| Movie | 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr. Salt | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Lord Darlington | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Russia House | Ned | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Lost World | Prof. Summerlee | |
| Movie | 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Sir Thomas Rotheram | |
| Movie | 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Richard Mays | |
| Movie | 1993 | Heart of Darkness | Gosse | |
| Movie | 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Lord Charles Esker | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Prince & Me | King Haraald | |
| Movie | 1989 | Farewell to the King | Col. Ferguson | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Souvenir: Part II | Narrator Patrick's Musical | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Chase | Jason 'Jake' Rogers | |
| Movie | 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Jimmy Smith | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Lord | |
| Movie | 1970 | Performance | Chas | |
| Movie | 1992 | Patriot Games | Lord William Holmes | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Falklands Play | Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary) | |
| Movie | 1965 | King Rat | Peter Marlowe | |
| Movie | 1998 | Jinnah | Mountbatten | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Colonel Bob Assingham | |
| Movie | 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen | |
| Movie | 1968 | Isadora | Gordon Craig | |
| Movie | 1991 | Afraid of the Dark | Frank | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Servant | Tony | |
| Movie | 1984 | A Passage to India | Richard Fielding | |
| Movie | 2008 | Mister Lonely | The Pope | |
| Movie | 1994 | Doomsday Gun | Sir James Whittington | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Single Gentleman | |
| Movie | 2000 | Up at the Villa | Sir Edgar Swift | |
| Movie | 2001 | All Forgotten | Old Vladimir (voice) | |
| Movie | 1951 | One Wild Oat | Porter | |
| Movie | 1989 | These Foolish Things | Nick Verney | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Magnet | Johnny Brent | |
| Movie | 1989 | Boys in the Island | George Farrell | |
| Movie | 2011 | W.E. | King George V | |
| Movie | 1997 | Anna Karenina | Karenin | |
| Movie | 1968 | Duffy | Stefane Calvert | |
| Movie | 2012 | Cleanskin | Scott Catesby | |
| Movie | 1991 | A Question of Attribution | Sir Anthony Blunt | |
| Movie | 1987 | High Season | Patrick | |
| Movie | 1998 | Shadow Run | Landon-Higgins | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Double | The Colonel | |
| Movie | 2014 | Effie Gray | Sir Charles Eastlake | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | A Long Way From Home | Joseph | |
| Movie | 1994 | An Audience with Ken Dodd | Himself | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Miniver Story | Toby Miniver | |
| Movie | 1992 | As You Like It | Jaques | |
| Movie | 2001 | Sexy Beast | Harry | |
| Movie | 1983 | Runners | Tom Lindsay | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Philip Cromwell | |
| Movie | 1967 | Arabella | Giorgio | |
| Movie | 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Philip Evans | |
| Movie | 1997 | Never Ever | Arthur Trevane | |
| Movie | 1992 | Hostage | Hugo Paynter | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Thomas Elgin | |
| Movie | 1981 | Country | Philip Carlion | |
| Movie | 2009 | Margaret | Charles Powell | |
| Movie | 2002 | Hideous Man | | |
| Movie | 1989 | She's Been Away | Hugh Ambrose | |
| Movie | 2007 | Celebration | Richard | |
| Movie | 2014 | Unknown Heart | Ludlow | |
| Movie | 1987 | Comrades | William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Kid | Alan | |
| Movie | 1963 | Tamahine | Oliver | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Bunny and the Bull | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2018 | Surviving Christmas with the Relatives | Uncle John | |
| Movie | 1968 | Sympathy for the Devil | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2012 | All at Sea | George | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Mr. Stewart | |
| Movie | 1983 | Anna Pavlova | Victor d'André | |
| Movie | 2006 | Goodbye Mr Snuggles | Mr. Tomly | |
| Movie | 2003 | Doctor Who: Shada | Professor Chronotis (voice) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Colditz | Lt. Colonel Fordham | |
| Movie | 2001 | Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Mansfield Markham | |
| Movie | 1978 | No Longer Alone | Alan Richards | |
| TV Show | 2007 | Lewis | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Trial & Retribution | | 2 |
| TV Show | 2004 | New Tricks | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Dr. Bates | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Red Riding | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Death in Paradise | Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | London Spy | James | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | 1864 | Lord Palmerton | 8 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr Bruno Rivelli | 2 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Chillers | Skipperton | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Utopia | The Assistant | 6 |
| TV Show | 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Colonel Arthur Bantry | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Merlin | King Rodor | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | A Perfect Hero | Angus Meikle | 6 |
| TV Show | 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | Jonas Collin | 2 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Choir | Hugh Cavendish | 5 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Lord Halifax | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Wogan | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Colditz | Lt. Colonel Fordham | 2 |
| TV Show | 1994 | The Dwelling Place | Lord Fischel | 3 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | Henry Brooke, Home Secretary | 2 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Kings in Grass Castles | Longman | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Lost World | Professor Summerlee | 2 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Colonel Race | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sir Michael Fielding | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Death in Paradise | Martin Goodman QC | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Play on One | Nick Verney | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Verdict Is Yours | Council for the Prosecution | 29 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Nancy Astor | Waldorf Astor | 6 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Anna Pavlova | Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks) | 2 |