| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Third Knight | Credited as Michael Scott
Episode: "The Magic Sword" |
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre | Boudousse | Episode: "The Lark" |
| 1957 | Blood Money | Fighter | |
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre | Fighter | Episode: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Indian pedlar | Episode: "A Penn'orth of Allsorts" |
| 1958 | Navy Log | Soldier No. 1 | Episode: "The Field" |
| The Vise | Folsham | Episode: "The Sucker Game" |
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre | Third P.C. | Episode: "The Frog" |
| The Adventures of William Tell | Max | Episode: "The Prisoner" |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Brocklehurst | Episode: "Bracelets for the Groom" |
| 1959 | Dixon of Dock Green | Tufty Morris | Episode: "Helmet on the Sideboard" |
| The Adventures of William Tell | Sgt. Weinar | Episode: "The General's Daughter" |
| 1960 | Deadline Midnight | Ted Drake | Episode 1.5 |
| No Wreath for the General | Second Police Constable | |
| 1961 | The Compartment | Young Man | |
| Walk a Crooked Mile | Police constable | Miniseries |
| Armchair Theatre | Helmsman | Episode: "The Ship That Couldn't Stop" |
| The Younger Generation | Ray the Raver | Episode: "Goodbye Charlie" |
| ITV Play of the Week | PC Wimbush | Uncredited
Episode: "Ring of Truth" |
| 1962 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Paddy Mooney | Episode: "Solo for Sparrow" |
| ITV Play of the Week | Willie Mossop | Episode: "Hobson's Choice" |
| 1963 | First Night: Funny Noises with Their Mouths | Johnny | |
| 1964 | ITV Play of the Week | George Grant | Episode: "The Other Man" |
| Hamlet | Horatio | |
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Cornelius | |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Episode: "Cornelius" |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline | Winner - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1990 | Jekyll & Hyde | Dr Henry Jekyll/Mr Edward Hyde | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1994 | World War II: When Lions Roared | Joseph Stalin | Documentary television film |
| 1995 | Bullet to Beijing | Harry Palmer | Television film |
| 1996 | Midnight in Saint Petersburg |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | F.W. de Klerk | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Captain Nemo | |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us | William Pitt (voice) | Episode: "Independence" |
| The Rev. John Cotton (voice) | Episode: "Liberty for All" |
| Lord Cornwallis (voice) | Episode: "Revolution" |
| Edward Everett (voice) | Episode: "Wake Up America" |
| William Wood (voice) | Episode: "Working for Freedom" |
| Newspaper Editor (voice) | Episode: "Yearning to Breathe Free" |
