Welcome to The James Wilby Archive, star of Maurice, Poldark, Immaculate Conception, A Summer Story and Handful of Dust. This is an unofficial archive and fansite celebrating over 40 years of James on stage and screen. The archive will not only provide you with information, images and much more on his previous work but will promote and support his upcoming projects. The fansite is committed to publishing only news and images that are relative to James's career.
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Career

Please note that some of the links below will lead to TV series and film plot information and spoilers.

Click on the highlighted links below to see more information about these roles.

TELEVISION

2025 I, Jack Wright – Max Preston
2025 The Marlow Murder Club – Sir Peter Bailey (Series 2)
2024 The Famous Five – Mr Vincent (Series 2)
2018 Poldark – Lord Falmouth (series 4)
2018 Father Brown – Sefton Scott
2017 Casualty – Archie Grayling (series 32)
2017 Poldark – Lord Falmouth (series 3)
2016 Victoria – Sir Piers Gifford
2016 Churchill’s secret – Brendan Bracken
2016 Casualty – Archie Grayling (series 31)
2016 The nightmare worlds of H.G Wells – Prof Pawkins
2015 Legends – headmaster
2015 Strike back – Charles Ridley
2015 Death in Paradise – Elias Thomson
2014 Our Zoo – Sir Arthur Addison
2014 Endeavour – ACC Clive Deare
2014 Law & order: UK – Charles Hutton
2013 The great train robbery – John Wheater
2013 Ripper street – Charles Broadwick
2012 New tricks – Peter Hammond
2012 Titanic – Bruce Ismay
2011 We need to talk about Keiran – Prof High Merrill
2010 Mystery! – Andrew Restarick/Kit Vesey
2010 Midsomer Murders – Edward Milton
2008 Poirot – Andrew Restarick
2007 Little Devil – Adrian Bishop
2007 Lewis – Hugh Mallory
2006 Ancient Rome: The rise and fall of an empire – Ofonius Tigellinus
2006 Marple – Stanley Kirkwood
2006 Surviving disaster – David Sheahan
2005 Jericho – Alan Mills
2004 Foyle’s war – Major Cornwall
2004 Silent Witness – Matt Gibb
2004 Island at war – Sen James Dorr
2003 Murder in mind – Daniel Morton
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth – Bertie
2001 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino years – Zippo Montefiore
2000 Trial & Retribution – James McCready
1999 The Dark Room – Dr Alan Protheroe
1997 Original Sin – Gerard Etienne
1996 The Treasure seekers – Henry Carlisle
1996 Tales from the crypt – Nick Marvin
1996 Witness against Hitler – Helmuth James von Moltke
1993 Lady Chatterley – Sir Clifford Chatterley
1993 You, me and it – Charles Henderson
1989 Mother Love – Kit Vesey
1989 Muppe Television – Prince
1989 A tale of two cities – Sydney Carlton
1988 The Storyteller – Prince
1985 A room with a view – Party guest
1985 Dreamchild – Baker
1984 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Young Barclay
1984 The Bill – Higgins

FILM

2012 Best possible taste; The Kenny Everett story – Wilfred De’Ath
2009 Shadows of the sun – Robert
2008 A risk worth taking – Patrick Trenchard
2008 Lady Godiva Earl of Mercia Leofric
2007 Impact Earth – Josh Hayden
2007 Clapham Junction – Julian Rowan
2007 The last days of the raj – Lord Mountbatten
2006 Gradiva – John Locke
2004 De-lovely – Edward Thomas
2003 Sparking Cyanide – Stephen Farraday
2002 George Elliot: A scandalous life – Herbert Spencer
2001 Gosford Park (deleted scenes) – Freddie Nesbitt
2001 Gosford Park – Freddie Nesbitt
2001 Jump Tomorrow – Nathan
1999 An Ideal Husband – Robert Chiltern
1999 Cotton Mary – John MacIntosh
1999 Tom’s Midnight Garden – Uncle Alan Kitson
1997 The Woman in white – Sir Percival Glyde
1997 Regeneration – 2nd Lt Siegfried Sassoon
1994 The Chess Game – Lord Staunton
1992 Immaculate Conception – Alistair
1992 Howards End – Charles Wilcox
1991 Adam Bede – Arthur Donnithorne
1991 Caccia alla vedova – Milord Runbiff
1989 Conspiracy – Stringer
1988 A summer story – Frank Ashton
1988 A Handful of Dust – Tony Last
1987 Maurice – Maurice Hall
1985 Dutch Girls – Dundine
1982 Privileged – Jamie

THEATRE

2025 By Royal Appointment – The Designer (UK Tour)
2019 Gaslight – Jack Manningham (Theatre Royal Windsor)
2019 Ghosts – Pastor Manders (Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton)
2015 Dead sheep – Geoffrey Howe (Park Theatre)
2012 The second Mrs Tanqueray Aubrey (Rose Theatre)
2012 Less than kind UK Tour
2011 The Consultant of commotion – Hugo (Theatre 503)
2008 On emotion – Stephen (Soho Theatre)
2004 Don Juan – Don Juan (Lyric  Theatre, Hammersmith)
2001 Helping Harry – Phil (Jermyn Street Theatre)
1995 A Patriot for me – Alfred Redi (RSC)
1988 The Common Pursuit – Stuart (Phoenix Theatre)
1986 The Tempest (Chichester Festival Theatre)
1986 Salonika (Chichester Festival Theatre)
1986 Jane Eyre – St John Rivers (Chichester Festival Theatre)
1986 As you like it (Royal Exchange)
1985 Chips with everything (Leeds Playhouse)
1985 Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf (Belgrade Theatre)
1983 Another country –Barclay (Queen’s theatre

THEATRE DIRECTOR

2018 Maurice (Above the Stag)

SHORT FILMS

2019 Salt – Conrad
2016 The swing of it – Jim
2013 Vincent – man
2013 Yocasta – Lewis/Edward’s father
2012 The Equestrian – Monte Forester

OTHER

2018 Torchwood One – Pascal (voice/podcast)
2017 Unit – The new series – Prof John Torrance (voice/podcast)
2017 Survivors – Brendon Glover/Duffin (voice/podcast)
2012 Doctor who: The monthly adventures – Kylo Sorsha/Tenebris (voice/podcast)
2002 Westlife: Unbreakable HITS – music video
2001 Westlife: Uptown Girl – music video






Recent Projects

By Royal Appointment Theatre play
Character: The Designer
Status: UK Tour start 5 June – 9 August
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I, Jack Wright TV series
Character: Max Preston
Status: starts on 23 April on U&Alibi
 

The Marlow Murder Club TV seriesl 
Character: Sir Peter Bailey
Status: Watch it online here at U.co.uk

James on Qvoice

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James Wilby Archive on Instagram

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