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

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Actor Film/TV show Year Country Type Notes
Peers of the Realm
Earls of Albemarle
William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle
Charles Lefeaux Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle
Angus MacKay The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Earls of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Alastair Hunter The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
Frank Baker Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Emil Heß Das Herz der Königin 1940 Germany Film Propaganda
Dukes of Argyll
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
James Robertson Justice Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll
David Hargreaves A Very British Scandal 2021 UK TV miniseries
Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
Paul Bettany A Very British Scandal 2021 UK TV miniseries
Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll
Daniel Burt A Very British Scandal 2021 UK TV miniseries As a teenager.
Earls of Arundel
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
Colin Fisher Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Patrice Bornand Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Desmond Keith Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
George Woodbridge Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel: See Lord Chamberlains
Viscounts Astor
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
Alan Gifford Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
James Fox Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor
James Campbell Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a child.
Duncan Royce Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series As a teenager.
Michael Troughton Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Leslie Phillips Scandal 1989 UK Film
Michael Maloney The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Dukes of Atholl
George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl
Denis Lawson Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Dukes of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
Jonathan Aris Beau Brummell: This Charming Man 2006 UK TV film An adaptation of the biography by Ian Kelly.
Dukes of Bedford
John of Lancaster: See Royal children (Henry IV)
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
John Stuart Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Barons Berkeley and Earls of Berkeley
Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley
Cecil Brock BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Ringham An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Carl Oatley BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
Paget Hunter Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Earls and Dukes of Buckingham
Thomas of Woodstock: See Royal children (Edward III)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Kenneth Farrington An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
William Squire The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
David Daker BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Moffat Johnston Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ralph Richardson Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edgar Wreford An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Bruce Gordon Tower of London 1962 USA Film
Gerhard Just König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
William Squire The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Zoltán Latinovits Richard III 1973 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Giorgi Gegechkori Richard III 1980 USSR Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Byrne BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Gilles Arbona Richard III 1986 France Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Pennington 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.
Tom Wilkinson Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, #2.1 "Richard III" 1994 UK Animated TV short Voice only
Jim Broadbent Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Arthur Darvill The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Ben Van den Heuvel The White Queen 2013 UK TV series As a boy. An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Basil Gill Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Pedro de Cordoba When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Charles Major.
Michael Gough The Sword and the Rose 1953 USA Film An adaptation of the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major.
Julian Glover BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charles Dance Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Steven Waddington The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Lucien Littlefield To Have and to Hold 1922 Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Mary Johnston.
Richard Morant 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.
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Arthur Hoops Mistress Nell 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by George Cochrane Hazelton.
George Coulouris BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Bruce Purchase The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Rupert Graves Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Ben Chaplin Stage Beauty 2004 UK/USA Film
Earls Cadogan
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
Martin Boddey Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Bernard Taylor The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Gerald Cadogan, 6th Earl Cadogan
Patrick Magee Chariots of Fire 1981 UK Film
Earls and Dukes of Cambridge
Gyrth Godwinson: See Earls of East Anglia
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
John Arnold BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Frank Windsor An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
William Whymper BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Fabian Cartwright Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Plantagenet: See Dukes of York
Earls of Carnarvon
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Joss Ambler The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon
Joseph Kloska The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series Aged 30–39.
John Hollingworth The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series Aged 44.
Earls and Countesses of Carrick
Marjorie
Heather Flannagan The Bruce 1996 UK Film
Robert de Brus
Ian Bannen Braveheart 1995 USA Film
Robert the Bruce: See Kings of Scotland
Dukes of Clarence
Thomas of Lancaster: See Royal children (Henry IV)
George Plantagenet: See Other royal relatives (Edward IV)
Barons de Clifford
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
John Barcroft An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
John Corvin The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Arthur Cox BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford
Jerome Willis An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
John Normington The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Oengus MacNamara BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Oengus MacNamara BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charles Dale 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.
Earls of Cork
Edward of Norwich: See Royal grandchildren (Edward III)
Earls and Dukes of Cornwall
Robert of Mortain
Gordon Whiting Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Richard Ireson Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Piers Gaveston
James Laurenson Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Daniel Briquet Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Andrew Tiernan Edward II 1991 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe filmed in modern style.
Earls of Coventry
George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry
Oliver Chris The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
Robert Flemyng Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Earls of Derby
John of Gaunt: See Royal children (Edward III)
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Wilfred Caithness Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Laurence Naismith Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jack May An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Robert Meyn König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Hussey The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Robert James The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
István Egri Richard III 1973 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tenniel Evans BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Cronin 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.
Edward Hardwicke Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Sean Francis George Historyonics, #3 "Richard III" 2004 UK TV short Comedy
Rupert Graves The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
John H. Moore BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Joseph O'Conor Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby: See Royalist officers of the English Civil War
Earls of Devon
Odda
Kevin Stoney Churchill's People, #4 "King Alfred" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Simon Kunz The Last Kingdom 2015–17 UK TV series An adaptation of The Saxon Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell.
Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
Nicholas Selby The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
Anthony Ainley The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Earls and Dukes of Devonshire
Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire
Robert Warwick The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Hayden Jones Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Sebastian Armesto The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
Aleksandr Vokach A Glass of Water 1979 USSR Film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes The Duchess 2008 UK Film Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the IFTA Award for Best International Actor. An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Gordon McLeod Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Hugh Williams Khartoum 1966 UK Film
Jeffry Wickham Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Dorset
Thomas Beaufort: See Royal grandchildren (Edward III)
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset: See England: Other royal relatives
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
Johnny Vegas The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset
Terence Alexander The Elusive Pimpernel 1950 UK Film An adaptation of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
Peter Bathurst BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.11 "Beau Brummell" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Julian Firth John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Lords and Earls of Douglas
Sir James Douglas
Kern Falconer The Bruce 1996 UK Film
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
Andrew Faulds An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Gösta Bråhner Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
John Cairney BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Stephen McCole The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Earls of East Anglia
Harold Godwinson: See Kings of England
Gyrth Godwinson
Malcolm Webster Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Stephen Bent Churchill's People, #5 "The Saxon Dusk" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Earls of Elgin
Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin
Alan Lee The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Earls of Essex
Leofwine Godwinson: See Earls of Kent
Geoffrey Fitz Peter
József Képessy King John 1975 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas of Woodstock: See Royal children (Edward III)
Thomas Cromwell: See Secretaries of State
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Lou Tellegen Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Walter Tennyson The Virgin Queen 1923 UK Silent film
Errol Flynn The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Jerome Kilty You Are There, #2.26 "The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Laurence Payne ITV Play of the Week, #4.14 "In the Shadow of the Axe" 1958 UK TV film
Robin Ellis Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Jack Douglas Carry On Laughing, #1.4 "Orgy and Bess" 1975 UK TV short Comedy
Keith Baxter Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Toby Sawyer Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Hugh Dancy Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries Nominated for the Emmy Award and Gold Derby TV Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Hans Matheson The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Sam Reid Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: See Parliamentarian officers of the English Civil War
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
Andrew Woodall Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Earls and Dukes of Exeter
John Holland
Vincent Winter The Dark Avenger 1955 UK Film As a child
Thomas Beaufort: See Royal grandchildren (Edward III)
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter
Terence Lodge An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Ramunas Rudokas Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
Graham Corry Captain James Cook 1988 Australia TV miniseries
Earls Fitzwilliam
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
Graham Seed Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam
Miles Richardson Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Earls and Dukes of Gloucester
Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester: See Royal children (Henry I)
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
Frederick Treves Churchill's People, #9 "On the Anvil" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Thomas of Woodstock: See Royal children (Edward III)
Humphrey of Lancaster: See Royal children (Henry IV)
Marquesses and Earls of Halifax
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Austin Trevor The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Marquesses and Dukes of Hamilton
John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton
Tyrone Savage Reign 2017 USA TV series
Earls and Dukes of Hereford
William FitzOsbern
John Bailey ITV Play of the Week, #12.6 "A Choice of Kings" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by John Mortimer.
David Garfield Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV miniseries
Henry Bolingbroke: See Kings of England (Henry IV)
Earls of Hertford
Leofwine Godwinson: See Earls of Kent
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
Jean Angelo Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Barons Holland
Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland
Toby Jones Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Philipp Manning Napoleon at Saint Helena 1929 Germany Silent film
Michael Wilding Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Earls of Huntingdon
David of Scotland: See Scottish royal grandchildren
John Holland: See Dukes of Exeter
Earls, Countesses and Dukes of Kent
Leofwine Godwinson
Sebastian Breaks Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Odo of Bayeux
Peter Jeffrey ITV Play of the Week, #12.6 "A Choice of Kings" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by John Mortimer.
John Nettleton Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Denis Lill Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Hubert de Burgh
Franklyn McLeay King John 1899 UK Silent short An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
William Devlin BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.3 "The Life and Death of King John" 1952 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
György Györffy King John 1975 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jonathan Adams The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
John Thaw BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Life and Death of King John" 1984 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edmund of Woodstock: See Royal Children (Edward I)
Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent: See Royal grandchildren (Edward I)
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
Richard O'Sullivan The Dark Avenger 1955 UK Film As a boy
Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent
Earle Foxe Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
John Harvey Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Earls and Dukes of Lancaster
Thomas Plantagenet: See Royal grandchildren (Henry III)
Henry Plantagenet: See Royal grandchildren (Henry III)
John of Gaunt: See Royal children (Edward III)
Dukes of Leeds
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds
Jack Gwillim The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Michael Troughton Poldark 1996 UK TV film Based on the novel The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham.
Bertie Carvel John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Earls of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
John Atkinson The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Bertram Burleigh Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Inigo Jackson Becket 1964 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh.
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
Lumsden Hare The Crusades 1935 USA Film
John Bay Doctor Who, #2.22–25 "The Crusade" 1965 UK TV serial
Leon Ockenden Heroes and Villains, #5 "Richard the Lionheart" 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Daniel Massey Churchill's People, #9 "On the Anvil" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Thomas Plantagenet: See Royal grandchildren (Henry III)
Henry Plantagenet: See Royal grandchildren (Henry III)
John of Gaunt: See Royal children (Edward III)
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Carlyle Blackwell The Virgin Queen 1923 UK Silent film
Gavin Muir Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Leslie Banks Fire Over England 1937 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by A. E. W. Mason.
Dennis Edwards BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.7 "Queen's Folly" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Elswyth Thane.
Herbert Marshall The Virgin Queen 1955 USA Film
Robin Bailey Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Joseph Wise Queen's Champion 1958 UK TV series
Tony Britton BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Bernard Dhéran Marie Tudor 1966 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Victor Hugo.
Dennis Chinnery The Queen's Traitor 1967 UK TV series
Graham Lines Kenilworth 1967 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Derek Godfrey Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Robert Hardy Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Daniel Massey Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Guy Henry Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Valentine Pelka In Suspicious Circumstances, #5.7 "An Evil Business" 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Joseph Fiennes Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Richard Trinder Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Jeremy Irons Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries Won the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
Simon Kirk The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary 2008 UK Film
Tom Hardy The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Charlie Carrick Reign 2015–16 USA TV series
Dukes of Leinster
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
Ben Daniels Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
Marcus Treacy Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Adam Webb Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Martin Phillips Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As an older man. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Earls of Lincoln
John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln
James Laurenson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
George Skillan BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Samson Fainsilber Marie Tudor 1966 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Victor Hugo.
Earls of Longford
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford
Arnold Peters Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Marquesses of Lothian
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
James Cossins Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
David Warner Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Earls of Lucan
George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan
Richard Graydon The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 UK Film
Earls of March
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Timothy West Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Claude Giraud The Accursed Kings 1972 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Bertrand Bonvoisin Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Nigel Terry Edward II 1991 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe filmed in modern style.
Bruno Todeschini The Accursed Kings 2005 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
David Andrews An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with Sir Edmund Mortimer. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Charles Thomas The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with Sir Edmund Mortimer. An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Tenniel Evans BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Sir Edmund Mortimer. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Philip Bowen The Wars of the Roses, #6 "Henry VI: House of York" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with Sir Edmund Mortimer. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Michael Gambon The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 UK TV film Conflated with Sir Edmund Mortimer. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Richard Plantagenet: See Dukes of York
Dukes and Duchesses of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: See British Army generals of the 18th century
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough
Polly Adams The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
Claude King The Last of the Mohicans 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
Cyril Luckham Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
John Westbrook Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Robert Mill Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
David Markham Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
Douggie McMeekin The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Earls of Mercia
Leofric
Roy Travers Lady Godiva 1928 UK Silent film
George Nader Lady Godiva of Coventry 1955 USA Film
Tony Steedman Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Edwin
Alan Lake Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series As Arnoul. An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Adam Bareham Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Barons and Viscounts Montagu and Marquesses and Dukes of Montagu
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu
Jake Maskall The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
Jean-Claude Houdinière Marie Tudor 1966 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Victor Hugo.
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
Adrian Brine An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Michael Byrne BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
Daniel Thorndike The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Marquesses and Dukes of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose: See Royalist generals of the English Civil War
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
Michael Gough Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Earls of Moray
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray: See Scottish royal children
James Stewart, 3rd Earl of Moray: See Scottish royal great-grandchildren
Earls of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
Robert Barrat Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Odo Krohmann Das Herz der Königin 1940 Germany Film Propaganda
Ewan Roberts Sir Francis Drake 1961 UK TV series
Bruce Purchase Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Sydney Seaward The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 UK Silent film
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
Tim Elliott Captain James Cook 1988 Australia TV miniseries
Brian Cox Longitude 2000 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the book by Dava Sobel.
Earls and Countesses Mountbatten of Burma
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: See First Sea Lords.
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Harriet Benson The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Elliot Cowan The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Earls and Dukes of Norfolk
Roger Bigod
F. M. Paget King John 1899 UK Silent short An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
László Ujlaky King John 1975 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Flint BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Life and Death of King John" 1984 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
K. Hamilton Price Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Leonard Sachs BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bruce Gordon Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Heathcote Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Noel Johnson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Wolfgang Schwarz König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Stephen Greif The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Géza Polgár II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Owens BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jack Carr 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.
