James Laurenson

Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1940, Marton, New Zealand
Died: April 18, 2024
Movies: 48

James Laurenson (1940-2024) was a New Zealand born actor predominantly based in the UK.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

One Day

2011

8.0

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982

5.9

The Riot Club

2014

6.8

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

2022

6.6

Women in Love

1969

5.8

The Cat's Meow

2002

5.8

The Monster Club

1981

5.8

The Magic Christian

1969

6.6

Private Peaceful

2012

6.3

Holy Flying Circus

2011

Filmography

2022	Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical	Ancient / Sleeping Teacher
2015	The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe	Egeon
2014	The Riot Club	College President
2012	Private Peaceful	Major Fitzpatrick
2011	Holy Flying Circus	Archbishop of York
2011	National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard	Gaev
2011	One Day	Mr. Cope
2010	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Ghost / Player King
2008	Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley	Leslie Thomas
2003	Three Blind Mice	William Storbest
2003	AfterLife
2002	The Cat's Meow	Dr. Daniel Goodman
2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	Chief Constable Ronald Gregory
1999	Dead Bolt Dead	The Boss
1997	Sharpe: The Legend	Ross (archive footage)
1997	Sharpe's Revenge	Major General Hector Ross
1997	The Vanishing Man	Moreau
1996	The Cold Light of Day	Pavel Novak
1996	Sharpe's Mission	Major General Hector Ross
1996	Sharpe's Siege	Major General Hector Ross
1996	Sharpe's Regiment	Major General Hector Ross
1993	A House in the Hills	Mr. Rankin
1990	The Care of Time	General Newell
1990	Rainbow Drive	Hans Roerhrig
1990	Project: Tinman	Wheeler
1989	Thieves in the Night	Gordon-Smith
1989	Countdown to War	Ciano
1987	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Felix Hawthorne
1984	Paint Me a Murder	Luke Lorenz
1984	Heartbreakers	Terry Ray
1982	Pink Floyd: The Wall	Pink's Father
1981	The Monster Club	Raven (the Shadmock)
1980	Jude	Dick
1978	Quiet as a Nun	Alexander Skarbek
1976	The Winter Warrior	Theodric
1976	The Witches of Pendle	Abraham Law
1976	Old Man March Is Dead	Bert
1975	Children of the Sun	Howard
1974	The Prison	Alain Poitaud
1974	The Turn of the Screw	Peter Quint
1974	The Lady from the Sea	The Stranger
1971	The Man in the Sidecar	Gerald
1971	Assault	Greg Lomax
1970	Hamlet	Rosencrantz
1970	Edward II	Piers Gaveston
1970	The Tragedy of King Richard II	Sir Pierce of Exton
1969	The Magic Christian	Oxford Crew
1969	Women in Love	Minister

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