James Saxon

Acting

Born April 6, 1954, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK

William James Smyth, better known by his stage name James Saxon, was an English television and theatre character actor. He began his career in British television productions in the early 1980s, and as the decade progressed he became an in-demand charismatic support actor. He died aged 49 on 2nd July 2003.

Filmography

• 2003Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Johnson
• 2000The Prince and the Pauper — Father Abbot
• In the Red — Oswald Twist
• 1998Les Misérables — Chabouillet
• McCallum
• 1996Poldark — Prince Regent
• 1995England, My England — Vyner
• 1994Sharpe's Honour — Major Vaughan
• If You See God, Tell Him — Barrister
• Sharpe — Vaughan
• A Touch of Frost — Mortuary Attendant
• Between the Lines
• Maigret
• Murder Most Horrid — Young Adams
• 1991Smack and Thistle — Wilks
• Soldier Soldier — WO George Simms
• Time Riders — Lord Chalmerston
• Troublemakers — Boss
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Reggie Dyer
• Tales from the Crypt — Evelyn Amberson
• The Paradise Club — DI Fairweather
• 1988Twelfth Night, or What You Will — Sir Toby Belch
• 1987A Prayer for the Dying — Ellerman
• The New Statesman — Victor Crosby
• Vanity Fair — Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
• 1986Biggles — Bertie
• Brush Strokes — Phillip Crane
• Lovejoy — Dr. Julian Sadler
• 1985Doctor Who: The Two Doctors — Oscar
• 1985Family Ties Vacation — Luther Broder
• Brass — Morris Hardacre
• We'll Meet Again — Sgt Elmer Jones
• 1981The Nesting — Earl
• Minder — Harry
• Doctor Who — Oscar Botcherby