Terry-Thomas: movies and TV shows
Terry-Thomas has 105 credits in the archive: 89 films and 16 TV series, from 1933 to 2015. Highest rated: The Judy Garland Show (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 2015 · busiest year: 1968 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 103 |
| 2013 | The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' | The Villain Ivan (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 101 |
| 2013 | Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army | (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2007 | Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 95 |
| 1991 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Customs Captain | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 1980 | Fever of 40! | Dr. Christopher | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1979 | The Island of the Heads | Film | 8.0 | 67 | |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Dr. Mortimer | Film | 4.4 | 66 |
| 1978 | Kingdom Of Gifts | The Bumbling Chancellor | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Governor | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1977 | The Last Appointment! | Archibald Sinclair Beachum | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1976 | Spanish Fly | Sir Percy de Courcy | Film | 4.8 | 64 |
| 1976 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | Mr. Square | Film | 3.5 | 64 |
| 1975 | Side by Side | Max Nugget | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1974 | The Cherry Picker | Appleby | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1973 | Robin Hood | Sir Hiss - A Snake (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1973 | The Heroes | Major John Cooper | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1973 | The Vault of Horror | Arthur Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job") | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1973 | I Love a Mystery | Gordon Elliott | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Lombardo | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | Bus Conductor Terry-Thomas | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1972 | The Big Deal | Pierre Le Compte | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Archibald Sinclair Beachum | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Longstreet | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall | Commander Perry of British HQ | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1969 | Monte Carlo or Bust! | Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1969 | Twelve Plus One | Albert | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Clennery Tubbs | Film | 3.8 | 57 |
| 1969 | 2000 Years Later | Goodwyn | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | Danger: Diabolik | Minister of Interior / Minister of Finance | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | How to Kill 400 Duponts | Commissario Green | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | Gilbert Tilly | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | It's Your Move | Jerome | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Ladislaus | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | H. William Homer | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | The Old Campaigner | James Franklin-Jones ('FJ') | TV | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1968 | Seven Times Seven | Police Inspector | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1968 | Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose | Self | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1967 | Arabella | Hotel manager | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1967 | The Karate Killers | Constabler | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1967 | The Perils of Pauline | Sten Martin | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 1967 | Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon | Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1967 | Top Crack | Charles | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1966 | Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! | Reginald Brook | Film | 7.9 | 54 |
| 1966 | Munster, Go Home! | Freddie Munster | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Scout Master | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1966 | Our Man in Marrakesh | El Caid | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 1966 | Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die | Lord Aldric / James | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1965 | How to Murder Your Wife | Charles | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Assistant Mortician | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1965 | The Wild Affair | Godfrey Deane | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Major Foskett | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Constable | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Charlie Hill | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Gideon Auerbach | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Arthur Shelby | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | J. Algernon Hawthorne | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show | Self | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1963 | The Mouse on the Moon | Maurice Spender | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone") | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1962 | Operation Snatch | Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1962 | Kill or Cure | Capt. J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Guest Host | TV | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1961 | His and Hers | Reggie Blake | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1961 | A Matter of WHO | Archibald Bannister | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1961 | The Bing Crosby Show | Self | Film | 4.5 | 49 |
| 1961 | Bachelor Flat | Professor Bruce Patterson | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1960 | School for Scoundrels | Raymond Delauney | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Major Albert Rayne | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1960 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Lord Arthur Savile | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Major Hitchcock | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1959 | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1959 | Too Many Crooks | Billy Gordon | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1958 | Happy Is the Bride | Policeman | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb | Ivan | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1957 | Lucky Jim | Bertrand Welch | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1957 | The Naked Truth | Lord Henry Mayley | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1957 | Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Capt. Romney Carlton-Ricketts | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Alfred Green | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Major Hitchcock | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1956 | The Green Man | Charles Boughtflower | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1956 | Strictly T-T | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1952 | The Liberace Show | TV | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1949 | Helter Skelter | Self | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1949 | Melody Club | Freddy Forrester | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1948 | Date with a Dream | Terry | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1948 | Brass Monkey | Terry-Thomas | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | Copy Book Please | Presenter | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1941 | Quiet Wedding | Extra (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1940 | For Freedom | News Reader | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1937 | Take a Chance | Extra at Race Meeting (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1936 | Things to Come | Man of the Future (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1936 | When Knights Were Bold | Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1936 | It's Love Again | Dancer (Extra) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1936 | Cheer Up | Extra (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 24 |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 21 |