John Rhys-Davies
Operatically voiced Welsh character actor John Rhys-Davies endeared himself to a generation of filmgoers and filmmakers with his exuberant performances in two of the biggest movie franchises of the 20th century - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) and Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-03). When not busy with these blockbusters, he was a ubiquitous presence in international television and film, where he essayed numerous military and professorial types, as well as a wide variety of ethnicities. Rhys-Davies also lent his formidable voice to countless animated efforts and video games, making him one of the more well-rounded and revered entertainers from across the pond - but one who was so chameleon-like in all of his projects, he was able to live a comfortable life of relative anonymity off-screen.
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John Rhys-Davies
Filmography
Movies
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33% |
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Brine King (Digi) (Voice) | $124.5M | 2023 |
70% |
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Sallah (Character) | $174.5M | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gates | Frederick Ladbroke (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingslayer | William Marshal (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Cupid | Archie (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moments in Spacetime | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Tainted | Vladimir (Character) | - | 2020 |
60% | No Score Yet | I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland | Old Patrick (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadowtown | Einar (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Night: A Song for the World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
60% |
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Mosley | Warnie (Voice) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Valley of the Gods | Dr. Hermann (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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G-Loc | Henry (Character) | - | 2019 |
60% |
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The Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Santa Fake | Joe (Character) | - | 2019 |
66% |
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Aquaman | Brine King (Voice) | $335.0M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soldier of War |
Jack (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shemira | Myer (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Am Israel | Narrator | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Camera Store | Pinky Steuben (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joseph & Mary | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Apostle Peter: Redemption | Peter (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Winter Thaw | Martin Avdeitch (Character) | - | 2016 |
91% |
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Raiders! | Self | $71.9K | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Many Beautiful Things | John Ruskin (Voice) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Golden Shoes | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
31% |
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Beyond the Mask | Charles Kemp (Character) | $1.2M | 2015 |
43% |
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Killing Jesus | Annas (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Dress | Angelo (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Apocalypse Pompeii | Col. Carlos Dillard (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Saul: The Journey to Damascus | Caiphas (Character) | - | 2014 |
78% |
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Time Lapse | Mr. Bezzeredes (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Watchmaker's Apprentice | Narrator | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Prisoners of the Sun | Prof. Hayden Masterton (Character) | - | 2013 |
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100 Degrees Below Zero | Ralph Dillard (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map | Gnarlybeard (Voice) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Escape | Malcolm Andrews (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Concrete Blondes | Kostas Jakobatos (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure Hunters | Nathan (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Return to the Hiding Place | Eusi (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Ferocious Planet | Senator Crenshaw (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Kjb: The Book That Changed The World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sophie | Alistair Winston (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf | Elliot Carbon (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson (Voice) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Wise Women | Green (Character) | - | 2010 |
8% |
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31 North 62 East | John Hammond (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Reclaiming the Blade | Narrator | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Murdoch (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Kiss Me Deadly | Yale Ericson (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Anaconda 3: Offspring | Murdoch (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Fire & Ice | Sangimel (Character) | - | 2008 |
4% |
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | Merick (Character) | $4.5M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ferryman | The Greek (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Legend of Sasquatch | Ranger Steve (Voice) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Shark Bait | Thorton (Voice) | - | 2006 |
17% |
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One Night With the King | Mordecai (Character) | $13.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The King Maker | Phillippe (Character) | - | 2005 |
43% |
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The Shadow Dancer | Mr. Andrew Benton (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Chupacabra: Dark Seas | Captain Randolpp (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Dragon Storm | King Fastrad (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lost Angel | Father Kevin (Character) | - | 2004 |
26% |
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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Viscount Mabrey (Character) | $95.1M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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La Femme Musketeer | Porthos (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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12 Days of Terror | Captain (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Coronado | Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos (Character) | - | 2003 |
94% |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gimli (Character) | $377.8M | 2003 |
17% |
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The Medallion | Commander Hammerstock-Smythe (Character) | $22.1M | 2003 |
19% |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Ranjan's father (Voice) | $47.9M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Endangered Species | Wyznowski (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Sabretooth | Anthony Bricklin (Character) | - | 2002 |
