Credits

• 1994 · Middlemarch as Peter Featherstone
• 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as King (voice)
• 1992 · Truckers as The Abbot (voice)
• 1992 · Memento Mori as Godfrey Colston
• 1990 · Dark Obsession as Lord Crewne
• 1987 · Comrades as Mr. Pitt
• 1987 · Suspicion as Lord McLaidlaw
• 1984 · The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Psychoanalyst
• 1983 · Group Madness as Self / Dr. Gilpin
• 1982 · Cymbeline as Jupiter
• 1981 · All's Well That Ends Well as Lafeu
• 1980 · The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Sir Charles Hackforth
• 1980 · Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies as Narrator (voice)
• 1980 · The Tempest as Prospero
• 1978 · Romeo & Juliet as Capulet
• 1977 · A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
• 1975 · The Old Curiosity Shop as Edward Trent
• 1971 · Tall Stories as
• 1971 · Up Pompeii as Ludicrus Sextus
• 1968 · Prudence and the Pill as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
• 1968 · Whistle and I'll Come to You as Professor Parkins
• 1967 · I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Headmaster
• 1967 · The Jokers as Sir Matthew
• 1960 · Man in the Moon as Dr. Davidson
• 1958 · I Was Monty's Double as Governor of Gibralter
• 1958 · The Spaniard's Curse as Judge Manton
• 1956 · The Spanish Gardener as Harrington Brande
• 1956 · The Baby and the Battleship as Capt. Hugh
• 1955 · Storm Over the Nile as General Faversham
• 1955 · The Constant Husband as The Judge
• 1954 · The Beachcomber as The Headman
• 1954 · Forbidden Cargo as Director of Customs
• 1953 · The Heart of the Matter as Commissioner
• 1953 · Personal Affair as Headmaster Griffith
• 1953 · Grand National Night as Inspector Ayling
• 1953 · Street Corner as Insp. Heron
• 1952 · The Hour of 13 as Sir Herbert Frensham
• 1950 · Highly Dangerous as Lab Director Owens
• 1950 · The Astonished Heart as Ernest
• 1948 · The Small Voice as Dr. Mennell
• 1948 · Good-Time Girl as Seddon
• 1947 · Nightbeat as Police Training Officer
• 1947 · Mine Own Executioner as Co-Counsel at Inquest
• 1946 · School for Secrets as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
• 1946 · The Years Between as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
• 1939 · A Girl Must Live as
• Future · The Dock Brief as
• 2008 · Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Squire Thomas Banks
• 1995 · A Very Open Prison as Lord Langland
• 1993 · Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt as Narrator
• 1992 · Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
• 1990 · The Fool as Mr. Tatham
• 1990 · The Green Man as Gramps
• 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Sir Norman
• 1990 · Chillers as Colonel Eddie Phelps
• 1990 · Oh, Mr. Toad as Badger
• 1989 · Danny the Champion of the World as Lord Claybury
• 1989 · The Dog It Was That Died as George
• 1989 · Ending Up as George
• 1988 · The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads as Badger (voice)
• 1987 · The Trouble with Spies as Jason Locke
• 1987 · The Secret Garden as Ben Weatherstaff
• 1987 · Daytime Live as
• 1987 · Scoop as Uncle Theodor
• 1987 · The Secret World of Polly Flint as Narrator
• 1987 · Inspector Morse as Doctor Starkie
• 1986 · The Little Match Girl as Himself - Introduction
• 1986 · Paradise Postponed as Rev. Simeon Simcox
• 1986 · Labyrinth as The Wiseman (voice)
• 1986 · Paradise Postponed as Simeon Simcox
• 1986 · Lady Jane as Dr. Feckenham
• 1986 · Lovejoy as Wilfred Shotley
• 1986 · Paddington Goes to School as
• 1986 · Paddington's Birthday Bonanza as Narrator
• 1985 · Young Sherlock Holmes as Older Watson (voice)
• 1985 · Theatre Night as
• 1985 · Now Voyager as The Old Man
• 1985 · Screen Two as Lord Langland
• 1984 · The Wind in the Willows as Badger (voice)
• 1983 · The Wind in the Willows as Badger
• 1983 · Yellowbeard as Dr. Gilpin
• 1983 · Clash of Loyalties as Narrator
• 1982 · Gandhi as Sir George Hodge
• 1982 · The Missionary as Slatterthewaite
• 1982 · King Lear as King Lear
• 1982 · Wogan as Self
• 1982 · Oliver Twist as Mr. Brownlow
• 1982 · Ivanhoe as Cedric
• 1981 · You're All Right, How Am I? as Patient
• 1981 · The History Man as Prof Marvin
• 1980 · Shōgun as Friar Domingo
