User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/Britain (Politics and government)

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Actor Film/TV show Year Country Type Notes
Great Officers of State
Prime Ministers, Lord High Treasurers and First Lords of the Treasury
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Hubert Carrer The Virgin Queen 1923 UK Silent film
Ben Webster Drake of England 1935 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Lionel Pape Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Morton Selten Fire Over England 1937 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by A. E. W. Mason.
Henry Stephenson The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Hugh Moxey Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
John Welsh Queen's Champion 1958 UK TV series
George Bishop ITV Play of the Week, #4.14 "In the Shadow of the Axe" 1958 UK TV film
Alan Webb BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Anthony Dawson Seven Seas to Calais 1962 Italy Film
Derek Francis The Queen's Traitor 1967 UK TV series
Peter Cellier Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Ronald Hines Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Trevor Howard Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Norman Chappell Carry On Laughing, #1.4 "Orgy and Bess" 1975 UK TV short Comedy
Michael Turner Drake's Venture 1980 UK TV film
Greg Hicks In Suspicious Circumstances, #5.7 "An Evil Business" 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Richard Attenborough Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Colin Higgins Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Ian McDiarmid Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Ian Hart The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
David Thewlis Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Tom Everett Scott Reign 2015–16 USA TV series
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Arthur Rankin To Have and to Hold 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Mary Johnston.
Lionel d'Aragon Guy Fawkes 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
Henry Daniell The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Dennis Arundell BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film
Alan MacNaughtan ITV Play of the Week, #4.14 "In the Shadow of the Axe" 1958 UK TV film
Hugh Dickson Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Hugh Dickson Churchill's People, #14 "A Rich and Beautiful Empire" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Julian Curry Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Adam Meggido Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Tim McInnerny Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Toby Jones Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Daniel Evans The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Isaiah Michalski Anonymous 2011 UK Film As a boy.
Edward Hogg Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Mark Gatiss Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Michael John Wade England, My England 1995 UK Film
Dorian Lough Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby
Arthur Pentelow The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Shaun Dingwall Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
John Standing The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Robert Bowman Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
James Smith The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
John Ringham The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Richard Pearson The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Nicholas Hoult The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Robert Mill The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Sir Robert Walpole
George Foley The Adventures of Dick Turpin: The Gunpowder Plot 1912 UK Silent short
Lumsden Hare Dick Turpin's Ride 1951 USA Film An adaptation of the poem by Alfred Noyes.
Michael Goodliffe Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Wolfe Morris Churchill's People, #20 "The Fine Art of Bubble-Blowing" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Henry Pelham
Lewis Jones Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Roger Allam Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 USA Film
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Reginald Barlow The Last of the Mohicans 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
G. H. Mulcaster Bonnie Prince Charlie 1948 UK Film
Elwyn Brook-Jones BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.20 "The Trial of Admiral Byng" 1958 UK TV film
Sam Spruell City of Vice 2008 UK TV series
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Cecil Bell Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
William Pitt the Elder
William Freeman The Spirit of '76 1917 USA Silent film
Stanley Walpole Gateway to the West 1924 USA Silent film
Stanley Walpole Wolfe and Montcalm 1924 USA Silent short
Tom Heslewood Peg of Old Drury 1935 UK Film
Ian Maclaren The Last of the Mohicans 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
Robert Donat The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film Donat also played Pitt the Younger in the film.
Allan Jeayes BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.53 "Clive of India" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb & R. J. Minney.
Noel Johnson BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.20 "The Trial of Admiral Byng" 1958 UK TV film
Peter Howell The Hellfire Club 1961 UK Film
Alfred Burke Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Terence Rigby Play for Today, #13.16 "The Falklands Factor" 1983 UK TV film Comedy.
Michael Caine Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Tim Roth Battle of the Brave 2004 Canada Film
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Martin Walker Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Frederick North, Lord North
Emil Hoch America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Felix Aylmer The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Walter Hudd The Nine Days' Wonder 1953 UK TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Constance Cox.
John Colicos The Bastard 1978 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Patrick Newell Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
John Bird Play for Today, #13.16 "The Falklands Factor" 1983 UK TV film Comedy.
Nicholas Barber The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Filippo Bellucci Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Richard McCabe The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Mark Cabus Turn: Washington's Spies 2015–17 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Charles Gray Churchill's People, #24 "Mutiny" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
William Pitt the Younger
Charles Bennett America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Jean Peyrière Surcouf 1925 France Silent film An adaptation of the biography of Robert Surcouf by Charles Cunat.
Bruce Belfrage The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 UK Film An adaptation of the novel and play by Baroness Orczy.
Geoffrey Atkins The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film As a boy.
Robert Donat The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Anthony Nicholls The Laughing Lady 1946 UK Film Musical. An adaptation of the play by Ingram D'Abbes.
Henry Oscar Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Nikolay Volkov Admiral Ushakov 1953 USSR Film
Nikolay Volkov Attack from the Sea 1953 USSR Film
Paul Rogers Beau Brummell 1954 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Lorne Greene You Are There, #3.4 "William Pitt's Last Speech to Parliament" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
André van Gyseghem The Nelson Touch 1955 UK TV film
Manning Wilson The Infamous John Friend 1959 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Martha Roscoe Garnett.
Anthony Stuart Austerlitz 1960 France Film
Ric Hutton Time Out 1963 Australia TV series Docudrama
Ronald Pickup The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
David Collings Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Daniel Matthews Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film As a boy.
Jeremy Brett Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Simon Osborne Blackadder the Third 1987 UK TV series As a teenager. Comedy.
Julian Wadham The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Bernard Horsfall Queen of the East 1995 UK TV film
Seth Hardwick Red Rose 2004 UK Film
Alister Barton The First Black Britons 2005 UK TV film Docudrama
Benedict Cumberbatch Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Edward Bennett Poldark 2018 UK TV series
Henry Addington
Henry Hewitt The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Roland Culver Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Geoffrey Chater Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Duncan Royce Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Karl Johnson Peterloo 2018 UK Film
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Allan Jeayes The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 UK Film An adaptation of the novel and play by Baroness Orczy.
Alfred Sangster The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Arthur Wontner The Elusive Pimpernel 1950 UK Film An adaptation of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
Graveley Edwards BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.6 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Baroness Orczy & Montagu Barstow.
Graveley Edwards BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.2 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Baroness Orczy & Montagu Barstow.
Jefferson Clifford BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #6.38 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Baroness Orczy & Montagu Barstow.
Thorleif Reiss Den røde pimpernell 1968 Norway TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
David Neal Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Spencer Perceval
Howieson Culff The Infamous John Friend 1959 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Martha Roscoe Garnett.
Anthony Sharp On Trial, #9 "Governor Wall" 1960 UK TV film
John Gabriel Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Gilbert Emery The House of Rothschild 1934 USA Film An adaptation of the play Rothschild by George Hembert Westley.
Corrado Gaipa Napoleone a Sant'Elena 1973 Italy TV miniseries
André van Gyseghem Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Oliver Ford Davies A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Richard Durden Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Susanna Clarke.
Robert Wilfort Peterloo 2018 UK Film
George Canning
John Mills Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Murray Head Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Michael Burrell Queen of the East 1995 UK TV film
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: See Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces.
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Dominic Cooper The Duchess 2008 UK Film An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Otto Treßler Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
H. B. Warner Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Frederick Leister The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
D. A. Clarke-Smith Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Karl Ludwig Diehl Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Felix Aylmer Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Cyril Luckham Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Jon Finch Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Richard Mathews Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Joseph O'Connor Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Corin Redgrave The Opium War 1997 China Film
Nigel Hawthorne Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Jay Benedict Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Paul Bettany The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Rufus Sewell Victoria 2016–17 UK TV series
Jeremy Clyde Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
Sir Robert Peel
Arthur Blake Souls at Sea 1937 USA Film
Charles Carson Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Charles Carson Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Nicholas Hannen The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Eric Berry Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Michael Barrington Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Jeremy Young The Velvet Glove, #4 "Beyond This Life" 1977 UK TV film
Antony Brown Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Ruggero De Daninos Morte a passo di valzer 1979 Italy TV miniseries
Paul Beech Blue Peter Special Assignment, #6.4 "The Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye" 1979 UK TV short Voice only. Documentary.
Peter Gale Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Alec McCowen Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Martin Wady Queen Victoria's Empire 2001 UK TV miniseries Docudrama
Michael Maloney The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Tom Ward The Frankenstein Chronicles 2015–17 UK TV series
Nigel Lindsay Victoria 2016–17 UK TV series
Drew Cain Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Otto Stoeckel Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Lewis Casson Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Erik Chitty Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Maxwell Foster Mary Barton 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Peter Collingwood Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Emery Battis The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Evan Ross Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Richard Caldicot Mountains of the Moon 1990 USA Film An adaptation of the novel Burton and Speke by William Harrison.
Dennis St John The Long Winter 1999 Canada Film
David Robb The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
John Sessions Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Frank Cellier Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
George Zucco Suez 1938 USA Film
Owen Nares The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Frederick Worlock Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Bryan Coleman Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Stephen Scott The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
David Wood Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Kevin Brennan Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Peter Pacey Victoria 2017 UK TV series
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
John Laurie Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Arthur Hewlett Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Wallace Bosco Balaclava 1928 UK Silent film
Rudolf Essek Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Felix Aylmer Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Felix Aylmer Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Gilbert Emery A Dispatch from Reuters 1940 USA Film
Felix Aylmer The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
Laidman Browne Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Maurice Colbourne Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
André Morell Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Benjamin Whitrow The Opium War 1997 China Film
Andrew Harrison Florence Nightingale 2008 UK TV film
James Fox 1864 2014 Denmark TV series
Laurence Fox Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Dennis Eadie Disraeli 1916 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
George Arliss Disraeli 1929 USA Film Won the Academy Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Derrick De Marney Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film As a younger man.
