List of Downton Abbey characters
Guest cast

List of Downton Abbey characters

Section Title: Guest cast
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Actor	Character	Position	Appearances

Charlie Cox	Philip, The Duke of Crowborough	Suitor of Lady Mary; lover of Thomas Barrow	Series 1

Bill Fellows	Joe Burns	Mrs Hughes's former suitor	Series 1

Bernard Gallagher	William "Bill" Molesley	Joseph Molesley's father	Series 1, Series 3–4

Theo James	Kemal Pamuk	Ottoman (Turkish) Embassy attaché	Series 1

Sean McKenzie	Mr. Bromidge	Owner of a telephone fitting company	Series 1

Fergus O'Donnell	John Drake	Farmer on the Grantham estate	Series 1–2

Cathy Sara	Mrs Drake	Wife of John Drake	Series 1–2

Jane Wenham	Mrs. Bates	Mother of John Bates	Series 1

Jeremy Clyde	General Robertson	Army general	Series 2

Tom Feary-Campbell	Captain Smiley	Army captain	Series 2

Lachlan Nieboer	Lt Edward Courtenay	Wounded officer	Series 2

Peter McNeil O'Connor	Sergeant Stevens	Army sergeant	Series 2

Julian Wadham	Sir Herbert Strutt	Army general	Series 2

Trevor White	Maj Patrick Gordon	Wounded officer who claims to be heir presumptive Patrick Crawley	Series 2

Nigel Havers	Lord Hepworth	Suitor of Lady Rosamund	Christmas Special 2011

Sharon Small	Marigold Shore	Lady Rosamund's maid	Christmas Special 2011

Charlie Anson	The Hon Larry Grey	Lord Merton's elder son	Series 3, Series 5, 2015 Christmas Special

Edward Baker-Duly	Terence Margadale	Rose's adulterous lover	Series 3

Ruairi Conaghan	Kieran Branson	Tom's brother	Series 3

Sarah Crowden	Lady Manville	One of the local gentry near Downton	Series 3, Series 5

Terence Harvey	Jarvis	Manager of Downton Abbey	Series 3

Emma Keele	Mavis	Prostitute	Series 3

Edmund Kente	Mead	Lady Rosamund's butler	Series 3

Tim Pigott-Smith	Sir Philip Tapsell	London obstetrician and gynaecologist	Series 3

Tony Turner	Inspector Stanford	York Police inspector	Series 3

John Voce	Photographer	photographer	Series 3, Series 6

Kenneth Bryans	Nield	Duneagle Castle gamekeeper	Christmas Special 2012

Ron Donachie	McCree	Lord Flintshire's butler	Christmas Special 2012

John Henshaw	Jos Tufton	Grocer and Mrs Patmore's suitor	Christmas Special 2012

Simone Lahbib	Wilkins	Lady Flintshire's maid	Christmas Special 2012

Phoebe Nicholls	Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire	Lord Flintshire's wife	Christmas Special 2012, Series 5

Yves Aubert	Arsene Avignon	Chef at the Ritz	Series 4

Di Botcher	Nanny West	Nanny	Series 4

Christina Carty	Virginia Woolf	Writer	Series 4

Stephen Critchlow	John Ward	Liberal MP	Series 4

Jonathan Howard	Sam Thawley	Local gardener	Series 4

Kiri Te Kanawa	Nellie Melba	Opera singer	Series 4

Michael Benz	Ethan Slade	Harold Levinson's valet	Christmas Special 2013

Alastair Bruce	Lord Chamberlain	Chamberlain to the King	Christmas Special 2013

Valerie Dane	Queen Mary	Queen Consort to George V	Christmas Special 2013

Oliver Dimsdale	Prince of Wales	Heir to the British throne	Christmas Special 2013

Poppy Drayton	The Hon Madeleine Allsopp	Rose's friend	Christmas Special 2013

James Fox	William "Billy" Allsopp, Baron Aysgarth	Madeleine's father	Christmas Special 2013

Paul Giamatti	Harold Levinson	Cora's brother	Christmas Special 2013

Janet Montgomery	Freda Dudley Ward	Mistress of the Prince of Wales	Christmas Special 2013

Jonathan Townsend	Duke of York	Younger brother to the Prince of Wales	Christmas Special 2013

Guy Williams	George V	King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India	Christmas Special 2013

Dean Ashton	Evans	Tombstone maker	Series 5

Devon Black	Receptionist	receptionist	Series 5–6

Louise Calf	Kitty Colthurst	Friend of the Crawleys	Series 5

Anna Chancellor	Dowager Lady Anstruther, née Mountevans	James Kent's former employer	Series 5

Ed Cooper Clarke	The Hon Timothy "Tim" Grey	Lord Merton's younger son	Series 5

Jon Glover	George V (voice)	King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India	Series 5

Darren Machin	Basil Shute	Owner of the Velvet Violin club	Series 5

Naomi Radcliffe	Mrs. Elcot	Local villager and widowed by the War	Series 5

Alun Armstrong	Stowell	Lord Sinderby's butler	Christmas Special 2014

Jane Lapotaire	Princess Irina Kuragin	Prince Kuragin's wife	Christmas Special 2014

Alice Patten	Diana Clark	Lord Sinderby's mistress	Christmas Special 2014

Rick Bacon	Mr. Henderson	Owner of Mallerton Hall	Series 6

Philip Battley	John Harding	Gwen's husband	Series 6

Nichola Burley	Rita Bevan	Lady Mary's blackmailer	Series 6

Trevor Cooper	Mr. Moore	Butler at Rothwell Manor	Series 6

Rupert Frazer	Neville Chamberlain	Politician	Series 6

Charlotte Hamblin	Lady Anne Acland	Dinner guest of Evelyn Napier's at Criterion restaurant	Series 6

Christos Lawton	Billy	Talbot and Rogers' race team crew member	Series 6

Adrian Lukis	Sir John Darnley	Crawley family friend	Series 6

Mark Morrell	Mr. Fairclough	Farmer on the Grantham estate	Series 6

Ronald Pickup	Sir Michael Reresby	Estate owner	Series 6

Martin Walsh	Mr. Finch	Fat Stock Show agent	Series 6

James Greene	Sir Mark Stiles	Temporary employer of Barrow	2015 Christmas Special

Patricia Hodge	Mirada Pelham	Bertie Pelham's mother	2015 Christmas Special

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Sir Herbert Strutt was played by Julian Wadham.

final_sentence: Sir Herbert Strutt was played by Julian Wadham.