• 1980 · Gauguin the Savage as Durand-Huel
• 1980 · The Spirit of Cheshire as
• 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Cyril Bixby
• 1978 · The Talking Parcel as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
• 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as Capulet
• 1978 · Watership Down as Frith (voice)
• 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Atropos - Fortune Teller
• 1977 · Joseph Andrews as Parson Adams
• 1976 · The Slipper and the Rose as King
• 1976 · Paddington Bear as Narrator
• 1976 · Paddington Bear as Narrator / All
• 1975 · Lucky Lady as Captain Rockwell
• 1975 · Barry Lyndon as Narrator (voice)
• 1975 · Royal Flash as Headmaster
• 1975 · Edward the Seventh as
• 1975 · King Lear as King Lear
• 1974 · Juggernaut as Mr. Baker
• 1974 · Fall of Eagles as Narrator
• 1973 · The Three Musketeers as Treville (voice)
• 1973 · The MacKintosh Man as Mr. Brown
• 1973 · England Made Me as F. Minty
• 1973 · Theatre of Blood as George Maxwell
• 1972 · The Pied Piper as Melius, Alchemist
• 1972 · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Mock Turtle
• 1972 · Demons of the Mind as Priest
• 1972 · The Possession of Joel Delaney as Justin
• 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as Professor Parkins
• 1971 · A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice)
• 1971 · Girl Stroke Boy as George Mason
• 1971 · Six Dates with Barker as
• 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Denniston Russell
• 1970 · Futtocks End as The Butler
• 1969 · Anne of the Thousand Days as Thomas Boleyn
• 1969 · The Bed Sitting Room as Bules Martin
• 1968 · Where Eagles Dare as Adm. Rolland
• 1967 · How I Won the War as Grapple
• 1967 · The Taming of the Shrew as Baptista
• 1966 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Senex
• 1966 · Khartoum as Lord Granville
• 1966 · Cast a Giant Shadow as British Ambassador
• 1966 · Turner as Reads recollections
• 1965 · The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Ashe
• 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Mr. Posket
• 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as God
• 1965 · Genghis Khan as Geen
• 1964 · The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Harnsworth
• 1964 · Detective as
• 1964 · Macbeth as Banquo
• 1963 · Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Squire Thomas Banks
• 1963 · The V.I.P.s as Airport Director
• 1963 · Cleopatra as Cicero
• 1961 · El Cid as Don Diego
• 1961 · The Square as The Man
• 1960 · Sink the Bismarck! as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
• 1960 · Moment of Danger as Inspector Farrell
• 1959 · Back to Back as
• 1958 · Girls at Sea as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
• 1958 · I Accuse! as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
• 1957 · Windom's Way as Patterson
• 1957 · No Time for Tears as Surgeon
• 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Gen. Coburn
• 1956 · Alexander the Great as Demosthenes
• 1956 · Pacific Destiny as Resident Commissioner
• 1955 · The Dark Avenger as King Edward
• 1955 · The Night My Number Came Up as Lindsay
• 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Squire Banks
• 1954 · Svengali as Billy's Uncle
• 1954 · You Know What Sailors Are as
• 1954 · Tonight in Britain as Self
• 1952 · The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men as Scathelock
• 1952 · The Card as Bank Manager
• 1952 · The Magic Box as Official Receiver
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Banquo
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ben Weatherstaff
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
• 1951 · Scrooge as Jacob Marley
• 1951 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Wilkes
• 1951 · Flesh and Blood as Webster
• 1950 · Trio as Vicar
• 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Epilogue spoken by (voice)
• 1949 · Passport to Pimlico as Bashford
• 1949 · Train of Events as First Plain Clothes Man
• 1948 · Portrait from Life as Johnson
• 1947 · Rebecca as Maxim de Winter
• 1946 · Morning Departure as Commander Gates
• 1940 · Girl in the News as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
• 1940 · Band Waggon as (uncredited)