Gordon Jackson: movies and TV shows
Gordon Jackson has 120 credits in the archive: 97 films and 23 TV series, from 1942 to 1994. Highest rated: A Town Like Alice (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1942 – 1994 · busiest year: 1957 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1991 | Effie's Burning | Jessop Brown | Film | — | 67 |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1989 | Campion | Professor Gardner Cairey | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1989 | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Jessop Brown | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1988 | Noble House | Supt. Armstrong | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Harry | Film | 5.1 | 64 |
| 1988 | Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie | Self | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1987 | The Story of a Recluse | Voice of the Recluse | Film | — | 63 |
| 1986 | Shaka Zulu | Prof. Bramston | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Bruce | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1986 | Gunpowder | Sir Anthony Phelps | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | Heavenly Pursuits | Himself (Uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1986 | My Brother Tom | Lockie McGibbon | Film | — | 62 |
| 1986 | Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 1985 | The Shooting Party | Tom Harker | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Inspector Alec MacDonald | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 1984 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | Noel Strachan | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Sir William Belgrave | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1979 | The Last Giraffe | Fielding | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Doctor Johnson | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | George Cowley | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Howard Lawrence | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | Dr. Marston | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1977 | Spectre | Inspector Cabell | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1976 | Sonntagsgeschichten | Mr. Dunner | Film | — | 52 |
| 1975 | Russian Roulette | Brian Hardison | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1974 | Lothian Landscape | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Pops | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | The Square of Three | Major Browne | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1972 | Madame Sin | Commander Cavendish | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1972 | GR Stein Refractories | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Angus Hudson | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1971 | Budgie | Soapy Simon | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Charles Stewart | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1970 | Menace | Lander | TV | — | 46 |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Tom - Friend of Harry's | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1970 | Confession | Jim | TV | — | 46 |
| 1970 | The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | The Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | Mr. Ransome | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Dr. MacPhail | TV | — | 45 |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Gordon Lowther | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Horatio | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1968 | Wind Versus Polygamy | Father Joseph | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | On the Run | Mr. Mallory | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Captain Engel | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1967 | Contrasts | Banquo | TV | — | 43 |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Brian Stern | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Gayton | TV | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1966 | Triple Cross | British Sergeant Questioning Chapman (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | James MacAfee | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1966 | The Fighting Prince of Donegal | Captain Leeds | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | Sgt. McKinnon | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | The Ipcress File | Carswell | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | MacDougal | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Father Joseph | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Vahlin | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1964 | Daylight Robbery | Police Sergeant | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | MacDonald 'Intelligence' | Film | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | TV | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Seaman Edward Birkett | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Philip | TV | — | 37 |
| 1961 | Greyfriars Bobby | Farmer | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1961 | Two Wives at One Wedding | Dr. Thomas Murray | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant) | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Jock Bateson | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1960 | Snowball | Bill Donovan | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1959 | The Navy Lark | Leading Seaman Johnson | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1959 | Yesterday's Enemy | Sgt. MacKenzie | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1959 | Devil's Bait | Sergeant Malcolm | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1959 | Blind Date | Sergeant | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1959 | The Bridal Path | PC Alec | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1959 | The Price of Silence | Roger Fenton | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Three Crooked Men | Don Wescot | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1958 | Blind Spot | 'Chalky' White | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1958 | Rockets Galore | George Campbell | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1957 | Seven Waves Away | John Merritt | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1957 | Let's Be Happy | Dougal McLean (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1957 | Scotland Dances | Narrator | Film | — | 33 |
| 1957 | Hell Drivers | Scottie | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Jimmy Norris | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1957 | The Film That Never Was | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1957 | Black Ice | Hamish | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Major Browne | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Harry | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1956 | Women Without Men | Percy | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1956 | Sailor Beware | Carnoustie Bligh | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1956 | Blonde Bait | Percy | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1956 | Pacific Destiny | District Officer | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment | BBC TV producer | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1955 | The Delavine Affair | Peter J. Florian | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Young Actor /Ishmael | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1955 | Passage Home | Ted Burns | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1955 | Windfall | Leonard | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1954 | The Love Lottery | Ralph | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1953 | Death Goes to School | Detective Inspector Campbell | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1953 | Malta Story | British Soldier | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1953 | The Schoolmaster | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1953 | Meet Mr. Lucifer | Hector | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1952 | Scotland and the New World | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1952 | Castle in the Air | Hiker | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1951 | Happy Go Lovely | Paul Tracy | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1951 | The Lady with a Lamp | Dr. Anson | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1950 | Bitter Springs | Mac | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1949 | Floodtide | David Shields | Film | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1949 | Whisky Galore! | George Campbell | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1949 | Eureka Stockade | Tom Kennedy | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1949 | Stop Press Girl | Jock Melville | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1948 | Against the Wind | Scotty Duncan | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1946 | The Captive Heart | Lt. David Lennox | Film | 6.4 | 22 |
| 1945 | Pursuit to Algiers | Steward (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 21 |
| 1945 | Pink String and Sealing Wax | David Sutton | Film | 6.2 | 21 |
| 1943 | Millions Like Us | Fred Blake | Film | 5.6 | 19 |
| 1943 | San Demetrio London | Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio | Film | 7.2 | 19 |
| 1943 | Nine Men | Young 'un | Film | 6.4 | 19 |
| 1942 | The Foreman Went to France | Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers | Film | 6.6 | 18 |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 18 |