Ralph Richardson: movies and TV shows
Ralph Richardson has 108 credits in the archive: 89 films and 19 TV series, from 1931 to 1993. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1931 – 1993 · busiest year: 1939 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 1986 | Directed by William Wyler | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | The Sixth Earl of Greystoke | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader | TV | 8.0 | 81 |
| 1984 | Give My Regards to Broad Street | Jim | Film | 5.1 | 81 |
| 1983 | Invitation to the Wedding | Film | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 1983 | Wagner | Pfordten | TV | 6.8 | 80 |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | Film | 10.0 | 79 |
| 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution | Sir Wilfred Robarts | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Supreme Being | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 1981 | Dragonslayer | Ulrich | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 1981 | Early Days | Sir Richard Kitchen | Film | — | 78 |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Sir Archibald Willoughby | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Chief Rabbit (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1978 | No Man's Land | Hirst | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Simeon | TV | 7.8 | 74 |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Colbert de Voliere | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 1976 | Second City Television | Self | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 1975 | Rollerball | Librarian | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Mr. Lacey | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Mr. Lacey | TV | 8.5 | 70 |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Sir James Burgess / Monty | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1973 | A Doll's House | Dr. Rank | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment | Himself | Film | — | 70 |
| 1973 | William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare | Various | Film | — | 70 |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Various Roles | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1972 | Tales from the Crypt | The Crypt Keeper | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1972 | Home | Jack | Film | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | The Caterpillar | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1972 | Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Mr. Benton | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb | George IV | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 1972 | Eagle in a Cage | Sir Hudson Lowe | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | TV | 6.1 | 68 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 68 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jack | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1970 | The Looking Glass War | LeClerc | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 1970 | Upon This Rock | Himself (Narrator) | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1969 | The Bed Sitting Room | Lord Fortnum of Alamein | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Sir Edward Grey | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1969 | David Copperfield | Mr. Micawber | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1969 | Midas Run | Lord Henshaw | Film | 4.7 | 66 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self / Johnson | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1967 | The World of Wodehouse | Clarence Threepworth, 9th Earl of Emsworth | TV | — | 64 |
| 1967 | Blandings Castle | Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth | TV | — | 64 |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Joseph Finsbury | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1966 | Khartoum | William Gladstone | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Alexander Gromeko | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 1965 | Chimes at Midnight | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1965 | Moscow in Madrid | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1965 | Johnson Over Jordan | Robert Johnson | Film | — | 62 |
| 1965 | Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self | Film | 8.5 | 62 |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre | Robert Johnson | TV | — | 61 |
| 1964 | The Great War | Douglas Haig (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 61 |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw | Charles Richmond | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1962 | The 300 Spartans | Themistocles of Athens | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | James Tyrone | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1962 | Hedda Gabler | Judge Brack | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart | Sir Stanley Johnson | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1960 | Exodus | Gen. Sutherland | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1960 | Our Man in Havana | 'C' | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1960 | Oscar Wilde | Sir Edward Carson | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1957 | The Passionate Stranger | Roger Wynter / Sir Clement | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1956 | Smiley | Rev. Lambeth | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1955 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1952 | Home at Seven | David Preston | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1952 | Home at Seven | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1952 | The Holly and the Ivy | Reverend Martin Gregory | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1952 | The Sound Barrier | John Ridgefield | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Barrister | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | Outcast of the Islands | Captain Tom Lingard | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | Eagles of the Fleet | Commentary | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | Cricket | Narrator(voice) | Film | — | 47 |
| 1949 | The Heiress | Dr. Austin Sloper | Film | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1949 | Come Saturday | Narrator | Film | — | 46 |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol | Baines | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina | Alexei Karenin | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Prof. Heatherville | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1944 | The Volunteer | Self - Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Jaap van Leyden | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Film | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1942 | The Day Will Dawn | Frank Lockwood | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1939 | Smith | Smith | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1939 | Bees on the Boat-Deck | Sam Gridley | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1939 | On the Night of the Fire | Will Kobling | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1939 | The Four Feathers | John Durrance | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1939 | Q Planes | Maj. Charles Hammond | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1939 | Health of a Nation | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Wing Commander Richardson | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1938 | The Citadel | Dr. Philip Denny | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1938 | The Divorce of Lady X | Lord Mere | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1938 | South Riding | Robert Carne | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1937 | Thunder in the City | Henry V. Manningdale | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1936 | Things to Come | The Boss | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1936 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Colonel Winstanley | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1935 | Bulldog Jack | Morelle | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1934 | Java Head | William Ammidon | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1934 | The King of Paris | Paul Lebrun | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1934 | The Return of Bulldog Drummond | Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Horace Dawes | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1933 | The Ghoul | Nigel Hartley | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1931 | Dreyfus | Extra | Film | 7.0 | 28 |