Michael Cochrane: movies and TV shows
Michael Cochrane has 103 credits in the archive: 46 films and 57 TV series, from 1963 to 2024. Highest rated: Pie in the Sky (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2024 · busiest year: 1992 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy | Self - Archie Pennington-Booth | Film | — | 77 |
| 2022 | Living | Sir James | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | I Hate You | Leonard | TV | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Outlaws | Mr Kingsley | TV | 7.4 | 74 |
| 2019 | Sticks and Stones | Clayton | TV | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2018 | RSC Live: Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2017 | Decline and Fall | Prosecutor | TV | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Vice Provost Sir Henry Marten | TV | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2016 | Agatha Raisin | Sir Desmond | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2015 | Cradle to Grave | Judge | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2015 | We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | Arnold Ridley | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2015 | Coalition | Senior Tory MP Buchanan | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | TV | 7.1 | 67 | |
| 2014 | Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland | Ian MacGregor | Film | — | 67 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Bishop Yorke | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2013 | Man Down | TV | 6.7 | 66 | |
| 2013 | Vicious | Jasper | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Judge | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Sir Brigham Aylward | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Captain Smith | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Man on Bus | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 2012 | Panto! | Johnny | Film | — | 65 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | William | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | Malcolm Muggeridge | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Reverend Travis | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2009 | Margaret | Alan Clark | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 2008 | Mutual Friends | Judge | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2008 | Sharpe's Peril | Simmerson | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2008 | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Sir Waldron Smithers | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2007 | My Spy Family | Lord Bollingstock | TV | 4.8 | 60 |
| 2006 | Sharpe's Challenge | Simmerson | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 2006 | HG Wells: War with the World | Minister | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Government Inspector | Sir Richard Dearlove | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore | Lord Lyttleton | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Worst Week of My Life | Rupert | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2004 | A Different Loyalty | Dick Madsen | Film | 4.8 | 57 |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme | Franklin Danvers | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | TV | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2003 | Reversals | Derek Barry | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Ross Vaughan | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood | Judge Hynes | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2002 | The Cry | Nathaniel Weekly | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play | Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | The Cry | Nathaniel Wakely | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2001 | Murphy's Law | Livingston | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Innocent | Harold Haig | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen | TV | 7.3 | 53 | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Solicitor | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | Perfect World | Terence Bentley (The Director) | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Waddington, Gould's solicitor | Film | 7.4 | 53 |
| 1999 | Nancherrow | TV | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Nancherrow | Sir George Rawlings | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Ambassador | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Owen Glendower | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1997 | The Saint | Cold Fusion Broker | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Simmerson | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1997 | The Uninvited | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Incognito | Detective Inspector Deeks | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Mr. Price | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Julian Tubbs | TV | 8.3 | 47 |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Charlwood | TV | — | 47 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Sir Henry Simmerson | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Simmerson | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Derek Lightfoot | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Stephen Quinn | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Cunningham | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Babcock, HMI | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Winston Churchill | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Wing Commander Honeyman | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality | Charles Hecht | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1991 | Tell Me That You Love Me | Geoff | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1990 | The Chief | Nigel Crimmond | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1990 | No Job for a Lady | Richard Monkton | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1990 | Number One Gun | Flash Fairmaid | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1989 | Doctor Who: Ghost Light | Redvers Fenn-Cooper | Film | 8.4 | 42 |
| 1989 | The Return of Sam McCloud | Geraint Davies | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Swithun Riding | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Clifford | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1986 | Dear John | Roger | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1985 | Howards' Way | Pierre Challon | TV | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Detective | David Marchwint | TV | — | 38 |
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions | Crimpley | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | Hay Fever | Sandy Tyrell | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1984 | Frankenstein | Henry Clervell | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1984 | Real Life | Lipton | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | Dennis Radcliffe | TV | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | Stephen | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1983 | Ascendancy | Officer | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 1982 | Doctor Who: Black Orchid | Lord Cranleigh | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Farrell | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George | Charles Masterman | Film | — | 34 |
| 1980 | Love in a Cold Climate | Cedric Hampton | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1978 | Daphne Laureola | Bill | Film | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1977 | Wings | Charles Gaylion | TV | 8.3 | 30 |
| 1977 | The Country Wife | Sparkish | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Bill | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Gerald | TV | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Sparkish | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Lord Cranleigh | TV | 7.9 | 16 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Redvers Fenn-Cooper | TV | 7.9 | 16 |