Alec McCowen: movies and TV shows
Alec McCowen has 78 credits in the archive: 47 films and 31 TV series, from 1950 to 2002. Highest rated: Festival (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2002 · busiest year: 1983 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Reverend Raleigh | Film | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Jorkins | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Jorkins | TV | — | 75 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Sir Frank Dyson | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sir Christian Aubrey | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1995 | Cruel Train | Supt. Fish | Film | 4.3 | 70 |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Sillerton Jackson | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1993 | Maria's Child | Father Eugene McCarthy | Film | 3.3 | 68 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends | Thucydides | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1990 | St Mark's Gospel | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1989 | Henry V | Bishop of Ely | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1989 | Dialogue in the Dark | David Hume | Film | — | 64 |
| 1988 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Dr. Chasuble | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Acting High Comissioner | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1987 | Personal Services | Wing Commander Morten | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Dr. Chasuble | TV | — | 60 |
| 1985 | The Assam Garden | Mr. Philpott | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Mr. Palfrey | TV | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle | Rakowski | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1983 | Never Say Never Again | Q 'Algy' Algernon | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | TV | 6.4 | 58 | |
| 1983 | Storyboard | Palfrey | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | Storyboard | Aeneas Sampson | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | Forever Young | Father Vincent | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | The Secret Adversary | Sir James Peel Edgerton | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1982 | All for Love | Silcox | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1982 | A Dedicated Man | Silcox | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Trenchard | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1981 | Plays for Pleasure | Ralph | TV | — | 56 |
| 1980 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1979 | Hanover Street | Maj. Trumbo | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1979 | Henry V | Chorus | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1978 | When the Actors Come | The Count | Film | — | 53 |
| 1978 | Stevie | Freddy | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | The Count | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Lampard | TV | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1976 | Private Lives | Elyot Chase | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1976 | A Man of Morality | Finn | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Finn | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | James Addishaw | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1972 | Frenzy | DCI Tim Oxford | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt | Henry Pulling | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1972 | Triple Exposure | Percy | Film | — | 47 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | TV | 4.7 | 46 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Percy | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1970 | Solo | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1970 | The Hawaiians | Micah Hale | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Antipholus of Syracuse | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1966 | The Witches | Alan Bax | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Martin Luther | TV | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Philip | TV | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Willie | TV | 4.2 | 40 |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Cardinal | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Harry | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Private Secretary | TV | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Alfred Poole | TV | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1963 | Festival | Antipholus of Syracuse | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Dickie Bayliss | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1962 | Studio 4 | Tom O'Neill | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Brown, House Master | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1959 | The Doctor's Dilemma | Redpenny | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1958 | A Night to Remember | Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam | Film | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Silent Enemy | Able Seaman Morgan | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Alec Graham | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | Rope | Brandon | Film | — | 32 |
| 1957 | The One That Got Away | Duty Officer, Hucknall | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Peter Crowley (as Alec Mc Cowen) | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Albert Oakroyd | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Maurice Bouillet | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1956 | The Long Arm | House Surgeon | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1955 | The Deep Blue Sea | Ken Thompson | Film | 4.9 | 30 |
| 1954 | The Matchmaker | Barnaby Tucker | Film | — | 29 |
| 1954 | The Divided Heart | Reporter | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Tonbridge | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Quillary | TV | 3.5 | 25 |