Peter Bowles: movies and TV shows
Peter Bowles has 124 credits in the archive: 50 films and 74 TV series, from 1951 to 2024. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2024 · busiest year: 1969 (9 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 /Richard DeVere (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2021 | Off the Rails | Vicar | Film | 6.0 | 84 |
| 2019 | Great in Britain: The Movie | Julian | Film | — | 82 |
| 2018 | Together | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2016 | Victoria | Duke of Wellington | TV | 7.4 | 79 |
| 2016 | Murder | Greville Cotterall | TV | 4.8 | 79 |
| 2016 | Murder: Lost Weekend | Greville Cotterall | Film | — | 79 |
| 2015 | Peterman | Old Boy | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | Lilting | Alan | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2011 | Love's Kitchen | Max Templeton | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2008 | The Bank Job | Miles Urquhart | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2008 | Ballet Shoes | Sir Donald Houghton | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2008 | Freebird | The Chairman | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Lionel Carson | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2005 | Jericho | Fleming | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | Cyril | Film | 5.7 | 68 |
| 2002 | One of the Hollywood Ten | Jack Warner | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2001 | In Love and War | Melville | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | TV | 6.8 | 63 | |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 | Film | 6.4 | 63 | |
| 1998 | Little White Lies | Oliver | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Steal | Lord Childwell | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1993 | Passport to Murder | Inspector Bullion | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1992 | Running Late | George Grant | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Guy Buchanan | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Roderick Horsfield | TV | 8.2 | 52 |
| 1989 | Screen One | George Grant | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1989 | Try This One for Size | Igor | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Lord Jack Carberry | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1986 | Executive Stress | TV | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Neville Lytton | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1985 | Talking Proper | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1983 | Storyboard | Neville Lytton | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1983 | Storyboard | TV | 8.0 | 46 | |
| 1983 | The Irish R.M. | Major Sinclair Yeates | TV | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1983 | ITV Christmas Comedy | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1982 | The Bounder | Howard Booth | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1981 | Vice Versa | Paul Bultitude | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1980 | The Masqueraders | Mitchell | Film | — | 43 |
| 1980 | Rumpole's Return | Guthrie Featherstone | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Major Haddock | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1979 | To the Manor Born | Richard DeVere | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Archie Glover | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1978 | Pennies from Heaven | Prosecuting Counsel | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Prince Borodski | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1977 | Stigma | Peter | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Jefferies | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1977 | A Roof Over My Head | TV | — | 40 | |
| 1977 | For the Love of Benji | Ronald | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Caractacus | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1976 | The Crezz | Ken Green | TV | — | 39 |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Balhor | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Guthrie Featherstone | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1975 | Survivors | David Grant | TV | 7.9 | 38 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Thistlewood | TV | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Hilary | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1974 | Napoleon and Love | Captain Joachim Murat | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | Good Girl | Colin Peale | TV | — | 37 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Supt. Lucas | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1973 | The Legend of Hell House | Hanley | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1973 | The Offence | Detective Inspector Cameron | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1973 | Chéri | Patron | TV | — | 36 |
| 1973 | A Thinking Man as Hero | Frank Cordroy | Film | — | 36 |
| 1973 | Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Murder Must Advertise | Major Todd Milligan | Film | 1.0 | 36 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Gerald Somerville | TV | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Gregor Kofax | TV | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1972 | Endless Night | Reuben | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1972 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Freddie | Film | 4.4 | 35 |
| 1972 | Shelley | Byron | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Mitchell | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Saunders | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Peter | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1971 | The Ten Commandments | Tommy Radd | TV | — | 34 |
| 1970 | Eyewitness | Victor Grazzini | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1969 | Department S | Borowitsch | TV | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Roger Lamb | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jack Campbell-Barnes | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Robert Crosbie | TV | — | 32 |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau | Jealous lover at 'La Belle Amie' (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1969 | Happy Ever After | Tony Bulstrode | TV | — | 32 |
| 1969 | Happy Ever After | Michael | TV | — | 32 |
| 1969 | Laughter in the Dark | Paul | Film | 4.3 | 32 |
| 1969 | Taste of Excitement | Guardi | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Paymaster Capt. Duberly | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | 'A' | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1967 | Callan | TV | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Harry Deacon | TV | — | 30 |
| 1967 | A Magnum for Schneider | Toby Meres | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Razumikhin | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1966 | The Informer | Jack Hart | TV | — | 29 |
| 1966 | Blow-Up | Ron | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1966 | Don't Utter a Note | Sgt. Howlett | Film | — | 29 |
| 1966 | Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World | Paris Singer | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Insp. Hounslow | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Croxley | TV | 8.2 | 28 |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Policeman | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1965 | Three Hats for Lisa | Pepper | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1965 | Some Lapse of Time | Policeman | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1965 | Dead Man's Chest | Joe | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1964 | The Protectors | Dr Fothergill | TV | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1964 | The Crunch | Captain Buckley | Film | — | 27 |
| 1963 | Crane | Nikkolai Drax | TV | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1963 | The Informers | Peter The Pole (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Serge | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Maurice Kerr | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Thyssen | TV | 7.8 | 24 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Ezdorf | TV | 7.8 | 24 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Capt. Buckley | TV | — | 24 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Gamal | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 22 | |
| 1959 | Edgar Wallace Mysteries | Joe | TV | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Simpson | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 19 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Pete | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Morgan | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Dermot Llewelyn | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Sgt. Howlett | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Toby Meres | TV | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Melville | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni | Self | Film | — | — |