Person
Oliver Ford Davies
Acting · Born 1939-08-12 · Ealing, London, England, UK
Biography
Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born 12 August 1939) is an English actor and writer.
Known for
Game of Thrones
Maester Cressen
Midsomer Murders
Otto Benham
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Sheppard
Casualty
The Major
Father Brown
Bishop Golding
Heartbeat
Henry Tomkinson
Waking the Dead
Hugo Keegan
Agatha Christie's Marple
Major Palgrave
Foyle's War
Lawrence Gascoigne
Spooks
Sir Richard 'Dickie' Bowman
Filmography
- 2022Triangle of SadnessWinston
- 2021A Splinter of IceGraham Greene
- 2019DepartureAmis
- 2018Christopher RobinOld Man Winslow
- 2018The Last WitnessSir Alexander Cadogan / Anthony Eden / Owen O'Malley (voice)
- 2018GerryFrank
- 2015RSC Live: Henry VChorus
- 2015You, Me and the ApocalypseCardinal Crawshaw
- 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2Shallow
- 201437 DaysCunliffe
- 2013RSC Live: Richard IIDuke of York
- 2013Father BrownBishop Golding
- 2011The Deep Blue SeaHester's Father
- 2011Game of ThronesMaester Cressen
- 2009HamletPolonius
- 2009National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends WellKing of France
- 2009Land GirlsBishop Selvey
- 2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to FinchleySir Donald Kaberry
- 2007The Relief of BelsenMartin Lipscomb
- 2005HeidiDr. Classen
- 2005McLibelDr. Arnott
- 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithSio Bibble
- 2005CherishedLord Justice Judge
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMajor Palgrave
- 2004Gladiatress
- 2003The MotherBruce
- 2003Sparkling CyanideCol. Geoffrey Reece
- 2003Johnny EnglishArchbishop of Canterbury
- 2002Foyle's WarLawrence Gascoigne
- 2002SirensHenry Marshall
- 2002Bertie and ElizabethArchbishop Lang
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesGovernor Sio Bibble
- 2002SpooksSir Richard 'Dickie' Bowman
- 2002SundayLord Hailsham
- 2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryDr. Newman
- 2001Waking the DeadHugo Keegan
- 2001RevelationProfessor Casaubon
- 2001Just VisitingPit Rivers
- 2001Blow DryDoctor Hamilton
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First AdventureShip's Captain (archive footage)
- 1999David CopperfieldMr. Wickfield
- 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceGovernor Sio Bibble
- 1999An Ideal HusbandSir Hugo Danforth
- 1998Titanic TownGeorge Whittington
- 1997A Royal ScandalLord Liverpool
- 1997A Dance to the Music of TimeLe Bas
- 1997The Uninvited
- 1997Mrs. DallowayHugh Whitbread
- 1997Mrs BrownDean of Windsor
- 1997Midsomer MurdersOtto Benham
- 1995Sense and SensibilityDoctor Harris
- 1995The Absence of WarOliver Dix
- 1995Kavanagh Q.C.Peter Foxcott Q.C.
- 1994WycliffeDr. Donald Treloar
- 1994MacGyver: Lost Treasure of AtlantisProf. Carson
- 1994Pie in the SkyJames Truman
- 1992Between the Lines
- 1992Anglo Saxon AttitudesProfessor Stokesay
- 1992HeartbeatHenry Tomkinson
- 1992Maigret
- 1992The Cloning of Joanna MayGerald
- 1992The Cloning of Joanna MayGerald
- 1991The War That Never EndsMelian Representative
- 1990The PoliceJames Acheson
- 1990Paper MaskCoroner
- 1990ChancerVicar
- 1989Screen OneJames Acheson
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryPolice Commander
- 1989ScandalMr Woods
- 1989Death of a SonProsecuting Counsel
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDr. Sheppard
- 1988A Taste for DeathFather Barnes
- 1988A Very British CoupTweed
- 1988Hannay
- 1987Cause CélèbreJ.D. Casswell
- 1987Inspector MorseFrederick Redpath
- 1986CasualtyThe Major
- 1986A Very Peculiar PracticeLecturer
- 1986Defence of the RealmAnthony Clegg
- 1985Screen TwoProsecuting Counsel
- 1984MitchDept. Assist. Commissioner Gradley
- 1983DalglieshFather Barnes
- 1981TenkoPriest
- 1980Closing RanksDoctor
- 1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanPattterson
- 1974Father BrownDI Corliss
- 1972The ProtectorsHansen
- 1972Van der ValkGuus Kroese
- 1970The MisfitMr. Hardcastle
- 1967ContrastsDoctor
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