Anthony Ainley: movies and TV shows
Anthony Ainley has 57 credits in the archive: 29 films and 28 TV series, from 1942 to 2020. Highest rated: Doctor Who (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1942 – 2020 · busiest year: 1963 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2019 | Hanging by a Thread: The Making of Logopolis | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 86 |
| 2015 | Longleat '83: The Lost Footage | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us | The Master (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2006 | Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani' | (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1993 | Police 5: The Master | The Master (archive footage) | Film | — | 60 |
| 1989 | Doctor Who: Survival | The Master | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe | The Master | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1985 | Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani | The Master | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 51 | |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: Planet of Fire | The Master | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani | The Master | Film | 9.8 | 51 |
| 1983 | Doctor Who: The Five Doctors | The Master | Film | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1983 | Once Upon a Time Lord | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1983 | Doctor Who: The King's Demons | The Master/Sir Gilles Estram | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 1982 | Doctor Who: Castrovalva | The Master / The Portreeve | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1982 | Doctor Who: Time-Flight | The Master / Kalid | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: Logopolis | The Master | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken | Tremas / The Master | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Johnson | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1977 | Target | Alexander Trist | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1977 | Jubilee 1977 | Antony Gerard | TV | — | 44 |
| 1977 | Nicholas Nickleby | Sir Mulberry Hawk | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1977 | Plain Jane | Antony Gerard | Film | — | 44 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Reverend Emilius | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1974 | The Land That Time Forgot | Dietz | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1973 | Warship | TV | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Josef Kerston | TV | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1972 | Spyder's Web | Clive Hawksworth | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Lord Charles Gilmour | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Henry Sidney | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1971 | Brett | TV | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 1971 | The Blood on Satan's Claw | Reverend Fallowfield | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1971 | Welcome Home | Bowers-One | Film | — | 38 |
| 1971 | Assault | Mr. Bartell | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Senior House Officer | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | John Phillips | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1969 | Department S | Supervisor | TV | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | 3rd Aide | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | Bomber LeBec | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1968 | Joanna | Bruce | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Hong Kong Policeman | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1966 | Naked Evil | Dick Alderson | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Ferdinand Gadd | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Frank Bowers-One | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1964 | It's Dark Outside | Det. Sgt. Hunter | TV | — | 31 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.9 | 30 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Kalid | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Tremas / The Master | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Master / Portreeve | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Master / Sir Gilles Estram | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Tremas | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Master | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Master (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Sunley | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1942 | The Foreman Went to France | Boy | Film | 6.6 | 9 |