ACTOR
James Wilby
Known for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare · Agatha Christie's Poirot · Midsomer Murders
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1958
- Birthplace
- Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).
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Known For
MOVIE
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareViscount Algernon · 2024
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Agatha Christie's PoirotAndrew Restarick · 1989
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
TV
Midsomer MurdersEdward Milton · 1997
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
TV
Death in ParadiseElias Thomson · 2011
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
TV
Sherlock HolmesYoung Barclay · 1984
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
TV
The StorytellerPrince · 1988
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
TV
Silent Witness2 eps · 1996
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
CasualtyArchie Grayling · 1986
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
Filmography
Movies
PrivilegedJamie
1982
DreamchildBaker
1985
Dutch GirlsDundine
1985
A Room with a ViewParty Guest (uncredited)
1986
MauriceMaurice Hall
1987
A Handful of DustTony Last
1988
A Summer StoryFrank Ashton
1988
The Storyteller: SapsorrowPrince
1988C
ConspiracyStringer
1989
Tell Me That You Love MeMichael Evans
1991
The Siege of VeniceMilord Runbiff
1991
Adam BedeArthur Donnithorne
1992
Howards EndCharles Wilcox
1992
Immaculate ConceptionAlistair
1992
The Chess GameLord Staunton
1994
The Treasure SeekersHenry Carlisle
1996
Witness Against HitlerHelmuth James von Moltke
1996
Regeneration2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
1997
The Woman In WhiteSir Percival Glyde
1997
An Ideal HusbandSir Robert Chiltern
1999
Cotton MaryJohn MacIntosh
1999
The Dark RoomDr Alan Protheroe
1999
Tom's Midnight GardenUncle Alan Kitson
1999
Gosford ParkFreddie Nesbitt
2001
Jump TomorrowNathan
2001
Bertie and ElizabethKing George VI, aka 'Bertie'
2002GE
George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeHerbert Spencer
2002
The Making of Gosford ParkSelf (uncredited)
2002
Sparkling CyanideStephen Farraday
2003
De-LovelyEdward Thomas
2004
Clapham JunctionJulian Rowan
2007
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling YouJohn Locke
2007
The Last Days of the RajLord Mountbatten
2007
A Risk Worth TakingPatrick Trenchard
2008
Lady GodivaEarl of Mercia, Leofric
2008
Shadows in the SunRobert
2009
We Need to Talk About KieranProfessor Hugh Merrill
2011
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryWilfred De'Ath
2012V
VincentThe Man
2013
ChickLitGeoffrey
2016
Churchill's SecretBrendan Bracken
2016
The Sense of an EndingDavid Ford
2017
E. M. Forster: His Longest JourneyNarrator
2019
SaltConrad
2019
The DukeJudge Aarvold
2021
MasqueradeThomas
2022
Merchant IvorySelf
2024
Mystery at the Prospect HotelMr. Vincent
2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareViscount Algernon
2024
Vindication SwimMr. Havers
2024Television
Sherlock HolmesYoung Barclay · 1 eps
1984
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesYoung James · 1 eps
1984
The Bill1 eps
1984
CasualtyArchie Grayling · 3 eps
1986
The StorytellerPrince · 1 eps
1988
A Tale of Two CitiesSydney Carton · 2 eps
1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotAndrew Restarick · 1 eps
1989
Mother LoveChristopher "Kit" Vesey · 4 eps
1989
Screen OneArthur Donnithorne · 1 eps
1989Screen OneMichael Evans · 1 eps
1989
Tales from the CryptNick Marvin · 1 eps
1989
Lady ChatterleySir Clifford Chatterley, Bt · 4 eps
1993YM
You, Me and ItCharles Henderson · 3 eps
1993
Crocodile Shoes13 eps
1994
Silent Witness2 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersEdward Milton · 1 eps
1997
Original SinGerard Etienne · 2 eps
1997
The Woman In WhiteSir Percival Glyde · 2 eps
1997
Trial & RetributionJames McCready · 1 eps
1997
The Dark RoomDr. Alan Protheroe · 2 eps
1999
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years1 eps
2001
Murder in MindDaniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton · 1 eps
2001
Foyle's WarMajor Cornwall · 1 eps
2002
Agatha Christie's MarpleStanley Kirkwood · 1 eps
2004
Island at WarSen. James Dorr · 6 eps
2004
JerichoAlan Mills · 1 eps
2005
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireOfonius Tigellinus · 1 eps
2006
LewisHugh Mallory · 1 eps
2007
Secret Diary of a Call GirlHenry · 1 eps
2007
Death in ParadiseElias Thomson · 1 eps
2011
Ripper StreetCharles Broadwick · 1 eps
2012
TitanicBruce Ismay · 4 eps
2012
Father BrownSefton Scott · 1 eps
2013
The Great Train RobberyJohn Wheater · 2 eps
2013
LegendsHeadmaster · 4 eps
2014
PoldarkLord Falmouth · 10 eps
2015
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. WellsPawkins · 1 eps
2016
VictoriaSir Piers Gifford · 1 eps
2016
The Famous FiveMr. Vincent · 1 eps
2023
The Marlow Murder ClubSir Peter Bailey · 2 eps
2024
I, Jack WrightMax Preston · 5 eps
2025Photos
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