Portrait of Colin Jeavons

Acting

Colin Jeavons

Career

Active from 1959 to 2023, with a break from 1994 to 2022, busiest in 1981 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score84/100

Characters

2

The characters Colin Jeavons played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Colin Jeavons Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic British TV 2
  • 1970s Setting 2
  • British Sci-Fi Comedy 2
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Classic Television 2
  • Character-Driven Comedy 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (2023)

as Damon (voice)

1990s

8 titles · average score 74
To Play the King
To Play the King (1993)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Tim Stamper

The Master Blackmailer
The Master Blackmailer (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

as Inspector Lestrade

Stalin
Stalin (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yagoda

The House of Eliott
The House of Eliott (1991)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Duroque

Secret Friends
Secret Friends (1991)

as Vicar

The Strauss Dynasty
The Strauss Dynasty (1991)

TV show · as Civil Servant in License Office

House of Cards
House of Cards (1990)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Tim Stamper

The Widowmaker
The Widowmaker (1990)

as Mr Crathew

1980s

36 titles · average score 67
Blackeyes
Blackeyes (1989)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Jamieson

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Bernard

EastEnders
EastEnders (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Mr Vaughan

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Inspector Lestrade

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Atlantis
Atlantis (1983)

as Lytton

K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company (1981)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show

Kinvig
Kinvig (1981)

TV show · as Jim Piper

Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Solly Atwell

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)
GoodWatch score 59

as George Tracey

Bergerac
Bergerac (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Claude Raquin

The Island
The Island (1980)
GoodWatch score 51

as Hizzoner

1970s

31 titles · average score 68
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Lockwood / Fribbins

Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

as Donald

Terry and June
Terry and June (1979)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Police Sergeant

Destiny
Destiny (1978)

as Dennis Turner

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Leonard Gold

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bob Dawson

Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)

TV show · as Anton Webern

Billy Liar
Billy Liar (1973)

TV show

The Shadow of the Tower
The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Bless This House
Bless This House (1971)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Vicar

Bartleby
Bartleby (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tucker

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

TV show · as Production Monitor / Lytton

1960s

24 titles · average score 67
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show · as Ken Winters

St. Ives
St. Ives (1967)

TV show · as Major Chevenix

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (1967)
GoodWatch score 55

as Damon

Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase (1967)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

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

TV show · as Snake / Kislytsin

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as Conspirator

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show · as Barry Raines

Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)

TV show · as Colonel Levin

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Damon

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Stanton

Maigret
Maigret (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Jean Metayer

1950s

2 titles
Bleak House
Bleak House (1959)

TV show · as Richard Carstone

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1958)

TV show · as Mr Wickham