UK film and TV - Supporting actors

1. Anthony Bate

An immaculate gent of sober appearance and cultivated presence, Bate was seemingly destined to play spymasters and senior civil servants. Lean, pale-eyed and of deceptively mild intonation, he was capable of unnervingly icy composure, never more effectively displayed than as the chameleon-like ...

2. John Quentin

Actor | Wittgenstein

John Quentin was born in 1935 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Wittgenstein (1993), Gandhi (1982) and Poirot (1989).

3. Haydn Gwynne

Actress | Beauty and the Beast

Haydn Gwynne was fluent in French and Italian. She studied Modern Languages at the University of Warwick before taking a five-year lectureship in Italy, where she taught English. She also drove across the United States before becoming an actress in her mid-twenties.

She first came to notice on ...

4. Edward Petherbridge

Actor | The Guardians

Edward Petherbridge was born on August 3, 1936 in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Guardians (1971), The River Flows East (1962) and American Playhouse (1980). He has been married to Emily Richard since 1981. They have two children. He ...

5. Anna Massey

Actress | Peeping Tom

Anna Massey was born on August 11, 1937 in Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Frenzy (1972) and The Machinist (2004). She was married to Dr. Uri Andres and Jeremy Brett. She died on July 2, 2011 in London, England, UK.

6. Clare Holman

Actress | Blood Diamond

Clare Holman was born on January 12, 1964 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Blood Diamond (2006), Suite Française (2014) and Inspector Lewis (2006). She was previously married to Howard Davies.

7. Matthew Marsh

Actor | Spy Game

Matthew Marsh lives in London and has been working in theatre film television & radio since 1977 - this versatile character actor often plays American Russian south African and German roles and many others along with his native UK ones - he has been lucky enough to work all over the world in film ...

8. Ian McNeice

Actor | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ian McNeice went to Taunton School in Somerset and then had two years at the Salisbury Playhouse as an Acting A.S.M. before going to L.A.M.D.A. 1971-74. The next few years were spent in theatre, including four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, ending with "Nicholas Nickleby" on Broadway. ...

9. Rachael Stirling

Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman

Rachael Stirling was born on May 30, 1977 in St Marylebone, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The Young Victoria (2009) and Tipping the Velvet (2002). She has been married to Guy Garvey since June 3, 2016. They have one child.

10. David Ryall

Actor | Around the World in 80 Days

David Ryall was born on January 5, 1935 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Automata (2014) and City of Ember (2008). He was married to Penny England, Cathy Buchwald and Gillian Eddison. He died on December 25, 2014 in London,...

11. Deborah Findlay

Actress | Vanity Fair

Deborah Findlay was born in Surrey and studied English at Leeds University. She worked in Leeds with a theatre group touring plays, music, community theatre and cabaret before coming to London to work at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. She was in the original production of 'Top Girls' by Caryl ...

12. Frank Mills

Actor | Oliver Twist

Frank Mills was born on April 11, 1927 in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (2005), Big Deal (1984) and Flambards (1979). He died on February 11, 2021 in Essex, England, UK.

13. Diane Fletcher

Actress | A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Diane Fletcher was born on April 17, 1944 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), House of Cards (1990) and Macbeth (1971).

14. Mary Wimbush

Actress | K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend

Mary Wimbush was a stalwart actress of repertory and West End theatre, who played three separate roles in the long-running BBC Radio serial "The Archers".

She was born in Kenton, Middlesex in 1924. Her father was a schoolmaster and her mother trained at RADA, but did not pursue a career on the stage...

15. Samantha Bond

Actress | GoldenEye

Samantha's early theatre work includes repertory seasons at Coventry, Edinburgh, Derby, and Bristol and 'Never in My Life 'at the Soho Poly in London. After appearing in Kenneth Branagh's production of 'Romeo and Juliet' she went on to West End productions of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses', 'Man of the...

16. Jonathan Coy

Actor | The Scarlet Pimpernel

Jonathan Coy was born on April 24, 1953 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999), Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998) and Underworld (1997). He has been married to Emma Amos since 1998. They have one child. He was previously married to Louisa ...

