M.R. James: movies and TV shows

M.R. James has 36 credits in the archive: 27 films and 9 TV series, from 1951 to 2023. Highest rated: A Ghost Story for Christmas (7.4/10).

Career timeline

1951 – 2023 · busiest year: 1966 (2 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2023	Tales of Ghosts & Demons		Film	—	160
2022	A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus		Film	5.2	159
2021	A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint		Film	6.6	158
2019	Martin's Close		Film	5.6	156
2015	Living Night		Film	—	152
2013	The Tractate Middoth		Film	7.1	150
2012	The Haunted Doll's House		Film	—	149
2011	Rats		Film	—	148
2010	Whistle and I'll Come to You		Film	5.7	147
2010	The Wailing Well		Film	—	147
2007	Lost Hearts		Film	10.0	144
2006	Number 13		Film	6.3	143
2005	A View from a Hill		Film	7.2	142
2004	M.R. James: Supernatural Storyteller	Self	Film	—	141
2000	Ghost Stories for Christmas		TV	6.6	137
2000	Ghost Stories for Christmas		TV	6.6	137
1989	The Church		Film	6.1	126
1986	Classic Ghost Stories		TV	—	123
1986	Classic Ghost Stories		Film	—	123
1980	The Charm of the Unusual		TV	6.0	117
1979	Casting the Runes		Film	7.0	116
1976	Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance		Film	6.0	113
1975	The Ash Tree		Film	6.3	112
1974	The Treasure of Abbot Thomas		Film	6.5	111
1973	Lost Hearts		Film	6.1	110
1972	A Warning to the Curious		Film	7.0	109
1971	A Ghost Story for Christmas		TV	7.4	108
1971	The Stalls of Barchester		Film	6.3	108
1968	Whistle and I'll Come to You		Film	6.6	105
1967	ITV Playhouse		TV	7.0	104
1967	Omnibus		TV	7.2	104
1966	Mystery and Imagination		TV	5.8	103
1966	Mystery and Imagination		TV	5.8	103
1957	Night of the Demon		Film	7.0	94
1956	Whistle and I'll Come to You!		Film	—	93
1951	The Lost Will of Dr. Rant		Film	—	88