Hugh Miller Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film As an older man.
Derrick De Marney Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Miles Mander Suez 1938 USA Film
John Gielgud The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Abraham Sofaer The Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the comic novel No Nightingales by Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon.
Sydney Tafler Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Alec Guinness The Mudlark 1950 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Theodore Bonnet.
Robert H. Harris Robert Montgomery Presents, #2.10 "Victoria Regina" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Ernest Milton Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Vladimir Taskin Przhevalsky 1952 USSR Film
Vladimir Taskin Heroes of Shipka 1955 USSR Film
Marne Maitland ITV Play of the Week, #6.7 "Old Man in a Hurry" 1960 UK TV film Comedy
Basil Rathbone Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Trevor Howard Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film Won the Emmy Award for Best Actor.
Max Adrian Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Vernon Dobtcheff The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Patrick Troughton Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
John Gielgud Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Alan Badel Blue Peter Special Assignment, #4.2 "Disraeli at Hughenden" 1976 UK TV short Voice only. Documentary.
Ian McShane Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
John Gabriel Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Richard Pasco Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Antony Sher Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Michael Culver Network First, #101 "A Queen Alone" 1997 UK TV film Docudrama.
Elliot Levey Queen Victoria's Empire 2001 UK TV miniseries Docudrama
Andrew Sachs Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Steven Crossley Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
William Ewart Gladstone
E. Story Gofton Sixty Years a Queen 1913 UK Silent film An adaptation of the biography by Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Arthur Young Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Malcolm Keen Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Stephen Murray The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Kynaston Reeves Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Arthur Young The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
Edmund Willard Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Patrick McGoohan You Are There, #2.41 "The Fall of Parnell" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Charles Carson ITV Play of the Week, #4.24 "Parnell" 1959 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Elsie T. Shauffler.
Stephen Murray ITV Play of the Week, #6.7 "Old Man in a Hurry" 1960 UK TV film Comedy
Geoffrey Keen Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Ralph Richardson Khartoum 1966 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actor.
Charles Carson Play of the Month, #1.4 "Gordon of Khartoum" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play The Last Hero by Robin Maugham.
Dayton Lummis The Time Tunnel, #14 "Night of the Long Knives" 1966 USA TV episode
Willoughby Gray Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Lloyd Lamble On the Game 1974 UK Film Comedy
David Steuart Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Michael Hordern Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
John Carlisle Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
John Phillips Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Roland Culver The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Denis Quilley Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Shay Gorman Network First, #101 "A Queen Alone" 1997 UK TV film Docudrama.
Oliver Ford Davies Victoria Meets 2012 UK Short
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Harvey Braban Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Jean Toulout Entente cordiale 1939 France Film
Leslie Perrins The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Vladimir Gajdarov Heroes of Shipka 1955 USSR Film
Laurence Naismith Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Llewellyn Rees The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Llewellyn Rees Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Richard Vernon Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
John Gregg Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
John Gielgud Murder by Decree 1979 Canada/UK Film
John Forbes-Robertson Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
David Swift Jack the Ripper 1988 UK/USA TV miniseries
Michael Atkinson Rhodes 1996 UK TV series
David Ryall Around the World in 80 Days 2004 USA Film Comedy. An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne.
Jim Broadbent The Legend of Tarzan 2016 Australia/UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Michael Gambon Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Leonard Sachs Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Edward Hardwicke Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Philip Brack Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Jeremy Sinden Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Arthur Balfour
Wyndham Goldie Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
André Roanne Entente cordiale 1939 France Film
William Dexter Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Adrian Ropes Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Lyndon Brook Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Zdzisław Mrożewski Polonia Restituta 1981 Poland Film series
John Paul Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Geoffrey Bayldon Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
John Wentworth Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
H. H. Asquith
Frederick Leister Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Hugh Cross On Trial, #2 "The Baccarat Scandal" 1960 UK TV film
Christopher Casson Insurrection 1966 Ireland TV series Docudrama
John Wentworth The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Robert Hardy Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Basil Dignam Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
David Markham The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
David Langton Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Frank Finlay The Lost Prince 2003 UK TV miniseries
Tim Pigott-Smith 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Graham Pountney Sykes–Picot: Lines in the Sand 2016 UK TV miniseries Docudrama
David Lloyd George
Norman Page The Life Story of David Lloyd George 1918 UK Silent film
J. C. Dunn The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
George Pearce British Agent 1934 USA Film An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
Esme Percy Royal Cavalcade 1935 UK Film
Clifford Brooke Wilson 1944 USA Film
Vladimir Belokurov Moscow – Genoa 1964 USSR Film
Emlyn Williams The Great War 1964 UK TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Robert Meyn Der irische Freiheitskampf 1969 West Germany TV miniseries
Anthony Hopkins Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Anthony Hopkins The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Emrys James Wipers Three 1973 UK TV film
Edward Evans The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Peter Geddis Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Geoffrey Beevers Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Michael Forrest A Horseman Riding By 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Long Summer Day and Post of Honour by R. F. Delderfield.
Edmund Fetting Polonia Restituta 1981 Poland Film series
Dylan Jones The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series As a boy.
Philip Madoc The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Brian Hawksley Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
John Stride Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Ralph Cotterill The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Rhys McConnochie Anzacs 1985 Australia TV series
Bernard Lloyd A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 UK TV film
Ian Bannen The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
Michael Kitchen The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 USA TV series
T. P. McKenna Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Ian Richardson The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 1996 UK/USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Windsor Davies Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Ron Cook The Lost Prince 2003 UK TV miniseries
Paul Stewart The Great War 2007 Canada TV miniseries Docudrama
Nicholas Hawtrey Paris 1919 2009 Canada TV film Docudrama. An adaptation of the book by Margaret MacMillan.
Leslie Clack Clemenceau 2012 France TV film
Miroslav Donutil Ceské Století 2013–14 Czech Republic TV series
Mark Lewis Jones 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Rob MacPherson Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Peter Barnes Sykes–Picot: Lines in the Sand 2016 UK TV miniseries Docudrama
Kenneth Cranham Mr Jones 2019 Poland/Ukraine/UK Film
Richard Elfyn Queen Marie of Romania 2019 Romania Film
Bonar Law
Gerald Sim Wipers Three 1973 UK TV film
Fulton Mackay The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Stanley Baldwin
Robert Douglas The Woman I Love 1972 USA TV film
Thorley Walters The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
David Waller Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Paul Curran The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Peter Barkworth Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
David Waller The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Richard Johnson Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Anthony Andrews The King's Speech 2010 UK Film
Geoffrey Palmer W.E. 2011 UK Film
Ramsay MacDonald
Robert James Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Ian Richardson Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Ralph Riach Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Neville Chamberlain
Richard Bowler Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.22 "The Week the World Stood Still" 1957 USA TV film
Robin Bailey The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Edward Jewesbury Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Eric Porter Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Roger Brierley Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Jack Shepherd Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Roger Parrott The King's Speech 2010 UK Film
Nicholas Chagrin Upstairs Downstairs 2012 UK TV series
Rupert Frazer Downton Abbey 2015 UK TV series
Ronald Pickup Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sir Winston Churchill
C. M. Hallard Royal Cavalcade 1935 UK Film
Jack Moyles The Desert Fox 1951 USA Film Voice only. An adaptation of the biography by Desmond Young.
Peter Sellers The Man Who Never Was 1956 UK Film Voice only. An adaptation of the book by Ewen Montagu.
Norman Shelley Sink the Bismarck! 1960 UK Film Voice only. An adaptation of the book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester.
Patrick Wymark A King's Story 1965 UK Film Documentary. Voice only.
Martin Hirthe Der irische Freiheitskampf 1969 West Germany TV miniseries
Russell Lewis Young Winston 1972 UK Film Aged 7. An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Michael Audreson Young Winston 1972 UK Film Aged 13. An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Simon Ward Young Winston 1972 UK Film As a young man. Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Henry Oliver The Woman I Love 1972 USA TV film
Richard Burton The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Churchill.
James Gregson Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series As a baby.
Paul Ambrose Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series As a boy.
Warren Clarke Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Christopher Strauli Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Wensley Pithey Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Timothy West Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film Won the RTS Television Award for Best Performance. Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Wensley Pithey Ike: The War Years 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the memoirs Eisenhower Was My Boss and Past Forgetting by Kay Summersby.
William Hootkins The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Robert Hardy Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Terence Harvey Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Howard Lang The Winds of War 1983 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Timothy West The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Malcolm Terris Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Ronald Lacey The Great Escape II: The Untold Story 1988 USA TV miniseries
Robert Hardy War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Robert Hardy The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Michael Cochrane A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 UK TV film
Julian Fellowes The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
Julian Fellowes The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 USA TV series
Simon Ward Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Hugh Simon Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
David Ryall Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Christian Slater Churchill: The Hollywood Years 2004 UK Film Comedy
Ian Mune Ike: Countdown to D-Day 2004 USA TV film
David Calder Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Rod Taylor Inglourious Basterds 2009 USA/Germany Film
Brendan Gleeson Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film Won the Emmy and Satellite Awards and nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Timothy Spall The King's Speech 2010 UK Film
Gerry George Any Human Heart 2010 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by William Boyd.