David Lyon Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Rothmann Richard II 2001 Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Terence McGinity Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
James Purefoy 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.
Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk
Noel Johnson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Ivar Wahlgren Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Michael Miller BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Fenner The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 1991 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.
Pip Torrens The Hollow Crown, #1.3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 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.
John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Jeffry Wickham An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
David Hargreaves The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Peter Wyatt BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
James Maclean Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Phillips Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Noel Johnson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
David Hargreaves The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Peter Wyatt BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Maloney Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, #2.1 "Richard III" 1994 UK Animated TV short Voice only
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
A. E. George Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Victor McClure Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Barry Jackson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Donald Bisset The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Julian Holloway The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Jeremy Kemp BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Gerald Lawrence Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ludwig Hartau Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
Frederick Culley The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Henry Stephenson The Prince and the Pauper 1937 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Bryan Coleman The Sword and the Rose 1953 USA Film An adaptation of the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major.
Nigel Davenport A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Robert Porte Marie Tudor 1966 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Victor Hugo.
Peter Jeffrey Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Patrick Troughton The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Michael Gough Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Edmundo Lopes The Prince and the Pauper 1972 Brazil TV film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Rex Harrison The Prince and the Pauper 1977 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Gabriel Llopart Mujeres insólitas, "La segunda señora Tudor" 1977 Spain TV film
Oliver Cotton BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Johnson A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Peter Jeffrey The Prince and the Pauper 1996 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Leon Greene The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Mark Strong Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Henry Czerny The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
David Morrissey The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Aubrey Wakeling The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary 2008 UK Film
Bernard Hill Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Alexander Davion BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.7 "Queen's Folly" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Elswyth Thane.
Conrad Phillips The Queen's Traitor 1967 UK TV series
David Strong Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Christopher Eccleston Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
John Gully Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Kevin McKidd The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk
Dave A. Hewitt The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
Patrick Ryecart The Crown 2016–19 UK/USA TV series
Earls of Northampton
Waltheof: See Earls of Northumbria
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Jack McKenzie 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.
Earls and Dukes of Northumbria/Northumberland
Siward
Lionel Braham Macbeth 1948 USA Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charles Doran Macbeth 1949 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Castor de Nóbrega TV de Vanguarda, #3.19 "Macbeth" 1954 Brazil TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Dickson Kerwin Folio, #1.1 "Macbeth" 1955 Canada TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
José Luis Lespe Estudio 1, "La tragedia de Macbeth" 1966 Spain TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Norman Tyrrell Play of the Month, #6.1 "Macbeth" 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Howard Lang Macbeth 1970 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Stanley Waxman Macbeth 1981 USA Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Rob Swinton Macbeth 1997 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Christopher Knott Macbeth 2010 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tostig Godwinson
Paul Williamson Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series As Arnoul. An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Frederick Jaeger Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Robert Langdon Lloyd Churchill's People, #5 "The Saxon Dusk" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Morcar
Gilbert Wynne Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series As Arnoul. An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Noel Johnson Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Simon Rouse Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Dolfin of Carlisle
Ian Patterson Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series As Arnoul. An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Waltheof II
Marcus Gilbert Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
Patrick Barr BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Louis Hector Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
George Cooper An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Jan Erik Lindqvist Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
José Nieto Chimes at Midnight 1965 Spain/Switzerland Film A loose adaptation of the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare.
Hellmut Lange König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Trevor Martin The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
István Bujtor II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Swift BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bruce Purchase BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bruce Purchase BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Roger Booth 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.
Roger Booth The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Roger Booth The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 2" 1991 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.
Joseph O'Conor Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Struan Rodger Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Albie Woodington Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Morrissey 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.
Alun Armstrong The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Alun Armstrong The Hollow Crown, #1.3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 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.
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Kenneth Farrington An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
John Benfield BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Richard Burrell The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
Erling Hanson Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
Terence Wilton Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Scott Handy Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Oliver Chris The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Oliver Coleman The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Harry Lloyd Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Lionel d'Aragon The Virgin Queen 1923 UK Silent film
Charles Barratt Lady Jane Grey; Or, The Court of Intrigue 1923 UK Silent short
Cedric Hardwicke Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film As the Earl of Warwick.
Robert Warwick The Prince and the Pauper 1937 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Philip Brack Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
John Wood Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
David Bamber Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Earls of Nottingham
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham: See Dukes of Norfolk
Thomas de Mowbray, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: See Earls of Norfolk
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Max Maxudian Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Guy Bellis The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Peter Howell Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Rimantas Bagdzevicius Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
John Shrapnel Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Earls of Oxford
Gyrth Godwinson: See Earls of East Anglia
Edgar the Ætheling: See Royal grandchildren (Edmund Ironside)
Robert de Vere: See Dukes of Ireland
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
George Manship Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Julian Glover An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Robert Lang An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Alf Marholm König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Maurice Jones The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Maurice Jones The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bernard Archard Tower of London: The Innocent 1969 UK TV film
Hugh Sullivan The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Brian Deacon BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Fenner 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.
John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford
David Lennox The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford
Detlef Bothe Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Luke Thomas Taylor Anonymous 2011 UK Film As a boy.
Jamie Campbell Bower Anonymous 2011 UK Film As a young man.
Rhys Ifans Anonymous 2011 UK Film As an older man.
Earls of Pembroke
William Marshal
J. Fisher White King John 1899 UK Silent short An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Roderick Lovell BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.3 "The Life and Death of King John" 1952 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alan Edwards The Adventures of Robin Hood 1956 UK TV series
Wensley Pithey Ivanhoe 1958 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Nigel Stock The Lion in Winter 1968 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by James Goldman, although William is not a character in that play.
István Bozóky King John 1975 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Derrick Gilbert The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series As a young man
Patrick Troughton The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Kenneth Gilbert Ivanhoe 1982 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Robert Brown BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Life and Death of King John" 1984 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Glen Murphy Robin of Sherwood 1985 UK TV series
Clive Wood The Lion in Winter 2003 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by James Goldman, although William is not a character in that play.
William Hurt Robin Hood 2010 UK/USA Film
Aymer de Valence
Stephen Greif Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Jean-Pierre Hutinet Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Humphrey of Lancaster: See Dukes of Gloucester
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)
Rupert Young The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1570)
Tony Beckley BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Nigel Martin Davey The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Hugh Alexander Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Earls and Dukes of Portland
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
Arthur Gould-Porter Against All Flags 1952 USA Film
Roger Booth The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Jelle de Jong Michiel de Ruyter 2015 Netherlands Film
Marquesses of Queensberry
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
Lionel Jeffries The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell.
Tudor Evans On Trial, #5 "Oscar Wilde" 1960 UK TV film
Werner Rössler The Happy Prince 2018 UK Film
Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry
Derek Aylward The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell.
Earls of Richmond
John of Gaunt: See Dukes of Lancaster
Edmund Tudor
Jack Wild Theatre 625, #3.27 "The Queen and the Welshman" 1966 UK TV film As a teenager. An adaptation of the play by Rosemary Anne Sisson.
Henry Tudor: See Kings of England (Henry VII)
Earls Rivers
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
Robert Pugh The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
R. I. Connick Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Clive Morton Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Kenneth Farrington An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Friedrich Joloff König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Derek Waring The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Derek Waring The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paul Chapman BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paul Chapman BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Darrell 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.
John Darrell 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.
Robert Downey, Jr. Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Ben Lamb The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Earls and Dukes of Rutland
Edward of Norwich: See Dukes of York
Edmund Plantagenet
Terry Wale An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Fergus McClelland The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Mathew David BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
Peter Amory The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
Jeremy Clyde Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Earls, Countesses and Marquesses of Salisbury
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury: See Royal children (Henry II)
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Serge Maillat The Accursed Kings 1972 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
John Le Mesurier Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Horace Sequiera BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Porter Van Zandt Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tony Thawnton Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Leon Shepperdson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Til Kiwe König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Morant The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
László Soós II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Barcroft BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ian Burford 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.
Patrick Toomey Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Griffith Jones Henry V 1944 UK 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.
Robert Ashby BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Clothier The Hollow Crown, #1.4 "Henry V" 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.
Mac Pietowski The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
Adrian Brine An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Gordon Gostelow An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Tenniel Evans BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Byrne BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Neville, 6th Earl of Salisbury: See Earls of Warwick
Margaret Pole
Patsy Kensit BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Kate O'Toole The Tudors 2007–9 UK/USA TV series
Madeleine Harris The White Queen 2013 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Janet Henfrey Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
O. B. Clarence Penn of Pennsylvania 1942 UK Film
James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
Llewellyn Rees Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Llewellyn Rees Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Clive Francis The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Earls of Sandwich
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
Danny Webb The Private Life of Samuel Pepys 2003 UK TV film Comedy
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Xabier Elorriaga Captain James Cook 1988 Australia TV miniseries
John Nettleton Haggard 1990 UK TV series Comedy. An adaptation of Squire Haggard's Journal by Michael Green.
Tim Brooke-Taylor The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 1999 UK TV miniseries Comedy
Bill Nighy Longitude 2000 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the book by Dava Sobel.
Earls of Shrewsbury
Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
John Greenwood Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
James Mellor ITV Play of the Week, #12.6 "A Choice of Kings" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by John Mortimer.
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Clive Morton The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Trevor Peacock BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Fenner The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Philip Glenister The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
Gavin O'Connor The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
James Laurenson Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury
Charles Cullum BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
Walter Fitzgerald Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Earls and Dukes of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
Alan Rowe An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Philip Brack The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Philip Brack The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Brian Deacon BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Brian Deacon BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sion Probert The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Sion Probert The Wars of the Roses, #6 "Henry VI: House of York" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Alan Rowe An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Philip Brack The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Philip Brack The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Brian Deacon BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Brian Deacon BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sion Probert The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Sion Probert The Wars of the Roses, #6 "Henry VI: House of York" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Ben Miles The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Ben Miles The Hollow Crown, #2.2 "Henry VI, Part 2" 2016 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.
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
Arthur Cox BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
Arthur Cox BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
William Barrows The Prince and the Pauper 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Felix Aylmer Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
Claude Rains The Prince and the Pauper 1937 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Guy Rolfe Young Bess 1953 USA Film
Andrew Cruickshank BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film As Earl of Hertford. An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Cedric Hardwicke DuPont Show of the Month, #1.2 "The Prince and the Pauper" 1957 USA TV film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Laurence Naismith Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, #8.21–23 "The Prince and the Pauper" 1962 USA TV serial An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Daniel Moynihan The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Michael Byrne Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Perry Salles The Prince and the Pauper 1972 Brazil TV film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Bernard Kay The Prince and the Pauper 1976 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Harry Andrews The Prince and the Pauper 1977 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
John Bowe The Prince and the Pauper 1996 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Jonathan Hyde The Prince and the Pauper 2000 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Mark Twain.
Thomas Lockyer Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Max Brown The Tudors 2008–10 UK/USA TV series
Ed Speleers Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
Christopher Plummer Kraft Television Theatre, #8.52 "The King's Bounty" 1955 USA TV film
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
Clifford Parrish The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Earls of Southampton and Barons Southampton
William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton
James Larkin Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
Peter Egan Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Nicholas Clay Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Eddie Redmayne Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Shaun Evans The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Timo Huber Anonymous 2011 UK Film As a boy.
Xavier Samuel Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton
Lawrence O'Madden Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Earls Spencer
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
Stuart Lindsell The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Michael Culver Churchill's People, #24 "Mutiny" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Charles Gray Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
George Martin The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 USA TV film
Rowland Davies Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Nick Owenford The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
Phil Cumbus The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Earls and Dukes of Suffolk
Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Laurence Hanray Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
John Ruddock Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Edgar Wreford An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
William Squire The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Paul Chapman BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paul Chapman 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, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Jason Watkins The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Jason Watkins The Hollow Crown, #2.2 "Henry VI, Part 2" 2016 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.
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
Lindsay Campbell The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Edward O'Neill Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Forrest Stanley When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Charles Major.
Richard Todd The Sword and the Rose 1953 USA Film An adaptation of the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major.
Raymond Adamson The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Brian Blessed Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Lewis Fiander BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Henry Cavill The Tudors 2007–10 UK/USA TV series
Mark Lewis Jones The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Richard Dillane Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
Michael Winder The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series Much too old.
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Charles Dane Lady Jane Grey; Or, The Court of Intrigue 1923 UK Silent short
Miles Malleson Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
Patrick Stewart Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk: See Lord Chamberlains
Earls and Dukes of Surrey
Leofwine Godwinson: See Earls of Kent
Richard II FitzAlan: See Earls of Arundel
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey
Ralph Truman Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey
Leonard Sachs BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Julian Glover An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Manfred Michael Eder König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Árpád Téri II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jeffrey Holland BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Petr Shelokhonov Richard Vtoroi 1992 Russia TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Rogan Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk: See Dukes of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk: See Dukes of Norfolk
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Christopher Beeching The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
David O'Hara The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Earls and Dukes of Sussex
Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
Barry Lowe The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex: See Lord Chamberlains
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex: See Royal children
Dukes of Sutherland
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
Tom Price Victoria 2016–17 UK TV series
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland
Peter Egan Chariots of Fire 1981 UK Film
Viscounts Torrington
George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington
Ronald Hines BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.20 "The Trial of Admiral Byng" 1958 UK TV film
Earls of Ulster
Edmund Mortimer: See Earls of March
Richard Plantagenet: See Dukes of York
Earls of Warwick
Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick
Alan Moore Robin of Sherwood 1986 UK TV series
Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
Paul Hardwick Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Philippe Nahon Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
John Fabian BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alan Wheatley BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.18 "Saint Joan" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
John Arnatt BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.46 "The Lark" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh.
