Cast & creator
James Villiers
Best known for The Avengers, The Wednesday Play, Crown Court
57
film credits
47
television credits
104
1954–2018 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (104)
Showing 104 of 104 credits
The Avengers
Simon Trent
1961
The Wednesday Play
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Williams
1964
Crown Court
Richard Ireland QC
1972
The Saint
Inspector Pryor
1962
BBC Play of the Month
Henry Higgins
1965BBC Play of the Month
Cecil Graham
1965BBC Play of the Month
Alastair Fitzfassenden
1965
Sherlock Holmes
Lord Cantlemere
1984
ITV Playhouse
Lord Darlington
1967
Playhouse
Hilary Martin
1974
Theatre 625
Brassac / Tallien
1964Theatre 625
Lord Strange
1964Theatre 625
Ian Kilbannock
1964Theatre 625
John Styles
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Oscar
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
Rumpole of the Bailey
Sir Arthur Remnant
1975
Lovejoy
Lionel Beckwith
1986
Thriller
Paul
1973
Man in a Suitcase
Peters
1967
For Your Eyes Only
Tanner
1981
Dick Turpin
Lord Fordingham
1979
The Famous Five
Johnson
1978Festival
Willy
1963
The Human Jungle
Paul
1963
Wilde Alliance
Roper
1978
House of Cards
Charles Collingridge
1990
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Lord Cantlemere
1994
The Edwardians
Hubert Bland
1972
Call Me Mister
1986
A Dance to the Music of Time
Buster Foxe
1997
Fortunes of War
Inchcape
1987
Shirley's World
1972
Repulsion
John
1965
Armchair Theatre
1956Armchair Theatre
Blackie
1956Armchair Theatre
Robin Fiske
1956Armchair Theatre
Derek
1956Armchair Theatre
Billy
1956
The Irish R.M.
1983
Spooner's Patch
Film Producer
1979
Counterstrike
Wyatt
1969
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Corbeck
1971
Knight Errant Limited
1959
The Gravy Train Goes East
Penhurst
1991
Under the Volcano
Brit
1984
Some Girls Do
Carl Petersen
1969
Scandal
Conservative M.P.
1989Scandal
Tory MP
1989
The Other 'Arf
1980
Follow Me!
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1972
King Ralph
Hale
1991
Mountains of the Moon
Lord Oliphant
1990
Saint Jack
Frogget
1979Sword of Honour
Ian Kilbannock
1967
Murder at the Gallop
Michael Shane
1963
Let Him Have It
Cassels
1991
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baron de Batz
1982A Gentleman's Club
1988
The Wrong Box
Sydney Whitcombe Sykes
1966
The Nanny
Bill Fane
1965
The Ruling Class
Dinsdale
1972
The Alphabet Murders
Franklin
1965
Nothing But the Best
Hugh
1964
King and Country
Capt. Midgley
1964
Girl in the Headlines
David Dane
1963
Asylum
George
1972
The Wind in the Willows
Magistrate (voice)
1995
Uncovered
Montegrifo
1995
The Damned
Captain Gregory
1962
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Uncle Bertie (Albert)
1972Jack Of Diamonds
1983
Carry On Sergeant
Seventh Recruit
1958
Seven Nights in Japan
Finn
1976
The Tichborne Claimant
Uncle Henry
1999
The Willows in Winter
Magistrate
1996Marty Back Together Again
1974
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Parsley-Freck
1973
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Self (archive footage)
2018
Running Out of Luck
1987
Joseph Andrews
Mr. Booby
1977
Eva
Alan McCormick - a Screenwriter
1962
Spectre
Sir Geoffrey Cyon
1977
You Must Be Joking
Bill Simpson
1965
Mantrap
Tony Walmsley
1983
Half a Sixpence
Hubert
1967
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Sir Reginald Manningham-Butler
1986
The Siege of Manchester
Lord Strange
1965
Petticoat Pirates
English Lieutenant
1961
The Millionairess
Alastair Fitzfassenden
1972
Otley
Hendrickson
1969
The Touchables
Twyning
1968
The Music Machine
Hector Woodville
1979
Daylight Robbery
Man on scooter
1964
Father Came Too!
Benzil Bulstrode
1964
Clue of the New Pin
Tab Holland
1961
Late Night Final
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
1954
Unity
Hilary Martin
1981
Bomb in the High Street
Stevens
1963
E=MC²
Dr. James Mallinson
1996
Pygmalion
1973
The Marquise
Duke Esteban
1980Father's Help
Billy
1971
Living Image
Blackle
1963