Robert Bathurst filmography

Robert Bathurst (r) recording the DVD audio commentary for Joking Apart with co-star Fiona Gillies (c) and writer Steven Moffat (l). Joking Apart was Bathurst's first major television role, and ran for two series from 1993 to 1995.

The filmography of English actor Robert Bathurst comprises both film and television roles spanning almost 30 years. Bathurst made his acting debut for television in 1982 in the never-broadcast pilot episode for the BBC sitcom Blackadder, though his character Prince Henry was recast when the Black Adder series was commissioned. Throughout the rest of the 1980s, Bathurst appeared in episodes of The Lenny Henry Show, Who Dares Wins, The District Nurse, Red Dwarf, and Chelmsford 123, before starring alongside his Cambridge Footlights colleague Stephen Fry in the short-run series Anything More Would Be Greedy. He also appeared in the films Whoops Apocalypse (1986) and Just Ask for Diamond (1988).

Into the 1990s, Bathurst gained wider recognition from television audiences, first as writer Mark Taylor in Joking Apart from 1993 to 1995, then as David Marsden in Cold Feet from 1998 to 2003.^[1][2] The decade also saw him appear in the television series The House of Eliott, The Detectives, and Hornblower, and the films Twenty-One (1991) and Terry Jones's The Wind in the Willows (1996).

In the early 2000s, Bathurst starred in a succession of one-off television dramas before taking the role of British prime minister Michael Phillips in the sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister. Throughout the rest of the decade, he appeared in episodes of New Tricks, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and Kingdom, played Mark Thatcher in the fact-based drama Coup!, had a recurring role in the sitcom My Family, and starred in the costume drama Emma. He starred as John Le Mesurier in the Hattie Jacques television biopic Hattie and returned to a weekly TV series role in Wild at Heart in 2012.

Alongside his television and film roles, Bathurst has developed a theatre career. He appeared in several Cambridge Footlights Revues between 1977 and 1981, and co-directed the 1978 Footlights pantomime with Martin Bergman.^{[3][n 1]} From his first professional stage role playing Tim Allgood in Michael Frayn's Noises Off (1983),^[2] Bathurst has starred in Judgement (1987), Getting Married (1993), The Nose (1995), The Rover (1996), Alarms and Excursions (1998–1999), The Three Sisters (2003), Whipping it Up (2006, 2007), Present Laughter (2010), and Blithe Spirit (2010, 2011).

Filmography

Television

Television^[4]

Year(s)	Title	Role(s)	Description
1982	Black Adder, TheThe Black Adder	Prince Henry	Unaired pilot episode
1984	Lenny Henry Show, TheThe Lenny Henry Show	Various	Television series
1986	New World	Cast member	Television film
1986	Who Dares Wins	Various	1 episode
1987	District Nurse, TheThe District Nurse	Christian	1 episode
1988	Red Dwarf	Frank Todhunter	1 episode ("The End")
1988	Chelmsford 123	Gaius	1 episode
1989	Mr Christie	Larry Craig	Television film
1989	Anything More Would Be Greedy	Dennis Medlam	6-part television serial
1990	Up Yer News	Various	Live television sketch series
1991	About Face	Dave	1 episode
1991	Lazarus & Dingwall	Justin De Jong	1 episode
1991	Comic Asides: Joking Apart	Mark Taylor	Television pilot
1992	No Job for a Lady	Tony	1 episode
1992	Early Travellers in North America	William Makepeace Thackeray	2 episodes
1992	The House of Eliott	Hector Furneux	1 episode
1993–1995	Joking Apart	Mark Taylor	2 series
1994	Detectives, TheThe Detectives	Thomas	1 episode
1994	Screen One: A Breed of Heroes	Major Edward Lumley	Television film
1997	Get Well Soon	Squadron Leader Fielding	1 series
1997	Comedy Premieres: Cold Feet	David Marsden	Television pilot
1998	Hornblower	Lt. Eccleston	1 episode ("The Even Chance")
1998–2003, 2016	Cold Feet	David Marsden	6 series
1999	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	English Ambassador Sir Francis Drake	Television film
2001	Goodbye, Mr Steadman	Alan Steadman	Television film
2002	The Secret	Alex Faraday	2-part television film
2002	White Teeth	Marcus Malfen	4-part television serial
2002	The Safe House	Dr Adam Daley	Television film
2003–2004	My Dad's the Prime Minister	Prime Minister Michael Phillips	2 series
2004	New Tricks	Martin Lombard	1 episode
2004	Three Sisters, TheThe Three Sisters	Vershinin	Televised play
2005	The Stepfather	Christopher Veazey	Television film
2005	Comic Strip Presents..., TheThe Comic Strip Presents...	Charles	1 episode
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Gilbert Entwhistle	1 episode
2006	Coup!	Mark Thatcher	Television film
2006–2009	My Family	James Garrett	3 episodes
2007	Kingdom	Philip Collins	1 episode
2009	Emma	Mr Weston	4-part television serial
2009	The Queen	Anthony Eden	1 episode
2010	Pillars of the Earth, TheThe Pillars of the Earth	Percy Hamleigh	4 episodes
2010–2011	Downton Abbey	Sir Anthony Strallan	6 episodes
2011	Hattie	John Le Mesurier	Television film
2012	Wild at Heart	Ed Lynch	Television series
2012–present	Toast of London	Ed Howzer-Black	3 series
2013	Dracula	Lord Thomas Davenport
2013–2014	Blandings	Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe	5 episodes
2014	Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death	Andy Cummings Brown	Television film
2015	Mrs Brown's Boys New Year Special	William Hunt	1 episode

