Philip Whitchurch: movies and TV shows
Philip Whitchurch has 59 credits in the archive: 23 films and 36 TV series, from 1972 to 2025. Highest rated: Sharpe (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1972 – 2025 · busiest year: 1986 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missionary | Father Julian | Film | — | 74 |
| 2024 | The Jetty | Superintendent Needham | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2024 | National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down | Uncle Pete | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 2022 | The Responder | Joe | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2020 | The Doorman | Uncle Pat | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Magistrate Colonel Fletcher | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2016 | King Lear | Earl of Gloucester | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2012 | Interview with a Hitman | Tosca | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 2012 | Doors Open | The Geordie | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | Easier Ways to Make a Living | The Assailant | Film | — | 58 |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Uncle Rudolf | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | TV | 7.4 | 54 | |
| 2005 | Beowulf & Grendel | Fisherman | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth | Harry Gibby | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Peter Jacobs | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Roy Grant | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2003 | The Last Detective | Trevethiek | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | Carlin | Film | 4.1 | 52 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Ian Judd | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Jim Brown | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2001 | Merseybeat | TV | 9.5 | 50 | |
| 2000 | Doctors | TV | 4.8 | 49 | |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen | Mr. Brown | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2000 | My Hero | Tyler | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Treasure Island | Black Dog | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1998 | Get Real | TV | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1998 | The Gift | Dr. Evans | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ade Jessell | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1997 | Sharpe's Revenge | Captain William Frederickson | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1997 | Plotlands | Billy Reed | TV | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Frederickson | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Corporal Dade | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Siege | Captain William Frederickson | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1994 | The Vicar of Dibley | TV | 7.3 | 43 | |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Enemy | Captain William Frederickson | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Vinnie Kern | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Eric Clarkson | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | William ‘Sweet William’ Frederickson | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Derek Harper | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1992 | Virtual Murder | Clive Warren | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1992 | Blue Ice | Blackner | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | G.B.H. | Franky Murray | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1990 | Waterfront Beat | TV | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1988 | This Is David Lander | TV | 5.3 | 37 | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Priest | SB Officer | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1987 | The Shoe People | TV | 6.2 | 36 | |
| 1987 | The Marksman | Kelling | TV | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Detective Sergeant | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Paul Bolt | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Millard | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1986 | Boon | TV | 5.8 | 35 | |
| 1986 | Defence of the Realm | Cuttings Librarian | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1985 | The Brothers McGregor | Cyril McGregor | TV | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1984 | Scully | Castanets | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1983 | Gaskin | Mr Gaskin | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Sergeant Gregson | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Erik | TV | 6.2 | 21 |
| Rocket Man | TV | 3.0 | — |