Cast & creator

Anthony Ainley

1932-08-20 (died at 71) London, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Doctor Who

Also known as: Tony Holmes, James Stoker, Leon Ny Taiy, Neil Toynay

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1942–2020 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Acting · 1963

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Kalid · 1963

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Tremas / The Master · 1963

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master / Portreeve · 1963

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master / Sir Gilles Estram · 1963

Across film & television

Filmography (57)

Showing 57 of 57 credits

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Kalid

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Tremas / The Master

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master / Portreeve

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master / Sir Gilles Estram

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Tremas

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

The Master (voice)

1963

Series

★ 7.8

The Avengers

Sunley

1961

Series

★ 5.7

Crown Court

1972

Series

★ 6.8

The Bill

1984

Series

★ 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

Ferdinand Gadd

1965

Series

★ 6.6

Marcus Welby, M.D.

John Phillips

1969

Series

★ 7.8

Upstairs, Downstairs

Lord Charles Gilmour

1971

Series

★ 7.8

Secret Army

Johnson

1977

Series

★ 7.1

Out of the Unknown

Frank Bowers-One

1965

Series

★ 6.4

Doomwatch

Senior House Officer

1970

Movie

★ 6.6

You Only Live Twice

Hong Kong Policeman

1967

Series

★ 6.3

The Adventurer

Josef Kerston

1972

Series

★ 7.0

Target

Alexander Trist

1977

Series

★ 5.5

Department S

Supervisor

1969

Series

★ 6.4

The Pallisers

Reverend Emilius

1974

Movie

★ 6.2

Blood on Satan's Claw

Reverend Fallowfield

1971

Series

★ 6.7

Warship

1973

Series

Jubilee 1977

Antony Gerard

1977

Series

★ 7.5

Elizabeth R

Henry Sidney

1971

Series

It's Dark Outside

Det. Sgt. Hunter

1964

Movie

★ 5.0

Inspector Clouseau

Bomber LeBec

1968

Series

★ 7.0

Nicholas Nickleby

Sir Mulberry Hawk

1977

Movie

★ 5.7

The Land That Time Forgot

Dietz

1974

Series

★ 5.0

Brett

1971

Movie

★ 6.6

Oh! What a Lovely War

3rd Aide

1969

Movie

The Ties That Bind Us

The Master (archive footage)

2008

Movie

★ 5.7

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

The Master

1986

Movie

★ 7.8

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

The Master

1983

Movie

★ 6.6

The Foreman Went to France

Boy

1942

Movie

★ 6.0

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani

The Master

1985

Movie

Welcome Home

Bowers-One

1971

Series

★ 7.3

Spyder's Web

Clive Hawksworth

1972

Movie

★ 7.4

Doctor Who: Logopolis

The Master

1981

Movie

★ 6.4

Doctor Who: Time-Flight

The Master / Kalid

1982

Movie

★ 5.5

Assault

Mr. Bartell

1971

Movie

★ 9.8

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

The Master

1984

Movie

Police 5: The Master

The Master (archive footage)

1993

Movie

Once Upon a Time Lord

Self

1983

Movie

★ 7.4

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

Tremas / The Master

1981

Movie

★ 4.3

Doctor Who: The King's Demons

The Master / Sir Gilles Estram

1983

Movie

★ 5.4

Joanna

Bruce

1968

Movie

★ 6.0

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

The Master

1984

Movie

★ 7.8

Doctor Who: Castrovalva

The Master / The Portreeve

1982

Movie

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

2015

Movie

Hanging by a Thread: The Making of Logopolis

Self (archive footage)

2019

Movie

Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'

(archive footage)

2006

Movie

★ 6.3

Naked Evil

Dick Alderson

1966

Movie

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years

Self (archive footage)

2020

Movie

★ 7.2

Doctor Who: Survival

The Master

1989

Movie

Plain Jane

Antony Gerard

1977