
Julian Glover
Actor · Born March 27, 1935 (91) · London, England
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).
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 27, 1935 (91)
- London, England
- Actor
- 84 on MovieCove · 180 credits in all
What are Julian Glover's films like?
Across their 44 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 4 · Earnest 36
Light 9 · Serious 18 · Dark 16
Grounded 20 · Stylized 20 · Heightened 3
Gentle 8 · Charged 21 · Intense 14
Steady 20 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 5
Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 1
Casual 10 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 8
Easy watch 14 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 8
Resolved 33 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 7 of 16 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Charles Marquis in Theatre of Death (1966)
- Threshold guardianas Colonel Breen in Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
- Shadowas Hindley in Wuthering Heights (1970)
- Shadowas Esau in The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974)
- Heraldas Knight in Luther (1974)
- Shadowas Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- Shadowas Paul Dombey in Dombey & Son (1983)
- Threshold guardianas Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol (1987)
- Shadowas Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Mentoras Dr. Livesey in Treasure Island (1990)
- Threshold guardianas Bielert in The Infiltrator (1995)
- Shadowas Prince de Condé in Vatel (2000)
- Shadowas Burt Smallwood in The Book of Eve (2002)
- Mentoras Kahro in Strings (2004)
- Threshold guardianas Angus in Nobody Has to Know (2021)
- Mentoras Alfred Graves in The Laureate (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet21
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Julian Glover's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 59 of their 84 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (28).
- Getting Away with Murder(s) (2021) · actor · free
- Doctor Who (1963) · actor · free
- Merlin (2008) · actor · free
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) · actor · free
- Thriller (1973) · actor · free
- Ivanhoe (1982) · actor · free
- Juggernaut (1974) · actor · free
- Two Men Went to War (2002) · actor · free
- Space: 1999 (1975) · actor · free
- Heat and Dust (1983) · actor · free
- Luther (1974) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- Doctor Who (1963) · actor · free
- Merlin (2008) · actor · free
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Silent Witness (1996) · actor · free
- Thriller (1973) · actor · free
- The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) · actor · free
- Juggernaut (1974) · actor · free
- Two Men Went to War (2002) · actor · free
- Space: 1999 (1975) · actor · free
- Wuthering Heights (1970) · actor · free
- Dombey & Son (1983) · actor · free
- Forever Young (2023) · actor · free
- +6 more
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · actor
- Getting Away with Murder(s) (2021) · actor
- Merlin (2008) · actor
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Thriller (1973) · actor
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) · actor
- Space: 1999 (1975) · actor
- Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022) · actor
- Dombey & Son (1983) · actor
- Forever Young (2023) · actor
- Mirrors (2008) · actor
- Tollbooth (2021) · actor
- +5 more
- BritBox
- Doctor Who (1963) · actor
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) · actor
- The Sweeney (1975) · actor
- Callan (1967) · actor
- Mystery!: Cadfael (1994) · actor
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor
- Silent Witness (1996) · actor
- Waking the Dead (2000) · actor
- The Darling Buds of May (1991) · actor
- The Champions (1968) · actor
- Taggart (1983) · actor
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) · actor
- +3 more
- ZEE5
- Shout! TV, show their 3 titles on Shout! TV
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- PBS Masterpiece, show their 2 titles on PBS Masterpiece
- Acorn TV, show their title on Acorn TV
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- Kino Film Collection, show their title on Kino Film Collection
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Subscription and free streaming for Julian Glover's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
180 credits, 84 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Waiting Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Moresnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Forever Young(2023)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Laureate(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Willow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

An Irish Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Tár(2022)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Surface(2022)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Nobody Has to Know(2021)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Tollbooth(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Nemesis(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Doctors: Villains! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Black Earth Rising(2018)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Amy and Sophia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Gangster Kittens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

The Crown(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Brash Young Turks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Backtrack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Inside No. 9(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all showsMr Invisible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Atlantis(2013)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Spies of Warsaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Alien Uprising(2012)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Heroes & Demons(2012)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Halloween Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Airborne(2012)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all filmsExit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Game of Thrones(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Princess Kaiulani(2009)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

The Young Victoria(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Merlin(2008)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Mirrors(2008)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Shoot on Sight(2007)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Big Nothing(2006)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Scoop(2006)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Impressionists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Paris in the Springtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Strings(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Troy(2004)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Two Men Went to War(2002)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Book of Eve(2002)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Born and Bred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Waking the Dead(2000)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Vatel(2000)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Dance of Shiva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Silent Witness(1996)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all showsDegrees of Error (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Infiltrator(1995)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Mystery!: Cadfael(1994)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Power and Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Money For Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

