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Acting

James Hayter

Career: Active from 1938 to 1971, busiest in 1953 and 1957 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: The Crimson Pirate
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Hayter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Dark Humor
1.9, average 2.8
Scare
1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 3
Character-Driven 3
Historical Drama 2
Character Study 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Social Commentary 2
Classic Adventure 2
Nostalgic Charm 2
Classic British Comedy 2
Gentle Humor 2
Victorian Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Mr. Percival Tebbs (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

13 titles · average score 55

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

38

as Briggs

Father Brown

71

TV show · as Sir Aaron Armstrong

Are You Being Served?

51

TV show · as Mr. Tebbs

Burke & Hare

52

as Dr. Selby

Blood on Satan's Claw

67

as Squire Middleton

The Onedin Line

73

TV show · as Captain Webster

The Firechasers

67

as Inspector Herman

Not Tonight, Darling

45

as Mr. Finlay / grocer owner

The Horror of Frankenstein

39

as Bailiff

Wicked Women

TV show · as Dr. Macrae

The Adventures of Don Quick

TV show · as Hendenno

Song of Norway

48

as Butler to Berg

1960s

10 titles · average score 67

The Flaxton Boys

TV show · as Nathan

David Copperfield

48

as Porter

Oliver!

77

as Mr. Jessop

A Challenge for Robin Hood

60

as Friar Tuck

Stranger in the House

54

as Harry Hawkins

The World of Wodehouse

TV show · as Smithers

Out of the Fog

66

as Daniels

Lawrence of Arabia

91

as Sheik in Arab Council (uncredited)

Go to Blazes

60

as Pipe Smoker

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Ticket Collector

1950s

44 titles · average score 62

The Boy and the Bridge

as Tugboat Skipper

Seven Waves Away

77

as 'Cookie' Morrow

The Heart Within

as Grandfather Willard

The Awakening

as The Chief

Four Sided Triangle

50

as Dr. Harvey

The Great Game

as Joe Lawson

The Crimson Pirate

86

as Prof. Elihu Prudence

The Pickwick Papers

61

as Samuel Pickwick

I'm A Stranger

as Horatio Flowerdew

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

65

as Friar Tuck

Tom Brown's Schooldays

70

as Old Thomas

Trio

67

as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")

1940s

28 titles · average score 64

The Blue Lagoon

55

as Dr Murdock

For Them That Trespass

as John Craigie 'Jocko' Glenn

Once a Jolly Swagman

61

as Pa Fox

All Over the Town

66

as Councillor Baines

Passport to Pimlico

83

as Commissionaire

A Song for Tomorrow

as Nicholas Klausmann

The Fallen Idol

85

as Perry

Vice Versa

42

as Bandmaster

Quartet

68

as Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

64

as Ned and Charles Cheeryble

The October Man

67

as Garage Man

Sailors Three

as Hans

1930s

7 titles · average score 63

Murder in Soho

as Nick Green

Come on George!

61

as Barker

Big Fella

65

as Chuck

The Moon in the Yellow River

as Captain Potts

Marigold

as Peter Gloag

Aren't Men Beasts!

as Minor Role

Sensation

as Jock