He also played the role of Bill Tanner in two James Bond films opposite Pierce Brosnan, and that of John Farrow in BBC Four's comedy series Brian Pern.

[7] His later films include The Russia House (1990),[7] Fools of Fortune (1990),[7] Enchanted April (1992),[7] The Trial (1993),[6] Fatherland (1994),[7] Doomsday Gun (1994),[7] The Hanging Gale (1995),[7] Kidnapped (1995),[7] Mrs Dalloway (1997), The Railway Children (2000),[6] Proof of Life (2000),[7] Lorna Doone (2001)[6] and My Week with Marilyn (2011).

[7] His other noted appearances include The Buccaneers as Sir Helmsley Thwaite (1995), Dandelion Dead (1994), A Royal Scandal (1996),[7] The Last Contract (Sista Kontraktet, 1998)[7] a Swedish film about the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme, Paul Abbott's Alibi in 2003,[7] Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Falling in 2005,[7] ITV's three-part drama series Mobile (2007)[7] and Channel 4's phone hacking comedy telemovie Hacks (2012).

[12][13] Kitchen has guest-starred in roles in other popular British television shows such as Minder,[6] Chancer, Inspector Morse,[6] A Touch of Frost,[6] Between the Lines,[7] Pie in the Sky[7] and Dalziel and Pascoe.

His roles have ranged from Ptolemy in Caesar and Cleopatra at the Belgrade Theatre in 1966, to Will in Howard Brenton's Magnificence at the Royal Court in 1973, to William Hogarth in Nick Dear's The Art of Success in 1986–87.

In 1974 he appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in the play Spring Awakening opposite Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Beryl Reid and Cyril Cusack.