Kenneth Farrington An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Nicol Williamson ITV Play of the Week, #7.33 "The Lark" 1962 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh.
Sven Erik Weilar Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Michael Craig Play of the Month, #4.1 "Saint Joan" 1968 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Rod Beacham BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Rod Beacham BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Mark Wing-Davey BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Nicholas Ferguson Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Cronin The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Michael Cronin 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.
John Woodvine Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Iain Glen The Hollow Crown, #1.3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 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.
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick
Juliet Aubrey The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: 'Warwick the Kingmaker'.
William Schallert The Story of Mankind 1957 USA Film An adaptation of the non-fiction children's book by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
Frank Windsor An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Brewster Mason The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Brewster Mason The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Mark Wing-Davey BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Mark Wing-Davey BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Cronin The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Michael Cronin 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.
James Frain The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Stanley Townsend The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Stanley Townsend The Hollow Crown, #2.2 "Henry VI, Part 2" 2016 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.
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
Robert Powell Tower of London: The Innocent 1969 UK TV film
Jake Robson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series As a boy.
Christopher Neame The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Kenji Tielemans The White Queen 2013 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Andrew Bicknell Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick
Julian Holloway The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Earls of Wessex
Godwin
Torin Thatcher Lady Godiva of Coventry 1955 USA Film
John Kidd Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Norman Rodway Churchill's People, #5 "The Saxon Dusk" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Bill Wallis Historyonics, #1 "1066" 2004 UK TV short Comedy
Harold Godwinson: See Kings of England
Earls of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Gerald Case Henry V 1944 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Stevens BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Julian Glover An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Leif Liljeroth Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Andrew Faulds Chimes at Midnight 1965 Spain/Switzerland Film A loose adaptation of the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare.
David Buck BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Buck BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Buck BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paul Gregory Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ben Bazell The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Ben Bazell The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 1991 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.
Ben Bazell The Wars of the Roses, #4 "Henry V" 1991 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.
James Laurenson The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
James Laurenson The Hollow Crown, #1.3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 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.
James Laurenson The Hollow Crown, #1.4 "Henry V" 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.
Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
Leon Shepperdson An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Derek Fuke BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Barons Willoughby de Eresby
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Geoffrey Wearing BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Gordon Gostelow An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Michael Spice The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Flint BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John McEnery Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Adrian Schiller 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.
William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Valentine Palmer The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Earls of Wiltshire
Æthelhelm: Father of Queen Ælfflæd, sometimes identified, probably incorrectly, with the son of Æthelred I by the same name.
Adrian Schiller The Last Kingdom 2018–22 UK TV series An adaptation of The Saxon Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell.
Earls and Marquesses of Winchester
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
Andrew Crawford Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Roger Jacquet Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
Richard Vernon Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Earls of Worcester
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
Geoffrey Bayldon An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Peter Lindgren Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Fernando Rey Chimes at Midnight 1965 Spain/Switzerland Film A loose adaptation of the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare.
Clive Swift BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Philip Bowen The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Corin Redgrave Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
David Hayman The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
Ted Valentine The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley. An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Edward Sass Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Downing Clarke When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Charles Major.
Ernest Jay The Sword and the Rose 1953 USA Film An adaptation of the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major.
John Nettleton BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
Guy Favières Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Dukes of York
Edmund of Langley: See Royal children (Edward III)
Edward of Norwich: See Royal grandchildren (Edward III)
Richard Plantagenet: See Royal great-grandchildren (Edward III)
Richard of Shrewsbury: See Royal children (Edward IV)
Other dukes
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
Josh Taylor The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon: See British Army generals of the Napoleonic Wars.
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
Eric Berry Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Robin Bailey Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: See Field marshals of the British Army
Other marquesses
Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham: See Lord Chamberlains
George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings
Julian Finnigan Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow: See Governors-General and Viceroys of India
Other earls
Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran
David Bamber A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Jonathan Kemp The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford
Peter Cellier Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Jeffry Wickham Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury
Ralph Forbes The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore
Jack Melford The Laughing Lady 1946 UK Film Musical. An adaptation of the play by Ingram D'Abbes.
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Jerome Kilty Omnibus, #5.19 "The Trial of Captain Kidd" 1957 USA TV film
Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford
Sam Sewell Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness
Euan Macnaughton The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Frank Duncan 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.
Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine
Richard Rowlands Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: See Lord Chancellors
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
Desmond Llewelyn Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth
Michael Syers Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
John Rapley The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn
Michael Wilson The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Richard Warwick The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Neil Dickson King of the Wind 1990 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Henry.
Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
Paul Hardwick Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
Donald Crisp Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Brian Coburn Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
Robert Hartley Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Maol Choluim I, Earl of Lennox
Malcolm Hayes Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Tony Mathews Lillie 1978 UK TV series
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
Julian Curry Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Michael Kitchen A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Patrick IV, Earl of March
Jack McKenzie Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Alexander, Earl of Menteith
Michael McKevitt Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Leofwine Godwinson, Earl of Middlesex: : See Earls of Kent
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto: See Governors-General and Viceroys of India
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington
Gawn Grainger Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Charles Mordaunt, 5th Earl of Peterborough
Tom Edden The Scandalous Lady W 2015 UK TV film An adaptation of the book Lady Worsley's Whim by Hallie Rubenhold.
Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
Julian Firth Victoria 2019 UK TV series
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
Stewart Clyde Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1911 Australia Silent film An adaptation of the play by Paul Kester.
Ivan Cleveland Old St Paul's 1914 UK Silent short An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
Graham Armitage The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Michael Kitchen Churchill's People, #18 "A Bill of Mortality" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Robert Cavanah Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Johnny Depp The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney
Michael Shepley The Great Mr. Handel 1942 UK Film
Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn
John Humphry Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
Chris Lang Shadow of the Noose 1989 UK TV series
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: See Lord Chancellors
Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford: See Dukes of Buckingham
Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope
Paul Hamilton The Legend of Tarzan 2016 Australia/UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Patrick Wymark Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Guy Rolfe Churchill's People, #16 "March On, Boys!" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
John Humphry The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
Wyndham Goldie Rake's Progress 1939 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
Peter Halliday 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.
Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe
Paul Williamson Lillie 1978 UK TV series
George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea
Peter Harlowe Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Other viscounts
George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington
Victor Langley Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth
James Wilby Poldark 2017–18 UK TV series
George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert
Rodney Lovick Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle
Peter Gale The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Alex Guard BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Tramper The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Max Bennett The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell: See Lord Chamberlains
Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh
Edward Dentith Lillie 1978 UK TV series
David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda
Huw Ceredig The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford
David Riley Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Other hereditary barons and baronesses and Scottish lords and ladies
Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington
Anthony Dawes Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton
Geoffrey Lewis The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley (1789–1849)
James W. Morrison Beau Brummel 1913 USA Silent short An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
William Humphrey Beau Brummel 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Walter Hudd BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.11 "Beau Brummell" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury
Ian McLean The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Frederick Leister The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf
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.
Willie Sjöberg Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
John Humphry BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edward Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew
Edward Underdown On Trial, #7 "The Tichborne Case" 1960 UK TV film
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny
Clarence Derwent Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Rintoul BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
Mark Carlisle The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
David Hawthorne A Prince of Lovers 1922 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play Byron by Alicia Ramsey.
John Evans Carberry, 10th Baron Carbery
Peter Bowles Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun 1988 UK/USA TV miniseries
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
Pierre Stéphen Marie Tudor 1966 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Victor Hugo.
Kevin Brennan Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Joss Ackland Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Tony Guilfoyle The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
Graham Armitage 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.
Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine
Donald Douglas Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
Jack West The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Tom Holland Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy
Colm Wilkinson The Tudors 2009–10 UK/USA TV series
Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere: See Kenya: Members of the Executive Council.
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
Ted Valentine The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester. An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset
John Hopkins Poldark 2017–18 UK TV series
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Trevor Howard George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Walter Fitzwalter, 5th Baron Fitzwalter
Cecil Brock BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
László Csurka II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Curless BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Patrick Toomey Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville
Valérie Lang The Accursed Kings 2005 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner
David Shields The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series Aged 28–30.
Pip Carter The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series Aged 31.
Richard Teverson The Crown 2019–20 UK/USA TV series Aged 46–59.
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings: See Lord Chamberlains
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey
Anthony Finigan Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
Clement McCallin The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
Myles Eason The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Peter Vaughan Mountains of the Moon 1990 USA Film An adaptation of the novel Burton and Speke by William Harrison.
Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden
Nickolas Grace The Last Place on Earth 1985 UK TV series An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford.
William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick
Tom Beard New Worlds 2014 UK TV series
Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford
Denis Lill Churchill's People, #12 "A Wilderness of Roses" 1975 UK TV film As Lord Moleyns. An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
Liam Stack The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Oscar Negus The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film As a child. An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
Liam Young The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer
Michael Elwyn The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay
David Torrence Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers
André Mathis The Accursed Kings 1972 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Reus Alexandru The Accursed Kings 2005 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham
Hans Brausewetter A Glass of Water 1923 Germany Silent film As John William Masham. Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Axel Düberg A Glass of Water 1960 Sweden TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Horst Janson A Glass of Water 1960 West Germany Film Musical comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Gordon Whiting The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Miklós Kalocsay Zenés TV színház, "Sakk-matt" 1977 Hungary TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play The Glass of Water by Eugène Scribe.
Peteris Gaudinsh A Glass of Water 1979 USSR Film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Joe Alwyn The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film
Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell
James Sutherland The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
Dallas Cairns Guy Fawkes 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Harrison Ainsworth.
David King-Wood BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.44 "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" 1953 UK TV film
Rupert Procter Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Sean Rigby Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Mary Howard, 7th Baroness Mordaunt
Avril Sheridan The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley
Alan Stanford The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy
Neil Newbon Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant 2009 UK TV series Docudrama.
Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank
John Boxer The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
Lester Matthews Young Bess 1953 USA Film
Gerry O'Brien The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy
Robert Tayman Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Robin McCallum Victoria 2016 UK TV series
John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle
Malcolm Terris Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Mark Henson The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (c.1370–1414)
John Witty BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alan Rowe An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
David Calder The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
István Holl II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Dodimead BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Dougall 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.
Roger Sloman Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Peter Shorey Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Peter de Jersey 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.
Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven
Harvey Braban The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 UK Silent film
William Stack Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Das Herz der Königin 1940 Germany Film Propaganda
Andrew Keir Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Michael Nardone Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
John Ralston Reign 2017 USA TV series
William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys: See Lord Chamberlains
James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (c.1395–1450)
John Warner An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Donald Layne-Smith The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Clyde Pollitt 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.
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (c.1370–1415)
Cyril Conway BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Brian Smith An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Ian Price BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Stephen Simms Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge
Brian Hayes The Edwardians, #8 "Lloyd George" 1973 UK TV film
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley: See Lord Chamberlains
George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange
Richard Bennett Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, although he is not a character in the play.
Ryan Gilmore Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s, although he is not a character in the play.
Andrew Gower The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Geoffrey Harbord, 9th Baron Suffield
Edgar Wreford Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Charles James Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jack McKenzie BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles
Hugh Mitchell The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Henrietta Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth
Kay Patrick The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke
Paul Humpoletz The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Spouses of peers
Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
Sophia Myles A Very British Scandal 2021 UK TV miniseries
Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor
Joanna Dunham Scandal 1989 UK Film
Rosalind Halstead The Trial of Christine Keeler 2019 UK TV series
Eleanor Eden, Baroness Auckland: Wife of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland.
Ann Castle Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Edith Finch, Countess of Aylesford: Wife of Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford.
Philippa Markham Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Teresa White Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
Raymond Lovell The Man in Grey 1943 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Eleanor Smith.
Pamela Brown Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Vera Bogetti The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Margaret Whiting Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Selina Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford: Wife of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, and friend of Benjamin Disraeli.
Sheridan Fitzgerald Disraeli 1978 UK TV series As a young woman.
Renée Asherson Disraeli 1978 UK TV series As an older woman.
Elizabeth Sellars Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Georgiana Howard, Countess of Carlisle
Mercy Fiennes Tiffin The Duchess 2008 UK Film Aged 4–7. An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Anne Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield: Wife of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, and friend of Benjamin Disraeli.
Joyce Carey Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Frances Bennett Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Evelyn Laye Number 10, #6 "Dizzy" 1983 UK TV film
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
Margot Greville The Glorious Adventure 1922 UK Silent film
Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
Patricia Macrae Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Hayley Atwell The Duchess 2008 UK Film Nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Margaret Vyner The Young Mr Pitt 1942 UK Film
Mary Clare Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Keira Knightley The Duchess 2008 UK Film Nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Kitty Hill, Marchioness of Downshire: Wife of Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire, and later of Sir Joseph Laycock.
Philippa Markham The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley
Wanda Moore Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Charlotte Fitzwilliam, Countess Fitzwilliam: First wife of William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.
Sarah Crowden Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
Frances Bennett Number 10, #7 "Bloodline" 1983 UK TV film
Sophia Carteret, Countess Granville: Second wife of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.
Suzy Cooper King of the Wind 1990 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Henry.
Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
Emily Cohen The Duchess 2008 UK Film Aged 3–5. An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Hastings
Julia St John The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Elizabeth Fox, Baroness Holland
Fanny Rowe Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey
Elizabeth Wallace Number 10, #4 "The Iron Duke" 1983 UK TV film
Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry
Irene Brown The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Barbara Laurenson Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Rachel Kempson Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne
Margaret Leighton Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 UK Film
Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose: Wife of James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose.
Alice Glover The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Janet Suzman Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Lucy Russell The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Natascha McElhone The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Rosamond Fellowes, Baroness de Ramsey: Wife of William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey, and aunt of Winston Churchill.
