John Paul (20 April 1921 – 23 February 1995) was a British actor.
He is best known for his television roles, particularly as Dr Spencer Quist in ''
Doomwatch'' (1970–1972) and
Marcus Agrippa in ''
I, Claudius'' (1976), both for
BBC Television
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.
An early role was as the lead in the
ITV series ''
Probation Officer'' in the early 1960s. He appeared as ''Captain Flint'' in a BBC adaptation of
Arthur Ransome
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's ''
Swallows and Amazons'' in 1963. He had guest roles in episodes of popular television series such as ''
Out of the Unknown'', ''
Doctor Finlay's Casebook'', ''
The Avengers
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'', ''
Dixon of Dock Green'', ''
The Saint'', ''
Marked Personal
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'' and ''
The New Avengers'', mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. One of his final TV appearances was in ''
Selling Hitler'', based on the real-life attempts to sell fake diaries attributed to Adolf Hitler.
During his career he also appeared in feature
film
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s such as ''
Yangtse Incident
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On ...
'' (1957), ''
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1964), ''
Cromwell'' (1970), ''
Eye of the Needle'' (1981), and ''
Cry Freedom'' (1987).
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Partial filmography
* '' The Long Arm'' (1956) - Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
* '' The Girl in the Picture'' (1957) - Det. Sgt. Nixon
* '' Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst'' (1957) - Staff Officer Operations
* '' The Steel Bayonet'' (1957) - Lt. Col. Derry
* '' The Flesh Is Weak'' (1957) - Sergeant Franks
* '' Time Lock'' (1957) - Foreman (uncredited)
* '' The Man Who Wouldn't Talk'' (1958) - John Castle
* '' Law and Disorder'' (1958) - Customs Officer
* '' Violent Moment'' (1959) - Sgt. Ranson
* '' Breakout'' (1959) - Arkwright
* ''Deadly Record
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''Plot'':
When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's ...
'' (1959) - Phil Gamage
* '' Swallows and Amazons'' (1963) - Captain Flint
* ''Take Me Over'' (1963) - Campbell Carter
* '' The Beauty Jungle'' (1964) - Advertising Agent (uncredited)
* '' The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1964) - Inspector Mackenzie
* '' A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967) - The Captain
* '' The Blood Beast Terror'' (1968) - Mr. Warrender
* '' The Strange Affair'' (1968) - Pub Group
* '' Some Girls Do'' (1969) - Test Pilot (uncredited)
* '' The Desperados'' (1969) - Sheriff Lacey
* '' Cromwell'' (1970) - General Digby
* '' Doomwatch'' (1972) - Dr. Spencer Quist
* '' The Bunker'' (1981) - Gen. Wilhelm Keitel
* '' Eye of the Needle'' (1981) - Home Guard Captain
* '' Cry Freedom'' (1987) - Wendy's stepfather
References
External links
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1921 births
1995 deaths
English male television actors
English male film actors
20th-century English male actors
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