James Laurenson

Acting

Born February 17, 1940, Marton, New Zealand

James Laurenson (1940-2024) was a New Zealand born actor predominantly based in the UK.

Filmography

• 2022Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical — Ancient / Sleeping Teacher
• The Crown — Doctor Weir
• 2015The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — Egeon
• Wolf Hall — Earl of Shrewsbury
• 2014The Riot Club — College President
• The Widower — Brian Drumm
• Endeavour — Professor George Amory
• Father Brown — Professor Hilary Ambrose
• 2012Private Peaceful — Major Fitzpatrick
• The Hollow Crown — Westmoreland
• 2011Holy Flying Circus — Archbishop of York
• 2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard — Gaev
• 2011One Day — Mr. Cope
• 2010National Theatre Live: Hamlet — Ghost / Player King
• 2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley — Leslie Thomas
• Hustle — Peter Williams
• 2003AfterLife
• 2003Three Blind Mice — William Storbest
• Born and Bred — Brigadier Arbuthnot
• Spooks — Lord Young, Sholto
• 2002The Cat's Meow — Dr. Daniel Goodman
• The Cry — Richard Crossdyke
• 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper — Chief Constable Ronald Gregory
• This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper — Chief Const. Ronald Gregory
• 1999Dead Bolt Dead — The Boss
• Midsomer Murders — James Tate
• 1997Sharpe's Revenge — Major General Hector Ross
• 1997Sharpe: The Legend — Ross (archive footage)
• 1997The Vanishing Man — Moreau
• The Vanishing Man — Moreau
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Richard Mattis
• 1996Sharpe's Mission — Major General Hector Ross
• 1996Sharpe's Regiment — Major General Hector Ross
• 1996Sharpe's Siege — Major General Hector Ross
• Silent Witness — Professor Peter Sachs
• 1996The Cold Light of Day — Pavel Novak
• 1993A House in the Hills — Mr. Rankin
• Sharpe — Maj. Gen. Hector Ross, Major General Hector Ross
• Between the Lines — Supt. Pat Salter
• Heartbeat — Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton
• Prime Suspect — Paul Endicott
• Capital News
• 1990Project: Tinman — Wheeler
• 1990Rainbow Drive — Hans Roerhrig
• 1990The Care of Time — General Newell
• 1989Countdown to War — Ciano
• 1989Thieves in the Night — Gordon-Smith
• The Bourne Identity — Gillette
• Inspector Morse — Tony Richards
• 1987The Man Who Fell to Earth — Felix Hawthorne
• Artists and Models — Jacques-Louis David
• Lovejoy — Greg Veitch
• Stingray
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense — Luke Lorenz
• 1984Heartbreakers — Terry Ray
• 1984Paint Me a Murder — Luke Lorenz
• Taggart — Maurice Bain, Tony Sabina
• Cagney & Lacey
• 1982Pink Floyd: The Wall — Pink's Father
• Remington Steele — Raymond Merleau
• A Spy at Evening — Tom Hart
• 1981The Monster Club — Raven (the Shadmock)
• Hammer House of Horror — Mr. Rayburn
• 1980Jude — Dick
• Armchair Thriller — Alexander Skarbek
• 1978Quiet as a Nun — Alexander Skarbek
• Romance — Logan Rossiter
• The Professionals — Meredith
• 1976Old Man March Is Dead — Bert
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Culliford
• 1976The Winter Warrior — Theodric
• 1976The Witches of Pendle — Abraham Law
• 1975Children of the Sun — Howard
• Space: 1999 — Patrick Osgood
• The Girls of Slender Means — Nicholas Farringdon
• Armchair Cinema — Alain Poitaud
• 1974The Lady from the Sea — The Stranger
• 1974The Prison — Alain Poitaud
• 1974The Turn of the Screw — Peter Quint
• Centre Play — Bert
• Boney
• Crown Court
• The Shadow of the Tower
• Van der Valk — Paul Kortman
• 1971Assault — Greg Lomax
• Elizabeth R — Simier
• Fathers and Sons — Yevgeny Bazarov
• 1971The Man in the Sidecar — Gerald
• 1970Edward II — Piers Gaveston
• 1970Hamlet — Rosencrantz
• Play for Today — Dick
• 1970The Tragedy of King Richard II — Sir Pierce of Exton
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Rosencrantz
• 1969The Magic Christian — Oxford Crew
• 1969Women in Love — Minister
• The Expert — Norry
• Treasure Island — Dick Johnson
• ITV Playhouse — Alan Black
• Public Eye — Ken
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Michael
• Coronation Street — Rev. Peter Hope
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Rosencrantz