| Year | Play | Role |
| 1953 | The Importance of Being Psmith | Number Ninety-Nine, an anonymous intellectual |
| 1954 | Queen Elizabeth Slept Here | Clayton Shaw |
| 1954 | The Poltergeist | Joe Harris |
| 1955 | A Murder Has Been Arranged | Jimmy North |
| 1956 | Reluctant Heroes | Captain Percy |
| 1957 | The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo |
| 1959 | An Italian Straw Hat | Emile Tavernier, Captain of Zouaves |
| 1959 | Julius Caesar | Cicero |
| 1959 | Julius Caesar | Pindarus |
| 1964 | Spider's Web | Henry Hailsham-Brown |
| 1965 | Hobson's Choice | Jim Heeler |
| 1966 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | The Dean of Paddington, his uncle |
| 1967 | The Happiest Days of Your Life | The Reverend Edward Peck |
| 1968 | Don't Listen Ladies | Baron de Charancay |
| 1968 | Tom Jones | Captain Fitzpatrick |
| 1969 | A Penny for a Song | Hallam Matthews |
| 1969 | I'll Get My Man | The Bishop of Lax |
| 1970 | Great Expectations | Mr Jaggers |
| 1970 | Man and Superman | Mr Malone Senior |
| 1972 | A Man for All Seasons | Signor Chapuys |
| 1972 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Father Ambrose |
| 1974 | Bequest to the Nation | Lord Minto |
| 1974 | Halfway up the Tree | Vicar |
| 1975 | Abelard and Heloise | Fulbert |
| 1989 | Hound of the Baskervilles | Barrymore |
| 1990 | Cathedral – Ten Minutes | The Bishop |