Ian McNeice Doctor Who, #5.3 "Victory of the Daleks" 2010 UK TV episode
Ian McNeice Doctor Who, #6.13 "The Wedding of River Song" 2011 UK TV episode
Colm Gormley Titanic 2012 UK/Canada/Hungary TV series
Robert Whitelock Titanic: Blood and Steel 2012 Canada/France/Ireland/Italy TV series
Richard Syms Ceské Století 2013–14 Czech Republic TV series
Adam James Churchill's First World War 2013 UK TV film Docudrama
Andy Nyman Peaky Blinders 2013 UK TV series
Richard McCabe Peaky Blinders 2014 UK TV series
Nicholas Asbury 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Simon Maiden Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Michael Gambon Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
John Lithgow The Crown 2016–19 UK/USA TV series Won the 2017 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the 2017 BAFTA Award and 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Gary Oldman Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Empire Award and Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor.
Neil Maskell Peaky Blinders 2019–22 UK TV series
Simon Russell Beale Operation Mincemeat 2021 UK Film An adaptation of the book by Ben Macintyre.
Clement Attlee
Patrick Stewart The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Patrick Troughton Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Barry Jackson Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Norman Jones Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
John Rolfe Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Denis Lill Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Bill Paterson Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Clive Merrison Bert and Dickie 2012 UK TV film
Simon Chandler The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
David Schofield Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Robin Soans Red Joan 2018 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Jennie Rooney.
Sir Anthony Eden
Michael Elwyn The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Hugh Fraser Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Richard Easton Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Tony Mathews Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
John Hamblin The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Robert Bathurst The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Anthony Calf Upstairs Downstairs 2010 UK TV series
Alex Jennings Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Jeremy Northam The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Samuel West Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Harold Macmillan
Ian Collier Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Anton Lesser The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
David Annen The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Harold Wilson
Philip Jackson The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
John Sessions Made in Dagenham 2010 UK Film
Thomas Arnold Bert and Dickie 2012 UK TV film
Jason Watkins The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Edward Heath
Nigel Le Vaillant Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Lloyd McGuire The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Louis Zegrean The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series As a child.
Michael Maloney The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Margaret Thatcher
Lindsay Duncan Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Lesley Manville The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Eva Feiler The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series Aged 21.
Gillian Anderson The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series Won the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
John Major
Michael Maloney Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Marc Ozall The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Jonny Lee Miller The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Tony Blair
Jon Culshaw Churchill: The Hollywood Years 2004 UK Film Comedy
Michael Sheen The Queen 2006 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Bertie Carvel The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Theresa May
Gillian Bevan The Windsors 2017 UK TV series Comedy
Chancellors of the Exchequer
Sir Reginald Bray
Noel Johnson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Leo Bill The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar
Kyle McDonald Reign 2017 USA TV series
Henry Boyle: See Home Secretaries
Robert Benson
Tim Ingall The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film
William Dowdeswell
Malcolm Terris Play for Today, #13.16 "The Falklands Factor" 1983 UK TV film Comedy.
Charles Townshend
Charlie Woods Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Lord Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Garard Green Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
John Charles Herries
Reginald Owen The House of Rothschild 1934 USA Film An adaptation of the play Rothschild by George Hembert Westley.
Henry Goulburn
George Pentecost The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Sir Charles Wood
Robert Lang Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Tom Martin The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Sir Stafford Northcote
Brendan Barry Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Jerold Wells Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
James Cossins Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Lord Randolph Churchill
Rober Shaw Young Winston 1972 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Ronald Pickup Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Derek Fowlds Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Michael Gaunt Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Reginald McKenna
Clifford Parrish Play of the Month, #12.4 "The Winslow Boy" 1977 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
Hugh Morton The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Philip Snowden
Martin Matthews Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Norman Jones Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Eric Allan Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Sir Kingsley Wood
Brian Pettifer Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sir John Anderson
Paul Kelleher Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Sir Stafford Cripps
Frederick Treves Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Hugh Dalton
Michael Haydon The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Selwyn Lloyd
Richard Elfyn The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Sir Geoffrey Howe
John Sessions Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Paul Jesson The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Nigel Lawson
Martin Chamberlain Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Norman Lamont
Julian Firth Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Keith Chopping The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Kenneth Clarke
Kevin McNally Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Nick Wymer The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
George Osborne
Justin Salinger The Windsors 2016 UK TV series Comedy
Foreign Secretaries and Secretaries of State for the Southern Department
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
D. J. Williams Penn of Pennsylvania 1942 UK Film
Robert East Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Armin Seydelmann The Grinning Face 1921 Austria Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.
Rudolf Rittner A Glass of Water 1923 Germany Silent film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Ingvar Kjellson A Glass of Water 1960 Sweden TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Gustaf Gründgens A Glass of Water 1960 West Germany Film Musical comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Michael Attwell The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
László Mensáros Zenés TV színház, "Sakk-matt" 1977 Hungary TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play The Glass of Water by Eugène Scribe.
Kirill Lavrov A Glass of Water 1979 USSR Film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
Frank Webster Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Anthony Quayle King of the Wind 1990 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Henry.
Anton Lesser Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 USA Film
Henry Fox
Alun Armstrong Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
Aubrey Dexter Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Devine Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Charles James Fox
Robert Morley The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Leslie Banks Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Peter Bull Beau Brummell 1954 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Wesley Addy You Are There, #3.4 "William Pitt's Last Speech to Parliament" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Henri Vidon Austerlitz 1960 France Film
Ronald Lacey The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Keith Barron Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
David Ryall Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Jim Carter The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Fearghal Geraghty Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Hugh Sachs Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Trevor Ray Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As an older man. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Niall Sutherland Red Rose 2004 UK Film
Michael Gambon Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Simon McBurney The Duchess 2008 UK Film An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville: See Prime Ministers
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Gerald Lawrence The Iron Duke 1934 UK Film
Renzo Giovampietro Napoleone a Sant'Elena 1973 Italy TV miniseries
Geoffrey Toone Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Patrick Godfrey Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby: Most commonly known as Lord Stanley.
Kynaston Reeves The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Barrie Cookson Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Jason Morell Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Christopher Benjamin Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Michael Hordern Khartoum 1966 UK Film
Edward Jewesbury Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Frank Middlemass Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
John Carson Shaka Zulu 1986 South Africa TV series An adaptation of the novel by Joshua Sinclair.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Angus MacKay Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Desmond Llewelyn The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Tony Steedman Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Sir Edward Grey
Harold Saxon-Snell Royal Cavalcade 1935 UK Film
Ralph Richardson Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 UK Film An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
Tom Criddle Fall of Eagles 1974 UK TV series
Anthony Sharp The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Michael Spice Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Jeremy Irons Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ian McDiarmid 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Angus MacKay Wipers Three 1973 UK TV film
Edgar Wreford Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
John Gill The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
T. P. McKenna Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Peter Jeffrey The Last Place on Earth 1985 UK TV series An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford.
Denis Quilley A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 UK TV film
Don Henderson Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Robert Lang Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Corin Redgrave Shackleton 2002 UK TV miniseries
Adrian Lukis Amundsen 2019 Norway Film
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Jeremy Child Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Preston Lockwood Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Alan Barry The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
Arthur Henderson
Berwick Kaler Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
John Gabriel BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.26 "The Seddons" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Rodney Ackland.
Abraham Sofaer On Trial, #1 "Sir Roger Casement" 1960 UK TV film
Hugh Thomas The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Andrew Wheaton Shadow of the Noose 1989 UK TV series
Edward Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax
Justice Watson Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.22 "The Week the World Stood Still" 1957 USA TV film
Bernard Archard Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
James Fox Cambridge Spies 2003 UK TV series
Donald Sumpter Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Stephen Dillane Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
John Stride A Bridge Too Far 1977 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Cornelius Ryan.
Francis Pym
Guy Siner The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Douglas Hurd
Nicholas Le Prevost Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Malcolm Rifkind
Nicholas Rowe Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Michael Mears The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Jack Straw
Tom Goodman-Hill Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Home Secretaries and Secretaries of State for the Northern Department
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: See Foreign Secretaries
Henry Boyle
Middleton Woods Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Derek Prentice Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret: See Foreign Secretaries
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Malcolm Keen The Great Mr. Handel 1942 UK Film
David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont
Peter Hudson Marie Antoinette 2022 France/UK TV series
Henry Dundas
Robert James The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Struan Rodger The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Bill Paterson Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: See Earls Spencer
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth: See Prime Ministers
R. A. Cross
Donald Morley Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Henry Matthews
Allan Cuthbertson On Trial, #6 "The Dilke Case" 1960 UK TV film
Peter Burton On Trial, #8 "W. T. Stead" 1960 UK TV film
Geoffrey Russell Murder by Decree 1979 Canada/UK Film
Ronald Hines Jack the Ripper 1988 UK/USA TV miniseries
Sir Samuel Hoare
Tony Church Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Edward Woodward Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Jeremy Child Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Benjamin Whitrow Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Herbert Morrison
Lester Matthews Telephone Time, #2.30 "Diamond Peer" 1957 USA TV short
Gwilym Lloyd George
John H. Francis The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Hywel Williams-Ellis Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Rab Butler
Chris Larkin Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Michael Culkin The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Henry Brooke
James Fox The Great Train Robbery 2013 UK TV miniseries
Reginald Maudling
Michael Culkin A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Willie Whitelaw
Robert Hardy Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Don Gallagher The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Kenneth Baker
Paul Jesson Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Michael Howard
Al Barclay The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Other ministers
Deputy Prime Ministers and First Secretaries of State
Herbert Morrison: See Home Secretaries.
Rab Butler: See Home Secretaries.
Barbara Castle: See Secretaries of State for Health.
Willie Whitelaw: See Home Secretaries.
Sir Geoffrey Howe: See Chancellors of the Exchequer.
Michael Heseltine: See Secretaries of State for Defence.
