Julian Glover
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1935 in London, England
- Active Years
- 1951–2026 (76 Years)
- Total Credits
- 202 credits in database
Acting Born Mar 27, 1935 London, England 202 credits
Biography
Julian Glover is a male actor born on March 27, 1935, in London, England. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover appeared in many popular television series during the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a familiar face to British viewers. He is known for his talent in playing refined villains, often utilizing his skills in accents and expression. Glover achieved fame in Hollywood during the 1980s, appearing in notable films. He has a total of 188 known credits in his acting career. Glover is also known by the name Julian Wyatt Glover.
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Career overview
Julian Glover is primarily a classical stage actor who trained at the National Youth Theatre. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains.
Glover's talent eventually led to recognition in Hollywood, where he played roles in several popular films. He achieved some fame in the 1980s with notable performances in these films. His ability to portray refined villains was likely a contributing factor to his success in these roles.
Glover's acting credits include numerous films and television series. He has appeared in at least 188 known credits, showcasing his versatility as an actor. Born in London, England, on March 27, 1935, Glover has had a long and distinguished career in the entertainment industry.
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Career timeline
Borley Rectory: The Awakening
Waiting Room
MoresnetForever YoungAlec Guinness: A Class Act
The LaureateCharlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
SurfaceWillowTÁRPrizefighter: The Life of Jem BelcherThe Reverend and Mrs Simpson
The TollNemesis
Black Earth RisingNothing Like a DameThe Doctors: Villains!
We Still Steal the Old WayAmy and Sophia
The CrownBrash Young TurksGangster Kittens
Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceBacktrack
Inside No. 9
AtlantisSpies of WarsawMr Invisible
Heroes and DemonsAirborneLEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes OutU.F.O.The Halloween Kid
Game of ThronesCharlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal JourneyExit
Princess Kaiulani
The Young VictoriaPerfect
MerlinMirrors
Shoot on Sight
ScoopBig NothingThe Impressionists
Paris in the Springtime
TroyStrings
Indiana Jones: Making the TrilogyIn Search of Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsBorn and BredThe Book of EveTwo Men Went To War
Waking the DeadWaking the Dead
Vatel
The Dance of Shiva
Midsomer Murders
Silent Witness
The Infiltrator
The World of HammerCadfaelPower and Lovers
Full Filmography
202 titles- Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2026) as Harry Bull
- Waiting Room (2025) as Kenny
- Moresnet (2024) as Stephan Pineau
- Forever Young (2024) as Jim Petrak Senior
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024) as self
- The Laureate (2023) as Alfred Graves
- Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing (2023) as Self
- Surface (2022) as William Huntley
- Willow (2022) as Zeb
- TÁR (2022) as Andris Davis
- Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022) as Lord Ashford
- The Reverend and Mrs Simpson (2022) as Older Charles
- Nobody Has to Know (2022) as Angus
- An Irish Angel (2022) as Father Luke Reitel
- The Toll (2021) as Magnus
- Nemesis (2021) as Sebastian
- Black Earth Rising (2018) as Mark Viner
- Nothing Like a Dame (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Doctors: Villains! (2018)
- We Still Steal the Old Way (2017) as Sir Edward
- Amy and Sophia (2017) as Jim
- The Crown (2016) as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
- Brash Young Turks (2016) as Louis Hartman
- Gangster Kittens (2016) as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015) as Pycelle
- Backtrack (2015) as The Old Man
- Inside No. 9 (2014) as Ralph
- Atlantis (2013) as Eunapius
- Spies of Warsaw (2013) as General Beauvilliers
- Mr Invisible (2013)
- Heroes and Demons (2012) as Lucien (segment "Perfect")
- Airborne (2012) as George
- LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012) as General Veers (voice)
- U.F.O. (2012) as John Jones
