Cast & creator
James Wilby
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death in Paradise
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).
Also known as: جیمز ویلبی
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television credits
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1982–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (91)
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Midsomer Murders
Edward Milton
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Andrew Restarick
1989
Death in Paradise
Elias Thomson
2011
Casualty
Archie Grayling
1986
Silent Witness
1996
Father Brown
Sefton Scott
2013
The Bill
1984
Lewis
Hugh Mallory
2007
Sherlock Holmes
Young Barclay
1984
Tales from the Crypt
Nick Marvin
1989
Agatha Christie's Marple
Stanley Kirkwood
2004
Foyle's War
Major Cornwall
2002
Ripper Street
Charles Broadwick
2012
Poldark
Lord Falmouth
2015
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Viscount Algernon
2024
Victoria
Sir Piers Gifford
2016
Legends
Headmaster
2014
Screen One
Arthur Donnithorne
1989Screen One
Michael Evans
1989
Trial & Retribution
James McCready
1997
Lady Chatterley
Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt
1993
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Henry
2007
The Storyteller
Prince
1988
Murder in Mind
Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
2001
The Marlow Murder Club
Sir Peter Bailey
2024
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Ofonius Tigellinus
2006
The Great Train Robbery
John Wheater
2013
A Room with a View
Party Guest (uncredited)
1986
Titanic
Bruce Ismay
2012
Gosford Park
Freddie Nesbitt
2001
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Young James
1984
I, Jack Wright
Max Preston
2025
Crocodile Shoes
1994
The Famous Five
Mr. Vincent
2023
The Duke
Judge Aarvold
2021
Howards End
Charles Wilcox
1992
Maurice
Maurice Hall
1987
Jericho
Alan Mills
2005
The Sense of an Ending
David Ford
2017
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
Pawkins
2016
A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton
1989
Island at War
Sen. James Dorr
2004
Original Sin
Gerard Etienne
1997
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
The Woman In White
Sir Percival Glyde
1997
Masquerade
Thomas
2022
A Handful of Dust
Tony Last
1988
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
2002
Dreamchild
Baker
1985
De-Lovely
Edward Thomas
2004
The Woman In White
Sir Percival Glyde
1997
Mother Love
Christopher "Kit" Vesey
1989
Dutch Girls
Dundine
1985
Lady Godiva
Earl of Mercia, Leofric
2008
Sparkling Cyanide
Stephen Farraday
2003
Clapham Junction
Julian Rowan
2007
Tom's Midnight Garden
Uncle Alan Kitson
1999
Churchill's Secret
Brendan Bracken
2016You, Me and It
Charles Henderson
1993
Bertie and Elizabeth
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
2002
Regeneration
2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
1997
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
John Locke
2007
Shadows in the Sun
Robert
2009
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Mr. Vincent
2024
A Risk Worth Taking
Patrick Trenchard
2008George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Herbert Spencer
2002
The Treasure Seekers
Henry Carlisle
1996
The Chess Game
Lord Staunton
1994
A Summer Story
Frank Ashton
1988
The Dark Room
Dr. Alan Protheroe
1999
An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
1999
The Dark Room
Dr Alan Protheroe
1999
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Wilfred De'Ath
2012
Tell Me That You Love Me
Michael Evans
1991
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Narrator
2019
The Last Days of the Raj
Lord Mountbatten
2007
We Need to Talk About Kieran
Professor Hugh Merrill
2011
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Prince
1988
Adam Bede
Arthur Donnithorne
1992
Vindication Swim
Mr. Havers
2024
Cotton Mary
John MacIntosh
1999
Privileged
Jamie
1982
Immaculate Conception
Alistair
1992
Witness Against Hitler
Helmuth James von Moltke
1996
Jump Tomorrow
Nathan
2001
The Siege of Venice
Milord Runbiff
1991
ChickLit
Geoffrey
2016Vincent
The Man
2013Conspiracy
Stringer
1989
Salt
Conrad
2019