Virginia Denham Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
Norma Varden The Iron Duke 1934 UK Film
Doris Lloyd Becky Sharp 1935 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Langdon Mitchell, itself based on the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Virginia McKenna Waterloo 1970 Italy/USSR Film
Jane Merrow Sharpe's Waterloo 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Bernard Cornwell.
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond (1647–1702)
Renee Goddard BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Alice Patten Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Antonia Clarke The Great Fire 2014 UK TV miniseries
Mary Lennox, Duchess of Richmond: Wife of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond.
Katherine Wogan Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Gwladys Robinson, Marchioness of Ripon
Penelope Lee Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Anne Wilmot, Countess of Rochester
Francesca Annis The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester
Rosamund Pike The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Janetta Manners, Duchess of Rutland: Second wife of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland.
Wendy Gifford Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland
Phoebe Farnham A Very British Scandal 2021 UK TV miniseries As a teenager.
Isabella Molyneux, Countess of Sefton: Wife of Charles Molyneux, 1st Earl of Sefton.
Helen Haye Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer
Charlotte Rampling The Duchess 2008 UK Film An adaptation of the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.
Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer
Barbara Caruso The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 USA TV film
Tessa Shaw Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland
Lillias Walker The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
Marty Cruikshank The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Mary Stuart-Whortley, Baroness Wharncliffe: Wife of James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe.
Richenda Carey Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Susan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Countess of Wharncliffe: Wife of Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe.
Yvonne Manners Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Children of peers
John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough)
Christopher Gray The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Francis Wallis The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series As a teenager. An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne: Son of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Edward Powell The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 10.
Lady Susan Fox-Strangways: Eldest child of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester.
Pauline McLynn Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Lord William Gordon
Gary Cady Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Lady Pamela Hicks
Dreya Weber Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Lady Alexandra Knatchbull: Older daughter of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Elodie Vickers The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 8.
Leonora Knatchbull: Younger daughter of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Clara Graham The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 4.
Timothy Knatchbull
Brandon Whitt The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
George FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly: Eldest child of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster.
Carl Brennan Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As a child. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Rory Keenan Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series As a teenager. An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Royal officials, courtiers and other aristocrats
Lord Protectors of England
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York: See Dukes of York
Oliver Cromwell
Henry Ainley The Royal Oak 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Henry Hamilton & Augustus Harris.
George Merritt The Vicar of Bray 1937 UK Film
Edmund Willard Cardboard Cavalier 1949 UK Film Comedy
John Phillips ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Patrick Wymark Witchfinder General 1968 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Ronald Bassett.
Terry Jones The Complete and Utter History of Britain 1969 UK TV series Comedy
Richard Harris Cromwell 1970 UK Film Won the Moscow International Film Festival Prize for Best Actor.
Leslie Sands Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.24 "Revolutions: Cromwell" 1970 UK TV short
Jerome Willis Woodstock 1973 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Bernard Hepton Churchill's People, #16 "March On, Boys!" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Bernard Hepton 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.
Peter Butterworth Carry On Laughing, #1.3 "The Sobbing Cavalier" 1975 UK TV short Comedy
Artro Morris The Children of the New Forest 1977 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Frederick Marryat.
Peter Jeffrey By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
Warren Clarke Blackadder: The Cavalier Years 1988 UK TV short Comedy
Alan Howard The Return of the Musketeers 1989 UK Film Loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.
John Gunnery Civil War: England's Fight for Freedom 1997 UK TV film Docudrama
Tim Roth To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Jerry Wasserman Young Blades 2005 USA TV series
Dominic West The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
Gareth Tunley The Windsors 2016 UK TV series Comedy
Richard Cromwell
Anthony May Cromwell 1970 UK Film
John-Paul Macleod To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Lord Chancellors of England
St Thomas Becket: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Geoffrey Plantagenet: See Archbishops of York
Hubert Walter: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Walter Reynolds: See Archbishops of Canterbury
John de Stratford: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Robert Baldock
David Strong Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Vincent Massoc Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
William Courtenay: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk: See Earls of Suffolk
Henry Beaufort: See Bishops of Winchester
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter: See Royal grandchildren (Edward III)
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury: See Earls of Salisbury
Thomas Bourchier: See Archbishops of Canterbury
John Morton: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Thomas Rotherham: See Archbishops of York
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Herbert Beerbohm Tree Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Hal Reid Cardinal Wolsey 1912 USA Silent short An adaptation of part of the play Henry VIII by William Shakespeare.
Adolf Klein Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
Arthur Forrest When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Charles Major.
Percy Marmont Pearls of the Crown 1937 France Film Comedy
D. A. Clarke Smith The Sword and the Rose 1953 USA Film An adaptation of the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major.
Patrick Troughton BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.6 "The White Falcon" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jordan Lawrence & Neilson Gattey.
Orson Welles A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Anthony Quayle Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film Nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
John Baskcomb The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Terry Scott Carry On Henry 1971 UK Film Comedy
John Bryans Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
José María Caffarel Mujeres insólitas, "La segunda señora Tudor" 1977 Spain TV film
Timothy West BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Willoughby Goddard God's Outlaw 1986 UK Film
John Gielgud A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Michael Fitzgerald The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
David Suchet Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Sam Neill The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant 2009 UK TV series Docudrama.
Jonathan Pryce Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series Nominated for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Thomas More
Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
William Squire Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Michael Goodliffe Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Paul Chapman Second Verdict, #2 "Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?" 1976 UK TV film Docudrama
Andés Mejuto Mujeres insólitas, "La segunda señora Tudor" 1977 Spain TV film
Jack May BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bernard Archard God's Outlaw 1986 UK Film
Charlton Heston A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Richard Griffiths Princes in the Tower 2005 UK TV film Voice only.
Jeremy Northam The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Ryan Kiggell Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant 2009 UK TV series Docudrama.
Gus Barry Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series As a boy. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Anton Lesser Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series Nominated for the 2016 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
André van Gyseghem BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Tim Steed Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton
Miles Mander The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Patrick Godfrey The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
John Bennett Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Frank McCusker The Tudors 2009–10 UK/USA TV series
Joel MacCormack Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
John Hurt A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Jonathan Hackett A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Rod Hallett The Tudors 2008–10 UK/USA TV series
Bryan Dick Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Stephen Gardiner: See Bishops of Winchester
Sir Christopher Hatton
A. Corney Grain Fire Over England 1937 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by A. E. W. Mason.
Robert Douglas The Virgin Queen 1955 USA Film
Bernard Archard Sir Francis Drake 1962 UK TV series
Bernard Horsfall Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Peter Cellier Drake's Venture 1980 UK TV film
Geoffrey T. Bersey Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Jason Watkins The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Laurence Fox Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
James Stephenson The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Clifford Rose Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Jeffery Dench Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban
Jean Chameroy Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Donald Crisp The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Kendall Clark You Are There, #2.26 "The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Derek Godfrey ITV Play of the Week, #4.14 "In the Shadow of the Axe" 1958 UK TV film
Roger Hammond Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" 1965 UK TV serial
John Nettleton Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
John Nettleton 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.
Will Keen Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Neil Stuke The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Humberston Wright The Glorious Adventure 1922 UK Silent film
J. Malcom Dunn Peter Stuyvesant 1924 USA Silent short
Nigel Bruce The Exile 1947 USA Film An adaptation of the novel His Majesty, the King by Cosmo Hamilton.
John Kidd BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Nigel Stock Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Robert Morley The Lady and the Highwayman 1989 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel Cupid Rides Pillion by Barbara Cartland.
John Fortune England, My England 1995 UK Film
Peter Forbes Civil War: England's Fight for Freedom 1997 UK TV film Docudrama
Ian McDiarmid Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Edward Fox Stage Beauty 2004 UK/USA Film
Richard McCabe The Great Fire 2014 UK TV miniseries
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
Gerald Sim By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Fred Rains Nell Gwyn 1926 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen.
Henry Oscar Theatre Parade, "Thank You, Mr Pepys" 1938 UK TV short An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Henry Oscar BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Frederick Peisley The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Murray Melvin England, My England 1995 UK Film
Martin Freeman Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Tim Pigott-Smith The Private Life of Samuel Pepys 2003 UK TV film Comedy
Andrew Woodall New Worlds 2014 UK TV series
Richard Dixon The Great Fire 2014 UK TV miniseries
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
John Woodvine By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
Charles Lawrence Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1911 Australia Silent film An adaptation of the play by Paul Kester.
Otto Matieson Captain Blood 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Rafael Sabatini.
Leonard Mudie Captain Blood 1935 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Rafael Sabatini.
Pat Aherne Lorna Doone 1951 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by R. D. Blackmore.
Michael Kitchen Lorna Doone 2000 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by R. D. Blackmore.
Pip Carter New Worlds 2014 UK TV series
Elliot Levey Martin's Close 2019 UK TV short An adaptation of the story by M. R. James.
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
Charles West The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
Henry Hewitt Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
John Wood The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Ruggero De Daninos Napoleone a Sant'Elena 1973 Italy TV miniseries
James Garbutt Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Ronald Squire The First Gentleman 1948 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Norman Ginsbury.
Daniel Moynihan Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Denis Lawson A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Richard Dixon Victoria 2016 UK TV series
John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Mark Dignam Disraeli 1978 UK TV series
Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury
Lloyd Lamble On Trial, #7 "The Tichborne Case" 1960 UK TV film
Lewis Shaw Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
Anthony Roye Number 10, #5 "The Asquiths" 1983 UK TV film
F. E. Smith, 1st Viscount Birkenhead
John Westbrook On Trial, #1 "Sir Roger Casement" 1960 UK TV film
Nigel Davenport Chariots of Fire 1981 UK Film
Morris Perry The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981 UK TV series
Richard Murdoch Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
Alan Stanford The Treaty 1991 Ireland TV film
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
Henry Oscar On Trial, #1 "Sir Roger Casement" 1960 UK TV film
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
Peter Vaughan Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 UK TV series
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
Nicholas Jones Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir
Iain Cuthbertson Let Him Have It 1991 UK Film
John Bett A Very English Scandal 2018 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by John Preston.
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
Iain Cuthbertson Scandal 1989 UK Film
Richard Syms The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Robert Buckland
Keir Charles A Confession 2019 UK TV series An adaptation of the book Catching a Serial Killer by Steve Fulcher.
Justiciars of England
Richard de Luci
Jon Laurimore Churchill's People, #7 "A Sprig of Broom" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Michael Hawkins The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Ranulf de Glanvill
John Gabriel Richard the Lionheart 1962–63 UK TV series
Roy Boyd The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Hugh de Puiset: See Bishops of Durham
Hubert Walter: See Archbishops of Canterbury
Peter des Roches: See Bishops of Winchester
Hubert de Burgh: See Earls of Kent
High Stewards of Scotland
James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland
John Cairney Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Secretaries of State and Private Secretaries to the Sovereign
William Knight
Brian de Salvo The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Thomas Cromwell
Reginald Owen Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Franklin Dyall The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Rupert Davies BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.6 "The White Falcon" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jordan Lawrence & Neilson Gattey.
Leo McKern A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
John Colicos Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Wolfe Morris The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Kenneth Williams Carry On Henry 1971 UK Film Comedy
Donald Pleasence Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
John Rowe BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Terrence Hardiman God's Outlaw 1986 UK Film
Benjamin Whitrow A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
David Fleeshman The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Danny Webb Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Ron Cook The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
James Frain The Tudors 2007–9 UK/USA TV series
Iain Mitchell The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Burtie Welland The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary 2008 UK Film
Nick Sampson Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant 2009 UK TV series Docudrama.
Samuel Bottomley Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series As a boy. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Mark Rylance Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series Won the 2016 BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the 2015 Emmy Award and Critics' Choice Award and the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: See Lord High Treasurers
Sir Francis Walsingham
Walter Byron Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Douglas Dempster Queen's Champion 1958 UK TV series
Richard Warner Sir Francis Drake 1961–62 UK TV series
Basil Dignam Seven Seas to Calais 1962 Italy Film
Stephen Murray Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Richard Warner Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
John Bailey Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
David Ryall Drake's Venture 1980 UK TV film
Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth 1998 UK Film Won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Chlotrudis Award (with Shakespeare in Love) for Best Supporting Actor.
Patrick Malahide Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Ben Daniels The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
William Davison
Anthony Higgins Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
John Graham Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Mykolas Dorofejus Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury: See Lord High Treasurers
Sir Edward Nicholas
Wally Thomas By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
John Thurloe
David Collings By the Sword Divided 1985 UK TV series
Adrian Schiller The Devil's Whore 2008 UK TV series
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
John Paul Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Charles Rogers By the Sword Divided 1983 UK TV series
Jonathan Coy To Kill a King 2003 UK Film
Charles Grey
Henry Longhurst Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Tom McDermott Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Sir Henry Ponsonby
Frederick Ross Mr Gladstone 1947 UK TV film
Kynaston Reeves The Mudlark 1950 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Theodore Bonnet.
John Burch Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Lloyd Pearson Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Denis Lill Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Geoffrey Palmer Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Geoffrey Bayldon Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Neil Salvage Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Tim Pigott-Smith Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham
Charles Lloyd-Pack The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Bill Nighy The Lost Prince 2003 UK TV miniseries Won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Robin Soans Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Donald Sumpter Peaky Blinders 2017 UK TV series
Nicholas Lumley The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys
Peter Penry-Jones Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Peter Howell Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
John Barcroft Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram
Patrick Ryecart The King's Speech 2010 UK Film
Sir Alec Hardinge
John Shrapnel Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Julian Wadham Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Andrew Havill Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Sir Tommy Lascelles
Paul Brooke Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Simon Williams The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Richard Dixon The King's Speech 2010 UK Film
Pip Torrens The Crown 2016–19 UK/USA TV series
Sir Michael Adeane
Will Keen The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series Aged 36–53.
David Rintoul The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series Aged 53–66.
Sir Martin Charteris
Jonathan Hyde The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Harry Hadden-Paton The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series Aged 36–50.
Charles Edwards The Crown 2019–20 UK/USA TV series Aged 50–77.
