Neil Dickson (born 26 November 1950) is an English actor, who has worked extensively in both American and British film and television.
While playing Dean Rebel in Trafford Tanzi at London's Mermaid Theatre, he was spotted by the producers of the NBC mini-series A.D., who cast him in the lead role of Valerius. He spent the following nine months on location in Tunisia working opposite James Mason, Susan Sarandon, Ava Gardner and Ian McShane. Upon his return, he was cast in the eponymous role of Biggles in the British feature film, Biggles (American title: Biggles: Adventures in Time), which was selected as the Royal Premiere Film in 1986. He went on to star in several mini-series and the cult sci-fi series She-Wolf of London, which was given the alternative title Love & Curses when syndicated in the United States. In 2008, he starred in the film Chasing Chekhov, which won the first BAFTA LA Film Festival Award.
TV credits include: I, Claudius, Secret Army, Blake's 7, Airline, Boon, Rockliffe's Babies, She-Wolf of London, Dynasty, Matlock, Baywatch, Sliders, Iron Man, , Alias, Mad Men and 1987 TV movie The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Film credits include Biggles and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. He also appeared alongside Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland and Gareth Hunt in the Pet Shop Boys film, It Couldn't Happen Here, Lionheart, David Lynch's Inland Empire, King of the Wind, Ridley Scott's Body of Lies and Charles Dennis's The Favour of Your Company and Chicanery. He played Nick in Barbara Taylor Bradford's Voice of the Hear alongside Lindsay Wagner and Victoria Tennant.
In 2011 Dickson played the eponymous role in Charles Dennis's award-winning film Atwill. He reprised the role of fugitive British assassin Clive Atwill in the web series Atwill at Large and in the 2018 feature film Barking Mad. Dickson and the other actors won the Best Ensemble Cast award at the 2021 Studio City Film Festival.
Dickson's game credits include Eternal Darkness, Age of Empires III, , and .
| 1986 | Biggles | James Bigglesworth | |
| 1987 | Lionheart | King Richard | |
| 1987 | Eat the Rich | Gerry | |
| 1988 | It Couldn't Happen Here | Pilot, Car Salesman | |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Earl of Godolphin | |
| 1997 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Boutique Manager | |
| 1998 | Something to Believe In | John | |
| 2002 | Sir Stephen | ||
| 2003 | Peak Experience | Cameron Beale | |
| 2003 | Neil Johnson | Direct-to-video | |
| 2004 | Spectres | Walter | |
| 2006 | Caffeine | Mr. Davies | |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Producer | |
| 2009 | Donna on Demand | Tony | |
| 2011 | Gift of the Night Fury | Viking (voice) | Short film A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| 2012 | Jewtopia | Claude | |
| 2013 | Sons of Liberty | Allister Salinger | |
| 2014 | Haunting of the Innocent | Erik | |
| 2014 | Robert Stadler | ||
| 2017 | Chicanery | Gareth Foyle | |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Mr. Roylott (voice) |
| 1985 | A.D. | Valerius | 5 episodes |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Dupuis | Television film |
| 1990–1991 | She-Wolf of London | Ian Matheson | Main cast (20 episodes) |
| 1994 | Iron Man | Dreadknight (voice) | 9 episodes |
| 1995–1996 | Gargoyles | Griff, King Duncan, Canmore, Renaissance Hunter (voice) | 7 episodes |
| 1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Secret Agent, Skydiver (voice) | Episode: "You Only Scare Twice" |
| 1996 | What a Cartoon! | Alien Leader, Sphinx (voice) | Episode: "Gramps" |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Josiah, Hallmane (voice) | Episode: "The Spectre of the Pine Barrens" |
| 1999–2003 | The Wild Thornberrys | Lizard, Raj, Beefy Guard (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Alias | John Smythe | Episode: "Reckoning" |
| 2002 | Rugrats | Sir Cedric (voice) | Episode: "The Perfect Twins" |
| 2002 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Dale Lockman (voice) | Episode: "The Groovesicle" |
| 2004 | Megas XLR | Warlock (voice) | Episode: "Space Booty" |
| 2013 | Complicit | Mr. Allusen | Television film |
| 2017 | George Bautzer | Episode: Part 1: "My Log Has a Message for You" | |
| 2022 | Ms. Marvel | Radio Announcer (voice) | Episode: "Time and Again" |
| 1999 | Revenant | Locke D'Averam | |
| 2002 | Eternal Darkness | Edward Roivas | |
| 2005 | William Blore | ||
| 2011 | Altmer |
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