Denis Lill: movies and TV shows
Denis Lill has 94 credits in the archive: 31 films and 63 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 1972 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Salt Path | Dog Walker | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2018 | Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators | Eddie Dogberry | TV | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2003 | The Royal | Mr. Rose | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2003 | Never Say Never Mind | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth | Clement Attlee | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2001 | 24 | Captain of the Letitcia | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1999 | CI5: The New Professionals | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Film | 5.0 | 56 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Simeon Rowling | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Woman's Husband | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1997 | Rebecca | Giles | TV | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1997 | Mrs. Dalloway | Doctor Holmes | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1997 | The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show | Colonel Dunbar | Film | — | 55 |
| 1996 | Element of Doubt | Simon | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1995 | Richard III | Lord Mayor | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1994 | Outside Edge | Dennis Broadley | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Bradstreet | TV | 8.7 | 52 |
| 1994 | In The Cold Light Of Day | Mr. Loveless | Film | — | 52 |
| 1994 | Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups | Simulant Captain | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1993 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Cyril | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | Steve Fleming | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | TV | 7.2 | 50 | |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Alan Baines | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Inspector Jefferies | TV | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Frank Kepple | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1990 | The Upper Hand | The Aussie | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Reuben | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 1989 | Batman | Bob the Cartoonist | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky | Blake | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | Summer's Lease | TV | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 1989 | Summer's Lease | Ken Corduroy | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1989 | A Beginners Guide to Freud | Joseph Bretter | Film | — | 47 |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Simulant Captain / Death | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1988 | Hannay | TV | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1988 | The Fear | George Klein | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1988 | Salome's Last Dance | Tigellenus / Chilvers | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Beadle | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Tom Porter | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Walter Fisher | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | TV | 8.4 | 44 | |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Bradstreet | TV | 8.8 | 44 |
| 1985 | Mapp & Lucia | Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1985 | The Innocent | Doctor | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1985 | Arthur the King | King Pellinore | Film | 3.7 | 43 |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Dr. Howe | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Bradstreet | TV | 8.2 | 42 |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Stefan Horvath | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1984 | Charlie | James Grant | TV | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: The Awakening | Sir George Hutchinson | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Sir Talbot Buxomly | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | D'Arcy | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | TV | 6.4 | 41 | |
| 1983 | China Rose | Supt. George | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Inspector Hodgson | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Count de Tournay | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1982 | Bad Blood | Ted Best | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | George Marshall | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses | Alan Parry | TV | 8.1 | 39 |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul | James I | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1981 | Hedda Gabler | George Tesmen | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1981 | The Journal of Bridget Hitler | Alois Hitler | Film | — | 39 |
| 1979 | Terry and June | Inspector Gammage | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1979 | Screenplay | Martin Cathcar | TV | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1978 | Lillie | King Edward VII | TV | 8.3 | 36 |
| 1978 | Lillie | Prince of Wales / 'Bertie' | TV | 8.3 | 36 |
| 1978 | Full Circle | Doctor | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Josef Merhart | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1977 | The Upchat Line | Oliver | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl | Dr. Fendelman | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Churchill's aide | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Mr. Bernard | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1975 | Angels | TV | 4.5 | 33 | |
| 1975 | Survivors | Charles Vaughan | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1975 | Madame Bovary | Rodolphe Boulanger | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Alois Hitler | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Lord Moleyns | TV | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | 'Fritz', Prince Frederick William | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1974 | The Gathering Storm | George VI | Film | 8.2 | 32 |
| 1974 | The Case of Eliza Armstrong | William Thomas Stead | TV | — | 32 |
| 1974 | Who Killed Lamb? | Sgt. Beck | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1973 | Warship | TV | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 30 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Rick Gray | TV | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Nigel Winterbourne | TV | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Van Houten | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Roberts | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Regiment | Alfred Slingsby | TV | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1972 | Dead of Night | Froggat | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Train Now Standing | Mr. Potts | TV | — | 30 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Stephen Howard | TV | 8.3 | 27 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Sir George Hutchinson | TV | 7.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Dr. Fendelman | TV | 7.9 | 21 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 20 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | George VI | TV | 8.8 | 9 |