Graham Crowden
While best known for portraying quirky and memorable characters for BBC series, Scottish character actor Graham Crowden began his professional acting career in the theater. One of his most notable achievements was joining the National Theater, an acting company founded by screen and stage icon Laurence Olivier, and playing the role of The Player King in the classic comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." Crowden earned dozens of odd and colorful supporting roles in British television throughout the 1950s and 1960s until British New Wave film director Lindsay Anderson discovered his talent and cast Crowden as the History Master in his 1968 film, "If...." He went on to star in two more of Anderson's films: "O Lucky Man!," in which he played three separate roles, and the 1982 black comedy "Brittania Hospital," where he portrayed the maniacal surgeon Professor Millar. Part of Crowden's acting charm came with his ability to balance his career playing well-spoken, subdued gentlemen and psychotic, cringe-inducing miscreants. He found an opportunity to become a household name in 1974, when he was offered the role of the Fourth Doctor in the mega-hit BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who," but ultimately turned down the part by stating that he did not want to play a single character for three years. Not until 1990--and in his late 60's--did Crowden become a well-known face with his portrayal of mischievous retirement home resident Tom Ballard in the successful dramatic sitcom "Waiting for God."
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Graham Crowden
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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73% |
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Calendar Girls | Richard (Character) | $31.0M | 2003 |
64% |
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Possession | Sir George (Character) | $10.1M | 2002 |
67% |
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I Want You | Old Man (Character) | $1.2K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Discworld: Soul Music | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Innocent Sleep | George (Character) | $5.3K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Code Name: Emerald | Sir Geoffrey Macklin (Character) | $515.0K | 1985 |
85% |
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The Company of Wolves | Old Priest (Character) | - | 1985 |
63% |
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Out of Africa | Lord Belfield (Character) | $83.1M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monsignor Quixote | The Bishop (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder Rock | Streeter (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flying Into the Wind | Judge Wood (Character) | - | 1983 |
50% |
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Britannia Hospital | Professor Millar (Character) | - | 1982 |
100% |
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The Missionary | The Reverend Fitzbanks (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beloved Enemy | Sir Peter (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fiona | Lord Yardarm (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Abdication | Cardinal Barberini (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance With a Double Bass | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
81% |
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O Lucky Man! |
Stewart/ |
- | 1973 |
83% |
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The Ruling Class | Truscott (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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The Road Builder | Mr. Bolton (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Up the Chastity Belt | Sir Coward (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Bishop of Cowley (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The File of the Golden Goose | Smythe (Character) | - | 1969 |
90% |
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If... | History Master (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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One Way Pendulum |
Prosecuting Counsel/ |
- | 1964 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 96% | Foyle's War | Sir John Sackville (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Midsomer Murders | Reggie Barton (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanity Fair | Lord Bareacres (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waiting for God | Unknown (Character) | 1990-1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen One | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Passion Spent | Herbert (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Classic Doctor Who | Soldeed (Guest Star) | 1979-1980 |
68% | 78% | Doctor Who | Soldeed (Character) | 1979-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Porridge | Prison Doctor (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Beauty | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |