Julian Glover

Julian Glover

1935-03-27 London, England 99 Credits

Biography

Primarily a classical stage actor, Julian Glover trained at the National Youth Theatre, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and became a familiar face to British television viewers by appearing in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains. During the 1980s, Glover achieved some fame in Hollywood by playing roles in such popular films as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1...

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Borley Rectory: The Awakening

Borley Rectory: The Awakening

2025

as Harry Bull

Acting

Prequel to The Ghosts of Borley Rectory

Doctor Who: Gallifrey

2025

Acting

Ian Levine's AI construction of an unproduced serial for season twenty-three of Doctor Who.

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024

as self

6.0
Acting

The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and admired him.

Forever Young

Forever Young

2024

as Jim Petrak Senior

5.5
Acting

An aging woman is given the chance to be young again and right her past but is faced with a dilemma when her husband declines to join her.

The Laureate

The Laureate

2023

as Alfred Graves

4.5
Acting

Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married wit...

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

2023

as Self

8.5
Acting

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of many mythic heroes who was both a staunch defender o...

An Irish Angel

An Irish Angel

2022

as Father Luke Reitel

1.0
Acting

Aine is a secondary school girl from the wrong side of the tracks, who lives in Portrush, NI with her mother Margaret, who works as a cleaner for a lo...

TÁR

TÁR

2022

as Andris Davis

7.1
Acting

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

2022

as Lord Ashford

6.2
Acting

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson

2022

as Older Charles

7.0
Acting

The discovery of human remains at a churchyard connects to the hardships faced by a German woman and her son 40 years earlier as they tried to build a...

Nobody Has to Know

Nobody Has to Know

2022

as Angus

6.7
Acting

After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with hi...

The Toll

The Toll

2021

as Magnus

5.5
Acting

Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled,...

Nemesis

Nemesis

2021

as Sebastian

3.8
Acting

An underworld kingpin's past catches up with him when he returns to London, igniting an explosive chain of events which ends in revenge and murder.

The Doctors: Villains!

The Doctors: Villains!

2018

Acting

This documentary includes five in-depth interviews with IAN COLLIER (Omega - Arc of Infinity), BERNARD ARCHARD (Marcus Scarman - Pyramids of Mars), DA...

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...

Amy and Sophia

Amy and Sophia

2017

as Jim

Acting

Two troubled girls, who come together as friends through their imagination of art, creating their own fantasy world where they can finally be free.

We Still Steal the Old Way

We Still Steal the Old Way

2017

as Sir Edward

5.7
Acting

The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who car...

Gangster Kittens

Gangster Kittens

2016

as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook

1.0
Acting

An uncompromising portrait of the struggles of a resplendent teenager with an anarchic spirit, fighting to maintain her existence in the bleak urban l...

Brash Young Turks

Brash Young Turks

2016

as Louis Hartman

1.0
Acting

From award winning director Naeem Mahmood, comes Brash Young Turks, a bold debut feature telling a fast paced struggle of love, crime and power, again...

Backtrack

Backtrack

2015

as the Old Man

2.6
Acting

When four friends go camping on the South Downs, they are quite literally tortured by their past.

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

2015

as Pycelle

8.6
Acting

The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to de...

Mr Invisible

2013

7.0
Acting

A lonely old man seems invisible to the world around him. But when he journeys to the heart of London, being 'invisible' proves to be his greatest wea...

U.F.O.

U.F.O.

2012

as John Jones

4.3
Acting

A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. S...

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

2012

as General Veers (voice)

6.4
Acting

Luke Skywalker embarks on a mission to destroy an Imperial base, but is relentlessly chased by a group of fanatic girls who think of him as a celebrit...

The Halloween Kid

The Halloween Kid

2012

as The Teacher

Acting

Henry is a lonely child who lives for his favourite holiday.

Airborne

Airborne

2012

as George

3.6
Acting

As a snow storm closes in, one final plane takes off. The plane reports to the ground that both pilots are dead, while the slowly dwindling number of ...

Exit

2011

as Geeles

6.0
Acting

At a country manor in Edwardian England, a parlor trick becomes a bewitching, as one of the guests gets his dark desire.

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

2011

as Self

7.6
Acting

Feature-length documentary chronicling Charlton Heston's life while filming Ben Hur. Includes behind-the-scenes content and home-movie footage from th...

Perfect

Perfect

2009

as Lucien

5.2
Acting

A sometimes fantastical love story set in Notting Hill, Perfect tells the story of what happens when Adam and Liberty's paths cross and how their worl...

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009

as Duke of Wellington

7.2
Acting

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mot...

Mirrors

Mirrors

2008

as Robert Esseker

6.3
Acting

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Shoot on Sight

Shoot on Sight

2007

as Susan's Father

6.1
Acting

Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London...

Big Nothing

Big Nothing

2006

as 80 year old Blind Man

6.5
Acting

A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.

Scoop

Scoop

2006

as Lord Lyman

6.6
Acting

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Paris in the Springtime

Paris in the Springtime

2005

Acting

A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.

Strings

Strings

2004

as Kahro (voice)

6.7
Acting

Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he dis...

Troy

Troy

2004

as Triopas

7.2
Acting

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

2003

as Self

8.2
Acting

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Aragog (voice)

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

2002

as Col. Hatchard

6.3
Acting

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.

The Book of Eve

The Book of Eve

2002

as Burt Smallwood

1.0
Acting

A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's heart.

Vatel

Vatel

2000

as Prince de Conde

6.1
Acting

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants ...