17. Edward Jewesbury

Actor | Richard III

Edward Jewesbury was born on August 6, 1917 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Richard III (1995), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Henry V (1989). He was married to Christine Roberts. He died on March 31, 2001 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.

18. Robert Lang

Actor | Four Weddings and a Funeral

Robert Lang was born on September 24, 1934 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Dance of Death (1969) and 1990 (1977). He was married to Ann Bell. He died on November 6, 2004 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.

19. Rosemary Leach

Actress | A Room with a View

English character actress with a penchant for genteel aristocrats and kindly mothers. The daughter of teachers, she "spent some time selling shoes in Reading" before entering the acting profession. Aged eighteen, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her debut in repertory ...

20. Barry Jackson

Actor | Wimbledon

Barry Jackson was born on March 29, 1938 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Wimbledon (2004), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Midsomer Murders (1997). He was married to Denise. He died on December 5, 2013 in London, England, UK.

21. Michael Jayston

Actor | Nicholas and Alexandra

Michael was born in Nottingham where he was educated at Becket Roman Catholic Grammar School, West Bridgeford in Nottingham where he was known as Jimmy - his real name is Michael James - and where he was caned some 130 times. While that might have been a record, the one that went into the record ...

22. James Faulkner

Actor | Paul, Apostle of Christ

James Faulkner is an English actor best known for his roles as Pope Sixtus IV in the historical fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons, and as Randyll Tarly in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.

When at school, Faulkner was never deemed as an academically minded student, however compensated by immersing ...

23. Moray Watson

Actor | The Quatermass Experiment

Moray Watson was born on June 25, 1928 in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Quatermass Experiment (1953), No Wreath for the General (1960) and Nobody's Perfect (1980). He was married to Pam Marmont. He died on May 2, 2017 in Hillingdon, London, England, UK.

24. Allan Cuthbertson

Actor | The Guns of Navarone

Cuthbertson arrived in Britain in 1947, and appeared shortly thereafter as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Boltons. In London's West End, he appeared as Laertes in Hamlet, Aimwell in The Beaux Stratagem, and Octavius Robinson in Man & Superman, among many other roles.

25. Paul Brooke

Actor | The Phantom of the Opera

Paul Brooke was born on November 22, 1944 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Alfie (2004).

26. John Ringham

Actor | V for Vendetta

John Ringham was born on February 10, 1928 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Just Good Friends (1983) and The River Flows East (1962). He was married to Hedwig Felizitas Nowacki and Elizabeth Shepherd. He died on October 20, 2008 in ...

27. Colin Jeavons

Actor | St. Ives

Ubiquitous Welsh actor who has excelled as deceptively mild-mannered characters in 1960s and 70s BBC literary adaptations. His first foray of note into this genre was as the unprincipled, hedonistic cad George Wickham in Pride and Prejudice (1958). A particular favorite for Dickensian parts, ...

28. Michael Culver

Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Michael Culver was born on June 16, 1938 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), A Passage to India (1984) and Breakaway (1980). He was married to Amanda Ward and Lucinda Curtis. He died on February 27, 2024.

29. Selina Cadell

Actress | Wild Child

Selina Cadell was born on August 12, 1953 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Wild Child (2008), Match Point (2005) and Doc Martin (2004). She was previously married to Michael Thomas.

30. Frederick Treves

Actor | The Big Pull

Frederick Treves was born on March 29, 1925 in Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, England as Frederick William Treves. He was an actor, known for The Big Pull (1962) (1962), The Elephant Man (1980) (1980), St. Ives (1960) (1960) and the TV adaptation of Len Deighton's Game, Set, and Match (1988) (1988). ...

31. Margaret Tyzack

Actress | A Clockwork Orange

Margaret Tyzack was born on September 9, 1931 in Plaistow, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Match Point (2005). She was married to Alan R. Stephenson. She died on June 25, 2011 in Blackheath, London, England, UK.

32. Simon Chandler

Actor | The Man Who Knew Too Little

Simon Chandler was born on June 4, 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), The Bounty (1984) and The Lord of the Rings (1978).