Attorneys-General of England
James Wallace
Craig Parkinson The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Sir Henry James
Thorley Walters Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Sir John Lawson Walton
Patrick Godfrey Shadow of the Noose 1989 UK TV series
Sir Donald Somervell
Robert Flemyng Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Sir John Hobson
William Gaminara The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
Rhys Meredith A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Solicitors-General of England
Sir John Hawles
Berry Kroeger Omnibus, #5.19 "The Trial of Captain Kidd" 1957 USA TV film
Sir Samuel Evans
David Lyn The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Sir Edward Clarke
Nigel Patrick The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell.
Alan Webb On Trial, #2 "The Baccarat Scandal" 1960 UK TV film
André Morell On Trial, #5 "Oscar Wilde" 1960 UK TV film
Geoffrey Palmer Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
David Neal Shadow of the Noose 1989 UK TV series
Sir Frank Lockwood
Ivor Roberts Shadow of the Noose 1989 UK TV series
Sir Terence O'Connor
Don McKillop Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
First Lords of the Admiralty
Walter Long
Eric Longworth The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
Simon Wright Upstairs Downstairs 2012 UK TV series
Jeremy Child Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Secretaries of War and Secretaries of State for War
Adam de Cardonnel
William Job The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
George Treby
Rolph Hutcheson Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
David Hunt Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Christopher Lee Shaka Zulu 1986 South Africa TV series An adaptation of the novel by Joshua Sinclair.
William Huskisson
Michael Barrington Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Jonathan Peel
Chris Gampel Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Sidney Herbert
George Curzon The White Angel 1936 USA Film
Michael Wilding The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
Anthony Marlowe BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.22 "The Passionate Pilgrim" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel Miss Nightingale's Ladies by Charles Terrot.
Ian Bartholomew Florence Nightingale 2008 UK TV film
J. E. B. Seely
John Edmondson Mr Jones 2019 Poland/Ukraine/UK Film
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
James Drake Wipers Three 1973 UK TV film
George Belbin The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Hywell Williams Incident at Victoria Falls 1991 UK/USA TV film
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Richard Waring Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Frank Middlemass Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Tim Seely The Last Place on Earth 1985 UK TV series An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford.
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
Geoffrey Chater Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Duff Cooper
Arthur Gould-Porter You Are There, #4.25 "Chamberlain at Munich" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Trevor Bowen Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Bruce Alexander Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
David Margesson
Rupert Vansittart Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
John Strachey
Roger May Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Christopher Soames
Christian McKay Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Peter Pacey The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
John Profumo
Ian McKellen Scandal 1989 UK Film
Tim Steed The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Ben Miles The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Secretaries of State for Air
Freddie Guest
Michael Osborne Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton
Walter Gotell Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
David Langton Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Michael Gould Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Ministers of Defence and Secretaries of State for Defence
Sir Walter Monckton
Murray Matheson The Woman I Love 1972 USA TV film
Nigel Hawthorne Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Edmund Kente To Catch a King 1984 USA TV film An adaptation of the novel by Jack Higgins.
George Asprey The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
John Nott
Paul Bigley The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Michael Heseltine
Oliver Cotton Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for the Colonies
Lord George Germain
Mark Capri Turn: Washington's Spies 2017 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Henry Holland, 1st Baron Knutsford
Norman Coombes Rhodes 1996 UK TV series
Joseph Chamberlain
Ernest Thesiger The Life Story of David Lloyd George 1918 UK Silent film
Henry Hallett Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Henry Hallett Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Jean d'Yd Entente cordiale 1939 France Film
Robert Adam Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Hugh Latimer ITV Play of the Week, #6.7 "Old Man in a Hurry" 1960 UK TV film Comedy
Basil Dignam Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Oliver Cotton Rhodes 1996 UK TV series
Ian Gelder Ripper Street 2016 UK TV series
Henry Holland, 1st Baron Knutsford
Christopher Benjamin The Legend of Tarzan 2016 Australia/UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
J. H. Thomas
Emrys James Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Ken Jones Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
David Hutcheson Play of the Month, #1.3 "The Joel Brand Story" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Alex Weissberg.
Secretaries of State for India
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Norman Claridge Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Bill Paterson 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Leo Amery
John Rutland The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Michael McElhatton My Boy Jack 2007 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by David Haig.
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence
Ronald Hines Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland
Jim Prior
Nicholas Day The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Secretaries of State for Scotland
James Stuart
William Mickleburgh Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Brian Gidley Ike: Countdown to D-Day 2004 USA TV film
Presidents of the Board of Trade
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Charles Stapley Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Henry Labouchere
Tristram Wymark Victoria 2019 UK TV series
John Bright
William Dewhurst Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Phil Rowson Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Sydney Buxton
Norman Scace The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Walter Runciman
Jack May The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
John Burns
Kenneth Cranham 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Norman Tebbit
Roy Marsden Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for Education etc
Sir John Gorst
Anthony Langdon Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Secretaries of State for Health and Ministers of Health
Arthur Greenwood
Hilton McRae Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Aneurin Bevan
Ray Smith The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Dean Davies Food for Ravens 1997 UK TV film As a teenager.
Brian Cox Food for Ravens 1997 UK TV film
Philip McGough Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Martin Chamberlain The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Harry Crookshank
Nigel Cooke The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Enoch Powell
Oscar James The Goodies 1975 UK TV series Comedy
Richard Crossman
Aden Gillett The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Barbara Castle
Miranda Richardson Made in Dagenham 2010 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Lorraine Ashbourne The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Buffy Davis The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
John Moore
Dugald Bruce Lockhart The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
William Waldegrave
Tim McMullan Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Andy Burnham
Matthew McNulty Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Secretaries of State for Transport
Cecil Parkinson
Duncan Duff The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
John MacGregor
Mark Perry Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport
John Whittingdale
Christian McKay Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for Energy
Tony Benn
Mark Dexter The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
John Wakeham
Roger Allam Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for the Environment
Chris Patten
Oliver Milburn The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
John Gummer
Ian Hughes Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Secretaries of State for Social Security
Peter Lilley
Martin Fisher The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Ministers of Information
Brendan Bracken
John Kane The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Tim Pigott-Smith Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Ministers of Works
Sir Philip Sassoon
Philip Dunbar Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
Charles Arbuthnot
Philip Latham Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
J. C. C. Davidson
Nicholas Pritchard Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Pavel Rímský Ceské Století 2013–14 Czech Republic TV series
Government Chief Whips
Martin Redmayne
Tim McInnerny The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Junior ministers
Harold Balfour
Harry Andrews Battle of Britain 1969 UK Film An adaptation of the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood & Derek Dempster.
Alan Clark
Michael Cochrane Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Tristan Garel-Jones
Guy Henry Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Cuthbert Headlam
John Hart Dyke Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Jennie Lee
Sinéad Cusack Food for Ravens 1997 UK TV film
Sir Peter Morrison
Rupert Vansittart Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Anthony Nutting
Nicholas Burns The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Tim Renton
Nicholas Jones Margaret 2009 UK TV film
George Thomson
Stuart McQuarrie The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Other politicians
Leaders of the Opposition
George Lansbury
Arnold Peters Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Jeremy Corbyn
Tom Basden The Windsors 2018 UK TV series Comedy
Speakers of the House of Commons
Sir John Bussy
Richard Gilbert BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Robert Quarry Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Andrews An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Gerhard Riedmann König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Colin Fisher The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
János Árva II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Robin Sachs BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sion Probert The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Richard II" 1990 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Nicholas Gecks Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Justin Shevlin Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ferdinand Kingsley The Hollow Crown, #1.1 "Richard II" 2012 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Sir William Catesby: See Chancellors of the Exchequer
Sir Thomas Lovell: See Chancellors of the Exchequer
Thomas Williams
John Gabriel BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Sir Thomas Snagge
Robert Sansom Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
William Lenthall
Llewellyn Rees Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Peter Terry The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
Sir Fletcher Norton
John Owens Play for Today, #13.16 "The Falklands Factor" 1983 UK TV film Comedy.
Charles Wolfran Cornwall
Nicholas Selby The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Sir John Mitford
Adrian Lukis Poldark 2018 UK TV series
Sir Charles Manners-Sutton
Gerry O'Brien The Frankenstein Chronicles 2015 UK TV series
Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Denis Lill The Opium War 1997 China Film
John Tueart Victoria 2017–19 UK TV series
Evelyn Denison
George Hall Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Arthur Peel
John Stuart Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
William Gully
Robert Harris Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
James Lowther
Robert Mill Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Edward FitzRoy
Laurence Hardy The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Robert Harris Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Derek Ensor Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Terence Brook Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Paul Riddell Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
George Thomas
David Charles The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Bernard Weatherill
Stephen Greif The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Leaders of the Labour Party
Keir Hardie
Fulton Mackay Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Leaders of the Liberal Party
Jeremy Thorpe
Hugh Grant A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
David Steel
Peter F. Gardiner A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Parliamentarian politicians of the English Civil War era
John Hampden
Ian McCulloch Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
Barrie Houghton By the Sword Divided 1983 UK TV series
James Bolam To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
John Jones
Andy Linden The Private Life of Samuel Pepys 2003 UK TV film Comedy
John Lilburne
Patrick O'Connell Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Ross Dunsmore Civil War: England's Fight for Freedom 1997 UK TV film Docudrama
Tom Goodman-Hill The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
John Pym
Geoffrey Keen Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Jerome Willis By the Sword Divided 1983 UK TV series
David Bauckman Civil War: England's Fight for Freedom 1997 UK TV film Docudrama
Thomas Rainsborough
Michael Fassbender The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series Nominated for the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
William Strode
Bernard Holley By the Sword Divided 1983 UK TV series
Conservative and Tory Members of Parliament
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Marcella Markham Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Annabelle Lanyon Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a teenager.