Film

Film^[4]

Year	Title	Role	Description
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Damien	Feature film (debut)
1988	Just Ask For Diamond	Vicar	Feature film
1991	Twenty-One	Mr Metcalfe	Feature film
1993	The Euphoric Scale	Raymond Tanner	Short film
1996	Wind in the Willows, TheThe Wind in the Willows	St John Weasel	Feature film
2005	Heidi	Mr Sessemann	Feature film
2006	Thief Lord, TheThe Thief Lord	Dottore Massimo	Feature film
2006	Talk	Afghan Hound Owner	Short film
2006	Scoop	Strombel's Co-worker	Feature film
2007	Life:XP	Dr Eckhart	Short film
2009	Family Portrait, AA Family Portrait	Robert	Short film
2014	Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie	Maydo Archer	Feature film
2015	Narcopolis	Kim Nolan	Feature film

Theatre

Theatre^[5][6][7][8]

Year(s)	Title	Role	Director(s)	Performance history
1977	Tag!	Various	Rhys Jones, GriffGriff Rhys Jones	Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 7–18 June 1977 Oxford Playhouse, 20–25 June 1977 Robin Hood Theatre, Averham, 4–9 July 1977 St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), 19 August–10 September 1977[n 2]
1978	Stage Fright	Various	Bergman, MartinMartin Bergman	Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 6–17 June 1978. St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), 18 August–3 September 1978
1978	Aladdin	Widow Twankey	Bathurst, RobertRobert Bathurst & Martin Bergman	ADC Theatre, Cambridge, 21 November–2 December 1978
1979	Nightcap	Various	Anderson, CliveClive Anderson	Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 5–16 June 1979 St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), 17 August–1 September 1979
1979	Brown Rice with Everything	Various	McFarland, CharlesCharles McFarland	St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), 21 August–1 September 1979
1981	Botham: The Musical	Various	—[n 3]	Tour of Australia: Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Albury-Wodonga[9]
1982	Beyond the Footlights	Various	Plowman, JonJon Plowman	Lyric, Hammersmith, 5–10 April 1982
1983	Noises Off	Tim Allgood	Blakemore, MichaelMichael Blakemore	Savoy Theatre, from 3 January 1983 (second cast)
1984	Saint Joan	Sentry	Eyre, RonaldRonald Eyre	Olivier (National), 16 February–24 July 1984
1984	Mandragola	Cast member[n 3]	Gilmore, DavidDavid Gilmore	Olivier (National), from 14 June–20 October 1984
1984	Little Hotel on the Side, AA Little Hotel on the Side	Cast member[n 3]	Lynn, JonathanJonathan Lynn	Olivier (National), from 10 August 1984
1986	Swap, TheThe Swap	Roger	McCrum, MarkMark McCrum	Boulevard, Soho, from 9 September–October 1986
1987	Judgement	Andrei Vukhov	Jepson, PaulPaul Jepson	Man in the Moon, 18 August–15 September 1987
1987–1988	Ubu	Cast member[n 3]	Jepson, PaulPaul Jepson	Latchmere, Battersea, 28 December 1987 – 15 January 1988
1988	Dry Rot	Cast member[n 3]	Renshaw, ChristopherChristopher Renshaw	Theatre Royal, Bath for three weeks Lyric Theatre, from 28 September 1988 – 7 January 1989
1990	Next Best Thing, TheThe Next Best Thing	Steve	Sandford, PatrickPatrick Sandford	Nuffield, Southampton, February–March 1990
1990	Importance of Being Earnest, TheThe Importance of Being Earnest	Jack	Broughton, PipPip Broughton	Nottingham Playhouse, 3–20 October 1990
1991	Lady Audley's Secret	Cast member[n 3]	Castledine, AnnieAnnie Castledine	Lyric Hammersmith, 21 October–30 November 1991
1992	Choice, TheThe Choice	Consultant	Castledine, AnnieAnnie Castledine	Salisbury Playhouse (Salberg Studio), 12–28 March 1992
1993	Getting Married	Hotchkis	Hauser, FrankFrank Hauser	Chichester Festival, 30 April–24 June 1993
1994	Comedy of Errors, AA Comedy of Errors	Cast member[n 3]	Clayton, PaulPaul Clayton	Nottingham Playhouse, 1 September–1 October 1994
1995	Nose, TheThe Nose	Kovalyov	Duncan, MartinMartin Duncan	Nottingham Playhouse, 25 March–15 April 1995
1996	Rover, TheThe Rover	Willmore	Church, JonathanJonathan Church	Salisbury Playhouse, 29 April–25 May 1996
1997	Good Copy	Cast member[n 3]	Campbell, TopherTopher Campbell	West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1–5 July 1997
1998–1999	Alarms and Excursions	Various	Blakemore, MichaelMichael Blakemore	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, 14–25 July 1998 Gielgud Theatre, 14 September 1998 – 6 March 1999
