
Julian Glover
Known for Acting · 184 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 (80)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Grand Maester Pycelle

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Henry Trace

The Crown
2016
as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

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

Casualty
1986
as Arnold Richardson / Sebastian Farrow

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

Silent Witness
1996
as Henry Markham

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

Play for Today
1970

The Saint
1962
as Ramon Falconi / Hilloram

Merlin
2008
as Lochru

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Aegisthus

Waking the Dead
2001
as William Laurence / William Lawrence

Z-Cars
1962

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

Bergerac
1981
as Per Wemstrom

Remington Steele
1982
as Inspector Lombard

Inside No. 9
2014
as Ralph

The Wednesday Play
1964
as James / Major Mathys

Playhouse
1974
as Interviewer

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Eric Toynbee

The Sweeney
1975
as Bernard Stone

Space: 1999
1975
as Jarak

No Hiding Place
1959

The Champions
1968
as Anderson

Taggart
1983
as Supt. Drummond

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Frank / Tim

Blake's 7
1978
as Professor Kayn

Lovejoy
1986
as Frank Whymark

World in Action
1963

Thriller
1973
as Gifford

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Spangle

The Chief
1990
as Andrew Blake

Atlantis
2013
as Eunapius

Cadfael
1994
as Leoric Ashby

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Alfred Barton

Willow
2022
as Zeb

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Lewis Naylor

Churchill's People
1974
as Richard de Anstey

Espionage
1963
as Tovarich

Surface
2022
as William Huntley

Callan
1967

Screen One
1989
as Farquharson

The Darling Buds of May
1991
as George Harran

Jason King
1971

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Eliot Duschene

Black Earth Rising
2018
as Mark Viner

Born and Bred
2002
as Derek

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Manhunt
1970
as Paul

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

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Colonel McGraw

Paul Temple
1969

Travelling Man
1984
as Bill Sheridan

Strange Report
1969
as James Hanson

Out of This World
1962
as Dave Sheridan

Wish Me Luck
1988
as Colonel James Cadogan

Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader

Moresnet
2024
as Stephan Pineau
Quiller
1975
as Shroder
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

Scoop
2006
as Lord Lyman

Mirrors
2008
as Robert Esseker

Treasure Island
1990
as Dr. Livesey

Ivanhoe
1982
as King Richard

Juggernaut
1974
as Cmdr. Marder

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Gapon

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Pycelle

Big Nothing
2006
as 80 year old Blind Man

The Young Victoria
2009
as Duke of Wellington

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Brian Harcourt-Smith

Vatel
2000
as Prince de Conde

Cry Freedom
1987
as Don Card

Airborne
2012
as George

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

Wuthering Heights
1970
as Hindley Earnshaw

King Ralph
1991
as King Gustav

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

Borley Rectory: The Awakening
2026
as Harry Bull

Tom Jones
1963
as Northernton

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Lord Ashford

Electra
1974
as Aegisthus

U.F.O.
2012
as John Jones

Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Proculeius

Power and Lovers
1994
as Matthew

Shoot on Sight
2007
as Susan's Father

Mandela
1987
as Senior Police Officer

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Fegelein

Quatermass and the Pit
1967
as Colonel Breen

The Toll
2021
as Magnus

Heat and Dust
1983
as Crawford

Strings
2004
as Kahro

The Secret Garden
1987
as Colonel McGraw

Hearts of Fire
1987
as Alfred

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Colonel Moffat

Kim
1984
as Col. Creighton

The Magus
1968
as Anton

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Igor Judge QC

We Still Steal the Old Way
2017
as Sir Edward

Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Malachi Sullivan

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as Self

Two Men Went To War
2002
as Col. Hatchard

Gulliver's Travels
1977
as (voice)

The Infiltrator
1995
as Bielert

The Awakening
as Mason Snr.

Alfred the Great
1969
as Shrdlu

Nobody Has to Know
2022
as Angus

The Alphabet Murders
1965
as Don Fortune

The Internecine Project
1974
as Arnold Pryce-Jones

Luther
1974
as Knight

Perfect
2009
as Lucien

Money For Nothing
1993
as Mr Farquharson

The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Esau

The Last Grenade
1970
as Andy Royale

Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
as Richard the Lionheart

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson
2022
as Older Charles

Scarfe's Follies
1988

Henry V
1979
as The Constable of France

Dead Cert
1974
as Lodge

Henry VIII
1979
as Duke of Buckingham

The Book of Eve
2002
as Burt Smallwood

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
as Self

Nemesis
2021
as Sebastian

Backtrack
2015
as The Old Man

The Laureate
2023
as Alfred Graves

I Was Happy Here
1966
as Dr. Matthew Langdon

The Brute
1977
as Teddy

Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
as Count Scarlioni / Captain Tancredi / Scaroth
The Awakening 2
as Mason, Snr.

Tusks
1988
as Ian Taylor

The Adding Machine
1969
as Shrdlu

The Dance of Shiva
1998
as General Willis

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

Michael Wood on Beowulf
as Self - Storyteller

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Philip II

Forever Young
2024
as Jim Petrak Senior

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

The Doctors: Villains!
2018

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

Theatre of Death
1967
as Charles Marquis

The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981
as Interviewer

Brash Young Turks
2016
as Louis Hartman

Michael Regan
1971
as Wixon

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
1975
as Gifford

Paris in the Springtime
2005

The Halloween Kid
2012
as The Teacher

An Irish Angel
2022
as Father Luke Reitel

War Is Hell
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025

Amy and Sophia
2017
as Jim
Mr Invisible
2013

Gangster Kittens
2016
as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook

Charlie
1968
as James
The Cruel Necessity
1962
as Colonel Tomlinson

Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2013
as Sennec
Exit
2011
as Geeles
Apollo in Ascension
1967
as Narrator (voice)
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 184 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Julian Glover has appeared in 104 films and 80 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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