Person

John Carlin

Acting · 1929–2017 · Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

John Carlin (6 November 1929 – 19 November 2017) was a Scottish actor. He appeared on television from 1957 to 1992 and has 109 credits from films and television series. In the late 1950s, Carlin acted with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He made his radio debut in 1955 on the Children's Hour and went on to appear in a number of television programmes in the 1960s. Also in the 1960s he worked as a disc jockey on the BBC's Light Programme. Carlin died on 19 November 2017 in Gloucestershire, England

Known for

Filmography

2022The Sagrada FamiliaSelf
1991The Darling Buds of MayReverend Spink
1990The Upper HandSurgeon
1990A Ghost in Monte CarloConcierge
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDr Bennett
1988The Bourne IdentityStossel
1988The Temptation of Eileen HughesHotel Manager
1988Chelmsford 123Poet
1988After HenryThe Valuer
1987The New StatesmanHouse of Commons Speaker
1987Hardwicke HouseVicar
1987The Two Mrs. GrenvillesForbes
1986Slinger's DayAuditor
1985Mapp & LuciaMayberry
1984Cold WarriorHotel Manager
1984Fresh FieldsMr. Galloway
1984Love and MarriageMalcolm
1981BergeracFrazer
1981Never the TwainMr Neville
1980George & MildredCasino Supervisor
1979MinderDerek
1979ShoestringFlorist
1978Carry On EmmannuelleFrench Parson
1977Holocaust 2000Robertson
1976Carry On EnglandOfficer
1975Rumpole of the BaileyHector Vellacott Q.C.
1975Carry On LaughingEthelbert
1975The SweeneyPierce
1973Man About the HouseMr Gideon
1973The Death of Adolf HitlerZander
1972High SummerCrown Prince
1971JusticeHugh
1970The Adventures of Don QuickTV Announcer
1970The LieSir James Brenton
1967Baker's Half-DozenRoger
1966The Three MusketeersKing Louis XIII
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreAmbrose Charnock
1964Theatre 625Semyon Medvedenko
1964Story ParadeBasil Jaraby
1962The Scales of JusticeWaiter

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