1999	Hedda Gabler	Tesman	Castledine, AnnieAnnie Castledine	Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 18–27 November 1999 Richmond Theatre, 29 November–4 December 1999 Theatre Royal, Brighton, 6–11 December 1999
2003	Three Sisters, TheThe Three Sisters	Vershinin	Blakemore, MichaelMichael Blakemore	Playhouse Theatre, 30 March–18 May 2003
2005	David Blunkett: The Musical	Boris Johnson	Paranzino, Mary-JoMary-Jo Paranzino	One night only preview, Soho Theatre, 14 April 2005
2006	Members Only	Adrien	Badrichani, MarianneMarianne Badrichani	Trafalgar Studios, 28 March–22 April 2006
2006–2007	Whipping it Up	Alistair	Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	West End run, 2006 and 2007   Bush Theatre, 10 November–23 December 2006   Ambassadors Theatre, 1 March–16 June 2007 National tour, 2007   New Victoria Theatre, Woking, 4–8 September 2007   Palace, Southend-on-Sea, 10–15 September 2007   Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 17–22 September 2007   Richmond Theatre, 1–6 October 2007   Theatre Royal, Brighton, 8–13 October 2007   Theatre Royal, Bath, 15–20 October 2007   Churchill Theatre, Bromley, 12–17 November 2007
2007–2009	Alex	Alex	McDermott, PhelimPhelim McDermott	West End run, 2007   Arts Theatre, 18 October–8 December 2007 International tour, 2008 National tour, 2008   Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, 21–25 October 2008   Theatre Royal, Windsor, 27 October–1 November 2008   Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, 4–8 November 2008   Derngate Theatre, Northampton, 10–15 November 2008   Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 17–22 November West End run   Leicester Square Theatre, 21 November 2008 – 11 January 2009 Nominated, What's on Stage Award for Best Solo Performance
2010	Present Laughter	Garry Essendine	Lang, BelindaBelinda Lang	National tour, 2010   Richmond Theatre, 18–21 January 2010   Cambridge Arts Theatre, 8–13 February 2010   Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 15–20 February 2010   Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 1–6 March 2010   Theatre Royal, Bath, 29 March–3 April 2010
2010–2011	Blithe Spirit	Charles Condomine	Sharrock, TheaThea Sharrock	National tour, 2010–2011[10]   Theatre Royal, Bath, 3–13 November 2010   Theatre Royal, Brighton, 16–21 November 2010   Cambridge Arts Theatre, 22–27 November 2010   Milton Keynes Theatre, 14–19 February 2011   Richmond Theatre, 21–26 February 2011 West End run, 2011[10]   Apollo Theatre, 2 March–18 June 2011
2012	Blue/Orange		Luscombe, ChristopherChristopher Luscombe	National tour, 2012[11]

Footnotes

1. Bathurst's acting credit for this role was "Bob Bathurst".
2. Also broadcast on BBC2 on 16 December 1977 as The 1977 Cambridge Footlights Revue.
3. Some information relating to Bathurst's early theatrical career is not held in nationally published works, though may exist in individual theatre company archives or smaller, local publications.

References

1. Sturges, Fiona (30 November 2001). "Robert Bathurst: Thingy out of Cold Feet". The Independent (Independent News & Media).
2. Smurthwaite, Nick (11 October 2006). "Filling in the blanks". The Stage: p. 35.
3. Staff (18 January 1979). "Aladdin". The Stage and Television Today: p. 15.
4. "Filmography: Bathurst, Robert". British Film Institute. Retrieved on 23 July 2010.
5. "1970". Footlights website. Retrieved on 29 June 2009.
6. "Archives of the Footlights Dramatic Club". Retrieved on 31 July 2010.
7. "Scottish Theatre Archive Catalogue". University of Glasgow. Retrieved on 31 July 2010.
8. "The Stage Archive". The Stage Newspaper Limited. Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
9. Fry, Stephen (2010). The Fry Chronicles. London: Michael Joseph. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-7181-5483-7.
10. BWW News Desk (16 July 2010). "Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst Join Cast of Blithe Spirit, Opens 3/2". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved on 16 July 2010.
11. Caird, Jo (29 June 2012). "Robert Bathurst stars in pre-West End tour of Penhall's Blue/Orange". Whatsonstage.com. URL retrieved on 1 July 2012.