John Welsh: movies and TV shows
John Welsh has 135 credits in the archive: 83 films and 52 TV series, from 1953 to 1987. Highest rated: The Forsyte Saga (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 1987 · busiest year: 1965 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Campus Man | Professor Jarman | Film | 4.4 | 82 |
| 1986 | Abducted | Search Party | Film | 4.6 | 81 |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Salesman | Film | 5.7 | 80 |
| 1984 | Night Court | Doctor | TV | 7.3 | 79 |
| 1984 | Night Court | Dr. Friedman | TV | 7.3 | 79 |
| 1984 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Jogger | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 1983 | Krull | Seer | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | A.J. Drury | TV | 7.1 | 77 |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Cubby Brown | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 1981 | From a Far Country | Priest | Film | 4.6 | 76 |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens | Flavius | Film | 8.5 | 76 |
| 1981 | The Winter's Tale | Archidamus | Film | 9.5 | 76 |
| 1980 | To Serve Them All My Days | Cordwainer | TV | 7.8 | 75 |
| 1979 | Americathon | Ben | Film | 3.7 | 74 |
| 1979 | 13 Queens Blvd. | TV | 8.0 | 74 | |
| 1979 | The Diary of a Nobody | Mr. Perkupp | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1979 | Katie: The Year of a Child | Committee chairman | Film | — | 74 |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Lord Belthane | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 1978 | Rabbit Test | Army Aide | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! | George Leppard | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 1978 | Last Wishes | Dr. Welsh | Film | — | 73 |
| 1977 | Do as I Say | Pops | Film | — | 72 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Merriman | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1976 | The XYY Man | Undersecretary | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1976 | Kizzy | Admiral Twiss | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | C. H. Wystan | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 1975 | Brassneck | Film | 9.0 | 70 | |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Archbishop | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | Napoleon and Love | Jean-Nicolas Corvisart-Desmarets | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | Affairs of the Heart | Chivers | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | Film | 1.0 | 69 | |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales | Dairyman | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog | Bewsley | Film | 4.9 | 68 |
| 1972 | The Frighteners | Fred Cartwright | TV | 8.5 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Mr Justice Hawkins | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1972 | Country Matters | Fergus McDowall | TV | 4.6 | 67 |
| 1972 | Villains | Dr Glazebrook | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Sergeant Cuff | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Chancellor | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Watercress Girl | Fergus McDowall | Film | — | 67 |
| 1972 | Horatio Bottomley | Mr. Justice Hawkins | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1971 | Justice | Presiding Judge | TV | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1971 | Justice | Alastair Coates | TV | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1971 | The Ten Commandments | Rev. Martindale | TV | — | 66 |
| 1971 | Sound an Alarm | Sector Controller | Film | — | 66 |
| 1971 | The Runaway Summer | Grandfather | TV | — | 66 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Philip Hucknell | TV | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1970 | Catweazle | Colonel Dickenson | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1970 | Codename | Mallory | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1970 | The Man Who Haunted Himself | Sir Charles Freeman | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1970 | Little Women | James Laurence | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | Bishop Juxon | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | James Renshaw | TV | 8.3 | 64 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Sir Stephen Kirwin | TV | 8.3 | 64 |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown | Bart Brereton | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | Subterfuge | Heiner | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1968 | Journey Into Darkness | Bart Brereton | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | Uncle Silas | Austin Ruthyn | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | James Forsyte | TV | 8.5 | 62 |
| 1967 | Half Hour Story | George | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1967 | Inheritance | Joth Bamforth | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Austin Ruthyn | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | The Abbot | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Cobden Felcourt | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 1965 | Londoners | Sir Robert Challoner, G.C.B. | TV | — | 60 |
| 1965 | The Mind of the Enemy | General Fairside | TV | — | 60 |
| 1965 | The Mysterious Stranger | Paddy | Film | 9.5 | 60 |
| 1965 | Mystery at the Forge | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1965 | All at Sea | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1965 | The Night Prowler | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1965 | Pity About the Abbey | Sir Robert Challoner | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1965 | Dead End Creek | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1965 | Catch As Catch Can | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1965 | Highway Robbery | Paddy | Film | — | 60 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Hugo | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Sir Robert Challoner, G.C.B. | TV | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Mike Garland | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1964 | Redcap | Commanding Officer | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1964 | Nightmare | Doctor | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1963 | Festival | Aegeon, a Merchant of Syracuse | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1963 | Festival | General | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1962 | Life for Ruth | Marshall | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Playboy of the Western World | Philly Cullen | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1962 | Katy | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1962 | The Quare Fellow | Carroll | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Chief Fire Officer | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1962 | Number Six | Assistant Commissioner | Film | — | 57 |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Governor Walters | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1961 | Stryker of the Yard | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1961 | The Mark | 1st Plain Clothes Officer | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1961 | Francis of Assisi | Canon Cattanei | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | Judge | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Ross | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Cafe Royal Manager | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1960 | Circle of Deception | Maj. Taylor | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1960 | Snowball | Ted Wylie | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1960 | Beyond the Curtain | Turner | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 54 | |
| 1959 | The Men From Room 13 | TV | — | 54 | |
| 1959 | The Men From Room 13 | Supt. Halcro | TV | — | 54 |
| 1959 | Bobbikins | Film | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 1959 | Operation Bullshine | Brigadier | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1959 | The Rough and the Smooth | Dr. Thompson | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1959 | The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Squadron Leader Grant | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Staff Colonel | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Bergman | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1958 | Room at the Top | Mayor (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Colonel Langley | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | George Fraser (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go | Second Mr. Dodds | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Safecracker | Inspector Owing | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1958 | Next to No Time | Steve, Bar Steward | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1958 | She Didn't Say No! | The School Inspector | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1957 | Lucky Jim | The Principal (as John Welch) | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Long Haul | Doctor | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Mr. Justice Fanshawe | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Secret Place | Mr. Christian (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present | Chief Customs Officer | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Surgeon's Knife | Inspector Austen | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Counterfeit Plan | Police Inspector Grant | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Inspector Hunt | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour | TV | 7.4 | 51 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Laurence Manfred | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Bank Manager | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Long Arm | House Agent at Shepperton | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1956 | Lost | Police Scientist (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Man in the Road | George White - the Gamekeeper | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | Fire on the Heather | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1955 | Confession | Father Neil | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | Gurd | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1955 | Contraband Spain | Oficial superior de aduanas (no acreditado) | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1954 | An Inspector Calls | Shop Walker - Mr. Timmon | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1954 | The Divided Heart | Chief Marshall | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1953 | Isn't Life Wonderful! | Uncle James | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1953 | The Clue of the Missing Ape | Army Intelligence Officer | Film | 7.3 | 48 |