33. Anna Calder-Marshall

Actress | Wuthering Heights

Anna Calder-Marshall was born on January 11, 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wuthering Heights (1970), Male of the Species (1969) and Last Christmas (2019). She has been married to David Burke since March 20, 1971. They have one child.

34. Tom Chadbon

Actor | Casino Royale

Tom Chadbon was born on February 27, 1946 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Casino Royale (2006), Rebecca (1997) and Tess (1979). He has been married to Jane Hennessy since July 20, 1977. They have one child. He was previously married to Deborah Leathers.

35. Malcolm Storry

Actor | The Princess Bride

Malcolm Storry was born on January 13, 1948 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Princess Bride (1987), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992).

36. Gabrielle Lloyd

Actress | The First Great Train Robbery

Gabrielle Lloyd is known for The Great Train Robbery (1978), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Mystery!: Campion (1989).

37. Malcolm Terris

Actor | The First Great Train Robbery

Malcolm Terris was born on January 11, 1941 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Train Robbery (1978), The Bounty (1984) and Chaplin (1992). He died on June 6, 2020 in the UK.

38. Michael Culkin

Actor | The Nest

Michael Culkin is an Irish actor. He recently completed filming the new season of Dalgleish opposite Bertie Carvel as the eponymous Inspector Dalgleish. He has written the WW2 spy series BlitzBoyz which is currently in development 2023. He appeared in the BBC 2 series, Witchfinder and the new film ...

39. Niamh Cusack

Actress | Hereafter

The daughter of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack, she along with her two brothers and two sisters were raised in Dalkey, a seaside village south of Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress known for Hereafter (2010), In Love with Alma Cogan (2012) and Paris by Night (1988). She won a scholarship to...

40. Rupert Vansittart

Actor | Braveheart

Rupert Nicholas Vansittart is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama Heartbeat and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series Game of ...

41. Hugh Walters

Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four

Hugh Walters was born on March 2, 1939 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for 1984 (1984), The Train Now Standing (1972) and Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984). He died on February 13, 2015 in London, England, UK.

42. Philip Locke

Actor | Thunderball

Philip Locke was born on March 29, 1928 in St. Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Doing Time (1979) and Oliver Twist (1982). He died on April 19, 2004 in Dedham, Essex, England, UK.

43. Hilary Mason

Actress | Don't Look Now

Although a prolific television character actress for almost half a century, Hilary Mason will be best remembered on screen as the blind, psychic Heather in the macabre supernatural thriller Don't Look Now (1973). The 1973 film starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland as John and Laura Baxter, a...

44. Phyllis Logan

Actress | Secrets & Lies

Phyllis Logan was born on January 11, 1956 in Paisley, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Secrets & Lies (1996), Another Time, Another Place (1983) and Downton Abbey (2010). She has been married to Kevin McNally since August 15, 2011. They have one child.

45. Oliver Cotton

Actor | Shanghai Knights

A distinguished-looking, latterly white-haired actor of considerable presence, Oliver Cotton has been prolific on both stage and screen and has also been making his mark as a playwright. Born in London to Norman Cotton and his Danish wife Ester, he trained for acting at the now defunct Drama Centre...

46. Iain Cuthbertson

Actor | Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

Iain Cuthbertson was born on January 4, 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Doctor Who (1963) and Scotch on the Rocks (1973). He was married to Janet Mary Smith and Anne Kristen. He died on September 4, 2009 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

47. Angus Lennie

Actor | The Great Escape

Angus Lennie was born on April 18, 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), Doctor Who (1963) and Para Handy - Master Mariner (1959). He died on September 14, 2014 in Acton, London, England, UK.

48. Robert Brown

Actor | A View to a Kill

Robert Brown was born on July 23, 1921 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A View to a Kill (1985), Licence to Kill (1989) and Octopussy (1983). He was married to Rita Becker. He died on November 11, 2003 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK.

49. John Phillips

Actor | Village of the Damned

A tall, imposing character actor with a voice to match, John Phillips brought an authoritative manner and dignified military bearing to his many roles on stage and screen. A decorated veteran of the 1944 Normandy Campaign, Phillips frequently appeared on television as uniformed senior officers and ...

