Charles Kay: movies and TV shows
Charles Kay has 74 credits in the archive: 28 films and 46 TV series, from 1955 to 2025. Highest rated: Sherlock Holmes (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2025 · busiest year: 1974 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Schadenfreude | Professor Maltus | Film | — | 94 |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | St John Artemis | TV | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2006 | Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II | Pope Paul VI | Film | 5.1 | 75 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Canon Pennyfather | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Gribsby | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1999 | Beautiful People | George Thornton | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Henry York | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Arno Gibbs | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Elliot Strange | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Monty Francis | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1996 | PROBE: Unnatural Selection | Julius Quilter | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1994 | Heart of Darkness | Secretary | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1994 | Law and Disorder | TV | 7.3 | 63 | |
| 1994 | Willie's War | Captain Bassett | Film | 8.5 | 63 |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles | Humphrey | TV | 4.3 | 62 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Monsieur Eugène Mollet | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 1991 | Fiddlers Three | J.J. Morley | TV | — | 60 |
| 1989 | Henry V | Archbishop of Canterbury | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1988 | Thompson | TV | 5.0 | 57 | |
| 1988 | Menace Unseen | Edward Coniston | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Dobson | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Professor Weinberg | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1986 | School for Vandals | Neil | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1985 | Edge of Darkness | Pendleton | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 1985 | Home to Roost | Mr Padbury | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Mr Kaufman | TV | 4.0 | 54 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Professor Presbury | TV | 8.2 | 53 |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Count Orsini-Rosenberg | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1984 | The Life and Death of King John | King Phillip of France | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel | Rainaldi | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Peter Westgate | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter | King Charles I | Film | — | 50 |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, K.C. | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1980 | A Question of Guilt | Dr Addington | TV | — | 49 |
| 1980 | To Serve Them All My Days | Alcock | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1980 | Nijinsky | Argentine Ambassador | Film | 4.9 | 49 |
| 1980 | Minor Complications | Brunston | Film | — | 49 |
| 1979 | Minder | John Sutton | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1979 | To the Manor Born | Cadwallader | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Louis VII | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1978 | Fairies | Arthur Wright | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Arthur Wright | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1977 | Target | Charles Rosetti | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Dr Felix Kraus | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Gallus | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1976 | Loyalties | de Levis | Film | — | 45 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Robin Peppiatt | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Westminster Guide | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1975 | The Prodigal Daughter | Father Vernon | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | King | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Sir Thomas Fairfax | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Tsar Nicholas II | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Montague Porch | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1974 | Microbes and Men | Roux | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Montague Porch | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | Miss Nightingale | Sidney Herbert | Film | — | 43 |
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Prince of Aragon | Film | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 41 | |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Inspecteur Chilton | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1972 | The Duchess of Malfi | Ferdinand | Film | — | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | C.A. Brunston, Q.C. | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Lightborn (in Edward II) | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1967 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | Film | — | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | de Levis | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Tybalt | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Vladimir Talberg | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Sir John Hume / Clarence | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | The Dauphine | Film | 8.7 | 34 |
| 1964 | Detective | Edgar Allan Poe | TV | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Edgar Tibbs | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Piccadilly Third Stop | Toddy | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 28 | |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Tom Kay | Film | 5.9 | 27 |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week | Eric Sawbridge | TV | 4.0 | 24 |