Richard Johnson: movies and TV shows
Richard Johnson has 135 credits in the archive: 89 films and 46 TV series, from 1951 to 2016. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2016 · busiest year: 1979 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Vice Master Henry Jackson | Film | 7.2 | 88 |
| 2016 | FantastiCozzi | (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 88 |
| 2015 | Beloved Days | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2014 | Radiator | Leonard | Film | 6.4 | 86 |
| 2013 | The Other Child | Chad Beckett | TV | 3.0 | 85 |
| 2013 | The Man on the Moor | Joe Adams | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2012 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Uncle Writes Prompt Thank You Cards | TV | 6.9 | 84 |
| 2009 | Beyond the Door: 35 Years Later | Himself | Film | — | 81 |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Grandpa | Film | 7.8 | 80 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Augustus Mortmaigne | TV | 7.6 | 79 |
| 2007 | Two Families | Don Cataldo | Film | — | 79 |
| 2007 | The Raven | Narrator / The Raven (voice) | Film | 2.7 | 79 |
| 2006 | Scoop | Mr. Quincy | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2005 | The Robinsons | TV | 6.4 | 77 | |
| 2005 | Whatever Love Means | Lord Mountbatten | Film | 4.3 | 77 |
| 2005 | Wallis & Edward | Stanley Baldwin | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2004 | Doc Martin | TV | 8.3 | 76 | |
| 2003 | The Royal | TV | 7.8 | 75 | |
| 2003 | The Royal | Johnny Lomax | TV | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2003 | Danny Deckchair | Passerby | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Bernard Qualtrough | TV | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Raymond Parke | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Distinguished Gentleman | Film | 5.9 | 73 |
| 2001 | The Whistle-Blower | Sir Alastair Montgomery | Film | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2000 | Happy Days | Willie | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1999 | A Kind of Hush | Film | 10.0 | 71 | |
| 1999 | Milk | John | Film | 4.0 | 71 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Rex Masters | TV | 7.5 | 69 |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Lord Justice Fenwick | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Lord Tilbury | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Gerald Middleton | TV | 5.0 | 64 |
| 1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Oliver (older) | TV | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1992 | Duel of Hearts | Lord Belgrave | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Reverend Charles Quentin | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | Dr. Watson | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1990 | The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Gen. Halmsden | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1990 | Diving In | Richard Anthony | Film | 3.6 | 62 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Malcolm Lawson | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1989 | Voice of the Heart | David Cunningham | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | Duke of Norfolk | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | The Earl of Arundel | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1986 | Castaway | Lawyer (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1986 | Castaway | Film | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Daish | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Mr. Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Film | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lord Geoffrey Constable | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Air Vice-Marshal Conyers | TV | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1984 | The Biko Inquest | Dr. Hersch | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1984 | The Biko Inquest | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1984 | What Waits Below | Ben Gannon | Film | 4.2 | 56 |
| 1983 | Cymbeline | Cymbeline | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1983 | The Aerodrome | Air Commander | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Various | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1982 | The Best of Sex and Violence | (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1981 | The Monster Club | Busotsky's Father | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1981 | The Member for Chelsea | Sir Charles Dilke | TV | — | 53 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Brigadier Faulkes | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1980 | Spy! | Richard Sorge | TV | — | 52 |
| 1980 | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Inspector Watford | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | Haywire | Kenneth Wagg | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1980 | The Marquise | Count Raoul de Vriac | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger | Havelock Ellis | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Alex Constantine | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Parnell | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | James | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Tanner | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1979 | Zombie Flesh Eaters | Dr. David Menard | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1979 | Island of the Fishmen | Edmond Rackham | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1979 | The Great Alligator | Prophet Jameson | Film | 4.5 | 51 |
| 1979 | Before and After | Waiter Les | Film | 3.5 | 51 |
| 1979 | The Flame Is Love | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Cymbeline | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1978 | The Comeback | Psychiatrist | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1978 | The Four Feathers | Abou Fatma | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1978 | Across a Crowded Room | Fergus Mariner | Film | — | 50 |
| 1978 | Brutes and Savages | Narrator | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1976 | The Message | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1976 | Aces High | Major Lyle | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1976 | The Last Concert | Richard Lasky | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1976 | Moses the Lawgiver | Erzähler-Stimme | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Lee Russell | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Insp. Hollis | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Film | 5.1 | 47 | |
| 1975 | Antony and Cleopatra | Antony | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Night Child | Michael Williams | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Tiberius Claudius | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | Beyond the Door | Dimitri | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1973 | Thriller | George Drew | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Bruce Sexton | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1973 | Shakespeare or Bust | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | A Marriage | Richard | Film | — | 44 |
| 1971 | Sin | Orestes | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Claudius, King of Denmark | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Cassius | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1970 | The Fifth Day of Peace | John Miller | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1969 | Some Girls Do | Hugh Drummond | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Claudius, King of Denmark | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Dr. Clive Riordan | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1968 | Oedipus the King | Creon | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1968 | Emma Hamilton | Horatio Nelson | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1968 | The Column | Tiberius | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1968 | A Twist of Sand | Geoffrey Peace | Film | 4.9 | 40 |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Jonas Wilde | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1967 | Deadlier Than the Male | Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1967 | The Rover | Real | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1966 | Khartoum | Colonel Stewart | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1966 | The Witch | Sergio Logan | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Duncan Sandys | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1965 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Jemmy | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater | Giles | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Jimbo | TV | 8.2 | 35 |
| 1963 | The Haunting | Dr. John Markway | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1963 | Cairo | Ali | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1963 | 80,000 Suspects | Dr. Steven Monks | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jarvis Smith | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Donadieu | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Frank Gibbons | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Cainfield | TV | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men | Captain Bannion | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Capt. Danny De Mortimer | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | Pegleg | TV | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Walter Egmont | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1954 | A Party for Christmas | Michael Firbanks | Film | — | 26 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1953 | Saadia | Lt. Girard | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1952 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr Wickham | TV | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1952 | Lady in the Fog | Danny McMara - Hit-and-Run Victim | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Claudius | TV | 8.8 | 23 |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Macrae (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1951 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Control Tower Operator (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 23 |