James Wilby

Acting • 1958-02-20 • Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

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).

Known For

7.6

Maurice

1987

7.8

Poldark

2015

6.4

Legends

2014

7.0

Howards End

1992

6.1

A Handful of Dust

1988

6.3

The Sense of an Ending

2017

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Filmography

2025
I, Jack WrightTV
Max Preston • 5 episodes
★ 5.4
2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareFilm
Viscount Algernon
★ 7.0
2024
The Marlow Murder ClubTV
Sir Peter Bailey • 2 episodes
★ 5.9
2024
Merchant IvoryFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2024
Vindication SwimFilm
Mr. Havers
★ 5.2
2024
Mystery at the Prospect HotelFilm
Mr. Vincent
2023
The Famous FiveTV
Mr. Vincent • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2022
MasqueradeFilm
Thomas
★ 6.8
2021
The DukeFilm
Judge Aarvold
★ 6.9
2019
E. M. Forster: His Longest JourneyFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2019
SaltFilm
Conrad
2017
The Sense of an EndingFilm
David Ford
★ 6.3
2016
VictoriaTV
Sir Piers Gifford • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2016
Churchill's SecretFilm
Brendan Bracken
★ 6.3
2016
ChickLitFilm
Geoffrey
★ 5.4
2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. WellsTV
Pawkins • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2015
PoldarkTV
Lord Falmouth • 10 episodes
★ 7.8
2014
LegendsTV
Headmaster • 4 episodes
★ 6.4
2013
Father BrownTV
Sefton Scott • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2013
The Great Train RobberyTV
John Wheater • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
2013
VincentFilm
The Man
2012
Ripper StreetTV
Charles Broadwick • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2012
TitanicTV
Bruce Ismay • 4 episodes
★ 5.9
2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryFilm
Wilfred De'Ath
★ 4.6
2011
Death in ParadiseTV
Elias Thomson • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2011
We Need to Talk About KieranFilm
Professor Hugh Merrill
★ 2.0
2009
Shadows in the SunFilm
Robert
★ 4.6
2008
A Risk Worth TakingFilm
Patrick Trenchard
★ 3.5
2008
Lady GodivaFilm
Earl of Mercia, Leofric
★ 1.0
2007
LewisTV
Hugh Mallory • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2007
Secret Diary of a Call GirlTV
Henry • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
2007
Clapham JunctionFilm
Julian Rowan
★ 6.5
2007
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling YouFilm
John Locke
★ 6.0
2007
The Last Days of the RajFilm
Lord Mountbatten
2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireTV
Ofonius Tigellinus • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2005
JerichoTV
Alan Mills • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
Stanley Kirkwood • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
De-LovelyFilm
Edward Thomas
★ 6.1
2004
Island at WarTV
Sen. James Dorr • 6 episodes
★ 7.9
2003
Sparkling CyanideFilm
Stephen Farraday
★ 5.0
2002
Foyle's WarTV
Major Cornwall • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2002
Bertie and ElizabethFilm
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
★ 6.7
2002
The Making of Gosford ParkFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 5.3
2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeFilm
Herbert Spencer
★ 4.0
2001
Gosford ParkFilm
Freddie Nesbitt
★ 6.8
2001
Murder in MindTV
Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton • 1 episodes
★ 8.3
2001
Jump TomorrowFilm
Nathan
★ 6.3
2001
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino YearsTV
★ 6.0
1999
Tom's Midnight GardenFilm
Uncle Alan Kitson
★ 6.1
1999
An Ideal HusbandFilm
Sir Robert Chiltern
★ 6.5
1999
Cotton MaryFilm
John MacIntosh
★ 5.0
1999
The Dark RoomFilm
Dr Alan Protheroe
★ 5.8
1999
The Dark RoomTV
Dr. Alan Protheroe • 2 episodes
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
Edward Milton • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1997
Trial & RetributionTV
James McCready • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1997
The Woman In WhiteFilm
Sir Percival Glyde
★ 6.6
1997
RegenerationFilm
2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
★ 5.5
1997
Original SinTV
Gerard Etienne • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1997
The Woman In WhiteTV
Sir Percival Glyde • 2 episodes
1996
Silent WitnessTV
★ 7.6
1996
The Treasure SeekersFilm
Henry Carlisle
★ 5.6
1996
Witness Against HitlerFilm
Helmuth James von Moltke
★ 8.0
1994
Crocodile ShoesTV
★ 7.3
1994
The Chess GameFilm
Lord Staunton
★ 4.8
1993
Lady ChatterleyTV
Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt • 4 episodes
★ 6.3
1993
You, Me and ItTV
Charles Henderson • 3 episodes
1992
Howards EndFilm
Charles Wilcox
★ 7.0
1992
Adam BedeFilm
Arthur Donnithorne
★ 7.2
1992
Immaculate ConceptionFilm
Alistair
★ 5.7
1991
The Siege of VeniceFilm
Milord Runbiff
★ 4.9
1991
Tell Me That You Love MeFilm
Michael Evans
★ 9.0
1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotTV
Andrew Restarick • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1989
Tales from the CryptTV
Nick Marvin • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
Screen OneTV
Arthur Donnithorne • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1989
Screen OneTV
Michael Evans • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1989
Mother LoveTV
Christopher "Kit" Vesey • 4 episodes
★ 5.9
1989
A Tale of Two CitiesTV
Sydney Carton • 2 episodes
★ 5.7
1989
ConspiracyFilm
Stringer
★ 7.0
1988
The StorytellerTV
Prince • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1988
A Handful of DustFilm
Tony Last
★ 6.1
1988
A Summer StoryFilm
Frank Ashton
★ 6.1
1988
The Storyteller: SapsorrowFilm
Prince
1987
MauriceFilm
Maurice Hall
★ 7.6
1986
CasualtyTV
Archie Grayling • 3 episodes
★ 6.2
1986
A Room with a ViewFilm
Party Guest (uncredited)
★ 6.9
1985
DreamchildFilm
Baker
★ 6.6
1985
Dutch GirlsFilm
Dundine
★ 4.1
1984
The BillTV
★ 6.8
1984
Sherlock HolmesTV
Young Barclay • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1984
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesTV
Young James • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
1982
PrivilegedFilm
Jamie
★ 7.5