Lisa Harrow Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Laura Murray Queen Marie of Romania 2019 Romania Film
Lord George Bentinck
Rupert Mitford Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Anton Rodgers Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Roger May Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Sir Robert Boothby
Hugh Bonneville Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Paul Clayton The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Sir Edward Carson
James Mason The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell.
Martin Benson On Trial, #5 "Oscar Wilde" 1960 UK TV film
Alan Badel Play of the Month, #12.4 "The Winslow Boy" 1977 UK TV film As Sir Robert Morton. An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
Philip Voss Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Kevin Flood The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
John Kavanagh Titanic: Blood and Steel 2012 Canada/France/Ireland/Italy TV series
Sir Henry Channon
Gary Waldhorn Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Harry Cust
Julian Holloway Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Ralph Earle
John Rainer Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Frederick Rutherfoord Harris
Guy de Lancey Rhodes 1996 UK TV series
Sir Christopher Hawkins
Cornelius Booth Poldark 2018 UK TV series
Sir John Henniker Heaton
Lionel Dymoke The Parnell Commission 1939 UK TV film
Sir Ivan Lawrence
Pip Torrens Des 2020 UK TV miniseries A partial adaptation of the book Killing for Company by Brian Masters.
Lord Henry Lennox
Peter Miles Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Sir Ian Malcolm
Paul Gregory Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Sir Charles Mordaunt
Mike Gwilym Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
John Morris
David Calder Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Airey Neave
Dermot Crowley Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Cranley Onslow
Nicholas Day Margaret 2009 UK TV film
William Rees-Davies
Paul Ryan The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Charles Sibthorp
Hugh Simon Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Sir Nicholas Soames
Harper Gray Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film Aged 5. An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Christopher Sykes
Frederick Treves Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Sir Robert Tasker
Christopher Ben Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Mavis Tate
Ruth Trouncer Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Sir Malcolm Thornton
Paul McGann Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Sir Colin Thornton-Kemsley
Osmund Bullock Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Sir Charles Warde
Clifford Rose In Suspicious Circumstances, #5.12 "The Letter Killeth" 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Labour Members of Parliament
Leo Abse
Anthony O'Donnell A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Sir Ernest Bennett
Martin Bishop Mr Jones 2019 Poland/Ukraine/UK Film
Victor Grayson
Pip Miller In Suspicious Circumstances, #2.2 "Maundy Money" 1992 UK TV film Docudrama
Willie Hamilton
Richard Derrington The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Megan Lloyd George: See Liberal Members of Parliament
John McGovern
Kenneth Bryans Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
James Maxton
John Straiton Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Lady Cynthia Mosley
Jemma Redgrave Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
John Parker
Andy Mihalache Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Karl Turner
Ian Puleston-Davies Four Lives 2022 UK TV miniseries
George Wigg
Danny Webb The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
David Winnick
Marc Danbury Three Girls 2017 UK TV miniseries
Liberal and Whig Members of Parliament
Joseph Arch: See Trade unionists
Sir Edward Baines
Brian Fletcher Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Peter Bessell
Alex Jennings A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Horatio Bottomley: See Newspaper proprietors
Edmund Burke
William S. Rising America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Mark Dignam Beau Brummell 1954 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Ben Aris Play for Today, #13.16 "The Falklands Factor" 1983 UK TV film Comedy.
T. P. McKenna Longitude 2000 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the book by Dava Sobel.
Sean Arnold Red Rose 2004 UK Film
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Sebastian Breaks Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
William Cornwallis-West
John Harvey Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Donald Crawford
Basil Dignam On Trial, #6 "The Dilke Case" 1960 UK TV film
Thomas Creevey
Nigel Arkwright BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Timothy West Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Timothy Davies
Gilbert Wynne The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Sir Charles Dilke
Frank Birch Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Leo Genn On Trial, #6 "The Dilke Case" 1960 UK TV film
Ralph Michael Khartoum 1966 UK Film
Norman Gay Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Richard Leech Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
James Vaughan Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Emlyn Hooson
Jason Watkins A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Henry Labouchère
Edward Burnham Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Anthony Thomas Rhodes 1996 UK TV series
Sir Herbert Lewis
Owen Garmon The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Megan Lloyd George
Alma Reville The Life Story of David Lloyd George 1918 UK Silent film
Lisa Grug The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series As a child.
Sue Jones-Davies The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Lisa Grug Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Jayn Raymond Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Charles Masterman
Michael Cochrane The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
John Bryn Roberts
Robert Blythe The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Baron Lionel de Rothschild
Hurd Hatfield Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
David de Keyser Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Geoffrey Toone Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Other Members of Parliament
Edward Alford
Andrew Jarvis Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Sir Fowell Buxton
John Quarmby The Velvet Glove, #4 "Beyond This Life" 1977 UK TV film
Thomas Conolly
Tom Mullion Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Paul Ridley Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As an older man. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Spencer Cowper
Laurence Payne On Trial, #4 "Spencer Cowper" 1960 UK TV film
Sir Richard Ford
Joss Ambler BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Charles Francis Greville
Cecil Humphreys The Romance of Lady Hamilton 1919 UK Silent film
James Hare
Andrew Armour The Duchess 2008 UK Film An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Henry Thomas Hope
Michael Attwell Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #1 "The Great Ship" 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Joseph Hume
Norman Tyrrell Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Henry Hunt
Terence Conoley Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Rory Kinnear Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Wyndham Lewis
William Russell Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Richard Meyler: MP for Winchester from 1812 to 1818 and enemy of Beau Brummell.
Justin Salinger Beau Brummell: This Charming Man 2006 UK TV film An adaptation of the biography by Ian Kelly.
T. P. O'Connor
Rio Fanning Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
T. P. McKenna Jack the Ripper 1988 UK/USA TV miniseries
William Russell, Lord Russell
Colin Bean The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
George Augustus Selwyn
Gibb McLaughlin The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Frank Kelly Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Sir Timothy Shelley
Martin Phillips The Frankenstein Chronicles 2015 UK TV series As Lord Shelley.
Algernon Sidney
Donald Sumpter New Worlds 2014 UK TV series
Sir George Throckmorton
Michael Grennell The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
John Wilkes
Robert Harris Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Esmond Knight Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film Second version. An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
David Farrar John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
Sir Richard Worsley
Shaun Evans The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Government officials
Principal private secretaries to prime ministers
Edward Drummond
Leo Suter Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton
Denholm Elliott Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Patrick Drury Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Nicholas Jones Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Sir Schomberg Kerr McDonnell (Lord Salisbury)
Trevor Baxter The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Sir Maurice Bonham Carter
Rupert Frazer Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Sir John Davies (David Lloyd George)
Ioan Meredith The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Jock Colville
James D'Arcy Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Patrick Kennedy Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Nicholas Rowe The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Frederick Bishop (Sir Anthony Eden/Harold Macmillan)
Robert Irons The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Nigel Wicks (Margaret Thatcher)
Simon Shackleton The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Other civil servants
George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith
Charles Kinross The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Robert Brand, 1st Baron Brand
Bernard Brown Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
Demetri Goritsas Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Michael Sheldon The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Sir Edward Carteret: Served as Black Rod from 1671 to 1683.
T. P. McKenna The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Sir William Henry Clark
John Breslin The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Sir Henry Cole
Chris Beaumont Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
David Newman Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Charles Fearne: Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty and Judge-Advocate of the Fleet.
Richard Wordsworth On Trial, #3 "Admiral Byng" 1960 UK TV film
Charles Greville
Michael Howley Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Charles Dance Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Pip Torrens Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Sir Edward Walter Hamilton
George Stanford Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Robin Sachs Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey
Laurence Harrington Wipers Three 1973 UK TV film
Jonathan Elsom The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Norman Bird Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Peter Stratford Anzacs 1985 Australia TV series
Thomas Hayter
Richard Wattis BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
William Hewer
Ciarán McMenamin The Private Life of Samuel Pepys 2003 UK TV film Comedy
Sir Rowland Hill
Ben Abell Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Henry Hobhouse
Sam Troughton Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Sir Bernard Ingham
Philip Jackson Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Paul Clayton The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Kevin McNally The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Thomas Jones
Tim Wylton The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
Sir Louis Kershaw: Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India from 1924 to 1933 and Deputy Under-Secretary of State from 1933 to 1934.
Geoffrey Toone Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
William Marsden
Donald Eccles The Nelson Touch 1955 UK TV film
Sir Edward Marsh
Peter Dennis Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Sir Desmond Morton
Moray Watson Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Sir Evan Nepean
A. Bromley Davenport The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
John Humphry ITV Play of the Week, #11.28 "Nelson: A Study in Miniature" 1966 UK TV film
Frank Wylie Churchill's People, #24 "Mutiny" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough
Angus MacKay The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
A. J. Sylvester
David Troughton The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Sir Ben Bowen Thomas
Alan David The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Sir Charles Trevelyan
Edward Bennett Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Sir Percy Watkins: Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education from 1925 to 1933.
John Kidd Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Philip Carteret Webb
Laurence Hanray Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
William Wilkinson: Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office.
Joshua James Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sir Horace Wilson
Clive Swift Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Diplomats
Sir Antony Acland
Patrick Pearson The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Sir Joseph Addison
Leslie Denison You Are There, #5.6 "Hitler Invades Poland" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Sir George Buchanan
Ralph Neville Nicholas and Alexandra 1971 UK Film An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
Sir Alexander Cadogan
John Atterbury Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
James Kerry Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Mountains of the Moon 1990 USA Film An adaptation of the novel Burton and Speke by William Harrison.
