--- name: "Kenneth Haigh" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenneth-haigh" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 March 1931" died: "4 February 2018" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T22:28:56.129599+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." --- # Kenneth Haigh Actor. Born 25 March 1931 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 4 February 2018. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 March 1931, Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK - **Died:** 4 February 2018 - **Active:** 1963–1987 - **Also known as:** Kenneth William Michael Haigh - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 60 (1), 1980s 84 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Haigh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15463577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53817 ## Biography Kenneth Haigh was an English actor. He first came to prominence as Jimmy Porter in the original 1956 Royal Court Theatre production of John Osborne's *Look Back in Anger*. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Haigh's screen credits include the role of Brutus in *Cleopatra* (1963), an uncredited appearance in *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), and the lead in the television series *Man at the Top* (1970–72) and its 1973 film spin-off. He also portrayed Richard Francis Burton in the BBC series *The Search for the Nile* (1971) and Napoleon in *Eagle in a Cage* (1972). Born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, Haigh died in London in 2018. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, theguardian.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Freddie Galt — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) - *Cleopatra* (1963), Fi1m 60, as Brutus — [page](https://film.one/film/cleopatra.md) ## Complete filmography (62) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father* (2020), as Doctor Quinn - *Shuttlecock* (1993), as Dr. Quinn - *Maigret* (1992), series, Actor - *Lorna Doone* (1990), as Judge Jeffreys - *Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death* (1990), as Ben Jonson - *The Act* (1989), as Captain Steiner - *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as McKenzie - *George Grosz: Enemy of the State* (1987), as George Grosz - *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Freddie Galt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) - *A State of Emergency* (1986), as Nathan Weis - *Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus* (1986), as Polynices - *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Captain Steiner - *Wild Geese II* (1985), as Col. Reed-Henry - *Night Train to Murder* (1984), as Cousin Milton/Cousin Homer - *Troilus & Cressida* (1981), as Achilles - *Lady Killers* (1980), series, as George Joseph Smith - *Feelifax* (1980), as roger - *Weekend* (1979), as David Austin - *The Bitch* (1979), as Arnold Rinstead - *A Walk in the Sun* (1978), as George - *Premiere* (1977), series, as David Austin - *A Good Human Story* (1977), Actor - *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, as Mark Davies - *Hazlitt in Love* (1977), as William Hazlitt - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1976), as Archdeacon Claude Frollo - *Dad* (1976), as Tom - *Robin and Marian* (1976), as Sir Ranulf - *Moll Flanders* (1975), as Jemmy Earle - *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Tom - *Wessex Tales* (1973), series, as Barnet - *Orson Welles' Great Mysteries* (1973), series, as Jorge Vega - *Man at the Top* (1973), as Joe Lampton - *The Creditors* (1972), as Gustave - *Eagle in a Cage* (1972), as Napoleon Bonaparte - *The Search for the Nile* (1971), series, as Sir Richard Francis Burton - *Journey to Murder* (1971), as Dirk Brogan - *Man at the Top* (1970), series, as Joe Lampton - *A Lovely Way to Die* (1968), as Jonathan Fleming - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Hauptmann - *The Voices in the Park* (1967), as Leitch - *The Deadly Affair* (1967), as Bill Appleby - *The Last Invasion* (1966), as William - *Knock on Any Door* (1965), series, as Max Martin - *And Did Those Feet ?* (1965), as Narrator - *Weekend at Dunkirk* (1964), as Atkins - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Leitch - *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), as Simon Marshall (uncredited) - *Story Parade* (1964), series, as Watcyn Jones - *Cleopatra* (1963), as Brutus — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/cleopatra.md) - *Stryker of the Yard* (1961), series, Actor - *The Zoo Story* (1961), as Jerry - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Detective Insp. Harry Roberts - *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Juan - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as William Decker — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Ten Little Indians* (1959), as Philip Lombard - *High Flight* (1957), as Anthony 'Tony' Winchester - *Saint Joan* (1957), as Brother Martin Ladvenu - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Harry, Emile, Gustave - *My Teenage Daughter* (1956), as Tony Ward Black - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as John Bedford, Mr. Costain - *Companions in Crime* (1954), as John Kendall - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Devry ## Gallery - ![Kenneth Haigh](https://film.one/media/person/1005592/gallery-c31ff456f55e.jpg) Kenneth Haigh — film screenshot (National General Pictures), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Kenneth_Haigh_in_Eagle_in_a_Cage.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kenneth Haigh](https://film.one/media/person/1005592/gallery-03f3c21ee4aa.jpg) Kenneth Haigh — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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