Kenneth Cranham
Known for: Acting
Born: December 12, 1944
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 He…
Known for
Royal Celebration
1993
Two Men Went To War
2002
A Master of the Marionettes
1989
The Lavender List
2006
Graffiti Wars
2011
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
2004
Deep in the Heart
1996
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
2017
The Birthday Party
1987
The Voynich Mystery
2002
Tale of a Vampire
1993
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007
On Dangerous Ground
1996
Midnight Man
1997
Normal Service
1988
Making Waves
1987
Just Another Secret
1989
Requiem Apache
1994
The Sin Bin
1981
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
The Dumb Waiter
1985
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Under Suspicion
1991
The Vision Thing
1993
Killing Hitler
2003
Pollyanna
2003
Flying Blind
2013
Monkey Boy
1992
Lady Windermere's Fan
1985
Man Dancin'
2004
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
Night Flight
2002
The Caretaker
1981
The Party
1988
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Women Talking Dirty
2001
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992
All the Way Up
1970
Lady Audley's Secret
2000
Sling Your Hook
1969
Closed Circuit
2013
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
2011
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Mr. Jones
2019
Butterflies Don't Count
1978
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000
The Last Yellow
1999
Gangster No. 1
2000
Dead Man's Folly
1986
Trauma
2004
Panto!
2012
RPM
1998
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
The Merchant of Venice
1980
Achilles Heel
1973
Born a King
2019
Layer Cake
2004
Prospero's Books
1991
Death of a Private
1967
Stealing Heaven
1988
Donkeys' Years
1980
Valkyrie
2008
The Boxer
1997
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007
Bed of Roses
1996
Joseph Andrews
1977
Born Romantic
2000
Chocolat
1988
Maleficent
2014
The Night Watch
2011
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015
The Changeling
1974
Made in Dagenham
2010
Blackball
2003
Vigo
1998
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
The Legend of Hercules
2014
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006
Shiner
2000
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
The Man from Montevideo
2007
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
Up Pompeii
1971
A Good Year
2006
5 Days of War
2011
Oliver!
1968
Vampira
1974
Robin and Marian
1976
Hot Fuzz
2007
The Chatterley Affair
2006
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982
Fragment of Fear
1970
Official Secrets
2019
Otley
1969
Believe Nothing
2002
Budgie
1971
Rome
2005
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Finding Alice
2021
Hustle
2004
Heartbeat
1992
Inspector Morse
1987
Murder Investigation Team
2003
Between the Lines
1992
Lovejoy
1986
Brideshead Revisited
1981
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Van der Valk
1972
New Tricks
2004
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Chimera
1991
Natural World
1983
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
Moving On
2009
Without Motive
2000
War and Peace
2016
Crown Court
1972
37 Days
2014
Lilies
2007
Rules of Engagement
1989
In the Flesh
2013
The Bell
1982
Casualty
1986
Minder
1979
Enemy at the Door
1978
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
The Line of Beauty
2006
The Genius of Mozart
2004
The White Princess
2017
Bancroft
2017
Heroes and Villains
2007
Merlin
2008
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
Hatton Garden
2019
Midsomer Murders
1997
Inside No. 9
2014
Death in Paradise
2011
Danger UXB
1979
Play for Today
1970
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
The Spanish Princess
2019
Strike
2017
Theatre Night
1985
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Trying
2020
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Coronation Street
1960
Our Mutual Friend
1998
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
Dickens
2002
Therese Raquin
1980
Strangers
1978
Cribb
1980
Murder Most Horrid
1991
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Play on One
1988
New Scotland Yard
1972
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
ScreenPlay
1986
Against the Crowd
1975
Boy Meets Girl
1967
Upstairs Downstairs
2010
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965