James Laurenson (1940-2024) was a New Zealand born actor predominantly based in the UK.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2000
Coronation Street
1968
Silent Witness
2003
The Crown
2016
Play for Today
1980
Father Brown
2014
Crown Court
1975
Heartbeat
2001
Cagney & Lacey
1984
Spooks
2004
Sharpe
1997
Remington Steele
1984

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
105
2022
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
as Ancient / Sleeping Teacher
2017
Endeavour
as Professor George Amory
2016
The Crown
as Doctor Weir
2015
The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Egeon
2015
Wolf Hall
as Earl of Shrewsbury
2014
The Riot Club
as College President
2014
The Widower
as Brian Drumm
2014
Father Brown
as Professor Hilary Ambrose
2012
Private Peaceful
as Major Fitzpatrick
2012
The Hollow Crown
as Westmoreland
2011
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
as Gaev
2011
One Day
as Mr. Cope
2011
Holy Flying Circus
as Archbishop of York
2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Player King
2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Leslie Thomas
2007
Spooks
as Sholto
2004
Spooks
as Lord Young
2004
Hustle
as Peter Williams
2004
Born and Bred
as Brigadier Arbuthnot
2004
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Richard Mattis
2003
AfterLife
2003
Three Blind Mice
as William Storbest
2003
Silent Witness
as Professor Peter Sachs
2002
The Cat's Meow
as Dr. Daniel Goodman
2002
The Cry
as Richard Crossdyke
2001
Heartbeat
as Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Chief Constable Ronald Gregory
2000
Midsomer Murders
as James Tate
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Chief Const. Ronald Gregory
1999
Dead Bolt Dead
as The Boss
1997
Sharpe's Revenge
as Major General Hector Ross
1997
Sharpe: The Legend
as Ross (archive footage)
1997
The Vanishing Man
as Moreau
1997
Sharpe
as Maj. Gen. Hector Ross
1997
The Vanishing Man
as Moreau
1996
The Cold Light of Day
as Pavel Novak
1996
Sharpe's Siege
as Major General Hector Ross
1996
Sharpe's Mission
as Major General Hector Ross
1996
Sharpe's Regiment
as Major General Hector Ross
1996
Sharpe
as Major General Hector Ross
1995
Prime Suspect
as Paul Endicott
1995
Taggart
as Tony Sabina
1993
A House in the Hills
as Mr. Rankin
1992
Between the Lines
as Supt. Pat Salter
1992
Lovejoy
as Greg Veitch
1992
Van der Valk
as Paul Kortman
1990
The Care of Time
as General Newell
1990
Rainbow Drive
as Hans Roerhrig
1990
Project: Tinman
as Wheeler
1990
Capital News
1989
Thieves in the Night
as Gordon-Smith
1989
Countdown to War
as Ciano
1988
The Bourne Identity
as Gillette
1988
Taggart
as Maurice Bain
1987
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Felix Hawthorne
1987
Inspector Morse
as Tony Richards
1986
Stingray
1986
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Luke Lorenz
1986
Artists and Models
as Jacques-Louis David
1984
Heartbreakers
as Terry Ray
1984
Paint Me a Murder
as Luke Lorenz
1984
Remington Steele
as Raymond Merleau
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink's Father
1981
The Monster Club
as Raven (the Shadmock)
1981
A Spy at Evening
as Tom Hart
1980
Jude
as Dick
1980
Hammer House of Horror
as Mr. Rayburn
1980
Play for Today
as Dick
1979
The Professionals
as Meredith
1978
Quiet as a Nun
as Alexander Skarbek
1978
Armchair Thriller
as Alexander Skarbek
1977
Romance
as Logan Rossiter
1976
Old Man March Is Dead
as Bert
1976
The Witches of Pendle
as Abraham Law
1976
The Winter Warrior
as Theodric
1976
Space: 1999
as Patrick Osgood
1976
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Culliford
1976
Centre Play
as Bert
1975
Children of the Sun
as Howard
1975
Crown Court
1975
The Girls of Slender Means
as Nicholas Farringdon
1974
The Turn of the Screw
as Peter Quint
1974
The Prison
as Alain Poitaud
1974
The Lady from the Sea
as The Stranger
1974
Armchair Cinema
as Alain Poitaud
1973
ITV Playhouse
as Alan Black
1972
The Shadow of the Tower
1972
Boney
1971
Assault
as Greg Lomax
1971
The Man in the Sidecar
as Gerald
1971
Elizabeth R
as Simier
1971
Public Eye
as Ken
1971
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Michael
1971
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Rosencrantz
1971
Fathers and Sons
as Yevgeny Bazarov
1970
Edward II
as Piers Gaveston
1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II
as Sir Pierce of Exton
1970
Hamlet
as Rosencrantz
1970
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rosencrantz
1969
Women in Love
as Minister
1969
The Magic Christian
as Oxford Crew
1969
The Expert
as Norry
1968
Coronation Street
as Rev. Peter Hope
1968
Treasure Island
as Dick Johnson