
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