Sir William Heseltine
Roger Alborough The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Sir Robert Fellowes
Ernest Blake Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After 1992 USA/Canada TV film
Dominic Jephcott The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Andrew Havill The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Sir Robin Janvrin
Roger Allam The Queen 2006 UK Film
Anthony Smee The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Lord Chamberlains
Sir Thomas Erpingham: See Medieval soldiers
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
Harry Caine Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas H. MacDonald Jane Shore 1915 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe.
Leo G. Carroll Tower of London 1939 USA Film
Alec Clunes Richard III 1955 UK 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.
Hans Beuthner König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Hugh Sullivan The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Edward IV" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of part of the Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare.
Hugh Sullivan The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sándor Szoboszlai Richard III 1973 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Daker BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 3" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Daker BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michel Ferber Richard III 1986 France Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Roger Booth 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.
Stephen Thorne Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, #2.1 "Richard III" 1994 UK Animated TV short Voice only
Jim Carter Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Paul Freeman The Hollow Crown, #1.4 "Henry V" 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.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
Jerome Willis An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Called Sir John Stanley. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Phil Rees The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 1991 UK TV film Called Sir John Stanley. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell
John Laurie Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Adrian Brine An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Michael Johnson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Oengus MacNamara BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sir William Stanley: See Medieval soldiers
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester: See Earls of Worcester
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney
Ivor Barry John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance 1964 Canada Short
Michael Mulcaster The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
Walter Creighton Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charles Lloyd Pack BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
John Turnbull Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
Michael Brill The Adventures of the Prince and the Pauper 1969 USA Film An adaptation of the stage musical, which was itself adapted from the novel by Mark Twain.
Richard Johnson Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Edward Hardwicke Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Wallas Eaton The Complete and Utter History of Britain 1969 UK TV series Comedy
Brendan O'Hea Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Manning Wilson Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
David Langton Kenilworth 1967 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
John Shrapnel Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Jamie Foreman Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Dexter Fletcher The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
James Raglan Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Anthony Dawson Hallmark Hall of Fame, #1.23 "The King's Author" 1952 USA TV film
Simon Kunz Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester: See Parliamentarian generals of the English Civil War
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
Job Stewart The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Dane The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington: See Foreign Secretaries
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Andrew Lawrence Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 UK/USA Film
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Downing Clarke America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford
E. H. Calvert The House of Rothschild 1934 USA Film An adaptation of the play Rothschild by George Hembert Westley.
Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
Werner Pledath Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Hubert Harben Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Henry Oscar Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Alfred Neugebauer Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Alan Wheatley BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.47 "Prelude to Glory" 1954 UK TV film
Jack Gwillim ITV Play of the Week, #2.43 "Victoria Regina" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Miles Malleson Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Malcolm Sinclair Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Tom Fisher The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
Michael Siberry Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Simon Paisley Day Victoria 2016 UK TV series
George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr
Jasper Jacob Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington
Timothy Lines Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series As a boy.
Guy Slater Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Anthony Ainley Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough
Patrick Drury The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
Jonathan Moore The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 USA TV film
Guy Oliver-Watts The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Donald Douglas The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
Douglas Reith The Queen 2006 UK Film
Martin Turner The Crown 2022-23 UK/USA TV series
Lieutenants of the Tower of London
Sir Edmund Walsingham
Martin Boddey A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Officers of arms
Sir Anthony Wagner
Gerrard McArthur The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Sir Gerald Wollaston
Robert Sansom Crown Matrimonial 1974 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Royce Ryton.
Mistresses, lovers and favourites of sovereigns
Edith the Fair (Harold II)
Barbara Ewing ITV Play of the Week, #12.6 "A Choice of Kings" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by John Mortimer.
Janet Suzman Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Jan Harvey Churchill's People, #5 "The Saxon Dusk" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Rosamund Clifford (Henry II)
Gladys Jennings Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Susannah Fellows The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Alys of France (Henry II): See Daughters of Kings of France
Alice Perrers (Edward III)
Helen Gardner The Death of King Edward III 1911 USA Silent short
Jane Shore (Edward IV)
Florence Barker Jane Shore 1911 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe.
Blanche Forsythe Jane Shore 1915 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe.
Sybil Thorndike Jane Shore 1922 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe.
Pamela Brown Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, although she does not appear in the play.
Sandra Knight Tower of London 1962 USA Film
Anne Carroll BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, although she does not appear in the play.
Emily Berrington The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Elizabeth Blount (Henry VIII)
Ruta Gedmintas The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Mary Boleyn (Henry VIII)
Valerie Gearon Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Clare Cameron Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Natascha McElhone The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Perdita Weeks The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Kizzy Fassett The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film As a child. An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Scarlett Johansson The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Charity Wakefield Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Madge Shelton/Mary Shelton (Henry VIII)
Laura Jane Laughlin The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Hannah Steele Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon (Henry VIII)
Anna Brewster The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Elizabeth Darrell (Henry VIII)
Krystin Pellerin The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Moll Davis (Charles II)
Delphi Lawrence BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Nell Gwyn (Charles II)
Nellie Stewart Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1911 Australia Silent film An adaptation of the play by Paul Kester.
Mary Pickford Mistress Nell 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by George Cochrane Hazelton.
Lois Sturt The Glorious Adventure 1922 UK Silent film
Dorothy Gish Nell Gwyn 1926 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen.
Anna Neagle Nell Gwynn 1934 UK Film
Virginia Field Hudson's Bay 1941 USA Film
Margaret Lockwood Cardboard Cavalier 1949 UK Film Comedy
Bernadette O'Farrell BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Daphne Anderson BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Andrea Lawrence The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Joyce Redman Play of the Month, #5.5 "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Dawn Greenhalgh Witness to Yesterday 1974 Canada TV series Docudrama
Teresa Codling The Wicked Lady 1983 UK Film
Lucy Speed England, My England 1995 UK Film
Emma Pierson Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Zoë Tapper Stage Beauty 2004 UK/USA Film
Louise de Kérouaille (Charles II)
Dorothy Clarke Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1911 Australia Silent film An adaptation of the play by Paul Kester.
Ruby Hoffman Mistress Nell 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by George Cochrane Hazelton.
Jeanne de Casalis Nell Gwynn 1934 UK Film
Susan Lyall Grant BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Consuela Chapman The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Joan Greenwood Play of the Month, #5.5 "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Mélanie Thierry Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries
Aurélie Meriel Michiel de Ruyter 2015 Netherlands Film
Barbara Villiers (Charles II)
Agnes Keough Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1911 Australia Silent film An adaptation of the play by Paul Kester.
Elizabeth Beerbohm The Glorious Adventure 1922 UK Silent film
Juliet Compton Nell Gwyn 1926 UK Silent film An adaptation of the novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen.
Anne Grey Colonel Blood 1934 UK Film
Natalie Draper Forever Amber 1947 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Kathleen Winsor.
Valerie Hanson BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #3.35 "The Portugal Lady" 1952 UK TV film
Moira Edmond The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Barbara Jefford Play of the Month, #5.5 "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Diana Rayworth Churchill's People, #18 "A Bill of Mortality" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Emma Samms The Lady and the Highwayman 1989 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel Cupid Rides Pillion by Barbara Cartland.
Letitia Dean England, My England 1995 UK Film
Helen McCrory Charles II: The Power and the Passion 2003 UK TV miniseries Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Susannah Fielding The Great Fire 2014 UK TV miniseries
Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham (George IV)
Jo Kendall Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Marion Bailey Peterloo 2018 UK Film
Maria Fitzherbert (George IV)
Nora Swinburne The Man in Grey 1943 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Eleanor Smith.
Joyce Howard Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Rosemary Harris Beau Brummell 1954 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Jeanette Sterke BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Pamela Brown On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 USA Film Musical comedy. An adaptation of the stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane.
Susannah York Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Caroline Harker The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Irene Richard A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford (George IV)
Margaretta Scott The First Gentleman 1948 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Norman Ginsbury.
Barbara Shelley Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Mary Robinson (George IV)
Chrissy Iddon Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Caroline Blakiston Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (George IV)
Viva Birkett A Prince of Lovers 1922 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play Byron by Alicia Ramsey.
Margaretta Scott Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Margaret Diamond BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Caroline Blakiston Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Frances Barber A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Nellie Clifden (Edward VII)
Virginia Clarke Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Julie McKenna Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Patsy Cornwallis-West (Edward VII)
Brenda Kaye Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Jennie Linden Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (Edward VII)
Virginia McKenna The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Penelope Lee Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill 1974 UK TV series
Carolyn Seymour Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Joanna Lloyd Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Julie Bevan Buffalo Girls 1995 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry.
Alice Keppel (Edward VII)
Mary Kenton Upstairs, Downstairs 1972 UK TV series
Kate Nelligan The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Moira Redmond Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Elaine Wells Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Sue Bishop Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Agnes Keyser (Edward VII)
Sally Home Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Harriet Mordaunt (Edward VII)
Ludmilla Nova Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Mistresses and lovers of other members of the royal family
Freda Dudley Ward
Kika Markham Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Janet Montgomery Downton Abbey 2013 UK TV series
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness
Cherie Lunghi Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Lucy Gutteridge The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Deborah Cornelius Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Helena Michell Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Katie McGrath W.E. 2011 UK Film
Ladies of the court
Lady Catherine Gordon (Elizabeth of York)
Elizabeth MacLennan The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Francesca de Carceres (Catherine of Aragon)
Joyce Mandre The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Doña Elvira Manuel (Catherine of Aragon)
Sally Travers The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Margot Van der Burgh The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Patricia Villa The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk (Catherine of Aragon)
Marsha Fitzalan Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Fiona Sinnott The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke (Catherine of Aragon etc)
Suzy Lawlor The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (Catherine of Aragon etc)
Maria Reisenhofer Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
Judy Kelly The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Sheila Burrell The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Margaret Ward Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Kelly Hunter Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Zoe Waites The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Joanne King The Tudors 2008–10 UK/USA TV series
Juno Temple The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Jessica Raine Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
María de Salinas (Catherine of Aragon)
Margaret Ford The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Imogen Claire Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Mary Scrope (Catherine of Aragon etc)
Nora Swinburne Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Patricia Heneghan The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Inez de Venegas (Catherine of Aragon)
Ina De La Haye The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (Anne Boleyn/Catherine Parr/Mary I): See Grandparents of monarchs
Anne Gainsford (Anne Boleyn)
Serena Brabazon The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series As Nan Saville.
Mary Arundell (Jane Seymour/Anne of Cleves/Mary I)
Viviane Horne Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Catherine Carey (Anne of Cleves/Elizabeth I etc)
Julia Cornelius The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Poppy Hurst The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film As a small child. An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Brodie Judge The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film As an older child. An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Joan Bulmer (Catherine Howard)
Catherine Steadman The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Maud Lane (Catherine Parr)
Karen Ford The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk (Catherine Parr)
Rebekah Wainwright The Tudors 2007–9 UK/USA TV series
Elizabeth Tyrwhitt (Catherine Parr)
Nicolette Bernard Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Anne Shelton (Mary I)
Lucy Russell Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Lady Anne Wharton (Mary I)
Zelah Clarke Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Kat Ashley (c.1502–1565) (Elizabeth I)
Kay Walsh Young Bess 1953 USA Film
Fabia Drake BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Rachel Kempson Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Emily Mortimer Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Janis Winters Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Tara Fitzgerald The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Maude Hirst The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Anne Cecil (Elizabeth I)
Amy Kwolek Anonymous 2011 UK Film As a young woman.
Helen Baxendale Anonymous 2011 UK Film As an older woman.
Frances Newton, Baroness Cobham (Elizabeth I)
Jill Balcon Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Mary Dudley (Elizabeth I)
Caroline Harris Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Mary Fitton (1578–1647) (Elizabeth I)
Angela Baddeley The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 1939 UK TV short Comedy. An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Lesley Deane The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 1946 UK TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Elizabeth Sellars BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.21 "Will Shakespeare" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play William Shakespeare: An Invention by Clemence Dane.
Barbara Murray BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #6.40 "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets" 1955 UK TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Natalya Tenyakova The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 1966 USSR TV short Comedy. An adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln (Elizabeth I)
Gemma-Leah Devereux The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Lady Elizabeth Howard (Elizabeth I)
Jane Maylianes Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Lettice Knollys (Elizabeth I)
Violet Virginia Blackton The Virgin Queen 1923 UK Silent film
Angela Thorne Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Kelly Macdonald Elizabeth 1998 UK Film
Diana Kent Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Sienna Guillory The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Margaret Radcliffe (Elizabeth I)
Nanette Fabray The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 USA Film An adaptation of the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson.
Elizabeth Throckmorton (1565–c.1647) (Elizabeth I)
Joan Collins The Virgin Queen 1955 USA Film
Ann Morrish 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.
Abbie Cornish Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Anne Vavasour (Elizabeth I)
Vicky Krieps Anonymous 2011 UK Film As Bessie Vavasour.
Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (Elizabeth I)
Sonia Fraser Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Lynette Davies Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Margaret Godolphin (Mary of Modena)
Holly Wilson The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Flower Hyde, Countess of Clarendon (Anne)
Pauline Loring The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (Anne)
Lucie Höflich A Glass of Water 1923 Germany Silent film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Ulla Sjöblom A Glass of Water 1960 Sweden TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Hilde Krahl A Glass of Water 1960 West Germany Film Musical comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Susan Hampshire The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Béatrice Costantini The Man Who Laughs 1971 France TV film An adaptation of the novel by Victor Hugo.
Éva Ruttkai Zenés TV színház, "Sakk-matt" 1977 Hungary TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play The Glass of Water by Eugène Scribe.
Alla Demidova A Glass of Water 1979 USSR Film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Joan Hickson King of the Wind 1990 UK Film As an old woman. An adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Henry.