50. David Ashton

Actor | The Last King of Scotland

David Ashton was born on November 10, 1941 in Greenock, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last King of Scotland (2006), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Eye of the Needle (1981).

51. Martin Cochrane

Actor | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Martin Cochrane was born in 1946 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), Patriot Games (1992) and The Haggard Falcon (1974). He has been married to Adrienne Burgess since 1994. They have one child. He was previously married to Jan Wilson.

52. Beth Goddard

Actress | X: First Class

Beth Goddard was born on March 31, 1969 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for X: First Class (2011), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999). She has been married to Philip Glenister since 2006. They have two children.

53. Christopher Good

Actor | A Bridge Too Far

Christopher Good is known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Gandhi (1982) and The Famous Five (1995).

54. Phoebe Nicholls

Actress | The Elephant Man

She has worked extensively in the theatre since making her debut in Whose Life is it Anyway with Tom Conti. At the National Theatre she performed in Pravda with Anthony Hopkins and played Sheila Birling in Stephen Daldry's revision of An Inspector Calls. At the Royal Court in London she created the...

55. Anne Reid

Actress | Hot Fuzz

Anne was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne but the family moved to Redcar when the WWII started. She was educated at White House School where she acted in a school play of Romeo and Juliet with June Laverick, who when older would also take to the stage. When Anne got older she was sent to a boarding ...

56. Caroline Harker

Actress | The Madness of King George

Caroline Harker was born in 1966 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Madness of King George (1994), Middlemarch (1994) and A Touch of Frost (1992). She is married to Anthony Calf. They have three children.

57. Christopher Ravenscroft

Actor | Henry V

Christopher Ravenscroft was born in 1946. He is an actor, known for Henry V (1989), The Football Factory (2004) and The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015).

58. Clive Morton

Actor | Kind Hearts and Coronets

Clive Morton worked for four years for the East India Dock Company, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and entering the acting profession. He made his stage debut in 1920 and did not act on screen until 1932. He was regularly employed for the next four decades, except for wartime ...

59. Bernard Hepton

Actor | Get Carter

Tall, dignified-looking Bernard Hepton enjoyed a six-decade-long career on both stage and screen during which he particularly excelled at subtle, self-effacing, or introspective roles. An electrician's son, Hepton grew up in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. Due to poor eyesight, he missed out ...

60. Janine Duvitski

Actress | The New World

Janine Drzewicki was born in the Lancashire town of Lancaster to an English mother and a Polish father. She attended school in Nottingham and later moved to London to train as an actress at the E 15 theatre school. Shortly after leaving she was given a couple of small roles in television dramas but...

61. Peter Hawkins

Actor | The Big Spender

Peter Hawkins was born on April 3, 1924 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Spender (1965), Doctor Who (1963) and The Storyteller (1987). He was married to Rosemary Miller. He died on July 8, 2006 in London, England, UK.

62. Tony Melody

Actor | Without Motive

Tony Melody played character parts in many of Britain's most popular TV shows, including Coronation Street (1960), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Last of the Summer Wine (1973). For 15 years he played the neighbour, Mr. Higginbottom, in The Clitheroe Kid on BBC radio. Melody's long, hangdog face also ...

63. Barbara Jefford

Actress | The Ninth Gate

Distinguished Devon-born British actress, acclaimed for her commanding performances on the classical stage. Jefford did her initial training at the Hartly-Hodder School of Speech and Drama and graduated from RADA in 1949. Following her professional acting debut that same year, she spent a year on ...

64. Derek Benfield

Actor | Lifeforce

Derek Benfield was born on March 11, 1926 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Lifeforce (1985), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) and The Brothers (1972). He was married to Susan Lyall Grant. He died on March 10, 2009 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.

65. Patsy Byrne

Actress | Les Misérables

Patsy Byrne was born on July 13, 1933 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Les Misérables (1998), Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) and Watching (1987). She was married to Patrick John Francis Noel Seccombe. She died on June 17, 2014 in Denville Hall, Northwood, ...

