---
name: "Hugh Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-thomas"
fi1m_id: "hugh-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0858930"
tmdb_id: 37984
wikidata_id: "Q5932860"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:30:59.547234+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hugh Thomas

## Identity

Hugh Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugh-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugh-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0858930
- **TMDB ID:** 37984
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5932860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thomas_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5932860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37984

Actor. Born 1 January 1949 in Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Wales, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thomas_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5932860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37984

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*if....*](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md) (82)

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## Biography

Hugh Thomas is a Welsh actor. He was born in 1949.

Thomas appeared as Denson in the film *if....* (1968) and reprised a similar role in *O Lucky Man!* (1973). His other film credits include *Rough Cut* (1980), *Breaking Glass* (1980) and *The Tall Guy* (1989). On television he has played the Bishop of Llandaff in *The Crown* (2019) and Iori Davies in the Welsh-language series *Pobol y Cwm*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Denson — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Geronimo* (2023), as Derek
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Bishop of Llandaff — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Nightwatching* (2007), as Jacob Jorisz
- *Thicker Than Water* (1993), as Psychiatrist
- *The Old Devils* (1992), as Alun's Fan in Bookshop
- *The Tall Guy* (1989), as Dr. Karabekian
- *Freud* (1984), series, as Ferenczi
- *Cymbeline* (1983), as Cornelius
- *Owain Glyndŵr - Prince of Wales* (1983), as Lord Reginald Grey
- *Soft Targets* (1982), as Castle
- *Ennal's Point* (1982), series, as Luke Grail
- *Timon of Athens* (1981), as Lucius
- *The Life and Times of David Lloyd George* (1981), as Rufus Isaacs
- *The Tom Machine* (1980), Actor
- *Breaking Glass* (1980), as Davis
- *We, the Accused* (1980), series, as Detective Sergeant Doyle
- *Rough Cut* (1980), as Male Guest
- *Keep Smiling* (1980), as Tennant
- *Stronger Than the Sun* (1978), as Kendal
- *Raven* (1977), series, Actor
- *Three Men in a Boat* (1975), as Chemist
- *O Lucky Man!* (1973), as Denson
- *if....* (1968), as Denson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

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