James Bree

Actor Jul 20 (died age 85) East Coker, Somerset, England, UK 1957–2024 (67 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Expert

1968 · as Mr Phelan

10.0

Doctor Who: The War Games

1969 · as Security Chief

9.7

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · as Coroner

8.1

Known For

Film

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Gumbold

Film

Without a Clue

Barrister

Film

Doctor Who: The War Games

Security Chief

Film

Never Let Go

Orders Clerk

Film

Satan's Slave

Malcolm Yorke

Film

Doctor Who

Nefred

Film

The Odd Job

Mr Kemp

Film

Just My Luck

Ford (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (21)

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

2024

as The Security Chief (archive footage)

5.8

Lust in Space

1998

as Counsel for the Defense

Downtime

1995

as Lama

5.2

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

as Franz Dietrich

On the Black Hill

as Colonel Bickerton

Without a Clue

as Barrister

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

1986

as Keeper of the Matrix

5.8

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

1985

as Bill Norton

Doctor Who: Full Circle

1980

as Nefred

6.3

The After Dinner Joke

as Minister

The Odd Job

as Mr Kemp

Satan's Slave

as Malcolm Yorke

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1973

as Coroner

Rust

1973

as Thomas Richmond

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as Gumbold

6.6

Doctor Who: The War Games

as Security Chief

Who Was Maddox?

as Reynolds

A Matter of Choice

as Alfred

Never Let Go

as Orders Clerk

Just My Luck

as Ford (uncredited)

Cry Wolf

as Inspector

Television (41)

Anna Lee

as Mr Lambert

A Little Princess

as Doctor

Time for Murder

as Bill Norton

Charters and Caldicott

as Bursar

Sherlock Holmes

as Coroner

The Jewel in the Crown

1984

as Uncle Arthur

6.4

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr. Plenderleith

Strangers

as Sir Brize Norton

The Professionals

as Grant

Secret Army

as Gaston Colbert

I, Claudius

as Montanus

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Ross

The Sweeney

as Saxby

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Mr Glassworth

Madame Bovary

as Beadle

Looking for Clancy

as Guy Wall

Rising Damp

as Peppery Man

Black and Blue

as Thomas Richmond

The Donati Conspiracy

1973

as Detective Chief Inspector Sandman

The Persuaders!

as Bill Wilton

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Sir Adam Blake

Budgie

as Mr. Purvis

Manhunt

as Henri Moussac

Ace of Wands

as Matilda Edgington

The Main Chance

as Mr. Fisher

On the Buses

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Mullet

Please Sir!

as Mr. Barratt

The Expert

as Mr Phelan

Nearest and Dearest

as Mr Lloyd

The Prisoner

as Villiers

Baker's Half-Dozen

as Baby Face Bixby

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Lifanov

5.0

Londoners

1965

as Dr. Lenton

Detective

1964

as Tarbox

Doctor Who

as Nefred

Crane

First Night

as Captain Edward Phipps

Studio 4

as Martin Schulse

Studio 4

as Martin Schulse

The Avengers

as Arthur Wilkington