Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Acting

Born February 25, 1937 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the…

Known for

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Parkinson

Parkinson

1998

Film '72

1971

Unforgotten

Unforgotten

2015

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

1986

Mandy

Mandy

2020

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

Acting(71)

2026Queen at SeaMartin

2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself

2022The Railway Children ReturnUncle Walter

2021The North WaterBaxter

2020MandyEngineer Woodcock

2020SummerlandMr. Sullivan

2019Cinderella: After Ever AfterThe King

2019The AeronautsArthur Glaisher

2019The Queen's CorgiThe Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

2018King of ThievesKenny Collins

2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyEben Ramsey

2018Grandpa's Great EscapeGrandpa

2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun CapsuleSelf

2016Dad's ArmyLance Corporal Jones

2015UnforgottenEric Slater

2015The Legend of Barney ThomsonChief Superintendent McManaman

2015The First FilmHimself

201545 YearsGeoff Mercer

2013Night Train to LisbonOlder João Eca

2012QuartetReginald Paget

2012GambitThe Major

2011The End of an EraDr Blatella (voice)

2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaSelf

2008The Royle Family: The New SofaDave Best Sr.

2008Little DorritMr. Dorrit

2007The Golden CompassFarder Coram

2007FloodLeonard Morrison

2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillJoe McGill

2002Nicholas NicklebyNewman Noggs

2001Last OrdersVic

2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)

2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Harold Smith

1998A Rather English MarriageRoy Southgate

1998ParkinsonSelf

1996Famous FredKenneth (voice)

1996The Boy from MercuryUncle Tony Cronin

1995The Old Curiosity ShopDaniel Quilp

1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's EyeBronislaw Malinowski

1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf

1991Let Him Have ItWilliam Bentley

1991RedemptionStan Peachey

1991The Last ButterflyAntoine Moreau

1988Chekhov in YaltaAnton Chekhov

1987Leonard Part 6Frayn

1987Happy New YearEdward Saunders

1986ScreenPlayStanley Peachey

1985Me and the GirlsGeorge

1985Absent FriendsColin

1985Theatre NightColin

1983The DresserNorman

1976The Chester Mystery PlaysJesus

1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameMark Brian

1971Film '72Self

1971Catch Me a SpyBaxter Clarke

1971Stage 2Marlow

1970One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichIvan Denisovich

1969OtleyGerald Arthur Otley

1968A Dandy in AspicGatiss

1967The Day the Fish Came OutThe Navigator

1967The Night of the GeneralsCorporal Hartmann

1965Moscow in MadridSelf

1965Doctor ZhivagoPasha Antipov / Strelnikov

1965King RatGrey

1965BBC Play of the MonthJesus

1965Operation CrossbowRobert Henshaw

1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanSelf

1964King and CountryPvt. Arthur Hamp

1963Billy LiarWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerColin Smith

1962Private PotterPvt. Potter

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