
Julian Glover
Known for Acting · 183 credits
- Born
- 1935-03-27 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- London, England
- Also known as
- Julian Wyatt Glover · جولیان گلاور
Biography
Primarily a classical stage actor, Julian Glover trained at the National Youth Theatre, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and became a familiar face to British television viewers by appearing in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains. During the 1980s, Glover achieved some fame in Hollywood by playing roles in such popular films as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Known For

Game of Thrones
2011
as Grand Maester Pycelle

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Henry Trace

Doctor Who
1963
as Count Scarlioni / Scaroth / Richard the Lionheart

Casualty
1986
as Arnold Richardson / Sebastian Farrow

The Avengers
1961
as Peter Rooke / Masgard / Rupert / Andrei Vogel

The Crown
2016
as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
TV Shows (79)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Grand Maester Pycelle

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Henry Trace

Doctor Who
1963
as Count Scarlioni / Scaroth / Richard the Lionheart

Casualty
1986
as Arnold Richardson / Sebastian Farrow

The Avengers
1961
as Peter Rooke / Masgard / Rupert / Andrei Vogel

The Crown
2016
as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Duncan Scott / Inspector Stokesay

Play for Today
1970

Silent Witness
1996
as Henry Markham

The Saint
1962
as Ramon Falconi / Hilloram

Merlin
2008
as Lochru

Z-Cars
1962

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Aegisthus

Waking the Dead
2001
as William Laurence / William Lawrence

Bergerac
1981
as Per Wemstrom

The Wednesday Play
1964
as James / Major Mathys

Remington Steele
1982
as Inspector Lombard

Inside No. 9
2014
as Ralph

Playhouse
1974
as Interviewer

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Eric Toynbee

The Sweeney
1975
as Bernard Stone

No Hiding Place
1959

Space: 1999
1975
as Jarak

The Champions
1968
as Anderson

Taggart
1983
as Supt. Drummond

Blake's 7
1978
as Professor Kayn

Lovejoy
1986
as Frank Whymark

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Frank / Tim

Thriller
1973
as Gifford

World in Action
1963

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Spangle

The Chief
1990
as Andrew Blake

Atlantis
2013
as Eunapius

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Alfred Barton

Churchill's People
1974
as Richard de Anstey

Cadfael
1994
as Leoric Ashby

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Lewis Naylor

Willow
2022
as Zeb

Espionage
1963
as Tovarich

Surface
2022
as William Huntley

Callan
1967

The Darling Buds of May
1991
as George Harran

Jason King
1971

Screen One
1989
as Farquharson

Black Earth Rising
2018
as Mark Viner

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Born and Bred
2002
as Derek

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Eliot Duschene

Paul Temple
1969

An Age of Kings
1960
as Lord Marshal / Groom / Earl of Westmoreland / Warder

Manhunt
1970
as Paul

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Colonel McGraw

Strange Report
1969
as James Hanson

Travelling Man
1984
as Bill Sheridan
Quiller
1975
as Shroder

Wish Me Luck
1988
as Colonel James Cadogan

Out of This World
1962
as Dave Sheridan

Moresnet
2024
as Stephan Pineau

Spies of Warsaw
2013
as General Beauvilliers
Movies (104)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Aragog (voice)

Troy
2004
as Triopas

The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as General Veers

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Walter Donovan

For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Aristotle Kristatos

TÁR
2022
as Andris Davis

Mirrors
2008
as Robert Esseker

Scoop
2006
as Lord Lyman

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Gapon

Treasure Island
1990
as Dr. Livesey

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Pycelle

Ivanhoe
1982
as King Richard

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Brian Harcourt-Smith

Big Nothing
2006
as 80 year old Blind Man

The Young Victoria
2009
as Duke of Wellington

Airborne
2012
as George

Cry Freedom
1987
as Don Card

Tom Jones
1963
as Northernton

Borley Rectory: The Awakening
2026
as Harry Bull

Juggernaut
1974
as Cmdr. Marder

Wuthering Heights
1970
as Hindley Earnshaw

Vatel
2000
as Prince de Conde

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Lord Ashford

Heroes and Demons
2012
as Lucien (segment "Perfect")