Sir Eyre Crowe
Nicholas Farrell 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Sir Patrick Dean
Michael Simkins The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Sir William Hamilton
Iosif Tolchanov Attack from the Sea 1953 USSR Film
Sir Nevile Henderson
Philip Tonge You Are There, #5.6 "Hitler Invades Poland" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Geoffrey Lumb Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.22 "The Week the World Stood Still" 1957 USA TV film
Ozdemir Altan Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel
Geoffrey Toone War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Sir David Kelly
Ralph Richardson Battle of Britain 1969 UK Film An adaptation of the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood & Derek Dempster.
James Matra
Richard Meikle Time Out 1963 Australia TV series Docudrama
Sir Eugen Millington-Drake
Anthony Bushell The Battle of the River Plate 1956 UK Film
James Moffatt: Deputy British High Commissioner (and Acting High Commissioner) to Lesotho who helped Donald Woods to flee South Africa in 1977.
Alec McCowen Cry Freedom 1987 UK Film An adaptation of the books Biko and Asking for Trouble by Donald Woods.
Sir Edmund Monson
John Rutland Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Sir Arthur Nicolson
Brian Hawksley Fall of Eagles 1974 UK TV series
Sir Augustus Paget
Peter Penry-Jones Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater
James Fox Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Dominic Rowan The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Frank Rattigan: Assistant British High Commissioner in Constantinople from 1920 to 1922.
Güven Besimoglu Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Sir Horace Rumbold
Zihni Küçümen Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Pyotr Sobolevsky Admiral Ushakov 1953 USSR Film
John Spencer Smith
Boris Bibikov Attack from the Sea 1953 USSR Film
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
Monckton Hoffe The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
Sir Mark Sykes
Ross Forder Sykes–Picot: Lines in the Sand 2016 UK TV miniseries Docudrama
Sir Brian Urquhart
Frank Grimes A Bridge Too Far 1977 UK/USA Film As Major Fuller. An adaptation of the book by Cornelius Ryan.
Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth
André Randall Austerlitz 1960 France Film
Ralph Wigram
Paul Freeman Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
Charles Lloyd-Pack Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Political advisers
Alastair Campbell
Andrew Dunn My Government and I 2000 UK TV film Comedy
Mark Bazeley The Queen 2006 UK Film
Adam Damerell The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Jonathan Powell
Thomas Nelstrop The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Regional and local government politicians and officials
Members of the Scottish Government
Nicola Sturgeon
Amy Booth-Steel The Windsors 2017 UK TV series Comedy
Lord Mayors of London
Sir Edmund Shaa
George Woodbridge Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Sharp An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Malcolm Webster The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
József Gáti Richard III 1973 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Arthur Cox BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Hugh Sullivan The Wars of the Roses, #7 "Richard III" 1991 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Denis Lill Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Sir Thomas Bloodworth
Nicholas Blane The Great Fire 2014 UK TV miniseries
Sir Matthew Wood
Alan Foss Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Other mayors and provosts
David Staig (1740−1824): Provost of Dumfries.
Iain Sutherland Red Rose 2004 UK Film
Other local politicians
Jane Cobden
Leanne Best Ripper Street 2013–14 UK TV series A highly fictionalised portrayal.
Emma Cons
Gwen Nelson The Velvet Glove, #6 "Auntie's Niece" 1977 UK TV film
R. J. McMordie
Michael Grennell Titanic: Blood and Steel 2012 Canada/France/Ireland/Italy TV series
Sara Rowbotham
Maxine Peake Three Girls 2017 UK TV miniseries
Local government officials
Beau Nash
Philip Leaver John Wesley 1954 UK Film
Conspirators, rebels and assassins
Conspirators and rebels against Henry VII
Michael An Gof
John Woodvine The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Thomas Astwood
Hayward Morse The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
Jerome Willis The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Thomas Broughton
Donald Douglas The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Robert Cleymound
Michael Graham Cox The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Robert Clifford
Colin Jeavons The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
William Daubeny
Douglas Milvain The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh
Prentis Hancock The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Thomas Flamank
John Castle The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
John Horsey
Donald Eccles The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
John Kendall
John Welsh The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Thomas Mashborough
Rollo Gamble The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
John Mayne
Geoffrey Palmer The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Pregent Meno
Ellis Dale The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Simon Mountford
Hugh Morton The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Richard Simmons
David Collings The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Humphrey Stafford
Maurice Roëves The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Thomas Stafford
John Hamill The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Christopher Swan
Tenniel Evans The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
John Thonge
Chris Sandford The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Bernard de Vignolles
Peter Bowles The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
John Walter
Brendan Barry The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Conspirators and rebels against Henry VIII
Robert Aske
Sean Bean Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Gerard McSorley The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Graham Turner Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant 2009 UK TV series Docudrama.
Sir Robert Constable
Kevin Doyle The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series As John Constable.
Conspirators and rebels against Mary I
Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger
Bryan Dick The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Conspirators and rebels against Elizabeth I
Anthony Babington
Terence Hill Seven Seas to Calais 1962 Italy Film
Johnny Vyvyan The Complete and Utter History of Britain 1969 UK TV series Comedy
David Collings Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Geoffrey Streatfeild Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Eddie Redmayne Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Charles Baillie
Charles Houston The Queen's Traitor 1967 UK TV series
John Ballard
David Garfield Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Tom Fleming Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Daniel Craig Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Sir Christopher Blount
Hayden Jones Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Tony Vogel Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Sir Charles Danvers
Tony Christopher Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Sir Gelli Meyrick
Laurie Goode Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Roberto di Ridolfi
David Calderisi The Queen's Traitor 1967 UK TV series
John Savage
James Culliford Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Sir Francis Throckmorton
Steven Robertson Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Thomas Bates
Luke Broughton Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Robert Catesby
Hugh Buckler Guy Fawkes 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
Richard Leech BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film
Ian MacKenzie Into the Labyrinth, #2.2 "Treason" 1981 UK TV episode
Richard Coyle Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Kit Harington Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Sir Everard Digby
Philip Hill-Pearson Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Guy Fawkes
Matheson Lang Guy Fawkes 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
Joseph O'Conor BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film
Wallas Eaton The Complete and Utter History of Britain 1969 UK TV series Comedy
Bill Maynard Carry On Henry 1971 UK Film Completely out of era. Comedy.
Michael Fassbender Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Tom Cullen Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Thomas Percy
Richard Harrington Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Daniel West Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Ambrose Rookwood
Anthony Service BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film
Joseph Ringwood Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Francis Tresham
Pino Conti Guy Fawkes 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
Patrick O'Kane Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Martin Lindley Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Robert Wintour
Christopher T. Johnson Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Thomas Wintour
John Witty BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film As Thomas Winter.
Sam Troughton Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Edward Holcroft Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Christopher Wright
Matthew Neal Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
John Wright
Luke Neal Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Other people associated with the Gunpowder Plot
Sir Robert Digby: Uncle of Sir Everard Digby.
Catalin Istodor Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Anne Tresham: Wife of Francis Tresham.
Madalina Constantin Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Anne Vaux
Liv Tyler Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Thomas Ward: Servant to Lord Monteagle.
Dan Bordeianu Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
John Whynniard: Owner of the building from which the conspirators tunnelled.
Mihai Bendeac Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Regicides of King Charles I
Daniel Axtell
David Garth ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
John Bradshaw
Philip Ray ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Stratford Johns Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Barrie Cookson By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
Paul Jesson The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
Oliver Cromwell: See Lord Protectors
Sir Thomas Fairfax: See Parliamentarian officers of the English Civil War
William Goffe
Norman Taylor ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Francis Hacker
John Harvey ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Basil Henson Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Thomas Harrison: See Parliamentarian officers of the English Civil War
John Hewson
John Gordon ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
John Woodvine Churchill's People, #17 "The Agreement of the People" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Hercules Huncks
Reginald Jessup ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Henry Ireton: See Parliamentarian officers of the English Civil War
Nicholas Love
Alastair Hunter ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Henry Marten
Robert Webber ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
John Okey
John Malcolm Churchill's People, #17 "The Agreement of the People" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Hugh Peter
Geoffrey Hibbert ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Robert Phayre
Paddy Joyce ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Adrian Scrope
Raymond Adamson Churchill's People, #17 "The Agreement of the People" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Matthew Thomlinson
Hugh Evans ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Valentine Walton
Arthur Hewlett ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
People involved in the Popish Plot
Edward Colman
Rhys Meredith Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
John Stuart BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
David Bradley Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Christopher Kirkby
Rob Jarvis Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Titus Oates
Campbell Gray BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Nicholas Smith The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Eddie Marsan Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
James Greene Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Israel Tonge
Anthony O'Donnell Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Cato Street Conspirators
John Brunt
Derek Smith Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
William Davidson
George Baizley Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
George Edwards
David Battley Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
James Ings
Bryan Marshall Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Arthur Thistlewood
Peter Bowles Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Richard Tidd
Donald Webster Churchill's People, #26 "Death of Liberty" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Other conspirators, alleged conspirators, rebels and assassins
Eadric the Wild (fl.1067–1075)
Robert O'Mahoney Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Hereward the Wake (c.1035–c.1072)
Alfred Lynch Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Brian Blessed Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Jack Cade (c.1420–1450)
Esmond Knight An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Trevor Peacock BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Pennington The Wars of the Roses, #6 "Henry VI: House of York" 1991 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Margaret Nicholson
Janine Duvitski The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Arthur O'Connor: A 17-year-old Irishman who waved an unloaded pistol at Queen Victoria in 1872.
Tom Delmar Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Edward Oxford
Toby Jones Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Josef Altin The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Harry McEntire Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Political activists and social reformers
Abolitionists
Sir Fowell Buxton
Terence Beesley Victoria 2016 UK TV series
John Clarkson
Ben Chaplin The Book of Negroes 2015 Canada TV series
Thomas Clarkson
Gareth Thomas The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Rufus Sewell Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Sir William Dolben
Nicholas Day Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Olaudah Equiano
Tia Jones The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series As a boy.