66. T.R. Bowen

Actor | Run Fatboy Run

T.R. Bowen was born in 1942 in Burma. He is an actor and writer, known for Run Fatboy Run (2007), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991).

67. Dermot Crowley

Actor | Luther: The Fallen Sun

Dermot Crowley was born on March 19, 1947 in Cork, Ireland. He is an actor and producer, known for Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Foreigner (2017). He has been married to Suzanne Smith since July 3, 1982.

68. Julia St John

Actress | The Brittas Empire

Julia St John was born on August 3, 1956 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Brittas Empire (1991), The Young Victoria (2009) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). She has been married to Peter McEnery since 1997.

69. David Ross

Actor | The Green Green Grass

David Ross is a British actor from Blackburn, Lancashire. He is most known for his work in television series, where he has enjoyed a lengthy career. He has also appeared stage productions and films.

David Ross' most famous role was that of Kryten during his first appearance on comedy series Red Dwarf...

70. Peter Halliday

Actor | The Remains of the Day

One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, ...

71. Oliver Ford Davies

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Eminent English actor Oliver Ford Davies began his career in academia. The son of a teacher, he studied at Merton College, Oxford University, where he became president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and performed on stage with the experimental Theatre Club at the age of twenty. After ...

72. Adrian Lukis

Actor | Judy

Adrian Lukis was born in 1958 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Judy (2019), Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Back Home (2001). He has been married to Michele L Costa since November 1985. They have one child.

73. John Nettleton

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

British character actor of prolific output, a RADA graduate of 1951 and first on the professional stage the following year in Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus'. Nettleton was for many years an ensemble member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He first graced the screen in 1956 and soon found his niche in ...

74. Donald Pickering

Actor | The Man Who Knew Too Little

Donald Pickering was born on November 15, 1933 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and The Pallisers (1974). He died on December 19, 2009 in Gloucestershire, England, UK.

75. Patrick Cargill

Actor | Help!

Best known for his appearances on British television in the comedy series Father, Dear Father (1968), Patrick Cargill was also a distinguished stage actor and a brilliant farceur. His immaculate timing was known throughout the profession to the point that when directors were casting a certain type ...

76. Geoffrey Freshwater

Actor | Foyle's War

Geoffrey Freshwater was born in England, UK. He is known for Foyle's War (2002), Will (2017) and Sorry! (1981).

77. Jonathan Newth

Actor | The Day of the Triffids

Jonathan Newth was born on March 6, 1939 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Day of the Triffids (1981), Pretenders (1972) and Champions (1984). He has been married to Gay Wilde since 1979. They have four children. He was previously married to Joanna Brookes.

78. Mary Healey

Actress | Chaplin

Mary Healey was born in 1942 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Chaplin (1992), Line of Duty (2012) and Doctor Who (1963). She is married to Morgan Deare.

79. Geoffrey Whitehead

Actor | A Legacy

He may well be the only professional actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis, having interpreted the great detective in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980) on TV and the 'Napoleon of Crime' Professor Moriarty in the burlesque spoof The Newly Discovered Casebook of ...

80. Ann Morrish

Actress | General Motors Presents

Ann Morrish was born on June 15, 1928 in Godstone, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Encounter (1952), The Wednesday Play (1964) and The Protectors (1964).

81. Dominic Jephcott

Actor | Emmerdale Farm

Dominic Jephcott was born on July 28, 1957 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) and Paradise Postponed (1986).

82. Elizabeth Spriggs

Actress | Sense and Sensibility

Elizabeth Spriggs was born on September 18, 1929 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Paradise Road (1997). She was married to Murray Manson, Marshall Jones and Kenneth Spriggs. ...

83. Derek Bond

Actor | Scott of the Antarctic

Scottish-born Derek Bond was a leading man of post-war British films fondly remembered for his portrayal of the titular hero in Ealing Studios' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947), an adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

The actor was born in Glasgow on January 26, 1920, the son ...

84. Michael Goodliffe

Actor | A Night to Remember

Michael Goodliffe was born on October 1, 1914 in Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), Peeping Tom (1960) and The One That Got Away (1957). He was married to Dorothy Margaret Tyndale. He died on March 20, 1976 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.

