Acting
Roy Marsden
- Titles
- 23movies50TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2013, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 24top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Dalgliesh79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Mystery7.7average 4.1
- Crime6.8average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.4average 3.7
- Historical3.9average 2.6
- Tension7.1average 6.1
- Politics3.6average 2.6
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.1, average 2.9
- Physical Comedy1.0, average 2.5
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Literary Adaptation 3
- British Mystery 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Intricate Plot 3
- Character Study 3
- British Crime Drama 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Murder Investigation 2
- Slow-Burn Suspense 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Character-Driven Plot 2
- Psychological Suspense 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
P. D. JamesCreatorDevices and Desires, Dalgliesh, A Taste for Death, The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, +4 more
Richard HarveyComposerDevices and Desires, Inside Story, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes- JJohn DaviesDirectorA Taste for Death, Cover Her Face, Unnatural Causes
John VineActorShroud for a Nightingale, Cover Her Face
Mel MartinActorCover Her Face, Unnatural Causes
Tony HaygarthActorDevices and Desires, The Death of Captain Doughty
Michael FergusonDirectorAirline, Stargazy on Zummerdown- GGareth DaviesDirectorA Mind to Murder, Goodbye Mr Chips
- KKeith JudgeEditorDevices and Desires, Unnatural Causes
- DDavid OddCinematographerThe Last Vampyre, Margaret
- MMichael RussellWriterA Certain Justice, Airline
Herbert WiseDirectorDalgliesh, Death of an Expert Witness
Movies and TV shows
722020s
1 title
as Crael
2010s
5 titles · average score 59
45
TV show · as Commander Haydock
as Narrator
as James Brooke
73
TV show · as Peter Simkins
60
as Mervyn Stockwood
2000s
16 titles · average score 59
57
as Norman Tebbit
73
TV show · as Eddie
47
TV show · as Sir Iain Ratalick
as Sir Charles Marlow
78
TV show · as Mr. Stoker
48
TV show · as Joseph
61
TV show · as Captain Good
as David Foster
83
TV show · as Ted Cartwright
72
TV show · as Sir Vivian Kirkwood
1990s
11 titles · average score 69
69
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
71
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
75
TV show · as Prof. Nigel Silverlake / Prof Nigel Silverlake
64
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
TV show
TV show · as Col Mark Cook
66
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
68
as John Stockton
TV show · as Blick
69
TV show · as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
as David Caesar
1980s
13 titles · average score 75
65
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
TV show · as David Caesar
TV show · as John Bennet
72
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
70
TV show · as Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh
69
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
TV show · as Charles Edward 'Mr Chips' Chipping
88
TV show · as John Stockton
79
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
69
TV show · as Adam Dalgliesh
TV show · as Jack Ruskin
85
TV show · as Danny Driscoll
1970s
19 titles · average score 69
71
TV show · as Gerald Overton
84
TV show · as Neil Burnside
TV show · as Sidney Frederick Haynes
TV show · as Mac
61
as Barry
72
TV show · as Frank Turner
65
as Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
TV show · as Stanfield
73
TV show · as Alien Invisible / Crael
79
TV show · as The Captain
TV show · as Military Prior
TV show · as Sycamore
1960s
5 titles
TV show · as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
TV show · as Gervase Kent-Cumberland
TV show · as George Osborne
TV show · as Captain Battenburg
TV show · as Lt. David Stanton
1950s
2 titles · average score 68
TV show
68
TV show · as Gerry Cartland