Phil Davis

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Biography

Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, director and narrator.

Known For

Sherlock

Jeff

Alien³

Kevin

Doctor Who

Lucius

Mr. Holmes

Inspector Gilbert

In the Name of the Father

Detective

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Roadie

Merlin

The Gleeman

Notes on a Scandal

Brian Bangs

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Shedites MOVIE	Harry
2025	The Hack TV	Alastair Morgan
2025	Playing Nice TV	John Riley
2024	TUSKY MOVIE	Self
2024	Truelove TV	Nigel
2023	Platform 7 TV	Edward Warren
2023	Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance MOVIE	David Hexell
2022	Deus MOVIE	Vance
2022	Remembers… TV	Self
2022	Slow Horses TV	Dickie Bow
2021	Knuckledust MOVIE	Happy
2021	Ragdoll TV	Mayor Ray Turnbull
2021	Viewpoint TV	DI Liam Cox
2021	Taj Mahal presents… A Short Film MOVIE	Old man
2020	Between the Covers TV	Self
2020	Trying TV	Victor Ross
2020	Trying TV	Vic Ross
2020	Trying TV	Vic
2019	Dial M for Middlesbrough MOVIE	Jed
2019	Brighton MOVIE	Dave
2019	The Great Train Robbery: The Hidden Tapes MOVIE	Narrator
2018	Juliet, Naked MOVIE	Mayor Terry Barton
2017	We Can Be Heroes MOVIE	Granddad Evans
2017	Hampstead MOVIE	Fyfe
2017	Riviera TV	Jukes
2017	Broken TV	Harry Parkinson
2016	Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light MOVIE	Self
2016	Golden Years MOVIE	Brian
2016	Undercover TV	Jimmy
2016	Zero Sum MOVIE	Neumann
2015	Black Work TV	Self
2015	Mr. Holmes MOVIE	Inspector Gilbert
2015	Age Of Kill MOVIE	Bill Weybridge
2015	Dough MOVIE	Sam Cotton
2015	Peterman MOVIE	Grandad
2015	Poldark TV	Jud Paynter
2015	Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain MOVIE	Charles McMoran Wilson
2014	The One and Only Mike Leigh MOVIE	Self
2014	Inside No. 9 TV	Bill
2013	Borrowed Time MOVIE	Philip
2013	Having You MOVIE	Peter
2013	Plebs TV	Severus
2012	The Town TV	Tony Nicholas
2012	Fast Girls MOVIE	Brian
2012	The London Markets TV	Self - Narrator
2012	Outside Bet MOVIE	Threads
2012	Secrets and Words TV	Ray Collins
2012	Hacks MOVIE	Ray
2011	Death in Paradise TV	Jim Chandler
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV	Self - Participant
2011	Case Histories TV	Theo Wyre
2011	Silk TV	Micky Joy
2010	Another Year MOVIE	Jack
2010	Brighton Rock MOVIE	Frank Spicer
2010	Vexed TV	Ron Poynter
2010	Sherlock TV	Jeff
2010	Identity TV	Self
2010	The Rapture MOVIE	Sir David
2010	The Big I Am MOVIE	Stubbs
2009	Collision TV	Brian Edwards
2009	Desperate Romantics TV	Mr. Stone
2009	Whitechapel TV	Ray Miles
2009	Dead Man Running MOVIE	Johnny Sands
2009	Being Human TV	Captain Hatch
2008	Merlin TV	The Gleeman
2008	Inspector George Gently TV	Self
2008	The Curse of Steptoe MOVIE	Wilfrid Brambell
2008	Fixer TV	Self
2008	Ashes to Ashes TV	Chas Cale
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford TV	Self
2008	Bike Squad MOVIE	CI Albert Custer
2007	Cassandra's Dream MOVIE	Martin Burns
2007	Comedy Showcase TV	Sergeant
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV	Self
2007	Secret Life MOVIE	Rudi
2007	Five Days TV	Mic Danes
2006	Notes on a Scandal MOVIE	Brian Bangs
2006	A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia MOVIE	Self
