Simon Williams: movies and TV shows
Simon Williams has 96 credits in the archive: 37 films and 59 TV series, from 1961 to 2022. Highest rated: Sherlock Holmes (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1961 – 2022 · busiest year: 1996 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Chelsea Detective | Maurice Swift | TV | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2020 | Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy | Self | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2019 | Martin's Close | Stanton | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 2018 | Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators | Sir Tim Forbes-Allen | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Allelujah! | Ambrose | Film | — | 72 |
| 2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Zoo Director | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | Viceroy's House | Archie Wavell | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2016 | A Very British Deterrent | Harold MacMillan | Film | — | 70 |
| 2015 | Poldark | Lord Justice Kenyon | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2015 | Galavant | Uncle Keith | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Jeremiah Moxley | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Bletchley Circle | Cavendish | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Charles Wickenham | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2009 | The Queen | TV | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 2008 | Merlin | Lord Godwyn | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 2008 | Sense and Sensibility | Henry Dashwood | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2008 | Lady Godiva | Film | 1.0 | 62 | |
| 2007 | Kingdom | Dr. Scott-Brown | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin | Matthew Clasper | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | Strauss: The Waltz King | Johann Strauss II | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | Self | TV | 5.1 | 58 |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Dr Donald Halliwell | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Francis Denham | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2002 | Cutting It | Father Rafe | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Terence Philip | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2002 | After Upstairs Downstairs | Self | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Film | 7.9 | 55 | |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | Film | 5.7 | 55 | |
| 2001 | The Paranormal Peter Sellers | Self (Archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Bad Girls | Oliver Lilley | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1999 | Pig Heart Boy | Professor Rae | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Pig Heart Boy | Professor Rae | Film | — | 53 |
| 1999 | Goldfinger: Darrin's Coconut Ass Live & Uncensored | Himself | Film | — | 53 |
| 1998 | dinnerladies | Duke of Danby | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | Killer Net | Mr Miller | TV | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade | Lord Scott | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Guy Sandys | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | The Opium War | 义律 | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | John Kirk | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show | Steed | Film | — | 51 |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Sir Thomas Partridge | TV | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1996 | Once a Thief | TV | 6.1 | 50 | |
| 1996 | Noel's Telly Years | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1996 | The Preventers | Lord Timothy Belvoir St. Nash | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Willows in Winter | Bishop | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1995 | Agony Again | TV | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1994 | Law and Disorder | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Alan Carstairs | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | TV | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1993 | The Eligible Bachelor | Robert St. Simon | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Col Maltravers | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 45 |
| 1991 | Paul Merton: The Series | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1991 | Tonight at 8.30 | Simon | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1991 | The Mixer | Sir Anthony Rose | TV | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1990 | The Upper Hand | Geoffrey | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Mr. Chapman | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1989 | The Return of Sam McCloud | Simon Langton | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks | Group Captain Gilmore | Film | 8.9 | 42 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Professor De Silva | TV | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1986 | First Among Equals | Alexander Dalglish | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Arthur Hollister | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Lord Robert St. Simon | TV | 8.2 | 38 |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Bob Appleyard | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1984 | Sharing Time | Jake | TV | — | 38 |
| 1984 | The Late Nancy Irving | Bob Appleyard | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1983 | Don't Wait Up | Charles Cartwright | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1983 | The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair | Nigel Pennington-Smythe | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1982 | Countdown | TV | 6.1 | 36 | |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self | TV | — | 35 |
| 1981 | Kinvig | Buddo | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Robert Townsend | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1980 | Company and Co | Simon Company | TV | — | 34 |
| 1979 | Agony | Laurence Lucas | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1979 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Film | 5.7 | 33 | |
| 1978 | Strangers | Richard Barkham / Sir Lawrence Barkham | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1978 | Liza | Panshin | Film | — | 32 |
| 1978 | The Odd Job | Tony Sloane | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Panshin | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1977 | Romance | Major Bullivant | TV | — | 31 |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | The Prince | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Michael (segment "London 1912") | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1976 | The Incredible Sarah | Henri de Ligne | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1975 | Three for All | Harry Bingley | Film | 3.3 | 29 |
| 1972 | The Regiment | Eugene | TV | 4.5 | 26 |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | James Bellamy | TV | 7.8 | 25 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Stanton | TV | 7.4 | 25 |
| 1971 | The Blood on Satan's Claw | Peter Edmonton | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1970 | The Breaking of Bumbo | Crutcher | Film | 4.7 | 24 |
| 1968 | Joanna | Film | 5.6 | 22 | |
| 1968 | The Touchables | Nigel Bent | Film | 3.8 | 22 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Pint Shuckburgh | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | TV | 7.2 | 21 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Gilmore | TV | 7.9 | 17 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 15 |