Rachel Weisz The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film Won the BAFTA Award and British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (Anne)
Helga Thomas A Glass of Water 1923 Germany Silent film As John William Masham. Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Mona Malm A Glass of Water 1960 Sweden TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Sabine Sinjen A Glass of Water 1960 West Germany Film Musical comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Jill Balcon The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Éva Szerencsi Zenés TV színház, "Sakk-matt" 1977 Hungary TV film Comedy. An adaptation of the play The Glass of Water by Eugène Scribe.
Svetlana Smirnova A Glass of Water 1979 USSR Film Comedy. An adaptation of the play by Eugène Scribe.
Emma Stone The Favourite 2018 UK/USA/Ireland Film Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (Anne)
Rosina Stewart The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (Anne)
Yvonne Antrobus The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (Caroline of Ansbach)
Diane Fletcher Aristocrats 1999 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography by Stella Tillyard.
Catherine Howard, Countess of Effingham (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
Elizabeth Power Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Cornelia Knight (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz/Princess Charlotte of Wales)
Athene Seyler The First Gentleman 1948 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Norman Ginsbury.
Nan Munro Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
Amanda Donohoe The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Juliane von Schwellenberg (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
Pat Nye Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Lady Anne Hamilton (Caroline of Brunswick)
Charmian May Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Sophia Southwell, Lady de Clifford: Governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales.
Jane Freeman Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Margaret Mercer Elphinstone (Princess Charlotte of Wales)
Susan Skipper Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Lady Flora Hastings
Lotte Spira Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Elisabeth Epp Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Genevieve O'Reilly The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Alice Orr-Ewing Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (Victoria)
Diana Rigg Victoria 2017 UK TV series Much older than the real duchess, who was only 30 when she became Mistress of the Robes.
Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (Victoria)
Iris Baker Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Inga Swenson Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Jennie Linden Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Georgie Glen Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Olivia Williams Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (Victoria)
Bridget McConnell Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Louisa Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (Victoria)
Gabriele Hoffmann Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Helene Lauterböck Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Baroness Louise Lehzen (1784–1870)
Renée Stobrawa Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Greta Schröder Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Greta Schröder Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Barbara Everest The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Dorothea Alexander Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Magda Schneider Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Jane Henderson BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.47 "Prelude to Glory" 1954 UK TV film
Daphne Newton ITV Play of the Week, #2.43 "Victoria Regina" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Olga Fabian Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Patience Collier Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Diana Rigg Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Anna Fiertag Looking for Victoria 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Jeanette Hain The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Daniela Holtz Victoria 2016–17 UK TV series
Angela Bull Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton (Victoria)
Elfriede John Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Hilde Wagener Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Peggy Ann Wood Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Siobhan O'Carroll Victoria 2019 UK TV series
Hariett Phipps (Victoria)
Fenella Woolgar Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Harriet Pitt (Victoria)
Joan Young Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman (Victoria)
Sophie Roberts The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Anna Wilson-Jones Victoria 2016–19 UK TV series
Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (Victoria)
Rachael Stirling The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Margaret Clunie Victoria 2016–17 UK TV series
Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (Victoria)
Catherine O'Donnell Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
Charlotte Knollys (Alexandra of Denmark)
Barbara Laurenson Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Sheila Mitchell Lillie 1978 UK TV series
Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield (Alexandra of Denmark)
Rhoda Lewis Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (Mary of Teck)
Maxine Audley Crown Matrimonial 1974 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Royce Ryton.
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Ettie Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (Mary of Teck)
Sian Thomas Nancy Astor 1982 UK TV series
Margaret Wyndham: Woman of the bedchamber to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II from 1938 to 1953.
Barbara Atkinson Crown Matrimonial 1974 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Royce Ryton.
Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)
Jean Anderson Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Georgie Glen The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Henriette, Lady Abel Smith (Elizabeth II)
Lynette Edwards The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (Elizabeth II)
Nancy Crane The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (Elizabeth II)
Caroline Garnell The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Cylla, Lady Dugdale: Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II from 1960 to 1973 and Woman of the Bedchamber from 1973 to 2002.
Susan Brown The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Richenda, Lady Elton: Woman of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II from 1987 to 2022.
Alison Skilbeck The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Susan Hussey, Baroness Hussey of North Bradley (Elizabeth II)
Haydn Gwynne The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Mary Morrison (Elizabeth II)
Julie Neubert The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (Princess Margaret)
Catherine Bailey The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner (Princess Margaret)
Nancy Carroll The Crown 2019–20 UK/USA TV series
Other royal officials, courtiers and aristocrats
Lady Godiva (fl.1010–1067)
Gladys Jennings Lady Godiva 1928 UK Silent short
Maureen O'Hara Lady Godiva of Coventry 1955 USA Film
Dorothy Reynolds Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Robert FitzWimarc (fl.1066)
George Selway Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV miniseries
Gilbert de Gant (c.1040–1095)
Francis de Wolff Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
Gilbert de Magminot (fl.1066)
Donald Layne-Smith Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV miniseries
William Malet (died 1071)
Peter Halliday Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" 1966 UK TV serial
Gawn Grainger Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990 UK TV film
Ivo Taillebois (died 1094)
Alan Rowe Hereward the Wake 1965 UK TV series As Arnoul. An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley.
William de Braose (c.1144–1211)
Ian Hogg The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Richard le Breton (fl.1170)
Harry Worth Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
E. Martin Browne Theatre Parade, "Murder in the Cathedral" 1936 UK TV short As the Fourth Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Paul Rogers Murder in the Cathedral 1951 UK Film As the Fourth Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Ranulf de Broc (died c.1179)
Sydney Folker Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Walter Fitz Robert
Gerard McSorley Robin Hood 2010 UK/USA Film
Reginald Fitzurse (1145–1173)
Percy Standing Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Guy Spaull Theatre Parade, "Murder in the Cathedral" 1936 UK TV short As the First Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Mark Dignam Murder in the Cathedral 1951 UK Film As the First Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Bernard Latham The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Robert Fitzwalter (died 1235)
Wilton Graff Rogues of Sherwood Forest 1950 USA Film
John Hallam The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
Hugh de Morville (died c.1202)
Norman Chidgey Theatre Parade, "Murder in the Cathedral" 1936 UK TV short As the Third Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Leo McKern Murder in the Cathedral 1951 UK Film As the Third Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
William de Tracy (died c.1189)
Bert Daley Becket 1923 UK Silent film An adaptation of the play by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Gerik Schjelderup Theatre Parade, "Murder in the Cathedral" 1936 UK TV short As the Fourth Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Michael Aldridge Murder in the Cathedral 1951 UK Film As the Second Knight. An adaptation of the play by T. S. Eliot.
Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216)
Seymour Matthews The Devil's Crown 1978 UK TV series
William d'Aubigny (died 1236)
Brian Cox Ironclad 2011 UK/USA Film
Reginald de Cornhill (fl.1189–1215)
Derek Jacobi Ironclad 2011 UK/USA Film
Sir Henry de Bohun (died 1314)
Michael Van Wijk The Bruce 1996 UK Film
Sir Hugh de Cressingham (died 1297)
Leon Sinden Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Gerard McSorley Braveheart 1995 USA Film As Cheltham.
William Heselrig (died 1297)
Malcolm Tierney Braveheart 1995 USA Film As Magistrate.
William de Ormesby (died 1317)
Denis McCarthy Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Maurice de Berkeley (1218–1281)
Jean-Pierre Hutinet Edward II 1982 France TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Hugh Despenser the Younger (c.1286–1326)
David Calder Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Gil Vidal The Accursed Kings 1972 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
John Lynch Edward II 1991 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe filmed in modern style.
Andy Gillet The Accursed Kings 2005 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Roger Mortimer de Chirk (c.1256–1326)
Michael Spice Edward II 1970 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Samson Fainsilber The Accursed Kings 1972 France TV series An adaptation of the novels by Maurice Druon.
Sir Owen Tudor (c.1400–1461)
Derek Godfrey Theatre 625, #3.27 "The Queen and the Welshman" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Rosemary Anne Sisson.
Sir William Bagot (died 1407)
Philip Dale BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Louis Edmonds Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Terence Lodge An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Werner Meissner König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Luke Hardy The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Nándor Tóth II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Damien Thomas BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paul Brennen 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.
Danny Sapani Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Patrick Brennan Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Samuel Roukin 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.
Eleanor de Bohun (c.1366–1399)
Eileen Thorndike BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Nancye Stewart The Life and Death of King Richard II 1960 Australia TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Marianne Hoppe König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charmian Eyre The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Mary Morris BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Zinaida Sharko Richard Vtoroi 1992 Russia TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Paola Dionisotti Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Maria Happel Richard II 2001 Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
William Osbourne Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sir Simon de Burley (c.1336–1388)
John Abbott Richard of Bordeaux 1938 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
George Howe Richard of Bordeaux 1955 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Gordon Daviot.
Sir Henry Green (c.1347–1399)
Denis Holmes BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Norman Barrs Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jerome Willis An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Johannes Grossmann König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Bette Bourne The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sándor Vajó II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alan Dalton BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Fenner 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.
Henry Ian Cusick Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Richard Glaves Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Henry Hadden-Paton 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 Walter Blount (died 1403)
Patrick O'Neal The Black Shield of Falworth 1954 USA Film An adaptation of the novel Men of Iron by Howard Pyle.
Frank Windsor An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Curt Broberg Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Robert Brown BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michael Fenner The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Tim McMullan Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Jolyon Coy The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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 Thomas Erpingham (c.1355–1428)
Morland Graham Henry V 1944 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Frederick Ross BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Gordon Gostelow An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
George Howe BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Edward Jewesbury Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Colin Farrell The Wars of the Roses, #4 "Henry V" 1991 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 John Fastolf (1380–1459)
John Bott Churchill's People, #12 "A Wilderness of Roses" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Arthur Cox BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (died 1413)
Valerie Gearon An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Monica Nielsen Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Sharon Morgan BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jennifer Konko The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Alex Clatworthy The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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 Thomas Grey (1384–1415)
Gordon Whiting BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #2.16 "The Life of Henry V" 1951 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tony Garnett An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
David Rowlands BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry V" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jay Villiers Henry V 1989 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Phil Rees The Wars of the Roses, #4 "Henry V" 1991 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 Edmund Mortimer (1376–1409)
David Andrews An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series Conflated with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Heinz Hopf Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Charles Thomas The Wars of the Roses, #1 "Henry VI" 1965 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. An adaptation of part of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Robert Morris BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tenniel Evans BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Philip Bowen The Wars of the Roses, #6 "Henry VI: House of York" 1991 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Harry Lloyd The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 2012 UK TV film Conflated with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare as part of a series of all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III.
Elizabeth Mortimer (1371–1417)
Patricia Heneghan An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Kristina Adolphson Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Marina Vlady Chimes at Midnight 1965 Spain/Switzerland Film A loose adaptation of the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare.
Michele Dotrice BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Michele Dotrice BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 2" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ann Penfold The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Ann Penfold The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 1991 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.
Josette Simon Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Michelle Dockery The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Michelle Dockery The Hollow Crown, #1.3 "Henry IV, Part 2" 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 Harry "Hotspur" Percy (1364–1403)
Richard Bebb BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.44 "The Tragedy of King Richard II" 1950 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Terry Kilburn Hallmark Hall of Fame, #3.18 "King Richard II" 1954 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare..
Sean Connery An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Ove Tjernberg Henrik IV 1964 Sweden TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Norman Rodway Chimes at Midnight 1965 Spain/Switzerland Film A loose adaptation of the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare.
Holger Ungerer König Richard II 1968 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Myles Reithermann The Tragedy of King Richard II 1971 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Péter Cseke II. Richárd 1976 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jeremy Bulloch BBC Television Shakespeare, "King Richard the Second" 1978 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Tim Pigott-Smith BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Andrew Jarvis 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.
Andrew Jarvis The Wars of the Roses, #2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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.
Charlie Carnochan Henry IV 1995 UK TV film As a child. An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Rufus Sewell Henry IV 1995 UK TV film An adaptation of the plays by William Shakespeare.
Kevin McKidd Richard II 1997 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Gerald Kyd Richard II 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Joe Armstrong The Hollow Crown, #1.2 "Henry IV, Part 1" 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 Lucy (died 1460)
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 1" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Darrell The Wars of the Roses, #5 "Henry VI: House of Lancaster" 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.
Tom Beard The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
Edmund Beaufort
Nick Hendrix The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir James Blount (died 1493)
Cecil Dighton Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jeffry Wickham An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Sir Robert Brackenbury (died 1485)
John Howell Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Andrew Cruickshank Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Frank Windsor An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Hans Epskamp König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Ted Valentine The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Derek Farr BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Colin Farrell 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.
Donald Sumpter Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Shaun Dooley The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
John Mackay The Hollow Crown, #2.1 "Henry VI, Part 1" 2016 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.
John Mackay The Hollow Crown, #2.2 "Henry VI, Part 2" 2016 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.
John Mackay The Hollow Crown, #2.3 "Richard III" 2016 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.
Sir William Brandon (1456–1485)
Bernard Hill BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Thomas Burdett: An associate of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence.
Steven de Schepper The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir William Catesby (1450–1485)
Alfred Wild Richard III 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Leslie Denison The Black Arrow 1948 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Norman Wooland Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Ringham An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Georg Hartmann König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Charles Thomas The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
László Helyey Richard III 1973 Hungary TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
David Burke BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Marc Betton Richard III 1986 France Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sion Probert 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.
James Grout Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, #2.1 "Richard III" 1994 UK Animated TV short Voice only
Tim McInnerny Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Sir John Grey
Christopher Haddad The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir Walter Herbert (c.1452–1507)
Michael Wells An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Sir Richard Ratcliffe (died 1485)
Esmond Knight Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alan Rowe An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Michael Pate Tower of London 1962 USA Film
Herbert Weicker König Richard III 1964 West Germany TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
John Corvin The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Anthony Brown BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Stephen Jameson 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.