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

1998

as General Willis

Acting

In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his faith as he witnesses hundreds of Hindu soldiers riski...

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

1995

as Bielert

5.9
Acting

In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction intent on bri...

Power and Lovers

Power and Lovers

1994

as Matthew

Acting

Two brothers start to bicker and battle when Nick, an aggressive businessman, finds himself thwarted by a group of scientists, headed by his brother T...

Money For Nothing

Money For Nothing

1993

as Mr Farquharson

4.0
Acting

The story of an ambitious schoolboy, Gary Worrall (played by Christien Anholt), who sets out to make £1M during his half term school break! He is aide...

King Ralph

King Ralph

1991

as King Gustav

5.4
Acting

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

1991

as Joseph Haydn

7.0
Acting

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Igor Judge QC

7.0
Acting

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted t...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1990

as Dr. Livesey

6.6
Acting

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

as Walter Donovan

7.9
Acting

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval his...

Tusks

Tusks

1988

as Ian Taylor

3.0
Acting

Roger Singh is an animal poacher with hate in his heart, and revenge on his mind. Embittered by a recent stint in prison, Singh returns to the forbidd...

Scarfe's Follies

Scarfe's Follies

1988

Acting

Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1987

as Colonel McGraw

7.6
Acting

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country ma...

Hearts of Fire

Hearts of Fire

1987

as Alfred

3.8
Acting

A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her ...

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987

as Don Card

7.0
Acting

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods...

Mandela

Mandela

1987

as Senior Police Officer

4.4
Acting

Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revol...

The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol

1987

as Brian Harcourt-Smith

6.3
Acting

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A cr...

Kim

Kim

1984

as Col. Creighton

6.0
Acting

A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits ...

Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust

1983

as Crawford

6.1
Acting

Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her g...

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

1982

as King Richard

6.3
Acting

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John a...

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

1981

as Aristotle Kristatos

6.5
Acting

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructi...

The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

as Philip II

Acting

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

The Journal of Bridget Hitler

The Journal of Bridget Hitler

1981

as Interviewer

Acting

An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years later s...

Invasion

1980

as Alexander Dubcek

10.0
Acting

Docu-drama surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as General Veers

8.4
Acting

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Dar...

Henry V

Henry V

1979

as The Constable of France

6.0
Acting

The life of King Henry the Fifth.

Doctor Who: City of Death

Doctor Who: City of Death

1979

as Count Scarlioni / Captain Tancredi / Scaroth

8.9
Acting

While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? W...

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

1979

as Duke of Buckingham

6.5
Acting

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powe...

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

1977

as (voice)

5.5
Acting

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly...

The Brute

The Brute

1977

as Teddy

5.4
Acting

Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. When she can't take it anymore, she finds sh...

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin

1975

as Gifford

Acting

After two of her roommates disappear while out for a job interview, a woman answers a want ad for the same job.

Electra

Electra

1974

as Aegisthus

Acting

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974

as Cmdr. Marder

6.2
Acting

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.

The Internecine Project

The Internecine Project

1974

as Arnold Pryce-Jones

6.0
Acting

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

Dead Cert

Dead Cert

1974

as Lodge

4.3
Acting

As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and fa...

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

1974

as Esau

6.0
Acting

This film recounts the tales of the Biblical figures, Jacob and Joseph. The first part tells the story of Jacob fleeing his tribe when he cheats his b...

Luther

Luther

1974

as Knight

5.6
Acting

A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Fegelein

6.1
Acting

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provide...

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

1972

as Proculeius

5.6
Acting

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. Th...

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

as Gapon

6.9
Acting

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Michael Regan

Michael Regan

1971

as Wixon

Acting

Under stress, Irish tenant farmer Michael Regan, suddenly snaps one day and locks himself in his home, threatening the lives of his wife and child.

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Colonel Moffat

6.1
Acting

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into p...

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1970

as Hindley Earnshaw

6.2
Acting

A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Hea...

The Last Grenade

The Last Grenade

1970

as Andy Royale

5.2
Acting

Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

1969

as Shrdlu

4.3
Acting

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land...

The Adding Machine

The Adding Machine

1969

as Shrdlu

5.5
Acting

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.

The Magus

The Magus

1968

as Anton

5.5
Acting

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

1967

as Colonel Breen

6.6
Acting

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Theatre of Death

Theatre of Death

1967

as Charles Marquis

6.1
Acting

The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attractio...

I Was Happy Here

I Was Happy Here

1966

as Dr. Matthew Langdon

6.1
Acting

Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to...

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

1965

as Don Fortune

5.7
Acting

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

Doctor Who: The Crusade

Doctor Who: The Crusade

1965

as Richard the Lionheart

6.2
Acting

In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen rul...

Girl with Green Eyes

Girl with Green Eyes

1964

as Malachi Sullivan

6.6
Acting

A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963

as Northernton

5.9
Acting

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?

The Cruel Necessity

1962

as Colonel Tomlinson

Acting

A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.

The Awakening

The Awakening

N/A

as Mason Snr.

Acting

The Awakening follows Jason and Rebecca as they uncover a conspiracy to control the world. Their investigation leads them into a maze of secrets and d...

Michael Wood on Beowulf

Michael Wood on Beowulf

N/A

as Self - Storyteller

Acting

Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf and...

War Is Hell

War Is Hell

N/A

Acting

A young man has vivid dreams of participating in World War 2 battles, and enlists the help of a psychic friend when these past life memories begin app...