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Acting

Kenneth Cranham

Career: Active from 1967 to 2021, busiest in 2000 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 46
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Pollyanna
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kenneth Cranham Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Contemporary Realism
4.4, average 5.4
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Character Study 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Political Intrigue 4
Social Commentary 3
Historical Drama 3
Classic Mystery 2
Intriguing Mystery 2
British Gangster Film 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Psychological 2
Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

173

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 67

Finding Alice

53

TV show · as Gerry Walsh

Trying

81

TV show · as Barry

2010s

29 titles · average score 64

Hatton Garden

76

TV show · as Brian Reader

Mr. Jones

73

as Lloyd George

Born a King

73

as Lord Curzon

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

as Leopold Czihaczek

The White Princess

72

TV show · as John Morton

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

69

as Joe Turner

Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer

as The Host

Maleficent

62

as King Henry

Closed Circuit

50

as Cameron Fischer

Flying Blind

52

as Victor

Graffiti Wars

67

as Narrator (Voice)

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Father John

2000s

47 titles · average score 62

Valkyrie

63

as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

Merlin

75

TV show · as Aulfric

Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea

66

as Captain Turner

Layer Cake

75

as Jimmy Price

The Genius of Mozart

TV show · as Leopold Mozart

Killing Hitler

65

as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies

Pollyanna

78

as Mr. Pendleton

Sparkling Cyanide

54

as George Barton

Two Men Went To War

54

as Sgt. Peter King

Women Talking Dirty

64

as George

Without Motive

66

TV show · as DCS Derek Henderson

Gangster No. 1

65

as Tommy

1990s

29 titles · average score 64

RPM

37

as Biggerman

The Boxer

74

as Matt MaGuire

Midnight Man

50

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Jude Langham

On Dangerous Ground

47

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

Requiem Apache

as Tony

Tale of a Vampire

55

as Edgar

Royal Celebration

as Douglas

Under Suspicion

42

as Frank Vance

Chimera

62

TV show · as Hennessey

Prospero's Books

67

as Sebastian

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

71

TV show · as Pastor Finch

1980s

34 titles · average score 69

Rules of Engagement

TV show · as Martin Goodman

Just Another Secret

as Brosch

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

55

as Dr. Philip Channard

The Birthday Party

as Stanley Webber

Dead Man's Folly

57

as Insp. Bland

Casualty

62

TV show · as James Lawrence

A Sort of Innocence

TV show

Lady Windermere's Fan

as Lord Darlington

Shine on Harvey Moon

76

TV show · as Harvey Moon

TV show · as Nick Fawley

The Sin Bin

as Alan Grieves

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

as Giovanni

1970s

22 titles · average score 64

Minder

75

TV show · as Walter

Danger UXB

82

TV show · as Sapper Salt / L / Corporal Salt

Enemy at the Door

81

TV show · as Jack Foster

Strangers

TV show · as DCI Jim Lennard / Willie Bruce

Robin and Marian

68

as Jack's Apprentice

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

57

as Paolo

Crown Court

65

TV show · as John Tucker

Van der Valk

66

TV show · as Dirk Boutsen

New Scotland Yard

TV show · as David Collins

Budgie

73

TV show · as Inky Ballantine

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Alan Grieves / Tom

All the Way Up

as Tom Midway

1960s

10 titles · average score 61

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Terry

Otley

51

as Kid

Sling Your Hook

as Roland

Oliver!

77

as Noah Claypole

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Private Seaton

Boy Meets Girl

TV show · as Tom Last

Death of a Private

as Young intellectual

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Antonio

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Barry / Charlie

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Roy