Bill Paterson Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Countess Rivers
Janet McTeer The White Queen 2013 UK TV series Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir William Stanley (c.1435–1495)
Ivor Barry John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance 1964 Canada Short
John Franklyn-Robbins The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir James Tyrrell (c.1455–1502)
Patrick Troughton Richard III 1955 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Terence Lodge An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Henry Knowles The Wars of the Roses, #3 "Richard III" 1965 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Mark Wing-Davey BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jean-Claude Wino Richard III 1986 France Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Jack Carr 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.
Philip Bond Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, #2.1 "Richard III" 1994 UK Animated TV short Voice only
Adrian Dunbar Richard III 1995 UK Film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare set in the 1930s.
Sir Thomas Vaughan (c.1410–1483)
Robert Lang An Age of Kings 1960 UK TV series An adaptation of all the history plays by William Shakespeare from Richard II to Richard III.
Derek Fuke BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Richard the Third" 1983 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham
Elsa Houben The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir John Woodville
Simon Ginty The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Mary Woodville, Countess of Pembroke
Eve Ponsonby The White Queen 2013 UK TV series An adaptation of The Cousins' War series of novels by Philippa Gregory.
Sir John Oby
James Donnelly The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Edward Poynings
Barry Savage The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Ellen Barre
Florence Bell Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series As Helen Barre. An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Edward Bayntun
Paul Brennen The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Richard Beard
Wesley Murphy The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Gertrude Blount, Marchioness of Exeter
Marion Mathie The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Sarah Crowden Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir William Brereton
Brook Williams Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Mark York Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
James Gilbert The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Alastair Mackenzie Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Francis Bryan
William Abney The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Alan van Sprang The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Felix Scott Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Margaret Bryan
Jane Brennan The Tudors 2008–10 UK/USA TV series
Sir Nicholas Carew
Louis Haslar The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Robert Nickson The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Nigel Cooke Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
William Carey
Anthony Howell The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Benedict Cumberbatch The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Sir William Compton
Kris Holden-Ried The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Elizabeth Cromwell
Natasha Little Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Thomas Culpeper (c.1514–1541)
Eric Cowley Hampton Court Palace 1926 UK Silent short
Robert Donat The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Tony Britton BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Ralph Bates The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Robin Sachs Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Sergio Corvino The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Joseph Morgan Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Torrance Coombs The Tudors 2009–10 UK/USA TV series
Francis Dereham (c.1513–1541)
Peter Wyngarde BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Simon Prebble The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Simon Merrells The Six Wives of Henry VIII 2001 UK TV series Docudrama
Tom Turner Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Allen Leech The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Simon Digby
Michael Beint The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Edmund Dudley
Sean Roantree The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Sir Ralph Ellerker
Michael Godfrey Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
David Wilmot The Tudors 2009–10 UK/USA TV series
Sir Henry Guildford (1489–1532)
Edmund Gurney Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Adam Bareham BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sir Richard Guildford
Eric Dodson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Catherine Lacey The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Barbara Brennan The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Sir William Kingston
Joseph Klein Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
William Heughan The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 UK Film
Esmond Knight Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Robert Cawdron The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
George Irving The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Paul Clayton Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Anthony Knyvett
Jim Kennedy The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Brendan Quinn The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series As Sir Edmund Knyvett.
Sir Thomas Knyvett
Callum Blue The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series As Sir Anthony Knivert.
John Lascelles (died 1546)
John Ruddock BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Daniel Betts Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Mary Lascelles (fl.1541)
Adeline Hayden Coffin Hampton Court Palace 1926 UK Silent short
Margot Van der Burgh BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.52 "The Rose Without a Thorn" 1953 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clifford Bax.
Catrin Rhys Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Sir John Leigh: Half-brother of Catherine Howard.
Martin Ellis The Tudors 2010 UK/USA TV series
Sir Thomas Lovell (died 1524)
Henry Hewitt Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Nigel Lambert BBC Television Shakespeare, "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth" 1979 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Alice More
Wendy Hiller A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Vanessa Redgrave A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Catherine Byrne The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Monica Dolan Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Richard Nanfan
Timothy Bateson The Shadow of the Tower 1972 UK TV series
Henry Norris
Paul Hartmann Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
T. P. McKenna Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Christopher Hancock The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
David Bailie Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Stephen Hogan The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Luke Roberts Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Richard Pace
Matt Ryan The Tudors 2007 UK/USA TV series
Sir William Pennington
Barry John O'Connor The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Mary Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Tiffany Freisberg The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Margaret Roper
Susannah York A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Adrienne Thomas A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Gemma Reeves The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Emma Hiddleston Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
William Roper
Corin Redgrave A Man for All Seasons 1966 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
John Hudson A Man for All Seasons 1988 UK/USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt.
Sir Ralph Sadler
Thomas Brodie-Sangster Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Kathleen Byron Young Bess 1953 USA Film
Jo Kendall The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Emma Hamilton The Tudors 2009–10 UK/USA TV series
Mark Smeaton (c.1512–1536)
Ferdinand von Alten Anna Boleyn 1920 Germany Silent film
Roger Delgado BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.6 "The White Falcon" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jordan Lawrence & Neilson Gattey.
Gary Bond Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Michael Osborne The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
Damien Thomas Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Rhys Meredith Henry VIII 2003 UK TV miniseries
Charlie Beall The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
David Alpay The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Max Fowler Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Will Sommers
Johnny Dooley When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Charles Major.
Howard Goorney The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 UK TV series
David Bradley The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series
Sir Richard Southwell
Ben Palmer The Tudors 2008 UK/USA TV series
Sir William Stafford
Philip Glenister The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Eddie Redmayne The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Tom Forbes Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Francis Weston
Denis Quilley Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 UK Film
Clive Merrison Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 UK Film An adaptation of the TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Geoffrey Streatfeild The Other Boleyn Girl 2003 UK TV film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Andrew Garfield The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory.
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Richard Williams
Joss Porter Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Nicholas Wotton
Roger Ashton-Griffiths The Tudors 2009 UK/USA TV series As Sir John Hutton.
Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 1534)
Clifford Heatherley Henry VIII 1911 UK Silent short An adaptation of part of the play by William Shakespeare.
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Albert Decoeur Anne de Boleyn 1914 France Silent short
Eric Lander BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.6 "The White Falcon" 1956 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Jordan Lawrence & Neilson Gattey.
Robert Garrett Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Jamie Thomas King The Tudors 2007–8 UK/USA TV series
Jack Lowden Wolf Hall 2015 UK TV series An adaptation of the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sir Henry Bedingfield
Alan Foss Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Pearce Quigley The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire
Shirley Dixon Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Lady Bridget de Vere
Paula Schramm Anonymous 2011 UK Film
Elizabeth Drake
Jane Baxter Drake of England 1935 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Sir Drue Drury
Richard Atherton Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Lord Guildford Dudley
John Reid Lady Jane Grey; Or, The Court of Intrigue 1923 UK Silent short
John Mills Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
Robert Barry Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Cary Elwes Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Sir Barnaby Fitzpatrick
Albert Davies Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
John Fowler
Ian Barritt Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Sir John Gates
Arthur Goullet Tudor Rose 1936 UK Film
Ian Hogg Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Sir Thomas Gorges
Tom Chambers The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Sir John Harington
Michael Anderson Jr. Sir Francis Drake 1961 UK TV series
Sir Francis Knollys (c.1511–1596)
Robert Warwick Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Bernard Brown BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.48 "Till Time Shall End" 1958 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clemence Dane.
Sir Thomas Parry
Blake Butler Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Sir Amias Paulet
Alfred Burke Sir Francis Drake 1961 UK TV series
Tony Steedman Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Hamilton Dyce Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Tom Hollander Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Sir John Perrot
Norman Wooland The Fighting Prince of Donegal 1966 USA Film An adaptation of the novel Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal by Robert T. Reilly.
Thomas Randolph
Ralph Forbes Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Amy Robsart
Ann Firbank Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Prunella Ransome Kenilworth 1967 UK TV series An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Anna Gilbert Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Joanna Roth In Suspicious Circumstances, #5.7 "An Evil Business" 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Emilia Fox The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
Clara Pasieka Reign 2015–16 USA TV series
Sir John Robsart: Father of Amy Robsart.
Hugh Morton Kenilworth 1957 UK TV series As Sir Hugh Robsart. An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Colin Douglas Kenilworth 1967 UK TV series As Sir Hugh Robsart. An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott.
Stacey Tendeter Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Russell
Suzanne Seylor Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth 1912 France Silent short An adaptation of the play by Émile Moreau.
Ursula St Barbe
Kelly Hunter Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 UK Film
Sir Henry Sidney
Anthony Ainley Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
Judith South Sir Francis Drake 1962 UK TV series
Sir George Sydenham: Father-in-law of Sir Francis Drake.
Sam Livesey Drake of England 1935 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Louis N. Parker.
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton
Alan Mowbray Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Berry Kroeger Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.20 "Mary of Scotland" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Richard Topcliffe
Brian Wilde Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Sir Edmund Tylney
Simon Callow Shakespeare in Love 1998 UK Film
Sir Robert Tyrwhitt
Stanley Lebor Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Jonathan Jaynes Elizabeth 2000 UK TV film Docudrama
Frances Walsingham
Charlotte Asprey Elizabeth I 2005 UK TV miniseries
Sir Thomas Walsingham
Simon MacCorkindale Will Shakespeare 1978 UK TV series
Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick
Adèle Anderson Lady Jane 1986 UK Film
Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset
Betsy von Furstenberg Kraft Television Theatre, #8.52 "The King's Bounty" 1955 USA TV film
Sir William Stanley
Robert Gwyllim Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Sir William Wade (1546–1623)
Robert Gillespie 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.
Shaun Dooley Gunpowder 2017 UK TV miniseries
Sir Thomas Herbert
Frank Shelley ITV Play of the Week, #4.22 "The Killing of the King" 1959 UK TV film
Davyd Harries Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.24 "Revolutions: Cromwell" 1970 UK TV short
Sir Thomas Lunsford
Patrick Holt Cromwell 1970 UK Film
Thomas Chiffinch (1600–1666)
Miles Malleson Nell Gwynn 1934 UK Film
Tarva Penna Colonel Blood 1934 UK Film
Donald Eccles BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Henry Woolf Churchill's People, #18 "A Bill of Mortality" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Barry Wade The First Churchills 1969 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times by Winston Churchill.
David Gant Restoration 1995 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Rose Tremain.
Paul Ritter The Libertine 2004 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Talbot Edwards: Master of the Jewel House.
Hay Petrie Colonel Blood 1934 UK Film
Bevil Skelton
J. Leslie Frith BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.42 "Ninety Sail" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by William Lipscomb.
Sir Gilbert Talbot
Alan Mowbray The King's Thief 1955 USA Film
Beau Brummell (1780–1840)
James Young Beau Brummel 1913 USA Silent short An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
John Barrymore Beau Brummel 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
John Warburton Becky Sharp 1935 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Langdon Mitchell, itself based on the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Barry Morse Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Stewart Granger Beau Brummell 1954 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Peter Cushing BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.11 "Beau Brummell" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
James Purefoy Beau Brummell: This Charming Man 2006 UK TV film An adaptation of the biography by Ian Kelly.
Poodle Byng (1784–1871)
John J. Richardson Beau Brummel 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Peter Copley BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.11 "Beau Brummell" 1954 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Clyde Fitch.
Sir Clement Cottrell-Dormer
Don McHenry The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh: An early lover of Lady Hamilton.
Will Corrie The Romance of Lady Hamilton 1919 UK Silent film
Robert Fulke Greville
Rupert Graves The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
George Hotham: Treasurer and Secretary to George IV when Prince of Wales.
John Bott Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Sir Francis Molyneux
Jeremy Child The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Christopher Papendiek: Court musician and husband of Charlotte Papendiek.
Matthew Lloyd Davies The Madness of King George 1994 UK Film An adaptation of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett.
Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar
Paul Leyssac Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Gerard Heinz The First Gentleman 1948 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Norman Ginsbury.
Wyndham Goldie Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Noel Willman Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
David Suchet Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Jesper Christensen The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Paul Antony-Barber Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
Louis Weltje (1745–1810)
Erik Chitty BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
George Edward Anson
Stuart Robertson Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Gordon Davies Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Paul Williamson Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Crispin Redman Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Robert Macpherson Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Alex Bartram Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
Sara Forbes Bonetta
Zaris-Angel Hator Victoria 2017 UK TV series As a child.
Archie Brown: Younger brother of John Brown and valet to the Duke of Albany.
Gerard Butler Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film
John Brown
Gordon McLeod Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Gordon McLeod Sixty Glorious Years 1938 UK Film
Gordon McLeod The Prime Minister 1941 UK Film
Finlay Currie The Mudlark 1950 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Theodore Bonnet.
John Rae Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Edward F. Cullen Victoria Regina 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Jameson Clark Victoria Regina 1964 UK TV series An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
William Dysart Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Billy Connolly Mrs Brown 1997 UK Film Nominated for the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors' Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Don Gallagher Network First, #101 "A Queen Alone" 1997 UK TV film Docudrama.
Guy Manning Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Robert Bruce
Harry Andrews Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Mohammed Buksh (died 1899): Companion of Abdul Karim.
Adeel Akhtar Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Sir John Conroy (1786–1854)
Herbert Hübner Victoria in Dover 1936 Germany Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Oliver Johnston Happy and Glorious 1952 UK TV series
Stefan Skodler Victoria in Dover 1954 Austria Film An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
Andrew Cruickshank BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.47 "Prelude to Glory" 1954 UK TV film
Richard Vernon ITV Play of the Week, #2.43 "Victoria Regina" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Laurence Housman.
Patrick Malahide Victoria & Albert 2001 UK/USA TV miniseries
Mark Strong The Young Victoria 2009 UK/USA Film
Paul Rhys Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Sir Douglas Dawson
Cecil Trouncer The Lady with a Lamp 1951 UK Film An adaptation of the play by Reginald Berkeley.
