James Wilby

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).

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Edward Milton

Death in Paradise

2011 • as Elias Thomson

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Andrew Restarick

Casualty

1986 • as Archie Grayling

Silent Witness

1996

Father Brown

2013 • as Sefton Scott

Filmography

2025

Patriarche

as Max Preston

TV - Released: 4/23/2025

2024

Merchant Ivory

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/30/2024

Vindication Swim

as Mr. Havers

Movie - Released: 3/8/2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

as Viscount Algernon

Movie - Released: 4/18/2024

The Marlow Murder Club

as Sir Peter Bailey

TV - Released: 3/6/2024

2022

Masquerade

as Thomas

Movie - Released: 11/1/2022

2021

The Duke

as Judge Aarvold

Movie - Released: 7/23/2021

2019

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/19/2019

Salt

as Conrad

Movie - Released: 2/24/2019

2017

The Sense of an Ending

as David Ford

Movie - Released: 3/10/2017

2016

Churchill's Secret

as Brendan Bracken

Movie - Released: 2/29/2016

ChickLit

as Geoffrey

Movie - Released: 9/2/2016

Victoria

as Sir Piers Gifford

TV - Released: 8/28/2016

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

as Pawkins

TV - Released: 1/28/2016

2015

Poldark

as Lord Falmouth

TV - Released: 3/8/2015

2014

Legends

as Headmaster

TV - Released: 8/13/2014

2013

Movie

Vincent

as The Man

Movie - Released: 10/3/2013

Father Brown

as Sefton Scott

TV - Released: 1/14/2013

The Great Train Robbery

as John Wheater

TV - Released: 12/18/2013

2012

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

as Wilfred De'Ath

Movie - Released: 10/2/2012

Ripper Street

as Charles Broadwick

TV - Released: 12/30/2012

Titanic

as Bruce Ismay

TV - Released: 3/21/2012

2011

Death in Paradise

as Elias Thomson

TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2009

Shadows in the Sun

as Robert

Movie - Released: 6/15/2009

2008

A Risk Worth Taking

as Patrick Trenchard

Movie - Released: 5/13/2008

Lady Godiva

as Earl of Mercia, Leofric

Movie - Released: 1/25/2008

2007

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

as John Locke

Movie - Released: 5/9/2007

Clapham Junction

as Julian Rowan

Movie - Released: 7/22/2007

Movie

The Last Days of the Raj

as Lord Mountbatten

Movie - Released: 3/12/2007

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Henry

TV - Released: 9/27/2007

2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Ofonius Tigellinus

TV - Released: 9/21/2006

2005

Jericho

as Alan Mills

TV - Released: 10/16/2005

2004

De-Lovely

as Edward Thomas

Movie - Released: 7/2/2004

Island at War

as Sen. James Dorr

TV - Released: 7/11/2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Stanley Kirkwood

TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Sparkling Cyanide

as Stephen Farraday

Movie - Released: 10/5/2003

2002

Movie

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

as Herbert Spencer

Movie - Released: 11/1/2002

Bertie and Elizabeth

as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Movie - Released: 6/4/2002

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/18/2002

Foyle's War

as Major Cornwall

TV - Released: 10/27/2002

2001

Gosford Park

as Freddie Nesbitt

Movie - Released: 12/26/2001

Jump Tomorrow

as Nathan

Movie - Released: 11/9/2001

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

TV - Released: 2/2/2001

Murder in Mind

as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton

TV - Released: 4/22/2001

1999

Cotton Mary

as John MacIntosh

Movie - Released: 12/17/1999

An Ideal Husband

as Sir Robert Chiltern

Movie - Released: 5/18/1999

The Dark Room

as Dr Alan Protheroe

Movie - Released: 4/2/1999

Tom's Midnight Garden

as Uncle Alan Kitson

Movie - Released: 7/2/1999

The Dark Room

as Dr. Alan Protheroe

TV - Released: 4/2/1999

1997

Regeneration

as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

Movie - Released: 8/27/1997

The Woman In White

as Sir Percival Glyde

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

Trial & Retribution

TV - Released: 10/19/1997

Midsomer Murders

as Edward Milton

TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Witness Against Hitler

as Helmuth James von Moltke

Movie - Released: 3/10/1996

The Treasure Seekers

as Henry Carlisle

Movie - Released: 12/25/1996

Silent Witness

TV - Released: 2/21/1996

1994

The Chess Game

as Lord Staunton

Movie - Released: 11/19/1994

Crocodile Shoes

TV - Released: 11/10/1994

1993

Lady Chatterley

as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt

TV - Released: 6/6/1993

1992

Adam Bede

as Arthur Donnithorne

Movie - Released: 3/1/1992

Howards End

as Charles Wilcox

Movie - Released: 3/13/1992

Immaculate Conception

as Alistair

Movie - Released: 9/11/1992

1991

Tell Me That You Love Me

as Michael Evans

Movie - Released: 9/8/1991

The Siege of Venice

Movie - Released: 11/14/1991

1989

Movie

Conspiracy

Movie - Released: 12/12/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Nick Marvin

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

Mother Love

as Christopher "Kit" Vesey

TV - Released: 10/20/1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Andrew Restarick

TV - Released: 1/8/1989

Screen One

as Arthur Donnithorne

TV - Released: 9/10/1989

A Tale of Two Cities

as Sydney Carton

TV - Released: 5/21/1989

1988

A Summer Story

as Frank Ashton

Movie - Released: 8/11/1988

A Handful of Dust

as Tony Last

Movie - Released: 6/24/1988

The Storyteller

as Prince

TV - Released: 5/15/1988

1987

Maurice

as Maurice Hall

Movie - Released: 9/18/1987

1986

A Room with a View

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/7/1986

Casualty

as Archie Grayling

TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Dutch Girls

as Dundine

Movie - Released: 10/18/1985

Dreamchild

as Baker

Movie - Released: 10/4/1985

1984

The Bill

TV - Released: 10/16/1984

Sherlock Holmes

as Young Barclay

TV - Released: 4/24/1984

1982

Privileged

as Jamie

Movie - Released: 9/1/1982

Unknown

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

as Mr. Vincent

Movie