Kenneth Cranham
Born in Dunfermline - Scotland - UK — Dec 12 1944
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Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO…
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Midsomer Murders
Jude Langham
Coronation Street
Roy
Death in Paradise
Father John
Casualty
James Lawrence
Minder
Walter
Play for Today
Alan Grieves
Hustle
Francis Owen
Heartbeat
Charlie Wallace
Crown Court
John Tucker
BBC Play of the Month
Antonio
New Tricks
Merlin
Aulfric
Agatha Christie's Marple
Rex Fortescue
Inside No. 9
Rupert
Natural World
Rome
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
Dalziel & Pascoe
Tommy Collingwood
Inspector Morse
Cedric Downes
Moving On
Mike
Strike
Dennis Creed
Lovejoy
Litvak
Van der Valk
Dirk Boutsen
Kavanagh Q.C.
Roy Lawrence
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Colonel Schmidt
Maleficent
King Henry
The Spanish Princess
John Morton
War and Peace
Uncle Mikhail
Between the Lines
DCI Stubbs
Trying
Barry
Hot Fuzz
James Reaper
Budgie
Inky Ballantine
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Lenin
Murder Most Horrid
Inspector Salford
Shine on Harvey Moon
Harvey Moon
Strangers
Willie Bruce
The Play on One
Joe Shawcross
Brideshead Revisited
Sergeant Block
The White Princess
John Morton
Danger UXB
Sapper Salt
Enemy at the Door
Jack Foster
In the Flesh
Vicar Oddie
Bancroft
Charlie Haverstock
Layer Cake
Jimmy Price
Murder Investigation Team
Ray Morgan
The Line of Beauty
Sir Maurice Tipper
Valkyrie
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Mr Clare
A Good Year
Sir Nigel
Oliver!
Noah Claypole
Theatre Night
Stanley
Chimera
Hennessey
Our Mutual Friend
Silas Wegg
Finding Alice
Gerry
Hatton Garden
Brian Reader
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Pastor Finch
Official Secrets
Judge Hyam
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Reverend Michael Millward
Gangster No. 1
Tommy
From a Bird's Eye View
Tim O'Donovan
Cribb
Francis Mostyn-Smith
Heroes and Villains
The Legend of Hercules
Lucius
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Believe Nothing
DI Aldiss
Lilies
5 Days of War
Michael Stilton
Shiner
Gibson
Mr. Jones
Lloyd George
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Dickens
John Forster
Rules of Engagement
Martin Goodman
The Night Watch
Horace Mundy
The Boxer
Matt MaGuire
Closed Circuit
Cameron Fischer
The Bell
Nick Fawley
Therese Raquin
Camille Raquin
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joe Turner
Robin and Marian
Jack's Apprentice
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Colonel Schmidt
Blackball
Chairman Collins
Made in Dagenham
Monty Taylor
37 Days
John Burns
The Genius of Mozart
Leopold Mozart
Chocolat
Jonathan Boothby
Pollyanna
Mr. Pendleton
Fragment of Fear
Joe
Joseph Andrews
The Wicked Squire
Dead Man's Folly
Insp. Bland
Vampira
Paddy
Without Motive
DCS Derek Henderson
Bed of Roses
Simon
Up Pompeii
Christian
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Vicar
Vigo
The Producer
The Changeling
Antonio
RPM
Biggerman
Under Suspicion
Frank Vance
Born a King
Lord Curzon
The Party
Joe Shawcross
Just Another Secret
Brosch
Trauma
DC Jackson
Born Romantic
Barney
Night Flight
Ted Atwell
The Caretaker
Aston
Prospero's Books
Sebastian
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
W H Auden
The Merchant of Venice
Gratiano
Flying Blind
Victor
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Paolo
Stealing Heaven
Vice Chancellor Suger
The Sin Bin
Alan Grieves
Otley
Kid
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Mr. Kent
Normal Service
Peter
Midnight Man
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Michael Mansfield QC
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Da
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
Narrator
Royal Celebration
Douglas
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Captain Turner
On Dangerous Ground
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
Firs
All the Way Up
Tom Midway
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Self
Man Dancin'
D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
Monkey Boy
Hennessey
Two Men Went To War
Sgt. Peter King
A Sort of Innocence
Donkeys' Years
Bill Taylor
Tale of a Vampire
Edgar
Suspension of Disbelief
Bullock
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
General Carteaux
Requiem Apache
Tony
Panto!
Jerry
Lady Audley's Secret
Sir Michael Audley
The Chatterley Affair
Older Keith
Women Talking Dirty
George
Achilles Heel
Gordon
Making Waves
Joe Nash
The Lavender List
Harold Wilson
The Dumb Waiter
Gus
The Last Yellow
Len
A Master of the Marionettes
Teddy
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Giovanni
Deep in the Heart
Robert Flaherty
The Vision Thing
Dick Naughton
The Birthday Party
Stanley Webber
Killing Hitler
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
MJ O'Loughlin
Graffiti Wars
Narrator (Voice)
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Leopold Czihaczek
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Himself
Sling Your Hook
Roland
A Little Bit of Lippy
Reggie Titherington
Butterflies Don't Count
Tom
The Black and Blue Lamp
Supt. Cherry
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington
The Man from Montevideo
Gary Solway
Death of a Private
Young intellectual
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
Narrator
The Voynich Mystery
Narrator
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
The Host