David Robb: movies and TV shows
David Robb has 91 credits in the archive: 46 films and 45 TV series, from 1965 to 2025. Highest rated: Takin' Over the Asylum (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2025 · busiest year: 1978 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Patience | Professor John Greville | TV | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Dr Clarkson | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2022 | Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2021 | All Those Small Things | David | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2017 | Clique | Dean Wentworth | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2017 | Against the Law | Lord Wolfenden | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | Sacrifice | Richard Guthrie | Film | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Sir Thomas Boleyn | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Thomas Boleyn | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2014 | They're Coming To Get You Jack | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Dr. Clarkson | TV | 8.1 | 62 |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law | Cooke | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria | Whig Member | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Lord Farrar | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2008 | The History of the Devil | Narrator | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 2008 | Sharpe's Peril | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 2007 | M.I. High | Brian Gainsborough | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Admiral Sir William Winter | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2006 | Lost Worlds | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Dr. Lyle Wexler | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2004 | 2004: The Stupid Version | Himself | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | John Rennie | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2002 | Footballers' Wives | Mr. Owen | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen | TV | 7.3 | 52 | |
| 2000 | Rebus | Daniel Raeburn | TV | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1999 | Treasure Island | Doctor Livesey | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Charles MacKillop | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1997 | The Princess Stallion | Ian Stewart | Film | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1997 | Regeneration | Dr. McIntyre | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1996 | The Crow Road | Fergus Urvill | TV | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1996 | Half the Picture | Michael Heseltine / Alan Barrett | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1996 | Famous Fred | Ginger (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Dr Cairns | TV | 8.4 | 46 |
| 1994 | Hellbound | King Richard | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1994 | Julius Caesar | Brutus | Film | — | 46 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Major Tredinnick | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Dr. Berger | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Dr. Dietrich Berger | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Kalas | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Guy Foxton | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Brutus (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1992 | Strathblair | Andrew Menzies | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1992 | To Be the Best | Shane O'Neill | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1991 | Some Other Spring | Ralph | Film | — | 43 |
| 1991 | Parnell & the Englishwoman | Capt. Willie O'Shea | TV | — | 43 |
| 1988 | The Deceivers | George Anglesmith | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1988 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | Armand Forrestieur | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1988 | Wall of Tyranny | Lt. Karl Pressler | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Dreams Lost, Dreams Found | Ross Fleming | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Henry Reeve-Jones | TV | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1986 | First Among Equals | Andrew Fraser | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Off Peak | Tom | Film | — | 37 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Vincent Rhodes | TV | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Sallust | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1984 | Morte d'Arthur | Sir Lancelot | Film | — | 36 |
| 1984 | Paint Me a Murder | Vincent Rhodes | Film | 8.5 | 36 |
| 1983 | Taggart | TV | 6.4 | 35 | |
| 1983 | Dangerous Corner | Robert Caplan | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1983 | The Wars | Major Terry | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Robin Hood | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Film | 4.0 | 34 | |
| 1981 | The Flame Trees of Thika | Robin | TV | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1981 | Fanny by Gaslight | Captain Charles Tennant | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1980 | Hamlet | Laertes | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1979 | The Legend of King Arthur | Sir Lancelot | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1978 | The Sandbaggers | Paul Dalgetty | TV | 8.3 | 30 |
| 1978 | Hazell | Jonathon Clayton | TV | 5.2 | 30 |
| 1978 | Out | Swann | TV | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1978 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1978 | Scorpion Tales | Lieutenant James White | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1978 | Something's Wrong | John | Film | — | 30 |
| 1978 | The Four Feathers | Thomas Willoughby | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1978 | Destiny | Peter Crosby | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1978 | Hess | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Philip Hambleton | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Jordan | TV | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1977 | Caledonian Cascade | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1977 | The Standard | English Officer | Film | 4.3 | 29 |
| 1977 | The Winslow Boy | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Germanicus | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1976 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1976 | French Without Tears | Brian Curtis | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | 2nd Lt. Winters | Film | 5.9 | 27 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Penda's Thegn | TV | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1974 | The Swordsman | Alex Zendor | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1970 | Villette | Count de Hamal | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1969 | Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Brian Curtis | TV | 5.3 | 17 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | John Watherstone | TV | 5.3 | 17 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Robert Caplan | TV | 5.3 | 17 |