Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1958-02-20 (67 years)
- Place of BirthRangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
- Also Known Asجیمز ویلبی
James Wilby
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).
Acting Career
- 2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
As: Viscount Algernon
- 2024
Vindication Swim
As: Mr. Havers
- 2024
The Marlow Murder Club
As: Sir Peter Bailey
- 2023
The Famous Five
As: Mr Vincent
- 2022
Masquerade
As: Thomas
- 2021
The Duke
As: Judge Aarvold
- 2019
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
As: Narrator
- 2019
Salt
As: Conrad
2017The Sense of an Ending
As: David Ford
2016ChickLit
As: Geoffrey
2016Victoria
As: Sir Piers Gifford
2016Churchill's Secret
As: Brendan Bracken
2016The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
As: Pawkins
2015Poldark
As: Lord Falmouth
2014Legends
As: Headmaster
2013The Great Train Robbery
As: John Wheater
2013Father Brown
As: Sefton Scott
2012Ripper Street
As: Charles Broadwick
2012Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
As: Wilfred De'Ath
2012Titanic
As: Bruce Ismay
2011Death in Paradise
As: Elias Thomson
2009Shadows in the Sun
As: Robert
2008A Risk Worth Taking
As: Patrick Trenchard
2008Lady Godiva
As: Earl of Mercia, Leofric
2007Secret Diary of a Call Girl
As: Henry
2007Clapham Junction
As: Julian Rowan
2007It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
As: John Locke
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
As: Ofonius Tigellinus
2005Jericho
As: Alan Mills
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
As: Stanley Kirkwood
2004Island at War
As: Sen. James Dorr
2004De-Lovely
As: Edward Thomas
2003Sparkling Cyanide
As: Stephen Farraday
2002Foyle's War
As: Major Cornwall
2002Bertie and Elizabeth
As: King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
- 2001
Gosford Park
As: Freddie Nesbitt
2001Jump Tomorrow
As: Nathan
2001Murder in Mind
As: Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
1999Cotton Mary
As: John MacIntosh
1999Tom's Midnight Garden
As: Uncle Alan Kitson
1999An Ideal Husband
As: Sir Robert Chiltern
1999The Dark Room
As: Dr Alan Protheroe
1997Regeneration
As: 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
1997Midsomer Murders
As: Edward Milton
1997The Woman In White
As: Sir Percival Glyde
1996The Treasure Seekers
As: Henry Carlisle
1996Witness Against Hitler
As: Helmuth James von Moltke
1994The Chess Game
As: Lord Staunton
1993Lady Chatterley
As: Sir Clifford Chatterley
1992Immaculate Conception
As: Alistair
- 1992
Howards End
As: Charles Wilcox
1992Adam Bede
As: Arthur Donnithorne
1991Tell Me That You Love Me
As: Michael Evans
1989Mother Love
As: Christopher "Kit" Vesey
1989Screen One
As: Arthur Donnithorne
1989Tales from the Crypt
As: Nick Marvin
1989A Tale of Two Cities
As: Sydney Carton
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: Andrew Restarick
1988A Summer Story
As: Frank Ashton
1988A Handful of Dust
As: Tony Last
1988The Storyteller
As: Prince
- 1987
Maurice
As: Maurice Hall
1986Casualty
As: Archie Grayling
- 1986
A Room with a View
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1985Dutch Girls
As: Dundine
1985Dreamchild
As: Baker
1984Sherlock Holmes
As: Young Barclay
1982Privileged
As: Jamie