Derek Francis: movies and TV shows
Derek Francis has 118 credits in the archive: 58 films and 60 TV series, from 1956 to 2005. Highest rated: The Main Chance (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2005 · busiest year: 1964 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Best Of Dick Emery | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2001 | On Location: The Carry Ons | Brother Martin (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 77 |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Pemberton | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Bishop Lec | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Lord Kingsclere | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1982 | The Agatha Christie Hour | Uncle George | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1982 | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | His Grace | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1981 | Great Expectations | Mr Jaggers | TV | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1979 | Electric Eskimo | Film | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Len Hatch | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | John Howard | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | Bishop | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1977 | Nicholas Nickleby | Wackford Squeers | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1977 | Beryl Reid | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1977 | That's Carry On! | Brother Martin (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1977 | Three Dangerous Ladies | Benson | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | The Bishop | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1976 | Dickens of London | Stage Manager | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | Bishop | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Raymond Meadows | TV | 8.1 | 51 |
| 1975 | Murder Motel | Sam | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1975 | Mrs. Amworth | Benson | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Thomas Partridge | TV | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Mr. French | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Edward VII of England | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1974 | Affairs of the Heart | Herbert Loder | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1974 | K Is for Killing | Shelby Grafton | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1974 | Who Killed Lamb? | Octavius Lamb | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Shelby Grafton | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Sam | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | Whoops Baghdad | Abu ben Ackers, the Wazir | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | Oh, Father! | Father Matthew | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1973 | Oh, Father! | Sub Prior, Father Matthew | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1973 | The Death of Adolf Hitler | Prof. Morell | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | His Honour Judge Daniel Hastings | TV | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1972 | Sykes | Mr. Belvadere | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1972 | Shirley's World | TV | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1972 | Carry On Abroad | Brother Martin | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1972 | Carry On Matron | Arthur | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1972 | Sutherland's Law | John Sutherland | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1971 | Justice | Charles Breedon | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1971 | Justice | Judge | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Dixon | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1971 | Jason King | TV | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 1971 | The Ten Commandments | Principal | TV | — | 47 |
| 1971 | Carry On Henry | Farmer | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1971 | The Statue | Sanders | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1971 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Park Keeper | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 1970 | Scrooge | 1st Gentleman of Charity | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1970 | Catweazle | Inspector Pugh | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1970 | Codename | Vaslva Baroviev | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Don Quick | Arborel | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | Carry On Loving | Bishop | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1970 | Man of Violence | Sam Bryant | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Sir James Darren | TV | 8.3 | 45 |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | TV | 7.3 | 45 | |
| 1969 | Up Pompeii! | Senator Lecherous | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1969 | Carry On Camping | Farmer | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1969 | Crossplot | Sir Charles Moberley | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1969 | Remember the Germans | Karl | Film | — | 45 |
| 1969 | What's Good for the Goose | Harrington | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1968 | Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | Wild, Wild Women | Mr. Harcourt | TV | — | 44 |
| 1968 | Oh, Brother! | TV | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | TV | 7.2 | 43 | |
| 1967 | Contrasts | Jonathan Swift | TV | — | 43 |
| 1967 | Witch Hunt | Colonel Cooper | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1967 | Carry On Doctor | Sir Edmund Burke | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1967 | Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon | Puddleby | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1967 | The Devil a Monk Would Be | The Procurator | Film | — | 43 |
| 1966 | King of the River | Mallory | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Innkeeper | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1966 | Press for Time | Alderman Ernest Corcoran | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1966 | The Connoisseur | G.C. Stoupe | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Mr. Rummins | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Mr. Henge | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1965 | Londoners | Lord Barnett, G.C.B. | TV | — | 41 |
| 1965 | The Mask of Janus | Charles Caswell | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Thriller | Corbey | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Romans | Nero | Film | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1965 | The Little Ones | Paddy | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | Pity About the Abbey | Lord Barnett | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Minister | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Lord Barnett, G.C.B. | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | G.C. Stoupe | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Cornelius Shafton | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1964 | Detective | TV | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1964 | Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Tomb of Ligeia | Lord Trevanion | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1964 | This Is My Street | Fingus | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1964 | Ring of Spies | Chief Supt. Croft | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man | Merryweather | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Verdict | Supt. Brett | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1964 | Smokescreen | Dexter's Doctor (Uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Nero | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork | Klein | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent | Klaus | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1963 | The Hi-Jackers | Jack Carter | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Mr. Jones | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1963 | Farewell Performance | Raven | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1963 | The Snag | John Goggin | Film | — | 39 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Scales of Justice | Henry Dobbs | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Squire Anthony Cobtree | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1962 | The Inspector | Detective Inspector | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart | Sir John Dawson-Brown | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1962 | Backfire! | Arthur Tilsley | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1961 | Jango | Supt. Bullock | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Frank | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1961 | Never Back Losers | R. R. Harris | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Two Living, One Dead | Broms | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1960 | The Criminal | Priest | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1960 | The Poet | Pasquali | Film | — | 36 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 35 | |
| 1959 | International Detective | Emlyn | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1959 | The White Trap | Mr. Langley | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | John Goggin | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Percy Grey | TV | 6.0 | 32 |