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name: "Thomas Wheatley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-wheatley"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 August 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:36:02.158607+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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# Thomas Wheatley

Actor. Born 1 August 1951 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1951, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7795030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10674

## Biography

Thomas Wheatley is a British actor. He was born in August 1951 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, and trained at the Drama Studio London.

He is known for his role as Saunders in the James Bond film *The Living Daylights* (1987). Other screen credits include *Death at a Funeral* (2007) as The Reverend, *Foyle's War* (2002) as Lawson, *A Touch of Frost* (1999) as Chief Constable, and *Silk* (2011) as a magistrate. Wheatley has also worked extensively in theatre, including productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Tricycle Theatre.

*Sources: imdb.com, jamesbond.fandom.com, ciaranbrown.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, as Saunders — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Professor Farris — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry* (2022), Acting
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost* (2015), as Sir Nathaniel
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won* (2015), as Antonio
- *Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings* (2013), as Lord Aberfeldy
- *Silk* (2011), series, as Magistrate
- *Death at a Funeral* (2007), as The Reverend
- *Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun* (2005), as Dr. Denver
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Lawson
- *Fields of Gold* (2002), as Francis Chibnall
- *Aquila* (1997), series, as Professor Hare
- *Half the Picture* (1996), as William Waldegrave / Leithead
- *The Vacillations of Poppy Carew* (1995), as Anthony
- *Bambino Mio* (1994), as Stuart Whittaker
- *Selling Hitler* (1993), as Jan Hensmann
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Chief Constable
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Dennis Parker
- *Broke* (1991), as Nicholas
- *Where Angels Fear to Tread* (1991), as Mr. Kingcroft
- *Selling Hitler* (1991), series, as Jan Hensmann
- *A Perfect Hero* (1991), series, as Dickie Bird
- *First and Last* (1989), as Sandra's Stephen
- *Just Another Secret* (1989), as Malcolm Turner
- *Les Girls* (1988), series, as Reg
- *Mr Jolly Lives Next Door* (1988), as Heimi Henderson
- *Campaign* (1988), series, as Francis Salk
- *Harry's Kingdom* (1987), as Joseph
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), as Saunders — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), series, as Professor Farris — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)
- *Honest Decent & True* (1986), as James Fletcher
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Heimi Henderson
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Vicar

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