James Wilby
Born
February 20, 1958 (67 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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

Merchant Ivory
Self
2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Viscount Algernon
2024

Vindication Swim
Mr. Havers
2024

The Marlow Murder Club
Sir Peter Bailey · (2 episodes)
2024

The Famous Five
Mr Vincent · (1 episode)
2023

Masquerade
Thomas
2022

The Duke
Judge Aarvold
2021

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Narrator
2019

Salt
Conrad
2019

The Sense of an Ending
David Ford
2017

ChickLit
Geoffrey
2016

Victoria
Sir Piers Gifford · (1 episode)
2016

Churchill's Secret
Brendan Bracken
2016

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
Pawkins · (1 episode)
2016

Poldark
Lord Falmouth · (10 episodes)
2015

Legends
Headmaster · (4 episodes)
2014

The Great Train Robbery
John Wheater · (2 episodes)
2013
Vincent
The Man
2013

Father Brown
Sefton Scott · (1 episode)
2013

Ripper Street
Charles Broadwick · (1 episode)
2012

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Wilfred De'Ath
2012

Titanic
Bruce Ismay · (4 episodes)
2012

Death in Paradise
Elias Thomson · (1 episode)
2011

Shadows in the Sun
Robert
2009

A Risk Worth Taking
Patrick Trenchard
2008

Lady Godiva
Earl of Mercia, Leofric
2008

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Henry · (1 episode)
2007

Clapham Junction
Julian Rowan
2007

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
John Locke
2007
The Last Days of the Raj
Lord Mountbatten
2007

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Ofonius Tigellinus · (1 episode)
2006

Jericho
Alan Mills · (1 episode)
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
Stanley Kirkwood · (1 episode)
2004

Island at War
Sen. James Dorr · (6 episodes)
2004

De-Lovely
Edward Thomas
2004

Sparkling Cyanide
Stephen Farraday
2003
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Herbert Spencer
2002

Foyle's War
Major Cornwall · (1 episode)
2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Self (uncredited)
2002

Bertie and Elizabeth
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
2002

Gosford Park
Freddie Nesbitt
2001

Jump Tomorrow
Nathan
2001

Murder in Mind
Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton · (1 episode)
2001

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
(1 episode)
2001

Cotton Mary
John MacIntosh
1999

Tom's Midnight Garden
Uncle Alan Kitson
1999

An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
1999

The Dark Room
Dr Alan Protheroe
1999

Trial & Retribution
(1 episode)
1997

Regeneration
2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
1997

Midsomer Murders
Edward Milton · (1 episode)
1997

The Woman In White
Sir Percival Glyde
1997

The Treasure Seekers
Henry Carlisle
1996

Witness Against Hitler
Helmuth James von Moltke
1996

The Chess Game
Lord Staunton
1994

Immaculate Conception
Alistair
1992

Howards End
Charles Wilcox
1992

Adam Bede
Arthur Donnithorne
1992

The Siege of Venice
1991

Tell Me That You Love Me
Michael Evans
1991

A Summer Story
Frank Ashton
1988

A Handful of Dust
Tony Last
1988

Maurice
Maurice Hall
1987

A Room with a View
Party Guest (uncredited)
1986

Dutch Girls
Dundine
1985

Dreamchild
Baker
1985

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Mr. Vincent

Silent Witness
(2 episodes)
1996

Crocodile Shoes
(13 episodes)
1994

Lady Chatterley
Sir Clifford Chatterley · (4 episodes)
1993

Mother Love
Christopher "Kit" Vesey · (4 episodes)
1989

Screen One
Arthur Donnithorne · (1 episode)
1989

Tales from the Crypt
Nick Marvin · (1 episode)
1989

A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton · (2 episodes)
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Andrew Restarick · (1 episode)
1989

The Storyteller
Prince · (1 episode)
1988

Casualty
Archie Grayling · (3 episodes)
1986

The Bill
(1 episode)
1984

Sherlock Holmes
Young Barclay · (1 episode)
1984

Privileged
Jamie
1982