Portrait of Richard O'Callaghan

Acting

Richard O'Callaghan

Career

Active from 1965 to 2010, with a break from 1998 to 2009, busiest in 1986 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for McCallum
McCallum
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard O'Callaghan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage (2015)

as Reverend Canon Chasuble

The Lost Coin
The Lost Coin (2010)

as The Coin

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 74
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth (2009)

as Creator

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Bank Teller

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play (2003)

TV show ยท as Harry

On Location: The Carry Ons
On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)

as Bertram Muffett (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 71
Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as Zealot

McCallum
McCallum (1997)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Trevor Machin

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Mr. Fitzpatrick

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

as Donald

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Aidan Scarman

Testament: The Bible in Animation
Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)

TV show ยท as Juda / Baker (voice)

Harry Enfield and Chums
Harry Enfield and Chums (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Launderette

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Ringer Redknapp

1980s

11 titles ยท average score 71
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Creator / Hogey the Roguey

Hannay
Hannay (1988)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Imaginary Friends
Imaginary Friends (1987)

TV show ยท as Prof. Steve Mayonne

Mr Pye
Mr Pye (1986)

TV show ยท as Thorpe

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Eddie Morris

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show ยท as Mr. Bullingdon

Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye (1986)

as Thorpe

Paying Guests (Part 1)
Paying Guests (Part 1) (1986)

as Mr. Bullingdon

Paying Guests (Part 2)
Paying Guests (Part 2) (1986)

as Mr. Bullingdon

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)

as Slender

Name for the Day
Name for the Day (1980)

as Clive

1970s

18 titles ยท average score 64
Watership Down
Watership Down (1978)
GoodWatch score 75

as Dandelion (voice)

Come the Revolution
Come the Revolution (1977)

as Mike

Professional Foul
Professional Foul (1977)

as Chetwyn

BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

TV show ยท as Chetwyn / Auguste Renoir

Butley
Butley (1974)
GoodWatch score 66

as Joey Keyston

Churchill's People
Churchill's People (1974)

TV show ยท as Ranulf

Thriller
Thriller (1973)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as George Bailey

Seven of One
Seven of One (1973)

TV show ยท as Mortlake Owen

New Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard (1972)

TV show ยท as Joseph Marriott

Carry On at Your Convenience
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lewis Boggs

Carry On Loving
Carry On Loving (1970)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bertram Muffett

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Clive / Mike

1960s

12 titles ยท average score 70
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)

as Fowler

The Bofors Gun
The Bofors Gun (1968)
GoodWatch score 65

as Gunner Rowe

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968)

TV show ยท as Shelley Longfellow Morgan

The Flower of Gloster
The Flower of Gloster (1967)

TV show ยท as Richard Doherty

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show ยท as Enoch Harris

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967)

TV show ยท as Oliver Mountjoy Bunn

Stranger in the Family
Stranger in the Family (1965)

as Boy

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Maurice

Public Eye
Public Eye (1965)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Frank

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show ยท as Frances

Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Boy

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show ยท as Fowler

1950s

1 title ยท average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show