James Laurenson

Actor Feb 17 (died age 84) Marton, New Zealand 1951–2022 (71 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

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

Known For

Film

One Day

Mr. Cope

Film

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink's Father

Film

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Ancient / Sleeping Teacher

Film

The Riot Club

College President

Film

Women in Love

Minister

Film

The Cat's Meow

Dr. Daniel Goodman

Film

The Monster Club

Raven (the Shadmock)

Film

Private Peaceful

Major Fitzpatrick

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (50)

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

2022

as Ancient / Sleeping Teacher

6.8

The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2015

as Egeon

The Riot Club

as College President

Private Peaceful

as Major Fitzpatrick

One Day

as Mr. Cope

Holy Flying Circus

as Archbishop of York

6.3

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

2011

as Gaev

8.5

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2010

as Ghost / Player King

7.8

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

as Leslie Thomas

Three Blind Mice

as William Storbest

AfterLife

The Cry

as Richard Crossdyke

The Cat's Meow

as Dr. Daniel Goodman

5.8

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

2000

as Chief Constable Ronald Gregory

7.0

Dead Bolt Dead

1999

as The Boss

The Vanishing Man

1997

as Moreau

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

as Ross (archive footage)

5.0

Sharpe's Revenge

1997

as Major General Ross

7.1

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

as Major General Ross

7.0

Sharpe's Siege

1996

as Major General Ross

7.2

Sharpe's Mission

1996

as Major General Ross

6.8

The Cold Light of Day

as Pavel Novak

A House in the Hills

The Care of Time

as General Newell

Project: Tinman

as Wheeler

Rainbow Drive

as Hans Roerhrig

Countdown to War

as Ciano

Thieves in the Night

as Gordon-Smith

Codename: Kyril

1988

as Sikarov

The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Felix Hawthorne

Heartbreakers

as Terry Ray

Paint Me a Murder

as Luke Lorenz

Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Pink's Father

The Monster Club

as Raven (the Shadmock)

5.8

Jude

1980

as Dick

Quiet as a Nun

1978

as Alexander Skarbek

The Witches of Pendle

1976

as Abraham Law

1.0

Old Man March Is Dead

1976

as Bert

The Winter Warrior

1976

as Theodric

Children of the Sun

1975

as Howard

The Lady From the Sea

1974

as The Stranger

3.0

The Prison

1974

as Alain Poitaud

The Turn of the Screw

as Peter Quint

Assault

as Greg Lomax

The Man in the Sidecar

1971

as Gerald

Edward II

1970

as Piers Gaveston

4.2

The Tragedy of King Richard II

1970

as Sir Pierce of Exton

Hamlet

1970

as Rosencrantz

Women in Love

as Minister

The Magic Christian

as Oxford Crew

Television (50)

The Crown

2016

as Doctor Weir

8.2

Wolf Hall

2015

as Earl of Shrewsbury

The Widower

as Brian Drumm

Father Brown

as Professor Hilary Ambrose

7.6

Endeavour

2013

as Professor George Amory

The Hollow Crown

as Westmoreland

Hustle

as Peter Williams

Spooks

as Lord Young

Born and Bred

as Brigadier Arbuthnot

8.5

The Cry

2002

as Richard Crossdyke

6.0

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

2000

as Chief Const. Ronald Gregory

Midsomer Murders

as James Tate

The Vanishing Man

as Moreau

Silent Witness

1996

as Professor Peter Sachs

Dalziel & Pascoe

as Richard Mattis

Sharpe

as Maj.-Gen. Hector Ross

8.0

Heartbeat

1992

as Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton

Between the Lines

as Supt. Pat Salter

Prime Suspect

as Paul Endicott

Capital News

The Bourne Identity

as Gillette

Inspector Morse

as Tony Richards

Lovejoy

as Greg Veitch

Artists and Models

as Jacques-Louis David

Stingray

1985

7.2

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Luke Lorenz

Taggart

as Maurice Bain

Cagney & Lacey

Remington Steele

as Raymond Merleau

Bergerac

as Raoul Fuegas

Hammer House of Horror

as Mr. Rayburn

Armchair Thriller

as Alexander Skarbek

The Professionals

as Meredith

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Culliford

Space: 1999

as Patrick Osgood

The Girls of Slender Means

1975

as Nicholas Farringdon

Armchair Cinema

as Alain Poitaud

Centre Play

as Bert

Crown Court

Van der Valk

as Paul Kortman

The Shadow of the Tower

Boney

Elizabeth R

as Simier

Fathers and Sons

Play for Today

as Dick

The Expert

as Norry

Public Eye

as Ken

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Michael

Coronation Street

as Rev. Peter Hope

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Rosencrantz

8.6