Portrait of Anthony Ainley

Acting

Anthony Ainley

Career

Active from 1966 to 2008, with a break from 1994 to 2007, busiest in 1971 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: Survival
Doctor Who: Survival
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anthony Ainley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Romance
    3.0, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Classic Doctor Who 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as The Master (archive footage)

Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani' (2006)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
Police 5: The Master
Police 5: The Master (1993)

as The Master (archive footage)

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 76
Doctor Who: Survival
Doctor Who: Survival (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

as The Master

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)

as The Master

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani (1985)

as The Master

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire (1984)

as The Master

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984)

as The Master

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Master

Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Doctor Who: The King's Demons (1983)

as The Master / Sir Gilles Estram

Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982)

as The Master / The Portreeve

Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Doctor Who: Time-Flight (1982)

as The Master / Kalid

Doctor Who: Logopolis
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)

as The Master

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)

as Tremas / The Master

1970s

18 titles ยท average score 69
Secret Army
Secret Army (1977)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Johnson

Target
Target (1977)

TV show ยท as Alexander Trist

The Land That Time Forgot
The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dietz

The Pallisers
The Pallisers (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Reverend Emilius

Spyder's Web
Spyder's Web (1972)

TV show ยท as Clive Hawksworth

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

The Adventurer
The Adventurer (1972)

TV show ยท as Josef Kerston

Blood on Satan's Claw
Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

as Reverend Fallowfield

Assault
Assault (1971)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mr. Bartell

Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Lord Charles Gilmour

Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R (1971)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Henry Sidney

Doomwatch
Doomwatch (1970)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Senior House Officer

1960s

12 titles ยท average score 63
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as John Phillips

Department S
Department S (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Supervisor

Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
GoodWatch score 72

as 3rd Aide

Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
GoodWatch score 27

as Bomber LeBec

Joanna
Joanna (1968)
GoodWatch score 36

as Bruce

You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hong Kong Policeman

Naked Evil
Naked Evil (1966)

as Dick Alderson

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

TV show ยท as Ferdinand Gadd

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

TV show ยท as Frank Bowers-One

It's Dark Outside
It's Dark Outside (1964)

TV show ยท as Det. Sgt. Hunter

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as The Master / Portreeve / Tremas

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Sunley

1940s

1 title ยท average score 67
The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

as Boy