95% |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gimli (Character) | $342.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Scorcher | Dr. Matthew Sallin (Character) | - | 2002 |
92% |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gimli (Character) | $315.5M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists |
King Akron/ |
- | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Britannic | Captain Barrett (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol | Ivan (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Au Pair | Nigel Kent (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Secret of the Andes | Father Claver (Character) | - | 1998 |
71% |
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Cats Don't Dance | Unknown (Voice) | $3.6M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Body Armor | Rasheed (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Marquis de Sade | Inspector Marais (Character) | - | 1996 |
33% |
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves |
The King of Thieves/ |
- | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Call | Luther (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echo of Blue | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloodsport III | Duvalier (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Catherine the Great | Pugachev (Character) | - | 1996 |
42% |
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The Great White Hype | Johnny Windsor (Character) | $7.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Crusade | Bruder Parvus (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Mind to Kill: Black Silence | Roderick Tate (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Ring of the Musketeers | Maurice Treville (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood of the Innocent | Shmuda (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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A Robot in the Family | Neighbor (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Golddigger | Neighbor (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Return to the Lost World | Challenger (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Cyborg Cop | Kessel (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Seventh Coin | Captain Galil (Character) | $31.0K | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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The Double O Kid | Rudi Von Kseenbaum (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lost World | Challenger (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Canvas | Nick (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Sunset Grill | Stockton (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Double 0 Kid | Rudi Von Keseenbaum (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter | Professor Warren (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shogun Mayeda | El Zaidan (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Cover | Flynn (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Before the Storm | Flynn (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spy Games | Flynn (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tusks | Roger Singh (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Weapon | Mossad Chief (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desperado: Badlands Justice | Richard Marriott (Character) | - | 1989 |
84% |
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sallah (Character) | $195.1M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gifted One | Carl Boardman (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | De l'or et des fusils | Richard Marriott (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Rising Storm | Donwaldo (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Higher Ground | Lt. Smight (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Goddess of Love | Zeus (Character) | - | 1988 |
60% |
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Waxwork | Werewolf (Character) | $489.1K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam | Edward Tremaine (Character) | - | 1987 |
73% |
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The Living Daylights | General Leonid Pushkin (Character) | $51.2M | 1987 |
8% |
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Firewalker | Corky Taylor (Character) | $10.5M | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro | Chris Tucker (Character) | - | 1986 |
8% |
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King Solomon's Mines | Dogati (Character) | $13.4M | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Sword of the Valiant | Baron Fortinbras (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nairobi Affair | Simon (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grizzly II: Revenge | Bouchard (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Sahara | Rasoul (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robin Hood and the Prince's Fury | King Richard (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sadat | Gamal Abdel Nasser (Character) | - | 1983 |
97% |
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Victor/Victoria | Andre Cassell (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best Revenge | Mustapha (Character) | - | 1982 |
93% |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark | Sallah (Character) | $248.2M | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Sphinx | Stephanos Markoulis (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Shogun | Vasco Rodrigues (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Solicitor (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Naked Civil Servant | Barndoor (Character) | - | 1975 |
TV
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100% | 92% | Wizards | Galahad (Voice) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Josh Gates Tonight | Guest | 2020 |
79% | 79% | The Shannara Chronicles | King Eventine (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 89% | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hieroglyph | Vocifer (Character) | 2015 |
78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
40% | 43% | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Holgarth (Character) | 2014 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
46% | 86% | Legend of the Seeker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Days in Monkey City | Host | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 68% | SpongeBob SquarePants | Man Ray (Guest Voice) | 2000 2002 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Revelations | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager | Leonardo da Vinci (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Wish | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Sliders | Unknown (Character) | 1995-1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Harry Waverly (Guest Star) | 1988-1989 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Archaeology |
Host, Narrator |
1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery (Character) | 1991 |
100% | No Score Yet | Under Cover | Flynn (Character) | 1991 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | War and Remembrance | Sammy Mutterperl (Character) | 1988-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Noble House | Quillan Gornt (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | BBC Television Shakespeare | Salerio (Character) | 1980 |
79% | 91% | Shogun | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Beauty | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |