James Wilby
Acting
Biography
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).
Born: February 20, 1958
Place of Birth: Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Known For
Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Agatha Christie's Marple
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
Poldark
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
Merchant Ivory
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Island at War
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands. Produced by Granada Television in Manchester, Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes.
Filmography
as Max Preston
as Self
as Viscount Algernon
as Mr. Havers
as Sir Peter Bailey
as Thomas
as Judge Aarvold
as Narrator
as Conrad
as David Ford
as Geoffrey
as Sir Piers Gifford
as Brendan Bracken
as Pawkins
as Lord Falmouth
as Headmaster
as John Wheater
as Sefton Scott
as Charles Broadwick
as Wilfred De'Ath
as Bruce Ismay
as Elias Thomson
as Professor Hugh Merrill
as Robert
as Patrick Trenchard
as Earl of Mercia, Leofric
as Henry
as Julian Rowan
as John Locke
as Ofonius Tigellinus
as Alan Mills
as Stanley Kirkwood
as Sen. James Dorr
as Edward Thomas
as Stephen Farraday
as Major Cornwall
as Self (uncredited)
as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
as Freddie Nesbitt
as Nathan
as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
as John MacIntosh
as Uncle Alan Kitson
as Sir Robert Chiltern
as Dr Alan Protheroe
as Dr. Alan Protheroe
as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
as Edward Milton
as Sir Percival Glyde
as Henry Carlisle
as Helmuth James von Moltke
as Lord Staunton
as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt
as Alistair
as Charles Wilcox
as Arthur Donnithorne
as Michael Evans
as Christopher "Kit" Vesey
as Arthur Donnithorne
as Nick Marvin
as Sydney Carton
as Andrew Restarick
as Frank Ashton
as Tony Last
as Prince
as Maurice Hall
as Archie Grayling
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Dundine
as Baker
as Young Barclay
as Jamie
as Mr. Vincent
as Prince