Louis Mahoney The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Charles Abomeli The First Black Britons 2005 UK TV film Docudrama
Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Alexander Falconbridge
Donald Sumpter The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Danny Keough The Book of Negroes 2015 Canada TV series
George Harrison
Nicholas Woodeson Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
William Knibb
Bryan Marshall The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
John Newton
John Castle The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Albert Finney Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
James Ramsay
Tom Fisher Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Granville Sharp
Terry Scully The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
William Sharp
Keith Smith The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Sir George Stephen
Timothy Carlton The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
James Stephen
Gary Hope The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Stephen Campbell Moore Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Henry Thornton
Nicholas Farrell Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
William Wilberforce
John Mills The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
David Collings The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Rick Bacon The First Black Britons 2005 UK TV film Docudrama
Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Nicholas Pauling The Book of Negroes 2015 Canada TV series
People involved with the Peterloo Massacre
John Bagguley: Activist.
Nico Mirallegro Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Samuel Bamford
Neil Bell Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Richard Carlile
Joseph Kloska Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Samuel Drummond: Activist.
Danny Kirrane Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Mary Fildes
Dorothy Duffy Peterloo 2018 UK Film
William Hay: Clergyman and magistrate.
Jeff Rawle Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Joseph Healey: Activist.
Ian Mercer Peterloo 2018 UK Film
William Hulton
Al Weaver Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Joseph Johnson: Organiser of the meeting that led to the Peterloo Massacre.
Tom Gill Peterloo 2018 UK Film
John Knight: Activist.
Philip Jackson Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Guy L'Estrange: Military commander.
Patrick Kennedy Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Joseph Nadin: Deputy Constable of Manchester.
Victor McGuire Peterloo 2018 UK Film
James Norris
Martin Savage Peterloo 2018 UK Film
John Thacker Saxton: Managing editor of the Manchester Observer.
John-Paul Hurley Peterloo 2018 UK Film
John Smith: Journalist with the Liverpool Mercury.
Gary Cargill Peterloo 2018 UK Film
John Tyas: Journalist with The Times.
Leo Bill Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Tolpuddle Martyrs and associates
James Brine
Ian Jentle Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Harriet Hammett
Barbara Hickmott Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
James Hammett
John Gulliver Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Betsy Loveless
Maryann Turner Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
George Loveless
Barry Jackson Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
James Loveless
Nickolas Grace Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Sarah Loveless
Sally Mates Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Dinniah Standfield
Audrey Leybourne Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
John Standfield
Martin C. Thurley Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Thomas Standfield
John Blain Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Trade unionists
Joseph Arch
Philip Garston-Jones The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Richard Bell
Robert Sansom The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Jessie Eden
Charlie Murphy Peaky Blinders 2017-19 UK TV series
Joe Gormley
Richard Walsh The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Arthur Scargill
David Wilmot The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Robert Smillie
Michael Forrest The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
John Ward
Stephen Critchlow Downton Abbey 2013 UK TV series
Suffragists
Teresa Billington-Greig
Sheila Grant Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Marie Brackenbury
Susan Glanville Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Emily Davison
Sheila Ballantine Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Flora Drummond
Sally Miles Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Zelie Emerson
Lans Traverse Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Eva Gore-Booth
Jenny Till Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Elsa Gye
Petronella Ford Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Annie Kenney
Georgia Brown Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Jessie Kenney
Suzan Cameron Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Lady Constance Lytton
Judy Parfitt Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Alice Morrissey
Pat Beckett Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Adela Pankhurst
Nicola Jacobs Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series Aged 6.
Louise Plank Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series Aged 12.
Maureen Morris Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Dame Christabel Pankhurst
Wendy Underwood Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series Aged 12.
Patricia Quinn Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Emmeline Pankhurst
Siân Phillips Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Wendy Williams The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Richard Pankhurst
Michael Gough Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Sylvia Pankhurst
Vanessa Redgrave Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 UK Film An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
Melanie Gibson Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series Aged 10.
Angela Down Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Kika Markham The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 USA TV series
Jessie Payne
Peggy Aitchison Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Sheila Allen Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Mary Richardson
Valerie Colgan Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Grace Roe
Hazel Coppen Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Esther Roper
Rosemary Macvie Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Jane Savoy: Member of the East London Federation of Suffragettes who was a member of the deputation to H. H. Asquith in 1914.
Margaret Flint Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Evelyn Sharp
Joy Turpin Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Norah Smyth
Myra Frances Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
June Jago The Velvet Glove, #2 "Married Love" 1977 UK TV film
Communists
Ivor Montagu
Mark Gatiss Operation Mincemeat 2021 UK Film An adaptation of the book by Ben Macintyre.
Far right politicians and activists
Neil Francis Hawkins
Mike Burnside Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
William Joyce
Colum Convey Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Diana Mitford
Emma Davies Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Amber Anderson Peaky Blinders 2022 UK TV series
Unity Mitford
Anouschka Menzies Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Sir Oswald Mosley
Jonathan Cake Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Sam Claflin Peaky Blinders 2019–22 UK TV series
Jonathan McGuiness World on Fire 2019 UK TV series
Other political activists and social reformers
Edward Aveling
David Robb The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" 1977 UK TV film
Julian Bell
Patrick Kennedy Cambridge Spies 2003 UK TV series
Tom Bell
David Garfield The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Annie Besant
Rosemary Leach The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" 1977 UK TV film
Dorothy Tutin The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 USA TV series
Hubert Bland
James Villiers The Edwardians, #3 "E. Nesbit" 1972 UK TV film
Robert Blatchford
Neville Barber The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Charles Bradlaugh
Robert Hardy The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" 1977 UK TV film
Josephine Butler
Ann Martin On Trial, #8 "W. T. Stead" 1960 UK TV film
J. R. Campbell
David Howey Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Peter Carney: Survivor of the Hillsborough disaster and subsequent activist.
Lenny Wood Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Martyn Whitby Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #5 "The Sewer King" 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Dan Fredenburgh Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Laura Ormiston Chant
Olga Dickie BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.6 "Our Marie" 1953 UK TV film
John Clifford
William Squire The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Sheila Coleman: Hillsborough activist.
Claire Calbraith Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
William Cuffay
C. J. Beckford Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Moreton Frewen
Phillip York Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Elizabeth Fry
Rosalyn Landor The Velvet Glove, #4 "Beyond This Life" 1977 UK TV film As a young woman.
Vivien Merchant The Velvet Glove, #4 "Beyond This Life" 1977 UK TV film
John Glover: Hillsborough activist whose son was killed in the disaster.
Ricky Tomlinson Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Rob Jarvis Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Teresa Glover: Hillsborough activist whose son was killed in the disaster.
Rachel Davies Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Polly Highton Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Jenni Hicks: Hillsborough activist whose two daughters were killed in the disaster.
Annabelle Apsion Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Trevor Hicks: Hillsborough activist whose two daughters were killed in the disaster.
Christopher Eccleston Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Rebecca Jarrett
Annabel Maule On Trial, #8 "W. T. Stead" 1960 UK TV film
Avis Bunnage Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.30–31 "Lilly" 1970 UK TV serial
Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Robert Howat Red Rose 2004 UK Film
Diana Nammi
Ahd Kamel Honour 2020 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the book by Caroline Goode.
C. H. Norman
Patrick Barr Second Verdict, #4 "Murder on the 10.27" 1976 UK TV film Docudrama
Feargus O'Connor
Ben Cartwright Victoria 2019 UK TV series
William Prynne
Philip Bourneuf You Are There, #3.23 "The Tragedy of John Milton" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Eddie Spearritt: Hillsborough activist whose son was killed in the disaster.
Mark Womack Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Jan Spearritt: Hillsborough activist whose son was killed in the disaster.
Tracey Wilkinson Hillsborough 1996 UK TV film
Marie Stopes
Vivian Pickles The Velvet Glove, #2 "Married Love" 1977 UK TV film
John Stubbs
Martin Savage Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
John Horne Tooke
A. R. Whatmore Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Harvey Braban Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film Second version. An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Violet Van der Elst
Ann Bell Pierrepoint 2005 UK Film
Kate Watts
Jane How The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" 1977 UK TV film
Mary Whitehouse
Samantha Spiro Playhouse Presents, #1.11 "Psychobitches" 2012 UK TV short Comedy
Anne Williams
Maxine Peake Anne 2022 UK TV miniseries
Relatives and associates
Spouses of prime ministers
Hester Pitt
Elaine Wells Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville
Jane Gill-Davis The Elusive Pimpernel 1950 UK Film An adaptation of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
Daphne Anderson The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 UK TV film An adaptation of the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel and Eldorado by Baroness Orczy.
Julia Peel
Clare Wille Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Emily Palmerston, Viscountess Palmerston
Pandora Clifford Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Mary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield
Mary Jerrold Disraeli 1916 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Florence Arliss Disraeli 1929 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Diana Wynyard The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Greer Garson Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Mary Peach Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Cherith Mellor Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Catherine Gladstone
Una Venning Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Wynne Clark Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Alison Leggatt ITV Play of the Week, #6.7 "Old Man in a Hurry" 1960 UK TV film Comedy
Joan White Invincible Mr. Disraeli 1963 USA TV film
Mary Hinton Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Marguerite Young Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Rosamond Burne Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Penelope Lee Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Janet Burnell Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Celia Johnson Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film This was Johnson's last screen role.
Margot Asquith
Rosalind Knight Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Dorothy Tutin Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Sinéad Cusack 37 Days 2014 UK TV miniseries
Margaret Lloyd George
Annette Crosbie The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Lisabeth Miles The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Rhoda Lewis Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Lucy Baldwin
Mona Bruce The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Clementine Churchill
Pippa Steel Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Virginia McKenna The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Anna Fox Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Siân Phillips Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Janet McTeer Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film Nominated for the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Satellite Award for Best Actress.
