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name: "Kenneth Hadley"
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roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T07:45:21.590151+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."
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# Kenneth Hadley

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1990–2012
- **Also known as:** Kenneth Hadely
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2010s 51 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Crime 2, Drama 2, History 1, Horror 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $48m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352901/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/162429

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Sightseers*](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md) (78)

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## Biography

Kenneth Hadley is a British actor. His film credits include *Sightseers* (2012) as Richard, *Topsy-Turvy* (1999) as Pidgeon, *Starter for 10* (2006) as a television director, *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004) as a limo driver, *Paddington* (2014) as the Fourth Geographer, *High-Rise* (2015) as Mr Hillman, *Holmes & Watson* (2018) as a headmaster, and *Peterloo* (2018) as Mr Golightly.

On television he has appeared in *Red Dwarf* (1988) as Adolf Hitler, *House of Cards* (1990) as a chauffeur, *Game of Thrones* (2013) as a Septon, *Doctors* (2001–2012), *The Bill* (1987–2009), *Coronation Street* (2022) as Chris Pringle, and other series. He has also worked in theatre, including a 1981 London production of Jean Genet’s *The Balcony*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *Sightseers* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Richard — [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Pidgeon — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Chauffeur — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Fi1m 24, as Headmaster (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)

## Also known for

- *Paddington* (2014), Fourth Geographer
- *High-Rise* (2015), Mr. Hillman
- *Starter for 10* (2006), Television Director
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), Limo Driver
- *Peterloo* (2018), Mr Golightly
- *Under Suspicion* (1991), Forensic Scientist
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Opposition Speaker
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Supervisor Gas Company

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