Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Acting

Born December 12, 1944 · Dunfermline - Scotland - UK

Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypol…

Known for

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

1960

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

2011

Casualty

Casualty

1986

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Merlin

Merlin

2008

Natural World

Natural World

1983

Acting(172)

2021Finding AliceGerry

2020TryingBarry

2019Mr. JonesLloyd George

2019Official SecretsJudge Hyam

2019Hatton GardenBrian Reader

2019The Spanish PrincessJohn Morton

2019Born a KingLord Curzon

2018Egon Schiele: Dangerous DesiresLeopold Czihaczek

2017BancroftCharlie Haverstock

2017Joe Orton Laid BareHimself

2017Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolJoe Turner

2017StrikeDennis Creed

2017Dark Ditties Presents: The OfferThe Host

2017The White PrincessJohn Morton

2016Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesDean Smith

2016War and PeaceUncle Mikhail

2015Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser IISelf

2014MaleficentKing Henry

201437 DaysJohn Burns

2014Inside No. 9Rupert

2014The Legend of HerculesLucius

2013Closed CircuitCameron Fischer

2013Flying BlindVictor

2013In the FleshVicar Oddie

2012Panto!Jerry

2012Suspension of DisbeliefBullock

2011Death in ParadiseFather John

2011Graffiti WarsNarrator (Voice)

2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry OrchardFirs

20115 Days of WarMichael Stilton

2011The Night WatchHorace Mundy

2010Upstairs DownstairsSgt Ashworth

2010Made in DagenhamMonty Taylor

2010Harold Pinter: A CelebrationSelf

2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenMJ O'Loughlin

2009Moving OnMike

2009The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsW H Auden

2008ValkyrieField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

2008MerlinAulfric

2008Tess of the D'UrbervillesMr Clare

2007Heroes & Villains: NapoleonGeneral Carteaux

2007Heroes and Villains

2007The Man from MontevideoGary Solway

2007Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at SeaCaptain Turner

2007Hot FuzzJames Reaper

2006A Good YearSir Nigel

2006The Line of BeautySir Maurice Tipper

2006Hannibal: Rome's Worst NightmareNarrator

2006The Chatterley AffairOlder Keith

2006The Lavender ListHarold Wilson

2005RomeGnaeus Pompey Magnus

2005Mangal Pandey - The RisingMr. Kent

2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRex Fortescue

2004Layer CakeJimmy Price

2004TraumaDC Jackson

2004Hannibal: The Man Who Hated RomeNarrator

2004The Genius of MozartLeopold Mozart

2004HustleFrancis Owen

2004Man Dancin'D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers

2003Sparkling CyanideGeorge Barton

2003BlackballChairman Collins

2003Murder Investigation TeamRay Morgan

2003Killing HitlerBrigadier Sir Stewart Menzies

2003PollyannaMr. Pendleton

2002Two Men Went To WarSgt. Peter King

2002Believe NothingDI Aldiss

2002DickensJohn Forster

2002Night FlightTed Atwell

2002The Voynich MysteryNarrator

2001Women Talking DirtyGeorge

2000Without MotiveDCS Derek Henderson

2000ShinerGibson

2000Born RomanticBarney

2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesColonel Schmidt

2000Gangster No. 1Tommy

2000The Most Fertile Man in IrelandDa

2000Lady Audley's SecretSir Michael Audley

2000Kevin & Perry Go LargeVicar

1999The Murder of Stephen LawrenceMichael Mansfield QC

1999The Last YellowLen

1998VigoThe Producer

1998RPMBiggerman

1998Our Mutual FriendSilas Wegg

1997The BoxerMatt MaGuire

1997Midnight ManBrigadier Charles Ferguson

1997Midsomer MurdersJude Langham

1996The Tenant of Wildfell HallReverend Michael Millward

1996Deep in the HeartRobert Flaherty

1996On Dangerous GroundBrigadier Charles Ferguson

1996Bed of RosesSimon

1995Kavanagh Q.C.Roy Lawrence

1994Requiem ApacheTony

1993The Vision ThingDick Naughton

1993Royal CelebrationDouglas

1993Tale of a VampireEdgar

1992Monkey BoyHennessey

1992A Little Bit of LippyReggie Titherington

1992Between the LinesDCI Stubbs

1992HeartbeatCharlie Wallace

1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesColonel Schmidt

1991Murder Most HorridInsp Salford

1991Under SuspicionFrank Vance

1991Prospero's BooksSebastian

1991ChimeraHennessey

1990Oranges Are Not the Only FruitPastor Finch

1989Rules of EngagementMartin Goodman

1989A Master of the MarionettesTeddy

1989Just Another SecretBrosch

1988Hellbound: Hellraiser IIDr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite

1988The Black and Blue LampSupt. Cherry

1988Stealing HeavenVice Chancellor Suger

1988ChocolatJonathan Boothby

1988The PartyJoe Shawcross

1988Normal ServicePeter

1988The Play on OnePeter

1987The Birthday PartyStanley Webber

1987Inspector MorseCedric Downes

1987Making WavesJoe Nash

1986A Sort of Innocence

1986CasualtyJames Lawrence

1986ScreenPlaySupt. Cherry

1986LovejoyLitvak

1986Dead Man's FollyInsp. Bland

1985Lady Windermere's FanLord Darlington

1985Theatre NightStanley

1985The Dumb WaiterGus

1983Natural World

1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesLenin

1982A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe OrtonSelf

1982The BellNick Fawley

1982Shine on Harvey MoonHarvey Moon

1981Brideshead RevisitedSergeant Block

1981The CaretakerAston

1981The Sin BinAlan Grieves

1980The Merchant of VeniceGratiano

1980'Tis Pity She's a WhoreGiovanni

1980CribbFrancis Mostyn-Smith

1980Therese RaquinCamille Raquin

1980Donkeys' YearsBill Taylor

1979MinderWalter

1979Danger UXBSapper Salt

1978Butterflies Don't CountTom

1978StrangersWillie Bruce

1978Enemy at the DoorJack Foster

1977Joseph AndrewsThe Wicked Squire

1976Robin and MarianJack's Apprentice

1975Against the CrowdGeoff Smailes

1974VampiraPaddy

1974The ChangelingAntonio

1973Achilles HeelGordon

1972Crown CourtJohn Tucker

1972Van der ValkDirk Boutsen

1972New Scotland YardDavid Collins

1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonPaolo

1971BudgieInky Ballantine

1971Up PompeiiChristian

1970Play for TodayAlan Grieves

1970From a Bird's Eye ViewTim O'Donovan

1970Fragment of FearJoe

1970All the Way UpTom Midway

1969Sling Your HookRoland

1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreTerry

1968Oliver!Noah Claypole

1967Death of a PrivateYoung intellectual

1967ITV PlayhousePrivate Seaton

1967Boy Meets GirlTom Last

1965BBC Play of the MonthAntonio

1965Thirty-Minute TheatreCharlie

1960Coronation StreetRoy

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