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Paul Jesson
ACTOR

Paul Jesson

Known for The Crown · Mr. Turner · Vera Drake

Snapshot 2026-10-16

Born
Jul 6, 1946
Birthplace
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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Known For

TVThe Crown
The CrownSir Geoffrey Howe · 2016
★ 8.2
MOVIEMr. Turner
Mr. TurnerWilliam Turner Snr · 2014
★ 6.5
MOVIEVera Drake
Vera DrakeMagistrate · 2004
★ 7.2
TVMidsomer Murders
Midsomer MurdersLynton Pargeter · 1997
★ 7.5
TVEndeavour
EndeavourProfessor Ernest Burrowes · 2013
★ 8.1
MOVIEAll or Nothing
All or NothingRon · 2002
★ 7.1
TVVera
VeraDale Acreman · 2011
★ 7.4
TVSpooks
SpooksGuy Facer · 2002
★ 7.7

Filmography

Movies

Waiting at the Field GateRon
1975
JoggersEdgar
1981
The Muscle MarketJohn
1981
The Winter's TaleClown
1981
Home Sweet HomeMan in Dressing Gown
1982
Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf (archive footage)
1982
Acceptable LevelsMajor Green
1983
CymbelineCloten
1983
Henry VI Part 1Second Messenger to King
1983
Henry VI Part 2John Holland / George Plantagenet
1983
Henry VI Part 3George, Duke of Clarence
1983
The Tragedy of Richard IIIGeorge, Duke of Clarence
1983
The Tragedy of CoriolanusFirst Citizen
1984
Love's Labour's LostCostard
1985
Pity in HistoryBoys
1985
Quartermaine's TermsDerek Meadle
1987
RL
Resnick: Lonely HeartsDet Chief Supt Jack Skelton
1992
RR
Resnick: Rough TreatmentDet Chief Supt Jack Skelton
1993
The Trial of Lord LucanDet. Chief Supt. Ranson
1994
All or NothingRon
2002
Danielle Cable: EyewitnessBrian Boyce
2003
Vera DrakeMagistrate
2004
MargaretKenneth Baker
2009
CoriolanusTribune Brutus
2011
National Theatre Live: King LearEarl of Gloucester
2011
National Theatre Live: Travelling LightMaurice Montgomery
2012
Closer to the MoonStudio Manager
2014
Mr. TurnerWilliam Turner Snr
2014
The Sound of Music Live!Admiral von Schreiber
2015
MarrowboneDoctor
2017
RSC Live: CoriolanusMenenius
2017
The Children ActHumphrey
2018
SittingJohn
2021
ElsinoreNational Theatre Window Banger
2026
Tender Loving CareGeoff
2026
The Old Man & The ThiefRobert
2026
Untitled 13

Television

Carry On LaughingMessenger · 1 eps
1975
ClayhangerTom Swetnam · 4 eps
1976
The BBC Television Shakespeare1 eps
1978
WidowsD.I. Alec Fuller · 2 eps
1983
WidowsD.I. Fuller · 1 eps
1983
WidowsDS Alec Fuller · 6 eps
1983
A Very Peculiar PracticeP.R. Prettiman · 1 eps
1986
Intimate ContactTrevor Singleton · 2 eps
1987
A Touch of FrostDS Dorridge · 3 eps
1992
Pie in the SkyChief Constable Stokes · 1 eps
1994
Midsomer MurdersLynton Pargeter · 1 eps
1997
Midsomer MurdersHector Bridges · 1 eps
1997
The GlassC.T. · 6 eps
2001
Foyle's WarGodfrey Watson · 1 eps
2002
SpooksGuy Facer · 2 eps
2002
Working Shakespeare5 eps
2003
The Devil's WhoreBradshaw · 1 eps
2008
The Bible: A History2 eps
2010
VeraDale Acreman · 1 eps
2011
EndeavourProfessor Ernest Burrowes · 1 eps
2013
Chewing GumNoah · 1 eps
2015
The Trials of Jimmy RoseRoy Anderson · 3 eps
2015
The CrownSir Geoffrey Howe · 5 eps
2016

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