Ian won a scholarship to RADA and after graduating spent three years in repertory up and down the country before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years.
| 2003 | THE ROAD TO THE SEA | Jay | Don Taylor | Orange Tree Theatre | |
| 2002 | MURDER IN PARIS | Mercier | Andy Jordan | Haymarket, Basingstoke | |
| 1985 | MAN OF TWO WORLDS | Paul | Bernard Hopkins | Aldergate Productions | |
| 1984 | RUN FOR YOUR WIFE | Sgt. Troughton | Ray Cooney | E&B Productions | |
| 1983 | UNDERGROUND | Paul Elliot | Paul Elliot | ||
| 1976 | AMY & THE PRICE OF COTTON | Royal Court Upstairs | |||
| 1975 | MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM | Henry Hodge | Ian Lindsay | RS Productions | |
| 1973 | THE GHOST TRAIN | Richard | Farnham | ||
| 1973 | JOURNEY’S END | Farnham | |||
| 1973 | ALPHA BETA | Mr. Elliott | Farnham | ||
| 1970 | THE MOUSETRAP |
| 2006 | THE FORSAKEN PROMISE (documentary) | narrator | Hugh Kitson | Hatikvah Productions | |
| 2000 | BADGER | Ted Jarvis | Keith Washington | BBC | |
| 1999 | HARBOUR LIGHTS | The Chief Inspector | David Hayman | Valentine Productions | |
| 1997/8 | FAMILY AFFAIRS | Angus Hart | various | Grundy & Pearson | |
| 1996 | AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ | Flight Sargeant | Norman Stone | Clap Trap Productions | |
| 1996 | DALZIEL & PASCOE | Roberts | Maurice Phillips | BBC | |
| 1994 | THE GAMBLING MAN | Paddy Connor | Norman Stone | Festival Films | |
| 1994 | THE BILL | Frank Collins | Robin Shepherd | Thames | |
| 1993 | IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES | Mr. Foster | Richard Signy | Granada | |
| 1993 | HARRY | Gyver | Bradley Adams | Union Pictures | |
| 1992 | TRUE CRIMES | McVicar | Katherine Wolfe | LWT | |
| 1991 | SPENDER | Tom Kelly | Ian Knox | BBC | |
| 1986 | THE NEW WORLD | Stephen Hopkins | Norman Stone | BBC | |
| 1978 | THE PAPER LADS | YTV | |||
| 1977 | WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN | Mr. Watson | Terry Williams | BBC | |
| 1977 | THE RETURN OF THE SAINT | Ray Austin | ITV | ||
| 1976 | DAME OF SARK | Corporal | Anglia | ||
| 1976 | TYNESIDE ENTERTAINMENT | Ralph Gardiner | Michael Croucher | BBC | |
| 1970/5 | Z CARS | Skinner | various | BBC | |
| 1963/5 | EMERGENCY WARD 10 | Mr. Warren Kent | various | ATV | |
| 1963 | LITTLE WHITE GOD | Jimmy | BBC | ||
| 1962 | DR. WHO | IXTA | BBC | ||
| 1962 | KIDNAPPED/CATRIONA | David Balfour | BBC | ||
| 2006 | COLD EARTH | Inspector Saville | Frank Falco | Bridgeway Productions | |
| 2000 | JIMMY SPUD | Man in Pub | Udyan Prasad | Samuelson Films | |
| 1975 | THE VOYAGE | Stuart Rosenberg | |||
| ON THE FIDDLE | |||||
| VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED | |||||
| BURNING AN ILLUSION |
| 2009 | UNEXPECTED RETURN | Jacques | Philip Glassborow | Lamplighter Publishing House | |
| 2006 | EQUIANO | Mr Campbell | Philip Glassborow | USA Radio | |
| 2003 | FATHER GILBERT MYSTERIES | Dr Bellingham | Dave Arnold/ Paul McCusker | USA Radio | |
| 2001 | BILLY BUDD by Herman Melville | Philip Glassborow | USA Radio | ||
| 2000 | LES MISERABLES | Philip Glassborow | USA Radio | ||
| 2000 | THE LUKE REPORTS | St. Paul | Paul McCusker | USA Radio |