King Ralph
1991
as King Gustav

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012
as General Veers (voice)

Quatermass and the Pit
1967
as Colonel Breen

Electra
1974
as Aegisthus

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Fegelein

Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Proculeius

U.F.O.
2012
as John Jones

Strings
2004
as Kahro

Shoot on Sight
2007
as Susan's Father

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Malachi Sullivan

The Secret Garden
1987
as Colonel McGraw

Mandela
1987
as Senior Police Officer

Kim
1984
as Col. Creighton

The Magus
1968
as Anton

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Igor Judge QC

The Toll
2021
as Magnus

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as Self

Heat and Dust
1983
as Crawford

Gulliver's Travels
1977
as (voice)

Luther
1974
as Knight

Hearts of Fire
1987
as Alfred

We Still Steal the Old Way
2017
as Sir Edward

The Alphabet Murders
1965
as Don Fortune

Power and Lovers
1994
as Matthew

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Colonel Moffat

The Infiltrator
1995
as Bielert

The Internecine Project
1974
as Arnold Pryce-Jones

The Awakening
as Mason Snr.

Money For Nothing
1993
as Mr Farquharson

The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Esau

Alfred the Great
1969
as Shrdlu

The Book of Eve
2002
as Burt Smallwood

Henry VIII
1979
as Duke of Buckingham

Dead Cert
1974
as Lodge

Two Men Went To War
2002
as Col. Hatchard

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson
2022
as Older Charles

Perfect
2009
as Lucien

Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
as Richard the Lionheart

Henry V
1979
as The Constable of France

Forever Young
2024
as Jim Petrak Senior

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
as Self

Theatre of Death
1967
as Charles Marquis

Scarfe's Follies
1988

The Last Grenade
1970
as Andy Royale

Nemesis
2021
as Sebastian

Nobody Has to Know
2022
as Angus
The Awakening 2
as Mason, Snr.

Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
as Count Scarlioni / Captain Tancredi / Scaroth

The Adding Machine
1969
as Shrdlu

Tusks
1988
as Ian Taylor

The Laureate
2023
as Alfred Graves

Backtrack
2015
as The Old Man

Michael Regan
1971
as Wixon

I Was Happy Here
1966
as Dr. Matthew Langdon

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Invasion
1980
as Alexander Dubcek

The Dance of Shiva
1998
as General Willis

The Brute
1977
as Teddy

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Philip II

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
1991
as Joseph Haydn

The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981
as Interviewer

Michael Wood on Beowulf
as Self - Storyteller

The Halloween Kid
2012
as The Teacher

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
1975
as Gifford

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
as Self

War Is Hell

The Doctors: Villains!
2018

An Irish Angel
2022
as Father Luke Reitel

Gangster Kittens
2016
as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook

Paris in the Springtime
2005

Brash Young Turks
2016
as Louis Hartman
The Cruel Necessity
1962
as Colonel Tomlinson
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
Mr Invisible
2013

Charlie
1968
as James

Amy and Sophia
2017
as Jim

Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2013
as Sennec
Apollo in Ascension
as Narrator (voice)
Exit
2011
as Geeles
About Julian Glover
Primarily a classical stage actor, Julian Glover trained at the National Youth Theatre, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and became a familiar face to British television viewers by appearing in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains. During the 1980s, Glover achieved some fame in Hollywood by playing roles in such popular films as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Indiana Jones… With 183 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Julian Glover has appeared in 104 films and 79 TV shows.
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Most Popular Julian Glover Movies
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Aragog (voice)
- Troy (2004) — as Triopas
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — as General Veers
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — as Walter Donovan
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) — as Aristotle Kristatos
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