Kenneth Cranham
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in He...
Known For
Filmography
Finding Alice
2021
as Gerry Walsh
Trying
2020
as Barry
Official Secrets
2019
as Judge Hyam
Mr. Jones
2019
as Lloyd George
Born a King
2019
as Lord Curzon
Hatton Garden
2019
as Brian Reader
The Spanish Princess
2019
as John Morton
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
as Leopold Czihaczek
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Joe Turner
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
2017
as The Host
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
as Himself
The White Princess
2017
as John Morton
Bancroft
2017
as Charlie Haverstock
Strike
2017
as Dennis Creed
War and Peace
2016
as Uncle Mikhail
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
as Dean Smith
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015
as Self
Maleficent
2014
as King Henry
The Legend of Hercules
2014
as Lucius
37 Days
2014
as John Burns
Inside No. 9
2014
as Rupert
Closed Circuit
2013
as Cameron Fischer
Flying Blind
2013
as Victor
In the Flesh
2013
as Vicar Oddie
Panto!
2012
as Jerry
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
as Bullock
Graffiti Wars
2011
as Narrator (Voice)
The Night Watch
2011
as Horace Mundy
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
2011
as Firs
5 Days of War
2011
as Michael Stilton
Death in Paradise
2011
as Father John
Made in Dagenham
2010
as Monty Taylor
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Upstairs Downstairs
2010
as Sgt Ashworth
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as MJ O'Loughlin
Moving On
2009
as Mike
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
as W H Auden
Valkyrie
2008
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Merlin
2008
as Aulfric
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
as Mr Clare
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007
as Captain Turner
Hot Fuzz
2007
as James Reaper
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007
as General Carteaux
The Man from Montevideo
2007
as Gary Solway
Lilies
2007
Lilies
2007
as Health Inspector
Heroes and Villains
2007
A Good Year
2006
as Sir Nigel
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006
as Narrator
The Lavender List
2006
as Harold Wilson
The Chatterley Affair
2006
as Older Keith
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Sir Maurice Tipper
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005
as Mr. Kent
Rome
2005
as Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
Layer Cake
2004
as Jimmy Price
Trauma
2004
as DC Jackson
Man Dancin'
2004
as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
2004
as Narrator
Hustle
2004
as Francis Owen
New Tricks
2004
The Genius of Mozart
2004
as Leopold Mozart
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Rex Fortescue
Killing Hitler
2003
as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Pollyanna
2003
as Mr. Pendleton
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
as George Barton
Blackball
2003
as Chairman Collins
Murder Investigation Team
2003
as Ray Morgan
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Sgt. Peter King
Night Flight
2002
as Ted Atwell
The Voynich Mystery
2002
as Narrator
Believe Nothing
2002
as DI Aldiss
Dickens
2002
as John Forster
Women Talking Dirty
2001
as George
Neanderthal
2001
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gangster No. 1
2000
as Tommy
Born Romantic
2000
as Barney
Shiner
2000
as Gibson
Lady Audley's Secret
2000
as Sir Michael Audley
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Colonel Schmidt
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
as Vicar
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000
as Da
Justice in Wonderland
2000
as George Carman
Without Motive
2000
as DCS Derek Henderson
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Michael Mansfield QC
The Last Yellow
1999
as Len
RPM
1998
as Biggerman
Vigo
1998
as The Producer
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Silas Wegg
Midnight Man
1997
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
The Boxer
1997
as Matt MaGuire
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Jude Langham
Bed of Roses
1996
as Simon
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
Deep in the Heart
1996
as Robert Flaherty
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
as Reverend Michael Millward
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Tommy Collingwood
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Roy Lawrence
Requiem Apache
1994
as Tony
Tale of a Vampire
1993
as Edgar
The Vision Thing
1993
as Dick Naughton
Royal Celebration
1993
as Douglas
He-Play She-Play
1993
as Detective Inspector
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992
as Reggie Titherington
Monkey Boy
1992
as Hennessey
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Colonel Schmidt
Heartbeat
1992
as Charlie Wallace
Between the Lines
1992
as DCI Stubbs
Prospero's Books
1991
as Sebastian
Under Suspicion
1991
as Frank Vance
Chimera
1991
as Hennessey
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Insp Salford
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as Pastor Finch
A Master of the Marionettes
1989
as Teddy
Just Another Secret
1989
as Brosch
Rules of Engagement
1989
as Martin Goodman
Chocolat
1988
as Jonathan Boothby
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Stealing Heaven
1988
as Vice Chancellor Suger
Normal Service
1988
as Peter
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
as Supt. Cherry
The Party
1988
as Joe Shawcross
The Play on One
1988
as Peter
The Play on One
1988
as Joe Shawcross
The Play on One
1988
as Teddy Rose
Making Waves
1987
as Joe Nash
The Birthday Party
1987
as Stanley Webber
Inspector Morse
1987
as Cedric Downes
Dead Man's Folly
1986
as Insp. Bland
Lovejoy
1986
as Litvak
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Casualty
1986
as James Lawrence
ScreenPlay
1986
as Supt. Cherry
ScreenPlay
1986
as Reggie Titherington
ScreenPlay
1986
as Dick Naughton
Lady Windermere's Fan
1985
as Lord Darlington
The Dumb Waiter
1985
as Gus
Theatre Night
1985
as Stanley
Natural World
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Lenin
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982
as Self
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Harvey Moon
The Bell
1982
as Nick Fawley
The Caretaker
1981
as Aston
The Sin Bin
1981
as Alan Grieves
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Sergeant Block
Donkeys' Years
1980
as Bill Taylor
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
as Giovanni
The Merchant of Venice
1980
as Gratiano
Therese Raquin
1980
as Camille Raquin
Cribb
1980
as Francis Mostyn-Smith
Minder
1979
as Walter
Danger UXB
1979
as Sapper Salt
Danger UXB
1979
as L / Corporal Salt
Butterflies Don't Count
1978
as Tom
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Jack Foster
Strangers
1978
as Willie Bruce
Strangers
1978
as DCI Jim Lennard
Joseph Andrews
1977
as The Wicked Squire
Robin and Marian
1976
as Jack's Apprentice
Against the Crowd
1975
as Geoff Smailes
Vampira
1974
as Paddy
The Changeling
1974
as Antonio
Achilles Heel
1973
as Gordon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Paolo
Van der Valk
1972
as Dirk Boutsen
Crown Court
1972
as John Tucker
New Scotland Yard
1972
as David Collins
Up Pompeii
1971
as Christian
Budgie
1971
as Inky Ballantine
All the Way Up
1970
as Tom Midway
Fragment of Fear
1970
as Joe
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Tim O'Donovan
Play for Today
1970
as Alan Grieves
Play for Today
1970
as Tom
Sling Your Hook
1969
as Roland
Otley
1969
as Kid
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Terry
Oliver!
1968
as Noah Claypole
Death of a Private
1967
as Young intellectual
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Private Seaton
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Tom Last
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Antonio
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Charlie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Barry
Coronation Street
1960
as Roy