Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born 12 August 1939) is an English actor and writer.

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Known For

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

2011 • as Maester Cressen

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Otto Benham

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Dr. Sheppard

MacGyver

MacGyver

1985 • as Professor Carson

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001 • as Hugo Keegan

Father Brown

Father Brown

2013 • as Bishop Golding

Filmography

2022

Triangle of Sadness
Triangle of Sadness
as Winston
Movie - Released: 9/18/2022

2021

A Splinter of Ice
A Splinter of Ice
as Graham Greene
Movie - Released: 4/15/2021

2019

Departure
Departure
as Amis
TV - Released: 7/10/2019

2018

Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin
as Old Man Winslow
Movie - Released: 8/1/2018
The Last Witness
The Last Witness
as Sir Alexander Cadogan / Anthony Eden / Owen O'Malley (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/11/2018
Gerry
Gerry
as Frank
Movie - Released: 4/28/2018

2015

RSC Live: Henry V
RSC Live: Henry V
as Chorus
Movie - Released: 10/16/2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
as Shallow
Movie - Released: 2/2/2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Cardinal Crawshaw
TV - Released: 9/30/2015

2014

37 Days
37 Days
as Cunliffe
TV - Released: 3/6/2014

2013

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
as Duke of York
Movie - Released: 11/13/2013
Father Brown
Father Brown
as Bishop Golding
TV - Released: 1/14/2013

2011

The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea
as Hester's Father
Movie - Released: 9/11/2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as Maester Cressen
TV - Released: 4/17/2011

2009

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Polonius
Movie - Released: 12/26/2009
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
as King of France
Movie - Released: 10/1/2009
Land Girls
Land Girls
as Bishop Selvey
TV - Released: 9/7/2009

2008

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Sir Donald Kaberry
Movie - Released: 6/12/2008

2007

The Relief of Belsen
The Relief of Belsen
as Martin Lipscomb
Movie - Released: 10/15/2007

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Sio Bibble
Movie - Released: 5/17/2005
Cherished
Cherished
as Lord Justice Judge
Movie - Released: 2/22/2005
Heidi
Heidi
as Dr. Classen
Movie - Released: 8/19/2005

2004

Gladiatress
Gladiatress
Movie - Released: 8/19/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Major Palgrave
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide
as Col. Geoffrey Reece
Movie - Released: 10/5/2003
The Mother
The Mother
as Bruce
Movie - Released: 11/14/2003
Johnny English
Johnny English
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Movie - Released: 3/14/2003

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Governor Sio Bibble
Movie - Released: 5/15/2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
Bertie and Elizabeth
as Archbishop Lang
Movie - Released: 6/4/2002
Sunday
Sunday
as Lord Hailsham
Movie - Released: 1/28/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as Sir Richard 'Dickie' Bowman
TV - Released: 5/13/2002
Foyle's War
Foyle's War
TV - Released: 10/27/2002
TV
Sirens
as Henry Marshall
TV - Released: 10/13/2002

2001

Just Visiting
Just Visiting
as Pit Rivers
Movie - Released: 4/6/2001
Blow Dry
Blow Dry
as Doctor Hamilton
Movie - Released: 3/1/2001
Revelation
Revelation
as Professor Casaubon
Movie - Released: 4/12/2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Hugo Keegan
TV - Released: 6/18/2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Dr. Newman
TV - Released: 12/2/2001

2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
as Ship's Captain (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/10/2000

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Governor Sio Bibble
Movie - Released: 5/19/1999
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
as Sir Hugo Danforth
Movie - Released: 1/14/1999
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
as Mr. Wickfield
TV - Released: 12/25/1999

1998

Titanic Town
Titanic Town
as George Whittington
Movie - Released: 8/8/1998

1997

Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
as Hugh Whitbread
Movie - Released: 9/1/1997
Mrs Brown
Mrs Brown
as Dean of Windsor
Movie - Released: 7/18/1997
A Royal Scandal
A Royal Scandal
as Lord Liverpool
Movie - Released: 10/10/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Otto Benham
TV - Released: 3/23/1997
The Uninvited
The Uninvited
TV - Released: 9/25/1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Le Bas
TV - Released: 10/9/1997

1995

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
as Doctor Harris
Movie - Released: 12/13/1995
The Absence of War
The Absence of War
as Oliver Dix
Movie - Released: 5/18/1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Peter Foxcott QC
TV - Released: 1/3/1995
Coogan's Run
Coogan's Run
TV - Released: 11/17/1995

1994

MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
as Prof. Carson
Movie - Released: 5/14/1994
Wycliffe
Wycliffe
as Dr. Donald Treloar
TV - Released: 7/24/1994
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky
as James Truman
TV - Released: 3/13/1994

1992

The Cloning of Joanna May
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Gerald
Movie - Released: 1/16/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Henry Tomkinson
TV - Released: 4/10/1992
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
TV - Released: 9/4/1992
Maigret
Maigret
TV - Released: 2/9/1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Professor Stokesay
TV - Released: 5/12/1992

1991

The War That Never Ends
The War That Never Ends
as Melian Representative
Movie - Released: 3/28/1991

1990

Paper Mask
Paper Mask
as Coroner
Movie - Released: 9/14/1990
The Police
The Police
as James Acheson
Movie - Released: 9/16/1990
Chancer
Chancer
as Vicar
TV - Released: 3/6/1990

1989

Death of a Son
Death of a Son
as Prosecuting Counsel
Movie - Released: 1/8/1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Police Commander
Movie - Released: 4/22/1989
Scandal
Scandal
as Mr Woods
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Sheppard
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

Hannay
Hannay
TV - Released: 1/6/1988
A Taste for Death
A Taste for Death
as Father Barnes
TV - Released: 10/14/1988
A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup
as Tweed
TV - Released: 6/19/1988

1987

Cause Célèbre
Cause Célèbre
as J.D. Casswell
Movie - Released: 8/23/1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
as Frederick Redpath
TV - Released: 1/6/1987

1986

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
as Anthony Clegg
Movie - Released: 5/9/1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Lecturer
TV - Released: 5/21/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as The Major
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Ziggy Rustin
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

MacGyver
MacGyver
as Professor Carson
TV - Released: 9/29/1985
Screen Two
Screen Two
as Prosecuting Counsel
TV - Released: 1/6/1985

1984

Mitch
Mitch
as Dept. Assist. Commissioner Gradley
TV - Released: 8/31/1984

1983

Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh
as Father Barnes
TV - Released: 4/8/1983

1981

Tenko
Tenko
as Priest
TV - Released: 10/22/1981

1977

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Pattterson
Movie - Released: 5/31/1977

1974

Father Brown
Father Brown
TV - Released: 9/26/1974

1972

The Protectors
The Protectors
as Hansen
TV - Released: 9/29/1972
Van der Valk
Van der Valk
as Guus Kroese
TV - Released: 9/13/1972

1967

TV
Contrasts
as Doctor
TV - Released: 10/15/1967