Martin Shaw: movies and TV shows
Martin Shaw has 79 credits in the archive: 32 films and 47 TV series, from 1951 to 2021. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2021 · busiest year: 1969 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Long Call | Dennis Stephenson | TV | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2017 | Strike | Tony Landry | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2017 | Our Lives | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 72 |
| 2017 | 6 Days | John Dellow | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2014 | Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Piers Hunt | TV | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2011 | Operation Jericho | Presenter | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2010 | Dam Busters Declassified | Himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Clouds Are Not Spheres | Self - Host | Film | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2008 | Inspector George Gently | George Gently | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2008 | Apparitions | Father Jacob | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2007 | Cranford | Peter Jenkyns | TV | 8.1 | 62 |
| 2007 | Lemur Island | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 61 |
| 2006 | Davina | TV | — | 61 | |
| 2005 | The Murder Room | Adam Dalgliesh | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | The Murder Room | Adam Dalgliesh | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2003 | Death in Holy Orders | Commander Adam Dalgliesh | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2003 | 100 Years of Powered Flight | Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | Judge John Deed | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1999 | Always and Everyone | Robert Kingsford | TV | 9.5 | 54 |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Citizen Chauvelin | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1996 | Rhodes | Cecil John Rhodes | TV | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1995 | The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde | voice of Oscar Wilde | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 1994 | Truth or Dairy | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1992 | Black and Blue | Chief Supt. Mike Barclay | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1991 | For the Greater Good | Peter Balliol MP | TV | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | The Chief | Chief Constable Alan Cade | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Ian McBride | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1990 | Ladder of Swords | Don DeMarco | Film | 3.7 | 45 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Charles Cartwright | TV | 8.2 | 44 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Chief Supt. Mike Barclay | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1988 | Intrigue | Roskov | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Most Dangerous Man in the World | Suleiman | Film | — | 43 |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Captain R. F. Scott | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1984 | The Explorers | Burke | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1984 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1984 | Facelift | Zax | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Adam Dalgliesh | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Self | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1982 | East Lynne | Archibald Carlyle | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self | TV | — | 36 |
| 1980 | Cream in My Coffee | Jack Butcher | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Doyle | TV | 7.6 | 32 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Michael J. Arlen | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1977 | Jubilee 1977 | Paul | TV | — | 32 |
| 1977 | Our Kid | Paul | Film | — | 32 |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Larry | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Arthur Leyton | TV | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1976 | Beasts: Buddyboy | Dave | Film | 3.0 | 31 |
| 1976 | Beasts | Dave | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1975 | Operation: Daybreak | Karel Curda | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1975 | Love's Labour's Lost | King Ferdinand | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1974 | Electra | Orestes | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1973 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | Rachid | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1973 | Achilles Heel | Dave Irwin | Film | 1.0 | 28 |
| 1972 | Villains | Monty Parkin | TV | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1972 | Polanski Meets Macbeth | Self | Film | — | 27 |
| 1971 | Macbeth | Banquo | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Brian | TV | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Horatio | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Norm | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1969 | Doctor in the House | TV | 5.0 | 24 | |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Savi | TV | 7.7 | 24 |
| 1969 | Two Feet Off the Ground | Norm | Film | — | 24 |
| 1967 | City '68 | Andy Blake | TV | — | 22 |
| 1967 | Travelling Light | Arnold Champion | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1967 | Son of the City | George Leese | Film | — | 22 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Orestes | TV | 5.3 | 20 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | King Ferdinand of Navarre | TV | 5.3 | 20 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | TV | 8.2 | 20 | |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Robert Croft | TV | 5.3 | 15 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 11 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Horatio | TV | 8.8 | 6 |
| Commando | Narrator | TV | — | — |