- The Halloween Kid (2012) as The Teacher
- Game of Thrones (2011) as Grand Maester Pycelle
- Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (2011) as Self
- Exit (2011) as Geeles
- Princess Kaiulani (2010)
- The Young Victoria (2009) as Duke of Wellington
- Perfect (2009) as Lucien
- Merlin (2008) as Lochru
- Mirrors (2008) as Robert Esseker
- Shoot on Sight (2007) as Susan's Father
- Scoop (2006) as Lord Lyman
- Big Nothing (2006) as 80 year old Blind Man
- The Impressionists (2006) as Claude Monet - older
- Paris in the Springtime (2005)
- Troy (2004) as Triopas
- Strings (2004) as Kahro
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003) as Self
- In Search of Shakespeare (2003) as Self
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Aragog (voice)
- Born and Bred (2002) as Derek
- The Book of Eve (2002) as Burt Smallwood
- Two Men Went To War (2002) as Col. Hatchard
- Waking the Dead (2001) as William Laurence
- Waking the Dead (2001) as William Lawrence
- Vatel (2000) as Prince de Conde
- The Dance of Shiva (1998) as General Willis
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Henry Trace
- Silent Witness (1996) as Henry Markham
- The Infiltrator (1995) as Bielert
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Cadfael (1994) as Leoric Ashby
- Power and Lovers (1994) as Matthew
- Money For Nothing (1993) as Mr Farquharson
- The Darling Buds of May (1991) as George Harran
- King Ralph (1991) as King Gustav
- Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991) as Joseph Haydn
- The Chief (1990) as Andrew Blake
- Treasure Island (1990) as Dr. Livesey
- TECX (1990)
- Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990) as Igor Judge QC
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Walter Donovan
- Screen One (1989) as Farquharson
- Wish Me Luck (1988) as Colonel James Cadogan
- Tusks (1988) as Ian Taylor
- Scarfe's Follies (1988)
- Cry Freedom (1987) as Don Card
- The Fourth Protocol (1987) as Brian Harcourt-Smith
- Mandela (1987) as Senior Police Officer
- Hearts of Fire (1987) as Alfred
- The Secret Garden (1987) as Colonel McGraw
- Casualty (1986) as Arnold Richardson
- Casualty (1986) as Sebastian Farrow
- Lovejoy (1986) as Frank Whymark
- Ladies in Charge (1986) as Ernest
- Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna (1986) as Colonel Kobylinski
- Cover Her Face (1985) as Felix Hurst
- Jenseits der Morgenröte (1985) as Kilian von Roggenburg
- Travelling Man (1984) as Bill Sheridan
- Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984) as Andrei Volkov
- Six Centuries of Verse (1984) as Self - Reader
- Kim (1984) as Col. Creighton
- Taggart (1983) as Supt. Drummond
- By the Sword Divided (1983) as Sir Martin Lacey
- Heat and Dust (1983) as Crawford
- Dombey and Son (1983) as Paul Dombey
- Remington Steele (1982) as Inspector Lombard
- Ivanhoe (1982) as King Richard
- Nancy Astor (1982) as Lord Revelstoke
- Q.E.D. (1982) as Dr. Stefan Kilkiss
- Q.E.D. (1982) as Dr. Stefan Kilkiss (voice)
- Bergerac (1981) as Per Wemstrom
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) as Aristotle Kristatos
- The Search for Alexander the Great (1981) as Philip II
- The Journal of Bridget Hitler (1981) as Interviewer
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Duncan Scott / Inspector Stokesay
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as General Veers
- Invasion (1980) as Alexander Dubcek
- Henry VIII (1979) as Duke of Buckingham
- Henry V (1979) as The Constable of France
- Doctor Who: City of Death (1979) as Count Scarlioni / Captain Tancredi / Scaroth
- Blake's 7 (1978) as Professor Kayn
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Duke of Buckingham
- Gulliver's Travels (1977) as (voice)
- The Brute (1977) as Teddy
- The Sweeney (1975) as Bernard Stone
- Space: 1999 (1975) as Jarak
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
- Quiller (1975) as Shroder
- The Hanged Man (1975) as Joe Denver
- The Master of Ballantrae (1975) as James Durie
- Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin (1975) as Gifford
- Playhouse (1974) as Interviewer
- Churchill's People (1974) as Richard de Anstey
- Juggernaut (1974) as Cmdr. Marder
- Boy Dominic (1974) as Jackson
- QB VII (1974) as Zaminski
- The Internecine Project (1974) as Arnold Pryce-Jones
- Luther (1974) as Knight
- The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) as Esau
