(2001) as Narrator Stig of the Dump (2002) as Robert Absolute Power (2003) as Lord Harcourt Grumpy Old Men (2003–2004, 2006) as Narrator He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Sir Marmaduke Rowley Grumpy Old Holidays (2006) as Narrator Ashes to Ashes: "Episode 8" (2008); as Lord Scarman The Long Walk to Finchley (2008); as John Crowder Agatha Christie's Poirot: "The Clocks" (2011) as Vice Admiral Hamling Grandpa in My Pocket "Captain Dumbletwit's Toughest Mission Yet!" (2010) as Grandad Gillbert Rev "Christmas Special" Series 2, episode 7 (2011) as Martin Henry IV, Part II (2012); as Lord Chief Justice Royal Variety Performance (2014); as the announcer (voice-only) Film A Prize of Arms (1962) as Cpl. Myers Incident at Midnight (1963) as Dr. Tanfield Ring of Spies (1964) as Police Officer (uncredited) Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) as David (uncredited) O Lucky Man! (1973) as Examinator Doctor / Basil Keyes The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976) – First Policeman The Outsider (1979) as Colonel Wyndham The Honorary Consul (1983) as Belfrage: British Ambassador A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) as Fallast Clockwise (1986) as Headmaster A Fish Called Wanda (1988) as Judge Hawks (1988) as SAAB Salesman The Madness of King George (1994) as Warren Mrs. Brown (1997) as Henry Ponsonby Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) as Admiral Roebuck Stiff Upper Lips (1998) as His Butler's Voice Anna and the King (1999) as Lord John Bradley Rat (2000) as The Doctor Peter Pan (2003) as Sir Edward Quiller Couch Piccadilly Jim (2004) as Bayliss The Pink Panther 2 (2009) as Joubert W.E. (2011) as Stanley Baldwin Lost Christmas (2011) as Dr. Clarence Run for Your Wife (2012) as Man on Bus Bert and Dickie (2012) as Charles Burnell The Last Sparks of Sundown (2014) as Sir Buster Sparks (voice) Paddington (2014) as The Boss Geographer To Olivia (2021) as Geoffrey Fisher (final film role) Recordings (spoken word) Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Fruitness Mix) (1985) Esio Trot (1990) The BFG (1989) A Christmas Carol (2005) The Diary of a Nobody (2007) References External links Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol 1927 births 2020 deaths 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors 20th-century Royal Marines personnel Audiobook narrators British male comedy actors English male film actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from Buckinghamshire Male actors from London Officers