John Barrett
Rochdale born John Barrett was a veteran of over 100 films and various TV programmes in a career that stretched twenty five years from 1958 to his death in 1983.

The Eagle Has Landed
as Laker ArmsbyWhen the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a...
Movie pageTess
as Old Dairy HandA strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to...
Movie pageThe French Lieutenant's Woman
as DairymanIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...
Movie pageRobin and Marian
as JackRobin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid...
Movie pageSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two...
Movie pageStar!
as Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
Movie pageO Lucky Man!
as BillAn ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed...
Movie pageFar from the Madding Crowd
as Joseph PoorgrassBathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and...
Movie pageWar-Gods of the Deep
as Third FishermanA chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover...
Movie pageThe Witches
as Mr. GlassFollowing a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of...
Movie pageThe Missionary
as Old Man Outside HotelIn 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to...
Movie pagePorridge
as HedleyTimes are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison...
Movie pageJack the Ripper
as Onlooker at 2nd Murder SceneA serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman...
Movie pageThe Trygon Factor
as GuideA Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the...
Movie pageUp the Chastity Belt
as 1st PeasantA funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle....
Movie pageAnna Karenina
as CordAnna, the wife of government minister Alexis Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a...
Movie pageThe World of George Orwell: 1984
as WaiterEarly adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Movie pageIt Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as CrumpBased on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...
Movie pageMalachi's Cove
as PolwarthA tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She...
Movie pageRemembrance
as JimmyA group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO...
Movie pageA Prize of Arms
as PublicanA criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Movie pageComedians
as CaretakerComedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring...
Movie pageNearest and Dearest
as Joshua PledgeJimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker star in this big screen spin-off of one of ITV's most popular comedy...
Movie pageMurder Rap
as TigerWally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse...
Movie pageThe Hunting of Lionel Crane
as Christmas PotterAn army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
Movie pageDouble Blast
as TrainerTwo kids with martial arts training and their black belt father rescue a professor from...
Movie pageThe Death of Glory
as CharlesPrevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by...
Movie pageTwelve Off the Belt
as Eggy GreenallGrand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in...
Movie pageThere's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as Smellie IbbotsonA skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
Movie pageRolling Home
as Mr. WymanMr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric...
Movie pageSouth Riding
as uncreditedAn adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
Movie pagePews
as GeorgeLiftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men...
Movie pageThe Crunch
as Prison OrderlyA megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London...
Movie pageThe Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Mr. OlthwaiteEric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is...
Movie pagePackman's Barn
as Ben PackmanBen Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.
Movie pageFair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground
as NathanA man abducts a boy after his son is taken from him by social services.
Movie pageOur Cissy
as Stan ButlerAn old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find...
Movie pageBilly's Last Stand
as BillyBilly is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...
Movie pageThe Saint
as Inspector In Blue GooseSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
TV Show pageLast of the Summer Wine
as GuideUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
TV Show pagePlay for Today
as TigerPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
TV Show pagePlay for Today
as BillyPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
TV Show pageAll Creatures Great and Small
as KitsonAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
TV Show pageAll Creatures Great and Small
as Mr. Dent Snr.All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
TV Show pageBill Brand
as Albert SteadFollowing the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as...
TV Show pageWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as VergerWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January...
TV Show pageReturn of the Saint
as ReiterFollow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
TV Show pageThe Dustbinmen
as uncreditedThe Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred...
TV Show pageThe Famous Five
as Wooden-Leg SamThe Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by...
TV Show pageThe Jensen Code
as Mr. BuckleSixteen-year-old Terry Connor is sent, along with a few of his friends, to an Outward Bound...
TV Show pageObjects of Affection
as Mr WymanA series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
TV Show pageA for Andromeda
as OldroydSet in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it...
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