
Julian Glover
Known for Acting · 187 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
TV Shows (83)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Grand Maester Pycelle

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Henry Trace

The Crown
2016
as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

Play for Today
1970

Casualty
1986
as Arnold Richardson / Sebastian Farrow

Silent Witness
1996
as Henry Markham

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

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

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

Merlin
2008
as Lochru

Z-Cars
1962

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Aegisthus

The Saint
1962
as Ramon Falconi / Hilloram

Playhouse
1974
as Interviewer

The Wednesday Play
1964
as James / Major Mathys

Bergerac
1981
as Per Wemstrom

The Sweeney
1975
as Bernard Stone

Waking the Dead
2001
as William Laurence / William Lawrence

Remington Steele
1982
as Inspector Lombard

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Eric Toynbee

Inside No. 9
2014
as Ralph

Space: 1999
1975
as Jarak

No Hiding Place
1959

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Lewis Naylor

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Spangle / The Tenant / Ron

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

Taggart
1983
as Supt. Drummond

Blake's 7
1978
as Professor Kayn

Surface
2022
as William Huntley

The Champions
1968
as Anderson

Thriller
1973
as Gifford

Lovejoy
1986
as Frank Whymark

The Chief
1990
as Andrew Blake

Cadfael
1994
as Leoric Ashby

Churchill's People
1974
as Richard de Anstey

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Alfred Barton

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Frank / Tim

Willow
2022
as Zeb

Atlantis
2013
as Eunapius

Screen One
1989
as Farquharson

Born and Bred
2002
as Derek

Spy Trap
1972
as Commander Anderson

Callan
1967

World in Action
1963

Paul Temple
1969

Espionage
1963
as Tovarich

Travelling Man
1984
as Bill Sheridan

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Eliot Duschene
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Edward Bare

Jason King
1971

Wish Me Luck
1988
as Colonel James Cadogan

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Duke of Buckingham

The Darling Buds of May
1991
as George Harran

Black Earth Rising
2018
as Mark Viner

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

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Colonel McGraw

Manhunt
1970
as Paul

Moresnet
2024
as Stephan Pineau

Out of This World
1962
as Dave Sheridan
Movies (104)

Troy
2004
as Triopas

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

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

Treasure Island
1990
as Dr. Livesey

Mirrors
2008
as Robert Esseker

Juggernaut
1974
as Cmdr. Marder

Borley Rectory: The Awakening
2026
as Harry Bull

Ivanhoe
1982
as King Richard

Scoop
2006
as Lord Lyman

The Young Victoria
2009
as Duke of Wellington

Vatel
2000
as Prince de Conde

Wuthering Heights
1970
as Hindley Earnshaw

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

Cry Freedom
1987
as Don Card

Airborne
2012
as George

Tom Jones
1963
as Northernton

The Infiltrator
1995
as Bielert

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Lord Ashford

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Brian Harcourt-Smith

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Gapon

Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Proculeius

Heat and Dust
1983
as Crawford

King Ralph
1991
as King Gustav

Quatermass and the Pit
1967
as Colonel Breen

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

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson
2022
as Older Charles

Mandela
1987
as Senior Police Officer

Forever Young
2024
as Jim Petrak Senior

Tusks
1988
as Ian Taylor

The Internecine Project
1974
as Arnold Pryce-Jones

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as Self

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Fegelein

Big Nothing
2006
as 80 year old Blind Man

Princess Kaiulani
2010

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Pycelle

The Magus
1968
as Anton

Nobody Has to Know
2022
as Angus

U.F.O.
2012
as John Jones
The Awakening 2
as Mason, Snr.

Hearts of Fire
1987
as Alfred

The Secret Garden
1987
as Colonel McGraw

Strings
2004
as Kahro

Shoot on Sight
2007
as Susan's Father

The Awakening
as Mason Snr.

Alfred the Great
1969
as Shrdlu

Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Malachi Sullivan

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Igor Judge QC

Charlie
1968
as James

Gulliver's Travels
1977
as (voice)

We Still Steal the Old Way
2017
as Sir Edward

The Last Grenade
1970
as Andy Royale

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Colonel Moffat

Scarfe's Follies
1988

The Alphabet Murders
1965
as Don Fortune

Theatre of Death
1967
as Charles Marquis

The Book of Eve
2002
as Burt Smallwood

The Laureate
2023
as Alfred Graves

BED BLOCKER
as Eric

Henry VIII
1979
as Duke of Buckingham

Luther
1974
as Knight

The Dance of Shiva
1998
as General Willis

The Toll
2021
as Magnus

The Brute
1977
as Teddy

Two Men Went To War
2002
as Col. Hatchard

Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
as Richard the Lionheart

The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Esau
Mr Invisible
2013

An Irish Angel
2022
as Father Luke Reitel

Paris in the Springtime
2005

The Doctors: Villains!
2018

I Was Happy Here
1966
as Dr. Matthew Langdon
The Cruel Necessity
1962
as Colonel Tomlinson

Dead Cert
1974
as Lodge

The Halloween Kid
2012
as The Teacher

Kim
1984
as Col. Creighton

The Adding Machine
1969
as Shrdlu

Henry V
1979
as The Constable of France
Apollo in Ascension
1967
as Narrator (voice)

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

Nemesis
2021
as Sebastian

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

Brash Young Turks
2016
as Louis Hartman

Perfect
2009
as Lucien

Money For Nothing
1993
as Mr Farquharson

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self

Backtrack
2015
as The Old Man

Gangster Kittens
2016
as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook

Michael Regan
1971
as Wixon

Amy and Sophia
2017
as Jim

Electra
1974
as Aegisthus

War Is Hell
Exit
2011
as Geeles

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
1975
as Gifford
Invasion
1980
as Alexander Dubcek

The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981
as Interviewer

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
as Self

Power and Lovers
1994
as Matthew

Waiting Room
2025
as Kenny

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

Michael Wood on Beowulf
as Self - Storyteller
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 187 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Julian Glover has appeared in 104 films and 83 TV shows.
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Most Popular Julian Glover Movies
- Troy (2004) — as Triopas
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Aragog (voice)
- 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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