Biography
An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years' service to cinema and theatre. Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Character: self
MOVIE • 2024
The Railway Children Return
Character: Uncle Walter
MOVIE • 2022
The North Water
Character: Baxter
TV • 2021
Mandy
Character: Engineer Woodcock
TV • 2020
Summerland
Character: Mr. Sullivan
MOVIE • 2020
Cinderella: After Ever After
Character: The King
MOVIE • 2019
The Aeronauts
Character: Arthur Glaisher
MOVIE • 2019
The Queen's Corgi
Character: The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
MOVIE • 2019
King of Thieves
Character: Kenny Collins
MOVIE • 2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Character: Eben Ramsey
MOVIE • 2018
Grandpa's Great Escape
Character: Grandpa
MOVIE • 2018
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Character: Self
TV • 2017
Dad's Army
Character: Lance Corporal Jones
MOVIE • 2016
Unforgotten
Character: Eric Slater
TV • 2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Character: Chief Superintendent McManaman
MOVIE • 2015
The First Film
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2015
45 Years
Character: Geoff Mercer
MOVIE • 2015
Night Train to Lisbon
Character: Older João Eca
MOVIE • 2013
Quartet
Character: Reginald Paget
MOVIE • 2012
Gambit
Character: The Major
MOVIE • 2012