85. T.P. McKenna

Actor | Ulysses

Character actor Thomas Patrick McKenna was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1929. A prolific theatre actor throughout his career, he made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954.

He made his film debut in the IRA-Nazi drama The ...

86. Harry Towb

Actor | The Blue Max

Harry Towb was a Northern Ireland-born character actor on stage and in films and television. He was born in Larne, County Antrim, to Jewish parents. His father was a Russian emigrant. Harry Towb once claimed he was the only Jew ever born in Larne. He grew up in Belfast, making his stage debut at ...

87. Dave Atkins

Actor | Hellraiser

Dave Atkins was born on October 11, 1940 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hellraiser (1987), The Little World of Don Camillo (1981) and Prick Up Your Ears (1987). He died on April 23, 2008 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

88. Richenda Carey

Actress | Colonia

Richenda Carey (born in Bitton, South Gloucestershire, England) is an English theatre, television and film actress, who is mostly known for her roles in Monarch of the Glen, Jeeves and Wooster, Crush and later, Separate Lies and Criminal Justice. She appeared in an episode of the sitcom Chalk as ...

89. Edward Lexy

Actor | South Riding

Edward Lexy was born on February 18, 1897 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for South Riding (1938), The Terror (1938) and Family Affairs (1949). He died on January 31, 1970 in Dublin, Ireland.

90. John Welsh

Actor | Krull

John Welsh was born on November 7, 1914 in Wexford, Ireland. He was an actor and production manager, known for Krull (1983), To Serve Them All My Days (1980) and Tales from Soho (1956). He died on April 21, 1985 in Richmond, London, England, UK.

91. Cyril Luckham

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

Cyril Luckham was born on July 25, 1907 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Guardians (1971) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982). He was married to Violet Lamb. He died on February 8, 1989 in London, England, UK.

92. Norman Bird

Actor | The Lord of the Rings

Norman Bird was born on October 30, 1924 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), The League of Gentlemen (1960) and Maniac (1963). He was married to Nona Blair. He died on April 22, 2005 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK.

93. Richard Davies

Actor | Zulu

Richard Davies was born Dennis Wilfred Davies on January 25, 1926 in Dowlais, Wales.

In a television era unabashed at employing cultural and racial stereotypes for easy and often dubious humour, Richard Davies grew accustomed to finding himself typecast as irascible Welshmen perpetually bothered and...

94. Julian Glover

Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Julian Wyatt Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, to Honor Ellen Morgan (Wyatt), a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He is of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Primarily a classical stage actor, Glover trained at the National Youth ...

95. Roy Dotrice

Actor | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The ever-impressive, chameleon-like British character actor Roy Dotrice was born on the Island of Guernsey, which is part of the United Kingdom, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of France. He was the first-born child of Louis and Neva Dotrice who prospered as bakers. The Germans occupied ...

96. Rowena Cooper

Actress | Poirot

Rowena Cooper was born in 1935 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. She is an actress, known for Poirot (1989), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and Dentist in the Chair (1960). She was previously married to Terrence Hardiman.

97. Ann Bell

Actress | Tenko

Ann Bell was born on April 29, 1938 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tenko (1981), The Lost Boys (1978) and The Forsyte Saga (2002). She was previously married to Robert Lang.

98. Philip Bird

Actor | Imagine Me & You

Philip Bird is known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Love at First Sight (2023) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011).

99. Edward Hardwicke

Actor | Elizabeth

Edward Hardwicke was born on August 7, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Elizabeth (1998), Oliver Twist (2005) and Oppenheimer (1980). He was married to Prim Cotton and Anne Iddon. He died on May 16, 2011 in Chichester, England, UK.

100. Vladek Sheybal

Actor | Red Dawn

Looking back at his filmography, it isn't difficult to imagine Vladek Sheybal in a scene, lobbing Molotov cocktails at advancing German troops, against a backdrop of war-torn Warsaw. However, this part of his life played out for real. A member of the Polish underground, he was twice captured and ...