The Darling Buds of May(1991)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
King Ralph(1991)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Treasure Island(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Who Bombed Birmingham? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

The Chief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
TECX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Screen One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Tusks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Scarfe's Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Wish Me Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The Secret Garden(1987)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Cry Freedom(1987)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Hearts of Fire(1987)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Mandela(1987)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Fourth Protocol(1987)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Casualty(1986)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Ladies in Charge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Lovejoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Cover Her Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Jenseits der Morgenröte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Travelling Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Kim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

By the Sword Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Taggart(1983)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Dombey & Son(1983)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Heat and Dust(1983)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Remington Steele(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Q.E.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Ivanhoe(1982)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Nancy Astor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Bergerac(1981)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
For Your Eyes Only(1981)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Search for Alexander the Great (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Journal of Bridget Hitler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all showsInvasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Henry V (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Doctor Who: City of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Henry VIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The BBC Television Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Blake's 7(1978)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Gulliver's Travels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Brute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Rumpole of the Bailey(1978)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Space: 1999(1975)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Quiller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Master of Ballantrae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Hanged Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Sweeney(1975)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Churchill's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Electra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Juggernaut(1974)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Internecine Project(1974)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Dead Cert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

QB VII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Boy Dominic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Luther(1974)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Thriller(1973)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
New Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Antony and Cleopatra(1972)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Spy Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Michael Regan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Jason King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Wuthering Heights(1970)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Last Grenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Manhunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Paul Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Alfred the Great(1969)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Adding Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Strange Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
W. Somerset Maugham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Magus(1968)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Champions(1968)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Charlie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Theatre of Death(1966)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Callan(1967)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all showsApollo in Ascension (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

I Was Happy Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Alphabet Murders(1965)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Doctor Who: The Crusade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Thursday Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Girl with Green Eyes(1964)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Doctor Who(1963)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Espionage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Tom Jones(1963)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
World in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Saint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Cruel Necessity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Out of This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Z-Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Androcles and the Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

An Age of Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Dixon of Dock Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

BED BLOCKER (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

The Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Awakening 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

War Is Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 179 titles, 175 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Highest rated
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Film career
Peak 2022 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1963Screen debut· Tom Jones
- 1989Career best· Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 2011Career best· Game of Thrones
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Julian Glover's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up32
- 50th to 74th23
- 25th to 49th19
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
43 of their 84 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved13
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser43
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Julian Glover's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Julian Glover work with?
People who share at least 2 of Julian Glover's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonathan Sothcott shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Dominic BurnsShared titles: Airborne (2012), Alien Uprising (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Dominic Burns

- John MackenzieShared titles: The Infiltrator (1995), The Fourth Protocol (1987)See all 2 shared titles with John Mackenzie

- Guy GreenShared titles: Luther (1974), The Magus (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Guy Green

Writers
- Jonathan SothcottShared titles: Nemesis (2021), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016), Airborne (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Sothcott

- George LucasShared titles: Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)See all 2 shared titles with George Lucas

Actors
- Simon PhillipsShared titles: Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2025), Airborne (2012), Alien Uprising (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Simon Phillips

- Billy MurrayShared titles: Nemesis (2021), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016), Airborne (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Billy Murray

- Harry AndrewsShared titles: The Internecine Project (1974), The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974), Wuthering Heights (1970)See all 3 shared titles with Harry Andrews

- Isla BlairShared titles: The Reverend and Mrs Simpson (2023), Treasure Island (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Isla Blair

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- John CoquillonShared titles: Mandela (1987), Ivanhoe (1982), Wuthering Heights (1970)See all 3 shared titles with John Coquillon
- Robert Geoffrey HughesShared titles: Nemesis (2021), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Geoffrey Hughes

- Graham WalkerShared titles: The Infiltrator (1995), The Fourth Protocol (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Graham Walker
- Alan HumeShared titles: Hearts of Fire (1987), For Your Eyes Only (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Hume

Producers
- Peter HampdenShared titles: Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022), The Laureate (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Hampden

- Adam Stephen KellyShared titles: Nemesis (2021), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Stephen Kelly
- Lucinda Van RieShared titles: The Laureate (2021), The Book of Eve (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Lucinda Van Rie

- Patricia RybarczykShared titles: We Still Steal the Old Way (2016), Airborne (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Patricia Rybarczyk




