John Sharp
John Sharp was a Bradford born British actor of a heavyset physicality, often cast in curmudgeonly roles. In a career stretching from 1949 to 1991, he made more than 100 appearances in television and film.
A Christmas Carol
as TiptonMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
Movie pageThe Wicker Man
as Doctor EwanPolice sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the...
Movie pageNight and the City
as Man (uncredited)Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up...
Movie pageBarry Lyndon
as DoolanAn Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...
Movie pageTop Secret!
as Maitre D'Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music...
Movie pageWatch Out, We're Mad
as JefeAfter a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them...
Movie pageJabberwocky
as Sergeant at the GateA medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper...
Movie pageThe Bunker
as Dr. MorellDramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his...
Movie pageThe Bride
as BailiffDoctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the...
Movie pageBrother Sun, Sister Moon
as Bischof GuidoIn his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the...
Movie pageVelvet Hands
as BennyEngineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to...
Movie pageThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Sir ThuudFu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...
Movie pageAnd Now the Screaming Starts!
as Henry's FriendIn the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles...
Movie pageMisunderstood
as Uncle William 'Will'Andrew's brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother's death. Playmate...
Movie pageThe Dresser
as Mr. BottomleyIn a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the...
Movie pageThe Magic Box
as Film Society Member (uncredited)Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
Movie pageThe Return of the Soldier
as PearsonThe horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The...
Movie pageThe House Across the Lake
as Mr. HardcastleSensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the...
Movie pageLaughter in Paradise
as Constable Cafferty (uncredited)When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they...
Movie pageAngels One Five
as 'Soss'The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a...
Movie pageSpring and Port Wine
as Bowler 4A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's...
Movie pageLeft Right and Centre
as Mr. ReevesAt the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the...
Movie pageThe Aerodrome
as The SquireIn the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the...
Movie pageYour Witness
as Police Constable HawkinsAdam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the...
Movie pageThe Roads of Exile
as David HumeFrench philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau (François Simon) lives in 18th-century exile with his...
Movie pageMrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as OakshotHerman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from...
Movie pageThe White Bus
as MacebearerA despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.
Movie pageA Case For P.C. 49
as Desk Sergeant (as John Sharpe)A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is...
Movie pageThat's Your Funeral
as MayorTwo funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Movie pageA Jolly Bad Fellow
as HodgesAn English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a...
Movie pageThe Siege of Manchester
as Alexander GreenA German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Movie pageThe Big Man Coughed and Died
as Park keeperLouie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and...
Movie pageRed, White, and Zero
as The MacebearerComposed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of...
Movie pageLotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Lotus Senior EngineerThis short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer 'Lotus'. In the past...
Movie pageCelia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
as Frank HaldaneAn actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly...
Movie pageEmma's Time
as CharlieAfter the death of novelist Robert Kelvin, his mistress Emma tries to adjust and reflects upon...
Movie pagePackman's Barn
as Arthur TrantorBen Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.
Movie pageThe Avengers
as PrewittThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
TV Show pageThe Avengers
as JuppThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
TV Show pageNo Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
TV Show pageZ-Cars
as uncreditedZ-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...
TV Show pageThe Sweeney
as UncleJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
TV Show pageAll Creatures Great and Small
as BigginsAll 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. BigginsAll 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 BigginsAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
TV Show pagePlease Sir!
as Police InspectorPlease Sir! is a London Weekend Television produced situation comedy, created by writers John...
TV Show pageThe Prisoner
as Number TwoAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...
TV Show pageLovejoy
as Henry MillerThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
TV Show pageMaigret
as uncreditedBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...
TV Show pageThe Edwardians
as uncreditedIt was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay...
TV Show pageDr. Finlay's Casebook
as uncreditedDr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971....
TV Show pageMystery and Imagination
as uncreditedMystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and...
TV Show pageWorzel Gummidge
as Fairground manWorzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on...
TV Show pageAn Age of Kings
as uncreditedA linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over...
TV Show pageIn Loving Memory
as uncreditedIn Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora...
TV Show pageRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as SagranRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial...
TV Show pageSix Dates with Barker
as uncreditedSix Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half hour situation comedies showcasing the...
TV Show pageThe Corridor People
as KronkThe Corridor People is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV...
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