F. W. Gibbs: Tutor to Edward, Prince of Wales.
Terrence Hardiman Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Abdul Karim
Sandeep Sharma Network First, #101 "A Queen Alone" 1997 UK TV film Docudrama.
Hajaz Akram Queen Victoria's Men 2008 UK TV film Docudrama
Ali Fazal Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Rudolph Löhlein: Valet to Prince Albert.
Basil Eidenbenz Victoria 2016 UK TV series
Lord Alfred Paget
Nigel Crewe Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Jordan Waller Victoria 2016–19 UK TV series
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps
Robert Perkins Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 2018 UK TV film
Marianne Skerrett: Dresser to Queen Victoria.
Nell Hudson Victoria 2016–19 UK TV series
Charles Tarver: Tutor to Edward, Prince of Wales.
Malcolm Rogers Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Mary Tuck: Last chief dresser to Queen Victoria.
Ruth McCabe Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Alick Yorke (1847–1911): Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria and Edward VII.
Julian Wadham Victoria & Abdul 2017 UK/USA Film An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
Edward Adeane
Rod Taylor Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Richard Goulding The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Sir John Aird: Equerry to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) from 1929 to 1936.
Simon Cadell Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Dickie Arbiter
David Phelan The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Richard Aylard
Ian Shaw The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Alastair Mackenzie The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Barbara Barnes: Nanny to Princes William and Harry.
Eileen Ross The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Marie-Antoinette de Bellaigue: French tutor to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.
Héléna Soubeyrand The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Charlotte Bill
Gina McKee The Lost Prince 2003 UK TV miniseries Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Mark Bolland
Rick Bacon The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Ben Lloyd-Hughes The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow
Patrick Macnee The Woman I Love 1972 USA TV film
William Hoyland Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Rupert Frazer The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Simon Hepworth Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Douglas Reith W.E. 2011 UK Film
Humphrey Butler: Equerry to the Duke of Kent.
Roger Hume Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Sir Harold Campbell
Michael Bott Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Sir Richard Colville: Press Secretary to the Queen from 1952 to 1968.
Guy Williams The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Marion Crawford
Sara Vickers The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
John Dean: Valet to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Chris Gordon The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
Frank Gatliff The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Basil Hoskins Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Ronald Ferguson
Patrick Allen Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors 1992 USA TV film
David Fox The Women of Windsor 1992 UK/USA/Canada TV film
Henry Hansell: Tutor to Prince John.
John Sessions The Lost Prince 2003 UK TV miniseries
Patrick Jephson: Private Secretary to the Princess of Wales from 1988 to 1996.
Tom Turner The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Jamie Glover The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Sir Stephen Lamport
Tim McMullan The Queen 2006 UK Film
Hugh Simon The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Alex Blake The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Tiggy Legge-Bourke
Lucy Briers Prince William 2002 USA TV film
Sir Piers Legh
Jeremy Child Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Michael Bertenshaw The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Berkeley Levett
John Harding Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Bobo MacDonald: Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II.
Lizzy McInnerny The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
James MacDonald: Valet to George VI.
Graham Bill Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Martin Bishop The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Cecil Mann (died 1962): Crown Jeweller until 1962.
John Surman The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Fruity Metcalfe
Ron Gregory Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Gresby Nash Mosley 1998 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley.
Nick Smithers W.E. 2011 UK Film
Gareth Marks The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Sir Eric Miéville
Roger Kemp Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986 UK TV series
Lord Rupert Nevill
Patrick Toomey The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
James Orr
Kit Redding The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series As a teenager.
Oliver Maltman The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Patrick Toomey The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Michael Parker
Daniel Ings The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket
Sam Crane The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Michael Shea
Michael Maloney The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Nicholas Farrell The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
William Summers
Tim Scragg The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Sir Godfrey Thomas
Richard Kay Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Hugh Lloyd Thomas: Assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) from 1929 to 1935.
Antony Brown Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Peter Townsend
Tristan Sturrock The Queen 2009 UK TV series Docudrama
Ben Miles The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Timothy Dalton The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 78.
Paul Whybrew
Russell Tovey Playhouse Presents, #1.8 "Walking the Dogs" 2012 UK TV short
Scottish ladies of the court
Mary Beaton (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Frieda Inescort Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Celina Sinden Reign 2013–17 USA TV series As Lady Greer Castleroy.
Mary Fleming (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Nancy Kenyon The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 UK Silent film
Anita Colby Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Frances White Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Anna Popplewell Reign 2013–16 USA TV series As Lady Lola Fleming.
Jane Kennedy (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Fanny Rowe Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film As Hanna Kennedy. An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
Mary Livingston (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Molly Lamont Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Caitlin Stasey Reign 2013–15 USA TV series As Lady Kenna de Poitiers.
Elizabeth Pierrepont (Mary, Queen of Scots): Daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont.
Grazina Frame Sir Francis Drake 1961 UK TV series
Mary Seton (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Julie Hartley-Milburn The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 UK Silent film
Jean Fenwick Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Beth Harris Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Jenessa Grant Reign 2013 USA TV series As Lady Aylee.
Other royal associates
John Barratt: Secretary to Lord Mountbatten.
Lucas Hare The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Anne Bolton: Friend and former flatmate of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Caroline Goodall Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Flora Higgins The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Katherine Bowes-Lyon
Trudie Emery The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Nerissa Bowes-Lyon
Pauline Hendrickson The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
James Colthurst
Oliver Chris The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Jecca Craig
Kristen Eck William & Kate: The Movie 2011 USA TV film
Pietro Cuchi: Witness against Caroline of Brunswick.
John Grillo Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Charlotte Douglas: Accuser of Caroline of Brunswick.
Vivien Heilbron Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Amanda Elwes A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Philip Dunne: Friend of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Ian Sharrock Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors 1992 USA TV film
Marcus Hutton Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Lady Amanda Ellingworth
Shirley Cassedy Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Henry Errington: Uncle of Maria Fitzherbert.
Frederick Leister Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947 UK Film An adaptation of the novel by Winifred Carter.
Nicholas Grimshaw BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Michael Fagan
Eddie Marsan Playhouse Presents, #1.8 "Walking the Dogs" 2012 UK TV short
Tom Brooke The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Dodi Fayed: See Egypt: Businesspeople.
Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes
Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Camilla Fry: Wife of Jeremy Fry.
Yolanda Kettle The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Jeremy Fry
Ed Cooper Clarke The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
James Gilbey
Christopher Bowen Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Lycett Green: Witness to the royal baccarat scandal.
Graham Crowden On Trial, #2 "The Baccarat Scandal" 1960 UK TV film
Terence Wilton Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Charles Hesse
Paul Herzberg Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
James Hewitt
Anthony Calf Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Christopher Villiers Princess in Love 1996 USA TV film An adaptation of the book by Anna Pasternak.
Daniel Donskoy The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Sydney Johnson (c.1921–1990): Valet to the Duke of Windsor from 1940 until 1972.
Michael Shelford The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series Although Shelford is white and Johnson was black.
Connie M'Gadzah The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Joshua Kekana The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 16.
Jude Akuwudike The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 63–67.
Edward Jones
Tommy Rodger Victoria 2017 UK TV series
Kitty Kear: An old woman visited by Queen Victoria.
Marie Wright Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
George Keppel
Frederick Treves The Edwardians, #7 "Daisy" 1973 UK TV film
Hasnat Khan
Humayun Saeed The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Clara Knight: Childhood nurse to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon; known as "Allah".
Gabrielle Lloyd Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Roddy Llewellyn
Harry Treadaway The Crown 2019–20 UK/USA TV series
Laura Lopes
Eleanor Tremain Prince William 2002 USA TV film
Emilia Lazenby The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 11.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale
Susan Skipper Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Estella Masters The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 USA TV film
Helen Masters Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Isobel Eadie The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series Aged 24.
Theodore Majocchi
John Hug Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
George Antoni A Royal Scandal 1996 UK TV film Docudrama
Thomas Markle
Trevor Lerner Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance 2018 USA TV film
Trevor Cooper The Windsors 2018 UK TV series Comedy
Bessie Merryman: Aunt and chaperone to Wallis Simpson.
Jessie Matthews Edward & Mrs Simpson 1978 UK TV series An adaptation of the biography Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
Olivia de Havilland The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Miriam Margolyes Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Carole Middleton
Kazia Pelka William & Catherine: A Royal Romance 2011 USA TV film
Serena Scott Thomas William & Kate: The Movie 2011 USA TV film
James Middleton
Calvin Goldspink William & Kate: The Movie 2011 USA TV film
Michael Middleton
Michael Lumsden William & Catherine: A Royal Romance 2011 USA TV film
Christopher Cousins William & Kate: The Movie 2011 USA TV film
Pippa Middleton
Mary Elise Hayden William & Kate: The Movie 2011 USA TV film
Rosina Murray The Windsors 2016 UK TV series As a girl. Comedy.
Morgana Robinson The Windsors 2016–23 UK TV series Comedy
Wendy Mitchell: Ballet teacher to the Princess of Wales.
Judith Paris The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Judy Montagu: Friend of Princess Margaret.
Abigail Parmentier The Crown 2016–17 UK/USA TV series
Walburga, Lady Paget
Susan Macready Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Andrew Parker Bowles
Jeremy Clyde Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Andrew Buchan The Crown 2019–20 UK/USA TV series Aged 31–47.
Daniel Flynn The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 47–49.
Dame Ann Parker Bowles
Judith Alexander The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Derek Parker Bowles: Father of Andrew Parker Bowles.
Stephen Riddle The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Tom Parker Bowles
Tom Walker Prince William 2002 USA TV film
James Harper-Jones The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series Aged 15.
Bartolomeo Pergami: Major-domo and alleged lover of Caroline of Brunswick.
Franco De Rosa Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Virginia Pitman: Friend and former flatmate of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Jenifer Landor Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Letty Thomas The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Carolyn Pride: Friend and former flatmate of Diana, Princess of Wales; later Carolyn Bartholomew.
Shelagh McLeod Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Jemma Redgrave Diana: Her True Story 1993 UK TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by Andrew Morton.
Allegra Marland The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Doria Ragland
Melanie Nicholls-King Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance 2018 USA TV film
Suzette Llewellyn The Windsors 2018 UK TV series Comedy
Trevor Rees-Jones
Harry Anton The Crown 2022–23 UK/USA TV series
Herman Rogers: Husband of Kitty Rogers and friend of Wallis Simpson.
William Roberts The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Aleksas Kazanavicius Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Kitty Rogers: Friend of Wallis Simpson.
Elizabeth Counsell The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Debora Weston Wallis & Edward 2005 UK TV film
Minnie Seymour: Adopted daughter of Maria Fitzherbert.
Jane Backlog Prince Regent 1979 UK TV series
Bruce Shand
Robert Benedetti-Hall The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Rosalind Shand
Nesba Crenshaw The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Frances Shand Kydd
Holland Taylor The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 USA TV film
Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: Acupuncturist and confidante to Diana, Princess of Wales.
Olwen Fouéré The Crown 2022 UK/USA TV series
Jack Smythe: Brother of Maria Fitzherbert.
Angus Neill BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.23 "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb.
Lucy Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon: Second wife of Lord Snowdon.
Jessica De Gouw The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Benny Thaw: Friend of Wallis Simpson.
Vincent Marzello The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Connie Thaw: Friend of Wallis Simpson.
Susan Denaker The Woman He Loved 1988 UK TV film
Liberty Ross W.E. 2011 UK Film
Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon
Amy Searles The Crown 2020 UK/USA TV series
Billy Wallace: Friend and briefly fiancé of Princess Margaret.
Nick Hendrix The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Tom Durant-Pritchard The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Jane Ward: Former girlfriend of Charles, Prince of Wales.
Julia St John Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982 USA TV film
Violet von Westenholz: Friend of Prince Harry who introduced him to Meghan Markle.
Karin Inghammar Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance 2018 USA TV film
Mary Wilson: Wife of Arthur Wilson and witness to the royal baccarat scandal.
Georgina Cookson On Trial, #2 "The Baccarat Scandal" 1960 UK TV film
Margot Van der Burgh Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Stanley Wilson: Son of Arthur Wilson and witness to the royal baccarat scandal.
Barry Lowe On Trial, #2 "The Baccarat Scandal" 1960 UK TV film
Graham Seed Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Scottish royal officials, courtiers and aristocrats
John II Comyn of Badenoch (died 1302)
Stuart Mungall Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
John III Comyn of Badenoch (died 1306)
Pavel Douglas The Bruce 1996 UK Film
Andrew Moray (died 1297)
Jack Galloway Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Sir William Wallace (died 1305)
Brian Cox Churchill's People, #10 "The Wallace" 1975 UK TV film An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
Mel Gibson Braveheart 1995 USA Film
Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell
Lotte Koch Das Herz der Königin 1940 Germany Film Propaganda
Maria Aitken Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Sir Andrew Ker: One of the murderers of Rizzio.
Cyril McLaglen Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Sir William Kirkcaldy
D'Arcy Corrigan Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
William Maitland
Leonard Mudie Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Sir James Melville
Bernard Hepton Play of the Month, #4.5 "Mary, Queen of Scots" 1969 UK TV film As Sir Andrew Melville. An adaptation of the play Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.
John Cairney Elizabeth R 1971 UK TV series
Ewen Bremner The Virgin Queen 2005 UK TV series
David Rizzio
René Maupré The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 UK Silent film
John Carradine Mary of Scotland 1936 USA Film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Enrico Benfer Das Herz der Königin 1940 Germany Film Propaganda
Chet Stratton Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.20 "Mary of Scotland" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Ian Holm Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 UK Film
Tadeusz Pasternak Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries
Andrew Shaver Reign 2017 USA TV series
William Taylor: Valet of Lord Darnley, murdered with him.
Adrian Stefan Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 2004 UK TV miniseries