Useful Notes / All Creatures Great And Small Actors

This is a list of actors and actresses who have appeared in the various on-screen adaptations the James Herriot novels, collectively referred to as All Creatures Great and Small: The 1975 film and its 1976 sequel It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, the 1978–1990, and 2020–present television series.

All Creatures Great and Small (1975) film

• Lisa Harrow: Helen Alderson (also in It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet)
• Anthony Hopkins: Siegfried Farnon
• Freddie Jones: Cranford
• Simon Ward: James Herriot

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976) film

• Richard Griffiths: Sam Broadbent
• Bill Maynard: Hinchcliffe
• Liz Smith: Mrs. Dodds

All Creatures Great and Small (1978) TV Series

Main Cast

• Lynda Bellingham: Helen Herriot (Seasons 4–7)
• Peter Davison: Tristan Farnon
• Robert Hardy: Siegfried Farnon

Guest Actors

• Chloë Annett: Angela Mortimer in "Hampered"
• Timothy Bateson: Mr. Beckwith in "A Dog's Life"
• Nicholas Courtney: Paul Cotterell in "Matters of Life and Death"
• Janet Davies: Mrs. Dalby in 3 episodes^{show list} "Nothing Like Experience", "Golden Lads and Girls", and "Advice & Consent"
• Lucy Griffiths: Mrs. Grier in 2 episodes^{show list} "Sleeping Partners" and "Practice Makes Perfect"
• Jack Haig: Horace in "Home and Away"
• Gorden Kaye: Kit Bilton in "Pups, Pigs and Pickle"
• Keith Marsh: George Hindley in "Will to Live" and Mr. Howell in "The Prodigal Returns"
• Brian Osborne: Bert Chapman in 2 episodes^{show list} "A New Chapter", and "The Prodigal Returns"
• Robin Parkinson: Ned Finch in "Every Dog His Day..."
• Bryan Pringle: Grimsdale in 3 episodes^{show list} "Cheques and Balances", "Blood and Water", and "A Friend for Life"
• Pamela Salem: Zoe Bennett in 4 episodes^{show list} "Tricks of the Trade", "The Name of the Game", "Hair of the Dog" and "The Healing Touch"
• Michael Sheard: Adderley in "Sleeping Partners"
• Madeline Smith:
  • Angela Farmer in "Pride of Possession"
  • Anne Grantley in "1983 Special"
• Kevin Stoney: Sir William Massingham in "One of Nature's Little Miracles"
• Patrick Troughton: Roddy in "Hair of the Dog"
• Wanda Ventham: Mrs. Ridge in "The Jackpot"
• Kenneth Waller: Mr. Roland Beresford in 2 episodes^{show list} "Charity Begins at Home" and "Every Dog His Day..."

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) TV Series

Main Cast

• Matthew Lewis: Hugh Hulton
• Anna Madeley: Mrs. Hall
• Diana Rigg: Mrs Pumphrey (Season 1)
• Rachel Shenton: Helen Alderson
• Samuel West: Siegfried Farnon

Guest Actors

• James Fleet: Colonel Merrick in "Semper Prodrediens"

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