List of Downton Abbey characters

Table columns:
Actor
Character
Position
Appearances

Table rows:
cells: Charlie Cox
Philip, The Duke of Crowborough
Suitor of Lady Mary; lover of Thomas Barrow
Series 1
cells: Bill Fellows
Joe Burns
Mrs Hughes's former suitor
Series 1
cells: Bernard Gallagher
William "Bill" Molesley
Joseph Molesley's father
Series 1, Series 3–4
cells: Theo James
Kemal Pamuk
Ottoman (Turkish) Embassy attaché
Series 1
cells: Sean McKenzie
Mr. Bromidge
Owner of a telephone fitting company
Series 1
cells: Fergus O'Donnell
John Drake
Farmer on the Grantham estate
Series 1–2
cells: Cathy Sara
Mrs Drake
Wife of John Drake
Series 1–2
cells: Jane Wenham
Mrs. Bates
Mother of John Bates
Series 1
cells: Jeremy Clyde
General Robertson
Army general
Series 2
cells: Tom Feary-Campbell
Captain Smiley
Army captain
Series 2
cells: Lachlan Nieboer
Lt Edward Courtenay
Wounded officer
Series 2
cells: Peter McNeil O'Connor
Sergeant Stevens
Army sergeant
Series 2
cells: Julian Wadham
Sir Herbert Strutt
Army general
Series 2
cells: Trevor White
Maj Patrick Gordon
Wounded officer who claims to be heir presumptive Patrick Crawley
Series 2
cells: Nigel Havers
Lord Hepworth
Suitor of Lady Rosamund
Christmas Special 2011
cells: Sharon Small
Marigold Shore
Lady Rosamund's maid
Christmas Special 2011
cells: Charlie Anson
The Hon Larry Grey
Lord Merton's elder son
Series 3, Series 5, 2015 Christmas Special
cells: Edward Baker-Duly
Terence Margadale
Rose's adulterous lover
Series 3
cells: Ruairi Conaghan
Kieran Branson
Tom's brother
Series 3
cells: Sarah Crowden
Lady Manville
One of the local gentry near Downton
Series 3, Series 5
cells: Terence Harvey
Jarvis
Manager of Downton Abbey
Series 3
cells: Emma Keele
Mavis
Prostitute
Series 3
cells: Edmund Kente
Mead
Lady Rosamund's butler
Series 3
cells: Tim Pigott-Smith
Sir Philip Tapsell
London obstetrician and gynaecologist
Series 3
cells: Tony Turner
Inspector Stanford
York Police inspector
Series 3
cells: John Voce
Photographer
photographer
Series 3, Series 6
cells: Kenneth Bryans
Nield
Duneagle Castle gamekeeper
Christmas Special 2012
cells: Ron Donachie
McCree
Lord Flintshire's butler
Christmas Special 2012
cells: John Henshaw
Jos Tufton
Grocer and Mrs Patmore's suitor
Christmas Special 2012
cells: Simone Lahbib
Wilkins
Lady Flintshire's maid
Christmas Special 2012
cells: Phoebe Nicholls
Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire
Lord Flintshire's wife
Christmas Special 2012, Series 5
cells: Yves Aubert
Arsene Avignon
Chef at the Ritz
Series 4
cells: Di Botcher
Nanny West
Nanny
Series 4
cells: Christina Carty
Virginia Woolf
Writer
Series 4
cells: Stephen Critchlow
John Ward
Liberal MP
Series 4
cells: Jonathan Howard
Sam Thawley
Local gardener
Series 4
cells: Kiri Te Kanawa
Nellie Melba
Opera singer
Series 4
cells: Michael Benz
Ethan Slade
Harold Levinson's valet
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Alastair Bruce
Lord Chamberlain
Chamberlain to the King
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Valerie Dane
Queen Mary
Queen Consort to George V
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Oliver Dimsdale
Prince of Wales
Heir to the British throne
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Poppy Drayton
The Hon Madeleine Allsopp
Rose's friend
Christmas Special 2013
cells: James Fox
William "Billy" Allsopp, Baron Aysgarth
Madeleine's father
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Paul Giamatti
Harold Levinson
Cora's brother
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Janet Montgomery
Freda Dudley Ward
Mistress of the Prince of Wales
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Jonathan Townsend
Duke of York
Younger brother to the Prince of Wales
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Guy Williams
George V
King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India
Christmas Special 2013
cells: Dean Ashton
Evans
Tombstone maker
Series 5
cells: Devon Black
Receptionist
receptionist
Series 5–6
cells: Louise Calf
Kitty Colthurst
Friend of the Crawleys
Series 5
cells: Anna Chancellor
Dowager Lady Anstruther, née Mountevans
James Kent's former employer
Series 5
cells: Ed Cooper Clarke
The Hon Timothy "Tim" Grey
Lord Merton's younger son
Series 5
cells: Jon Glover
George V (voice)
King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India
Series 5
cells: Darren Machin
Basil Shute
Owner of the Velvet Violin club
Series 5
cells: Naomi Radcliffe
Mrs. Elcot
Local villager and widowed by the War
Series 5
cells: Alun Armstrong
Stowell
Lord Sinderby's butler
Christmas Special 2014
cells: Jane Lapotaire
Princess Irina Kuragin
Prince Kuragin's wife
Christmas Special 2014
cells: Alice Patten
Diana Clark
Lord Sinderby's mistress
Christmas Special 2014
cells: Rick Bacon
Mr. Henderson
Owner of Mallerton Hall
Series 6
cells: Philip Battley
John Harding
Gwen's husband
Series 6
cells: Nichola Burley
Rita Bevan
Lady Mary's blackmailer
Series 6
cells: Trevor Cooper
Mr. Moore
Butler at Rothwell Manor
Series 6
cells: Rupert Frazer
Neville Chamberlain
Politician
Series 6
cells: Charlotte Hamblin
Lady Anne Acland
Dinner guest of Evelyn Napier's at Criterion restaurant
Series 6
cells: Christos Lawton
Billy
Talbot and Rogers' race team crew member
Series 6
cells: Adrian Lukis
Sir John Darnley
Crawley family friend
Series 6
cells: Mark Morrell
Mr. Fairclough
Farmer on the Grantham estate
Series 6
cells: Ronald Pickup
Sir Michael Reresby
Estate owner
Series 6
cells: Martin Walsh
Mr. Finch
Fat Stock Show agent
Series 6
cells: James Greene
Sir Mark Stiles
Temporary employer of Barrow
2015 Christmas Special
cells: Patricia Hodge
Mirada Pelham
Bertie Pelham's mother
2015 Christmas Special

Questions about this table:
originalText: who plays rose's mother in downton abbey
answer: answerTexts: Phoebe Nicholls