Alan Howard: movies and TV shows
Alan Howard has 50 credits in the archive: 31 films and 19 TV series, from 1955 to 2003. Highest rated: Playing Shakespeare (9.7/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2003 · busiest year: 1989 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Ring (voice) | Film | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2003 | Death in Holy Orders | Father Sebastian Morell | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Stephen Beck | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | The Ring (voice) | Film | 8.4 | 63 |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Francis Spenlow | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Francis Spenlow | TV | — | 62 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Owen August | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1993 | Anna Lee: Headcase | Mr. Hahn | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1993 | The Secret Rapture | Tom French | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1993 | Da Vinci's War | Governor | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1992 | Witchcraft | Alan Oakfield | TV | 3.7 | 54 |
| 1992 | Dakota Road | Alan Brandon | Film | 4.4 | 54 |
| 1990 | A Little Piece of Sunshine | Sam McCready | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | Antigone/Rites of Passion | Haemon & Polynices (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | The Price of the Bride | Sam McCready | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | Death Has a Bad Reputation | Sam McCready | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Benedict Farley / Hugo Cornworthy | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Michael | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Dog It Was That Died | Purvis | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Oliver Cromwell | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1989 | Frederick Forsyth Presents | Sam McCready | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1989 | A Casualty of War | Sam McCready | Film | — | 51 |
| 1989 | Strapless | Mr. Cooper | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1989 | Just Another Secret | Sam McCready | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Jack Brotherhood | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1987 | Life Story | Maurice Wilkins | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Grahame | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | The Duke of Holdernesse | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Clement Scott | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | A Better Class of Person | Tom Osborne | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1985 | Poppyland | Clement Scott | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | The Duke of Holdernesse | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | TV | 9.7 | 46 | |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Simon Rutledge | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1984 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1984 | The Tragedy of Coriolanus | Coriolanus | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1984 | Talk to Me | Dr Harris | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1978 | Life Begins at Forty | Dr Payne | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Duchy Chamberlain | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Way of the World | Mirabell | Film | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | King Alfred | TV | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1968 | Work Is a 4-Letter Word | Reverend Mort | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Theophilus St. James | TV | — | 29 |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Oli | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily | Port Ensign | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart | Parliamentary Private Secretary | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1961 | Victim | Frank | Film | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1960 | Maigret | TV | 7.1 | 22 | |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week | Det. Con. Morton | TV | 4.0 | 17 |