John Savident: movies and TV shows
John Savident has 123 credits in the archive: 48 films and 75 TV series, from 1951 to 2023. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2023 · busiest year: 1969 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot | The King | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Barry Southwood | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2008 | All Over The Shop | TV | — | 70 | |
| 2000 | Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime | Widow Twankey | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1996 | Loch Ness | Dr Binns | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1996 | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Clergyman in Coach | TV | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Sir Barstan Maxwell | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1995 | Othello | 2nd Senator | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1994 | Heart of Darkness | Company Director | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv | Sir Frederick Lamb | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Sir Barstan Maxwell | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Doctor Meredith | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1992 | Brain Donors | Edmund Lazlo | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1992 | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Mr. Armont | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1992 | Duel of Hearts | Rev. Adolphus Wantage | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk | Auctioneer | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1991 | Impromptu | Buloz | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1991 | Parnell & the Englishwoman | W.E. Forster | TV | — | 53 |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Henry Smallwood, American Embasy | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1991 | Mr. Bean Takes an Exam | Film | 7.7 | 53 | |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Chiswick | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Lord Murchison | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1990 | Camping | Engelsktalende tysker | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1988 | Chelmsford 123 | Jupiter | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1988 | A Summer Story | Bank Clerk | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | Tite Barnacle | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Sir John Puckering | TV | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Cecil | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1986 | David Copperfield | Creakle | TV | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Marlowe Inquest | Sir John Puckering | Film | 1.0 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Silent Twins | Judge | Film | — | 48 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1984 | Fresh Fields | Mr. Royce | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1984 | Chance in a Million | Derek | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1984 | This Office Life | Copeland | Film | — | 46 |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Squire Thornton | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | The Bishop of Horley, The Very Reverend Previous Lockhort | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Manager of the Mine | Film | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1982 | Doctor Who: The Visitation | The Squire | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1981 | Never the Twain | Mr. Wilde | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Globke | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective | Don Liddell | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1981 | Clapperclaw | Dunswick | Film | — | 43 |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo | Ronnie Gore | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1980 | Yes Minister | TV | 8.3 | 42 | |
| 1980 | The Day Christ Died | Aide to Herod | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1980 | The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls | King Fortunatus | Film | — | 42 |
| 1979 | Shelley | TV | 7.7 | 41 | |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Fleet Warden-General Samor | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Egrorian | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Friar John | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Robert Plumb | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1977 | Raffles | TV | 8.4 | 39 | |
| 1977 | 1990 | TV | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1977 | 1990 | Dan Mellor | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1977 | The Velvet Glove | Crawford | TV | — | 39 |
| 1976 | Our Mutual Friend | John Podsnap | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1976 | Seal Island | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Oliver Griggs | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1976 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Florian | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1975 | Quiller | Sir Ian Dalrymple | TV | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1975 | Looking for Clancy | Sir John Kennan | TV | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Dunswick | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Dial M for Murder | Conrad | TV | — | 36 |
| 1974 | Late Night Drama | Mr. Cubbins | TV | — | 36 |
| 1974 | Butley | Film | 6.7 | 36 | |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Sir Richard Muir Q.C. | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1973 | Warship | TV | 6.7 | 35 | |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Hewel (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1973 | Penny Gold | Sir Robert Hampton | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | Diamonds on Wheels | Steward | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Cecil Walker | TV | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Rupert Medway | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Le Consul | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1972 | Colditz | Capt. Meegeren | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Lotus Eaters | Maj. Constantinos | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1972 | Man of Straw | Von Wulckow | TV | — | 34 |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Conspirator | Film | 8.2 | 33 |
| 1971 | Justice | Furness | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Inglewood | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | Budgie | Godlove | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1971 | Brett | TV | 5.0 | 33 | |
| 1971 | The Raging Moon | Fete Guest | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | A Severed Head | Wine Taster (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | The Minister | TV | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1970 | Manhunt | Raoul | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Muffling | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1970 | Codename | Largo | TV | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Stackpole | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Donald Jarram | TV | 8.3 | 31 |
| 1969 | Department S | Captain Svenoski | TV | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1969 | In Loving Memory | Mr. Hargreaves | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | RAF Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1969 | Two in Clover | Man | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1969 | Judge Dee | TV | 5.0 | 31 | |
| 1969 | Otley | Businessman | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Nearest and Dearest | Landlord | TV | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1968 | Inadmissible Evidence | Mr. Watson | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1968 | The Merry Widow | Kromov | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | TV | 7.2 | 29 | |
| 1967 | Callan | TV | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Spirit Guardian | TV | — | 29 |
| 1967 | Robbery | Policeman with Dog (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1967 | The White Bus | Supporter | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1967 | Compensation Alice | Cecil | Film | — | 29 |
| 1966 | Softly, Softly | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Blount | TV | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Purishkevich | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Sven Gustafsson | TV | 8.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters | Francis Pearce | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Mr. Miller | TV | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Mr. Brummitt | TV | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Hans Von Dorring | TV | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Squire | TV | 7.9 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Frank Lomax | TV | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Winthrop | TV | 7.8 | 23 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Fred Elliott | TV | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Cecil | TV | 6.0 | 18 |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week | Drawbell | TV | 4.0 | 17 |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Van Heerden | TV | 6.0 | 17 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Steward | TV | 7.9 | 16 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Henry Smallwood | TV | 8.8 | 13 |