- Dead Cert (1974) as Lodge
- Electra (1974) as Aegisthus
- Thriller (1973) as Gifford
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Fegelein
- Spy Trap (1972) as Commander Anderson
- New Scotland Yard (1972) as Eliot Duschene
- Antony and Cleopatra (1972) as Proculeius
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Alfred Barton
- Jason King (1971)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Gapon
- Michael Regan (1971) as Wixon
- Play for Today (1970)
- Manhunt (1970) as Paul
- Wuthering Heights (1970) as Hindley Earnshaw
- The Last Grenade (1970) as Andy Royale
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) as Colonel Moffat
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Frank
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Tim
- Paul Temple (1969)
- Strange Report (1969) as James Hanson
- W. Somerset Maugham (1969) as Tom Saffary
- Alfred the Great (1969) as Shrdlu
- The Adding Machine (1969) as Shrdlu
- The Champions (1968) as Anderson
- The Magus (1968) as Anton
- Charlie (1968) as James
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Eric Toynbee
- Callan (1967)
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967) as Colonel Breen
- Theatre of Death (1967) as Charles Marquis
- Apollo in Ascension (1967) as Narrator (voice)
- I Was Happy Here (1966) as Dr. Matthew Langdon
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Aegisthus
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Spangle
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Tenant
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Ron
- The Alphabet Murders (1965) as Don Fortune
- Doctor Who: The Crusade (1965) as Richard the Lionheart
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as James
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Major Mathys
- Thursday Theatre (1964) as Edward Bare
- Girl with Green Eyes (1964) as Malachi Sullivan
- Doctor Who (1963) as Count Scarlioni / Scaroth
- Doctor Who (1963) as Richard the Lionheart
- World in Action (1963)
- Espionage (1963) as Tovarich
- Tom Jones (1963) as Northernton
- Z-Cars (1962)
- The Saint (1962) as Ramon Falconi
- The Saint (1962) as Hilloram
- Out of This World (1962) as Dave Sheridan
- The Cruel Necessity (1962) as Colonel Tomlinson
- The Avengers (1961) as Peter Rooke
- The Avengers (1961) as Masgard
- The Avengers (1961) as Rupert
- The Avengers (1961) as Andrei Vogel
- An Age of Kings (1960) as Lord Marshal
- An Age of Kings (1960) as Groom
- An Age of Kings (1960) as Earl of Westmoreland
- An Age of Kings (1960) as Warder
- Androcles and the Lion (1960) as The Captain
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as Lewis Naylor
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Colonel McGraw
- The Awakening 2 as Mason, Snr.
- The Awakening as Mason Snr.
- BED BLOCKER as Eric
- War Is Hell
- Michael Wood on Beowulf as Self - Storyteller
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Julian Glover best known for?
Julian Glover is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2026), Forever Young (2024), Surface (2022), Willow (2022).
When and where was Julian Glover born?
Julian Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in London, England .
How many credits does Julian Glover have?
Julian Glover has accumulated over 202 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1951 to 2026.
What is Julian Glover's background in cinema and television?
Julian Glover is a male actor born on March 27, 1935, in London, England. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover appeared in many popular television series during the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a familiar face to British viewers. He is known for his talent in pl...
Julian Glover by the numbers
202credits
104films
98TV series
1951–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Born and Bred (2002) as Derek — aged about 67
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Colonel McGraw — aged about 16
- Game of Thrones (2011) as Grand Maester Pycelle — aged about 76
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as General Veers — aged about 45
- The Crown (2016) as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort — aged about 81
- Inside No. 9 (2014) as Ralph — aged about 79
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