R.H. Thomson: movies and TV shows
R.H. Thomson has 77 credits in the archive: 61 films and 16 TV series, from 1976 to 2024. Highest rated: Anne with an E (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1976 – 2024 · busiest year: 1985 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Murder in a Small Town | Carlyle Burke | TV | 6.9 | 76 |
| 2023 | The Last Curlew | Grandpa | Film | — | 75 |
| 2022 | Stellar | Professor | Film | 1.0 | 74 |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Mr. Schmidt | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2018 | Clara | Dr. John Rickman | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2017 | Anne with an E | Matthew Cuthbert | TV | 8.7 | 69 |
| 2016 | Love's Complicated | Senator Douglas Townsend | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2015 | Five Stories | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2015 | Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven | voice of J.E.H. MacDonald | Film | 9.5 | 67 |
| 2011 | Whirligig | Andre | Film | — | 63 |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle | Francis Chafe | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2010 | Chloe | Frank | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2008 | Murdoch Mysteries | Chief Inspector Stewart | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2008 | The Englishman's Boy | Tom Hardwick | TV | 3.3 | 60 |
| 2008 | Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia | Manuel | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2007 | Hamlet {Solo} | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2006 | Population 436 | Sheriff Calcutt | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2006 | Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story | Dr. Moulds | TV | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2006 | October 1970 | James Richard Cross | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2006 | Who Loves the Sun | Arthur Bloom | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2003 | Full-Court Miracle | Rabbi Lewis | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2003 | The Piano Man's Daughter | Frederick Wyatt | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | Trudeau | Mitchell Sharp | Film | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2002 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Richard Rogers | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2002 | The Stork Derby | Huge McLean | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Associates | Angus MacGregor | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Royal Scandal | Mycroft Holmes | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins | Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2000 | The Dinosaur Hunter | Reverend Smythe | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | P.T. Barnum | James Anthony Bailey | TV | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1999 | P.T. Barnum | James Anthony Bailey | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly | Ray Marcassi | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1998 | Bone Daddy | Stone | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 1998 | Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1997 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Dr. Issac Solti | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1997 | Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight | Dr. Isaac Solti (during prod. of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs) | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1997 | Silent Cradle | David Greg | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1996 | Murder at My Door | Ed McNair | Film | 3.7 | 48 |
| 1995 | Net Worth | Milton Mound | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1994 | Max | Andy Blake | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1994 | My Breast | Dr. Luke | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1994 | The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story | Bill Castellano | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | The Lotus Eaters | Hal Kingswood | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Jake Hobart | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1993 | Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1991 | Mark Twain and Me | Albert Paine | Film | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1991 | The Quarrel | Chaim Kovler | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1990 | Road to Avonlea | Jasper Dale | TV | 8.2 | 42 |
| 1989 | Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher | Gerry Allbright | Film | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1989 | The First Season | Eric Anderson | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1988 | Glory Enough For All | Dr Frederick Banting | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Edsel Ford | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1987 | And Then You Die | Det. Sgt. James McGrath | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1987 | Stranger in My Bed | Dr. Davidson | Film | 4.6 | 39 |
| 1987 | Heaven On Earth | Wilf Hawthorne | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | Dr. Jeff Reilly | Film | 8.5 | 38 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Wilf Hawthorne | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | TV | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Dr. Steve Hill (as R.H. Thompson) | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Morgan | TV | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Kevin | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1985 | Martin's Day | Paul Mennen | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1985 | Samuel Lount | Samuel Lount | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1985 | Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1985 | Charlie Grant's War | Charlie Grant | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1985 | Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Dr. Simon | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Chaim Kovler | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1982 | If You Could See What I Hear | Will Sly | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1981 | Ticket to Heaven | Linc Strunc | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1981 | Surfacing | David | Film | 4.7 | 33 |
| 1981 | Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | Lee Schatz | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1981 | Happy Memories | Rick | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1979 | L'Homme en colère | Borke | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Thatcher | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1976 | For the Record | TV | 9.0 | 28 | |
| What We Have Left | Film | — | — |