2006	Beau Brummell: This Charming Man MOVIE	Master Servant Robinson
2006	Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image MOVIE	Himself
2005	Casanova MOVIE	Guardi
2005	Bleak House TV	Smallweed
2005	Footprints in the Snow MOVIE	Tim Perkins
2005	Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky TV	Ernest Eccles
2005	Doctor Who TV	Lucius
2005	Like Father Like Son MOVIE	Paul Barker
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple TV	Kennedy
2004	Vera Drake MOVIE	Stan
2004	Ready When You Are, Mr McGill MOVIE	Denis
2004	The Baby Juice Express MOVIE	Frank O'Reilly
2004	Wall of Silence MOVIE	Tony Cottis
2004	New Tricks TV	Gavin Gibson
2002	Nicholas Nickleby MOVIE	Brooker
2002	The Safe House MOVIE	Det. Inspector Baird
2002	Rose and Maloney TV	Self
2002	White Teeth TV	Archie
2002	White Teeth MOVIE	Archie
2002	Fields of Gold MOVIE	Roy Lodge
2002	Fields of Gold TV	Self
2001	Murder in Mind TV	Chaz Hadley
2001	Trance MOVIE	Philip
2000	North Square TV	Self
2000	Black Cab TV	Nick
1999	Births, Marriages and Deaths TV	Graham
1998	Still Crazy MOVIE	Limo Driver
1997	Face MOVIE	Julian
1997	Photographing Fairies MOVIE	Roy
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Gary Cooper
1996	Different for Girls MOVIE	Cabbie
1996	Crimetime MOVIE	Simon
1996	Secrets & Lies MOVIE	Man in Suit
1995	I.D. MOVIE	Custody Sergeant
1993	In the Name of the Father MOVIE	Detective
1992	Nice Town TV	Paul Thompson
1992	Blue Ice MOVIE	Westy
1992	Alien³ MOVIE	Kevin
1989	The Paradise Club TV	Walter 'Wally' Fagin
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Henry
1989	Howling V: The Rebirth MOVIE	Count Istvan
1989	The Firm MOVIE	Yeti
1989	High Hopes MOVIE	Cyril Bender
1988	Dead Lucky MOVIE	Finn
1987	Truckers TV	Lonesome Cowboy
1987	Comrades MOVIE	Young John Stanfield
1987	Inspector Morse TV	Roland Sherman
1985	Transmutations MOVIE	Lazarus
1985	The Doctor and the Devils MOVIE	Billy Bedlam
1985	Screen Two TV	Yeti
1984	The Bounty MOVIE	Edward Young
1984	Robin of Sherwood TV	Prince John
1982	Mike Leigh: Making Plays MOVIE	Self
1982	Pink Floyd: The Wall MOVIE	Roadie
1981	Bergerac TV	Eric
1980	The Flipside of Dominick Hide MOVIE	2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)
1980	Grown-Ups MOVIE	Dick
1980	Pasmore MOVIE	Post office clerk
1980	S.O.S. Titanic MOVIE	Crow's Nest Lookout (uncredited)
1980	Dark Water MOVIE	Eddie
1979	Quadrophenia MOVIE	Chalky
1979	Who's Who MOVIE	Kevin
1978	Sexton Blake and the Demon God TV	Tinker
1977	The Professionals TV	Billy Turner
1977	The Mayor's Charity MOVIE	Mr. Destry
1977	Target TV	Ray
1977	Gotcha / Campion's Interview MOVIE	Kid
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey TV	Tony Timson
1975	The Old Curiosity Shop MOVIE	Tom Scott
1974	Playhouse TV	Dick
1973	Orson Welles' Great Mysteries TV	Johnny Sheeham
1973	Centre Play TV	Steve
1972	The Canterbury Tales MOVIE	2nd Homosexual Lover (uncredited)
1970	Play for Today TV	2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)
1970	Play for Today TV	Kid
1970	Play for Today TV	Post Office Clerk
1970	Play for Today TV	Mr. Destry
	Merman MOVIE	Self
	Pegasus Bridge MOVIE	General Bernard L. Montgomery

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