Biography
English actor, far left activist and a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, Corin Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations, the only son and middle child of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and brother of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. He was the father of Jemma Redgrave and was married to Kika Markham from 1985 until his death in 2010.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Calling
2010
as The Bishop
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
The Turn of the Screw
2009
as Professor
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boardi...
Glorious 39
2009
as Oliver Page
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Ke...
The Relief of Belsen
2007
as Glyn Hughes
In early April 1945 a small British ambulance unit was diverted from frontline battle in northern Germany, to handle an unfolding medical crisis behin...
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Prime Minister
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bon...
Enduring Love
2004
as Professor
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a...
To Kill a King
2003
as Lord de Vere
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Gypsy Woman
2002
as Devine
A ruthless property developer investigates a builder's death and meets the dead man's wife. Recently widowed himself, he falls for her and is drawn in...
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as General Montgomery
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively pr...
Plain Jane
2002
as Walter Davison
Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.
Doctor Sleep
2002
as Chief Inspector Clements
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a st...
Sunday
2002
as Edward Heath
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Govern...
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
2001
as (voice)
This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.
Enigma
2001
as Admiral Trowbridge
The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Honest
2000
as Duggie Ord
In 1960s London, sisters Gerry, Mandy and Jo don male disguises and rob jewelry stores. Gerry also takes a job at a hip magazine in order to scope out...
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Judge
In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government...
The Man Who Drove with Mandela
1998
as Cecil Williams - One Man Show sequence
During the time of apartheid Nelson Mandela drove around South Africa in a limousine disguised as a chauffeur while organizing the armed struggle agai...
Michael Redgrave: My Father
1997
as Self
Corin Redgrave presents a portrait of his father, Michael Redgrave, exploring his personality, nature and what he was like as a father. He uses family...
The Woman In White
1997
as Dr. Kidson
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving...
Henry IV
1995
as Earl of Worcester
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed '...
Persuasion
1995
as Sir Walter Eliot
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea capt...
England, My England
1995
as William of Orange
The story of Henry Purcell.
Measure for Measure
1994
as Angelo
Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Hamish
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Robert Dixon
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in ...
The Fool
1990
as Sir Thomas Neathouse
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...
Eureka
1983
as Worsley
After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean island but ends up coping with an alcoholic wife,...
Excalibur
1981
as Cornwall
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his K...
Surreal Estate
1976
as Eric Sange
An English novelist is lured, with disconcerting and disorienting results, into purchasing a crumbling mansion by what he imagines are the deliberatel...
Antony and Cleopatra
1975
as Octavius
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Between Wars
1974
as Dr. Edward Trenbow
This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residen...
Right to Work March
1972
They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
Vacation
1971
as Gigi
An allegedly insane woman is allowed to finally leave the madhouse to see if she is capable of functioning normally…
Von Richthofen and Brown
1971
as Major Lanoe Hawker VC
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his c...
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Hunslett
In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coas...
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
1970
as Richard
Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a favou...
David Copperfield
1969
as James Steerforth
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...
Tower of London: The Innocent
1969
as Perkin Warbeck
The story of the Earl of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck, during the reign of King Henry VII.
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Bertie Smith
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warf...
The Magus
1968
as Captain Wimmel
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Dracula
1968
as Jonathan Harker
A asylum patient intrudes upon a house party referring to the guest of honor—Count Dracula—as "Master." Moments later he insists he does not know the ...
The Girl with a Pistol
1968
as Frank Hogan
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Capt. Featherstonhaugh
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamo...
The Deadly Affair
1967
as David
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife...
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as William Roper (the Younger)
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy de...
Crooks in Cloisters
1964
as Brother Lucius
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disuse...
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor throu...