Verity Marshall Churchill's First World War 2013 UK TV film Docudrama
Joanne Hartstone Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Lindsay Duncan Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Harriet Walter The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Kristin Scott Thomas Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Clarissa Eden
Anna Madeley The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Lady Dorothy Macmillan
Sylvestra Le Touzel The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Mary Wilson
Teresa Banham The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Denis Thatcher
Ian McDiarmid Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Peter Davison The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Stephen Boxer The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Norma Major
Flora Montgomery The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Cherie Blair
Helen McCrory The Queen 2006 UK Film
Lydia Leonard The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Children of prime ministers
Stephen Gladstone: Second son of William Ewart Gladstone.
John Cater Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Violet Bonham Carter (H. H. Asquith)
Georgina Coombs Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Elizabeth Bibesco (H. H. Asquith): See Writers
Anthony Asquith: See Film directors
Richard Lloyd George, 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
David Troughton The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Jack Wynne-Williams The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series As a teenager.
Iestyn Garlick The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Michael Povey Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Mair Lloyd George: Eldest daughter of David Lloyd George.
Joanna David The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Donna Edwards The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby: See Home Secretaries
Olwen Lloyd George: Second daughter of David Lloyd George.
Olwen Rees The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Kate David Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Megan Lloyd George: See Members of Parliament
Ishbel MacDonald
Emma Piper Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Joan MacDonald: Daughter of Ramsay MacDonald.
Marion Owen Smith Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Sheila MacDonald: Youngest daughter of Ramsay MacDonald.
Jane Forster Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Diana Churchill
Ruby Piper Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Eloise Webb Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film Aged 12. An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Tara Fitzgerald Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Alex Clatworthy Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Lady Randolph Churchill
Anne Bancroft Young Winston 1972 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Lee Remick Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series Won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Genevieve Mooy Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Randolph Churchill
Clive Francis The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Nigel Havers Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
William Blenkinsop Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film Aged 10. An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Matthew Macfadyen Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Jordan Waller Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sarah Churchill
Angharad Rees The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Chloe Salaman Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Dixie Egerickx Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film Aged 6. An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Rachael Stirling Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Bethany Muir Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Marigold Churchill
Margot Orr Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film Aged 2. An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (Winston Churchill)
Lesley Dunlop The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Tamsin Murray-Leach Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series As a child.
Katharine Levy Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Kathryn Sumner Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Daisy Lewis Churchill's Secret 2016 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel KBO: The Churchill Secret by Jonathan Smith.
Mary Antony Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Carol Thatcher
Olivia Poulet Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Rebecca Humphries The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Sir Mark Thatcher
Oliver Le Sueur Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Freddie Fox The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Euan Blair
Harry Alexander Coath The Queen 2006 UK Film Aged 13.
Other relatives and associates
Harriet Arbuthnot
Karin Fernald Blue Peter Special Assignment, #6.4 "The Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye" 1979 UK TV short Voice only. Documentary.
Gabrielle Drake Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Jen Holt Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked 2015 UK TV film Docudrama
Elizabeth Armistead
Julia Goodman The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Lady Betty Balfour
Helen Weir Shoulder to Shoulder 1974 UK TV series
Frank Bertie: Introduced Lord Randolph Churchill to Jenny Jerome.
Hilary Minster Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Frank Besant: Husband of Annie Besant.
Philip Anthony The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" 1977 UK TV film
Phoebe Bevan: Mother of Aneurin Bevan.
Lynn Hunter The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 UK Film
George Bisset
Aneurin Barnard The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Clara Bolton: A mistress of Benjamin Disraeli.
Rachel Bell Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
George Buckley Bolton: Husband of Clara Bolton.
Godfrey Kenton Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Phyllis Brand: Wife of Robert Brand, 1st Baron Brand, and younger sister of Nancy Astor.
Jeni Toksvig Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a teenager.
Lise Hilboldt Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Cynthia Brooke, Viscountess Brookeborough
Tina Simmons The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Lucy Cavendish
Melanie Hughes Number 10, #1 "Old Glad Eyes" 1983 UK TV film
Lady Gwendoline Churchill: Known as 'Goonie', wife of Winston Churchill's brother Jack Churchill.
Ciaran Madden Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Jennifer Hilary Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Anna Torv Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
Jack Churchill
Alexander Scrivenor Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series Aged 2.
John Port Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series Aged 5.
Paul Ambrose Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series Aged 12.
Malcolm Stoddard Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Charles Mayer Deadline Gallipoli 2015 Australia TV miniseries
George Cornwallis-West
Christopher Cazenove Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Cynthia Crawford
Jenny Howe Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Bridget Cromwell
Mel Churcher Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Jessica Hazel To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Elizabeth Cromwell: Oliver Cromwell's wife.
Zena Walker Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Patricia Kerrigan To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Elizabeth Cromwell: Oliver Cromwell's second daughter.
Josephine Gillick Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Katy Cross To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Mary Cromwell
Stacy Dorning Cromwell 1970 UK Film As a girl.
Julia Bridgeman To Kill a King 2003 UK Film As a child.
Oliver Cromwell: Oliver Cromwell's second son.
Richard Cornish Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Lady Alexandra Curzon
Caroline Mary Simmons Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Flora Montgomery Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Charlotte Comer W.E. 2011 UK Film
Rebecca Saire The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston
Devon Scott Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Isaac D'Israeli
Aubrey Morris Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Maria D'Israeli: Wife of Isaac D'Israeli and mother of Benjamin Disraeli.
Maria Charles Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Sarah Disraeli: Sister of Benjamin Disraeli.
Jenny Lipman Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Eleanor Eden
Phyllis Calvert The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Caroline Langrishe Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Elizabeth Everest
Pat Heywood Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Susan Field Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender
Sinead Matthews The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Seymour Fleming
Natalie Dormer The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Clara Frewen (1851–1935): Oldest daughter of Leonard Jerome, older sister of Jennie Churchill, and wife of Moreton Frewen.
Linda Liles Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Toria Fuller Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Kitty Fry: Oldest child of Elizabeth Fry.
Adrienne Byrne The Velvet Glove, #4 "Beyond This Life" 1977 UK TV film
Sir Alexander Grant: Chairman of McVitie & Price Ltd and a close friend of Ramsay MacDonald.
Robert Urquhart Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Grace Hamblin (1908–2002): Private secretary to Winston and Clementine Churchill from 1932 to 1977.
Fiona Walker The Gathering Storm 1974 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
Edith Heath: Mother of Edward Heath.
Ruby Richardson The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Anne Heseltine: Wife of Michael Heseltine.
Tina Simmons Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Lin Sagovsky The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Lady Blanche Hozier: Mother of Clementine Churchill.
Barbara Atkinson Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Clarissa Jerome: Wife of Leonard Jerome and mother of Jennie Churchill.
Helen Horton Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Leonie Jerome (1859–1943): Youngest daughter of Leonard Jerome and younger sister of Jennie Churchill.
Barbara Parkins Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Sarah Jones: Housekeeper of 10 Downing Street under David Lloyd George.
Janet Lees-Price The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Elen Roger Jones The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Iona Banks Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Margaret King: Stylist to Margaret Thatcher.
Diana Kent Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Elizabeth Lilburne
Maxine Peake The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
Caroline Martineau: Friend and secretary to Emma Cons.
Sally Home The Velvet Glove, #6 "Auntie's Niece" 1977 UK TV film
Sue Mastriforte: Next-door neighbour to Margaret and Denis Thatcher in Chelsea.
Elizabeth Bennett Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Katharine Mosley: Mother of Sir Oswald Mosley.
Richenda Carey Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Sir Oswald Mosley: Father of the more famous Sir Oswald Mosley.
Donald Pickering Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Elizabeth Nel
Emma Hamilton Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Lily James Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Violet Pearman: Private secretary to Winston Churchill from 1929 to 1938.
Sherrie Hewson Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Pamela Plowden: The first girl Winston Churchill proposed to.
Jane Seymour Young Winston 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the autobiography My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill.
Montagu Porch
Charles Kay Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Sir Gordon Reece
Alan Cox Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Rose Rosenberg
Lesley Joseph Number 10, #2 "Underdog" 1983 UK TV film
Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild
Jane Lowe Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Georgina Cookson Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Frank Sawyers: Valet to Winston Churchill.
Adrian Scarborough Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Philip Martin Brown Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Robert Gould Shaw III
Neil Amswych Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a child.
Alex Bullion Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a teenager.
Nigel Havers Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Caroline Stephens: Secretary to Margaret Thatcher.
Charlotte Asprey Margaret 2009 UK TV film
Frances Stevenson
Kika Markham The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Barbara Kellerman Number 10, #3 "A Woman of Style" 1983 UK TV film
Anne Byrne The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
Judi Bowker Kurtuluş 1994 Turkey TV series
Fenella Woolgar Mr Jones 2019 Poland/Ukraine/UK Film
Sir Francis Sykes: Husband of Lady Henrietta Sykes.
Ian Thompson Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Lady Henrietta Sykes: A mistress of Benjamin Disraeli.
Madlena Nedeva Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Marianne Thornton: Wife of Henry Thornton.
Sylvestra Le Touzel Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Thomas Tweed: Chief of Staff to David Lloyd George.
Sylvester Morand The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Eleanor Warrender: A friend of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill.
Patricia Garwood Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Barbara Wilberforce
Joanna Wake The Fight Against Slavery 1975 UK TV series
Romola Garai Amazing Grace 2006 UK/USA Film
Allan Young: New Party candidate in the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election in 1931.
Paul Ireland Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.