James Laurenson

Biography

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

Known For

Midsomer Murders

James Tate

Coronation Street

Rev. Peter Hope

Play for Today

Dick

The Crown

Doctor Weir

Father Brown

Professor Hilary Ambrose

Heartbeat

Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton

Silent Witness

Professor Peter Sachs

Crown Court

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical	Ancient / Sleeping Teacher
2015	The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe	Egeon
2014	The Riot Club	College President
2012	Private Peaceful	Major Fitzpatrick
2011	National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard	Gaev
2011	One Day	Mr. Cope
2011	Holy Flying Circus	Archbishop of York
2010	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Ghost / Player King
2008	Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley	Leslie Thomas
2003	AfterLife
2003	Three Blind Mice	William Storbest
2002	The Cry	Richard Crossdyke
2001	The Cat's Meow	Dr. Daniel Goodman
2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
1999	Dead Bolt Dead	The Boss
1997	Sharpe's Revenge	Major General Ross
1997	Sharpe: The Legend	Ross (archive footage)
1997	The Vanishing Man	Moreau
1996	The Cold Light of Day	Pavel Novak
1996	Sharpe's Regiment	Major General Ross
1996	Sharpe's Siege	Major General Ross
1996	Sharpe's Mission	Major General Ross
1993	A House in the Hills
1990	The Care of Time	General Newell
1990	Rainbow Drive	Hans Roerhrig
1990	Project: Tinman	Wheeler
1989	Thieves in the Night	Gordon-Smith
1989	Countdown to War	Ciano
1988	Codename: Kyril	Sikarov
1987	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Felix Hawthorne
1984	Heartbreakers	Terry Ray
1984	Paint Me a Murder	Luke Lorenz
1982	Pink Floyd: The Wall	Pink's Father
1981	The Monster Club	Raven (the Shadmock)
1980	Jude	Dick
1978	Quiet as a Nun	Alexander Skarbek
1976	Old Man March Is Dead	Bert
1976	The Witches of Pendle	Abraham Law
1976	The Winter Warrior	Theodric
1975	Children of the Sun	Howard
1974	The Turn of the Screw	Peter Quint
1974	The Prison	Alain Poitaud
1974	The Lady From the Sea	The Stranger
1971	Assault	Greg Lomax
1971	The Man in the Sidecar	Gerald
1970	Edward II	Piers Gaveston
1970	The Tragedy of King Richard II	Sir Pierce of Exton
1969	Women in Love	Minister
1969	The Magic Christian	Oxford Crew

Year	TV Show	Role
2016	The Crown	Doctor Weir
2015	Wolf Hall	Earl of Shrewsbury
2014	The Widower	Brian Drumm
2013	Father Brown	Professor Hilary Ambrose
2013	Endeavour	Professor George Amory
2012	The Hollow Crown	Westmoreland
2004	Hustle	Peter Williams
2002	Spooks	Lord Young
2002	Spooks	Sholto
2002	The Cry	Richard Crossdyke
2002	Born and Bred	Brigadier Arbuthnot
2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	Chief Const. Ronald Gregory
1997	Midsomer Murders	James Tate
1996	Silent Witness	Professor Peter Sachs
1996	Dalziel & Pascoe	Richard Mattis
1993	Sharpe	Maj. Gen. Hector Ross
1993	Sharpe	Maj.-Gen. Hector Ross
1993	Sharpe	Major General Hector Ross
1992	Heartbeat	Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton
1992	Between the Lines	Supt. Pat Salter
1991	Prime Suspect	Paul Endicott
1990	Capital News
1988	The Bourne Identity	Gillette
1987	Inspector Morse	Tony Richards
1986	Lovejoy	Greg Veitch
1985	Stingray
1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Luke Lorenz
1983	Taggart	Maurice Bain
1983	Taggart	Tony Sabina
1982	Remington Steele	Raymond Merleau
1982	Cagney & Lacey
1980	Hammer House of Horror	Mr. Rayburn
1978	Armchair Thriller	Alexander Skarbek
1977	The Professionals	Meredith
1975	The Girls of Slender Means	Nicholas Farringdon
1975	Space: 1999	Patrick Osgood
1974	Armchair Cinema	Alain Poitaud
1972	Crown Court
1972	Van der Valk	Paul Kortman
1972	The Shadow of the Tower
1972	Boney
1971	Elizabeth R	Simier
1971	Fathers and Sons
1970	Play for Today	Dick
1968	The Expert	Norry
1965	Public Eye	Ken
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Michael
1960	Coronation Street	Rev. Peter Hope
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Rosencrantz