Dave Best Sr |
