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James Michael Hyde Villiers was an English character actor and a familiar face on British television. Villiers was particularly memorable for his plummy voice and ripe articulation.
Birth Name
James Michael Hyde Villiers
Born
Friday, 29 September 1933
Died
Sunday, 18 January 1998
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Self / Himself (Archive) | 2018 |
| Best Ever Bond | Tanner | 2002 |
| Inside 'Octopussy' | Tanner | 2000 |
| The Tichborne Claimant | Uncle Henry | 1998 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Buster Foxe | 1997 |
| The Willows in Winter | Magistrate | 1996 |
| E=mc2 | Dr. James Mallinson | 1996 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Magistrate / Magistrate (voice) | 1995 |
| Uncovered | Montegrifo | 1995 |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Lord Cantlemere | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Self / Himself (Archive) | 2018 |
| Best Ever Bond | Tanner | 2002 |
| Inside 'Octopussy' | Tanner | 2000 |
| The Tichborne Claimant | Uncle Henry | 1998 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Buster Foxe | 1997 |
| The Willows in Winter | Magistrate | 1996 |
| E=mc2 | Dr. James Mallinson | 1996 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Magistrate / Magistrate (voice) | 1995 |
| Uncovered | Montegrifo | 1995 |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Lord Cantlemere | 1994 |
| The Gravy Train Goes East | Penhurst | 1991 |
| Let Him Have It | Cassels | 1991 |
| A Perfect Hero | Air Commodore | 1991 |
| King Ralph | Hale / Prime Minister Jeffrey Hale | 1991 |
| House of Cards | Charles Collingridge | 1990 |
| Mountains of the Moon | Lord Oliphant | 1990 |
| Anything More Would Be Greedy | Lord Fyson | 1989 |
| Scandal | Conservative M.P. / Tory MP | 1989 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Lord Welbourne | 1988 |
| Hemingway | Perceval | 1988 |
| Fortunes of War | Inchcape | 1987 |
| Running Out of Luck | 1987 | |
| Lovejoy | Lionel Beckwith | 1986 |
| Honour, Profit & Pleasure | Addison | 1985 |
| Ghost in the Noonday Sun | Parsley-Freck | 1985 |
| Under the Volcano | Brit | 1984 |
| The Irish R.M. | General Portius | 1983 |
| ABC Mantrap | Tony Walmsley | 1983 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Baron de Batz | 1982 |
| For Your Eyes Only | Tanner | 1981 |
| The Marquise | Esteban (the Duke) | 1980 |
| The Other 'Arf | Freddy Apthorpe | 1980 |
| The Music Machine | Hector Woodville | 1979 |
| Spooner's Patch | Film Producer | 1979 |
| Saint Jack | Frogget | 1979 |
| Dick Turpin | Lord Fordingham | 1979 |
| The Famous Five | Johnson | 1978 |
| Wilde Alliance | Roper | 1978 |
| Spectre | Sir Geoffrey Cyon | 1977 |
| Joseph Andrews | Mr. Booby | 1977 |
| Seven Nights in Japan | Finn | 1976 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Sir Arthur Remnant | 1975 |
| Two's Company | Peter Boatwright | 1975 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Hilary Martin | 1974 |
| Thriller | Paul | 1973 |
| The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Uncle Bertie / Uncle Bertie (Albert) | 1972 |
| Crown Court | Richard Ireland QC | 1972 |
| Whodunnit? | John Harley | 1972 |
| The Public Eye | Dinner Guest | 1972 |
| Asylum | George / George (segment "Lucy Comes to Stay") | 1972 |
| The Ruling Class | Dinsdale | 1972 |
| Now Look Here | Jeremy | 1971 |
| Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game | Self | 1971 |
| Shirley's World | Morgan | 1971 |
| Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Corbeck | 1971 |
| A Nice Girl Like Me | Freddie | 1969 |
| The First Churchills | Charles II | 1969 |
| Counterstrike | Wyatt | 1969 |
| Some Girls Do | Carl Petersen | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Philipott | 1969 |
| The Touchables | Twyning | 1968 |
| Otley | Hendrickson | 1968 |
| Half a Sixpence | Hubert | 1967 |
| Man in a Suitcase | Peters | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Lord Darlington | 1967 |
| The Wrong Box | Sydney Whitcombe Sykes | 1966 |
| The Baron | Roddy Harrington | 1966 |
| The Alphabet Murders | Franklin | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Alastair Fitzfassenden / Cecil Graham / Professor Henry Higgins | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Nanny | Bill Fane | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Oscar | 1965 |
| You Must Be Joking! | Bill Simpson | 1965 |
| Mogul | Lord Hawdcombe | 1965 |
| Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Yamamoto | 1965 |
| Repulsion | John | 1965 |
| King & Country | Captain Midgley / Capt. Midgley | 1964 |
| Daylight Robbery | 1964 | |
| The Wednesday Play | Lt. Cmdr. Paul Williams | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Ian Kilbannock / Brassac / Tallien / John Styles / Lord Strange | 1964 |
| Nothing But the Best | Hugh | 1964 |
| Father Came Too! | Benzil Bulstrode | 1964 |
| The Model Murder Case | David Dane | 1963 |
| Murder at the Gallop | Michael Shane | 1963 |
| Love Story | Gregory | 1963 |
| The Human Jungle | Paul | 1963 |
| The Plane Makers | Harvey 'Smiler' Graves | 1963 |
| The Damned | Captain Gregory | 1962 |
| The Saint | Inspector Pryor | 1962 |
| Eva | Alan McCormick - a screenwriter | 1962 |
| Zero One | The sheikh | 1962 |
| Operation Snatch | Lt. Keen | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Jeremy Trout | 1961 |
| Bomb in the High Street | Stevens | 1961 |
| Petticoat Pirates | English Lieutenant | 1961 |
| Harpers West One | Lucien Harper | 1961 |
| Clue of the New Pin | Tab Holland | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Simon Trent | 1961 |
| The Strange World of Gurney Slade | Studio Representative | 1960 |
| No Hiding Place | Andrew Thurbank | 1959 |
| The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Tab Holland | 1959 |
| Carry on Sergeant | Seventh Recruit | 1958 |
| Armchair Theatre | Blackie / Billy / Robin Fiske / Derek | 1956 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Charles Condor / Capt. Hamilton | 1955 |
