James Saxon
Acting • Born 1954-04-06 – Died 2003-07-02
Biography
William James Smyth, better known by his stage name James Saxon, was an English television and theatre character actor. He began his career in British television productions in the early 1980s, and as the decade progressed he became an in-demand charismatic support actor. He died aged 49 on 2nd July 2003.
Filmography
32 credits
Biggles
Movie • 1986
Bertie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 2003
Dr. Johnson
England, My England
Movie • 1995
Vyner
Les Misérables
Movie • 1998
Chabouillet
Poldark
Movie • 1996
Prince Regent
Family Ties Vacation
Movie • 1985
Luther Broder
Smack and Thistle
Movie • 1991
Wilks
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Movie • 1988
Sir Toby Belch
The Nesting
Movie • 1981
Earl
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Movie • 1985
Oscar
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 2000
Father Abbot
A Prayer for the Dying
Movie • 1987
Ellerman
McCallum
TV • 1997
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Young Adams
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Oscar Botcherby
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Evelyn Amberson
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Brush Strokes
TV • 1986
Phillip Crane
Between the Lines
TV • 1992
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Dr. Julian Sadler
Brass
TV • 1983
Morris Hardacre
Maigret
TV • 1992
We'll Meet Again
TV • 1982
Sgt. Elmer Jones
Minder
TV • 1979
Harry
Time Riders
TV • 1991
Lord Chalmerston
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Reggie Dyer
The Paradise Club
TV • 1989
DI Fairweather
The New Statesman
TV • 1987
Victor Crosby
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
WO George Simms
Vanity Fair
TV • 1987
Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
Troublemakers
TV • 1990
Boss
In the Red
TV • 1998
Oswald Twist