Person
Karl Johnson
Acting · Born 1948-03-01 · Wales, UK
Biography
Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, appearing on stage, film and television. His most notable role to date is the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and those of Cato the Younger in the television drama series Rome and of Twister Turrill in the BBC costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Derek Lockwood
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Saunders
Night Court
Dave Costanza
Call the Midwife
Mr. Masterson
Rainbow
Himself (singer)
Halo
Hierarch Truth (voice)
BBC Play of the Month
Wilf Seaford
Merlin
Taliesin
Bergerac
Henry Morant
The Bill
1984
Filmography
- 2024TrueloveTom
- 2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesBill
- 2023WolfColonel Frink
- 2023National Theatre Live: The Crucible
- 2022HaloHierarch Truth (voice)
- 2022SuspicionEric Cresswell
- 2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard Jenkins
- 2021Dream HorseKerby
- 2021Too CloseJames de Cadenet
- 2020Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINagg
- 2019The Last VermeerBernard Bakker
- 2018PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- 2018King LearFool
- 2017KaleidoscopeJohn
- 2017The Death of StalinDr. Lukomsky
- 2017Born to KillMr. Williams
- 2016Winter ThawStepanovich
- 2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow
- 2016The CarerJoseph
- 2016MumReg
- 2016MotherOld Man in Café
- 2015National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / Gravedigger
- 2014Mr. TurnerMr. Booth
- 2014The Gospel According to St DerekSelf
- 2014LovesickRichard
- 2014Under Milk WoodDrowned / Voice
- 2013Mr InvisibleThe Handler
- 2013AtlantisItheus
- 2013The SeaBlunden
- 2013It's KevinVarious
- 2012Good VibrationsGeorge Hooley
- 2012Call the MidwifeMr. Masterson
- 2011The Deep Blue SeaMr. Miller
- 2011The PierLarry McCarthy
- 2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe Lacey
- 2010Third StarTicket Seller
- 2009Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited)
- 2009I Know You KnowErnie
- 2008MerlinTaliesin
- 2008The Edge of LoveDai Fred
- 2008Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill
- 2007Dog AltogetherJack
- 2007Hot FuzzPC Bob Walker
- 2007The Trial of Tony BlairFather Lunt
- 2007Four Last SongsErico
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellus
- 2006Copying BeethovenStefan Holtz
- 2006The IllusionistDoctor / Old Man
- 2006The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice Byrne
- 2006Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman Douglas
- 2005HeidiOld Man
- 2005FrozenCoastguard Bill
- 2004When I'm Sixty-FourBilly
- 2004England Expects
- 2004New Tricks
- 200377 BedsSpiritual Father
- 2002Tomorrow La Scala!Sydney
- 2002What's Your Problem?
- 2002PureGranddad
- 2002Born and BredAlec Rossendale
- 2002ContagionFerrin
- 1999David CopperfieldTungay
- 1998Vanity FairMajor Loder
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn Deakin
- 1997Midsomer MurdersDerek Lockwood
- 1996Saint-ExDidier Daurat
- 1995An Independent ManBill Rutherford
- 1994The LifeboatHughie Jones
- 1993WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein
- 1991Close My EyesColin
- 1991Let Him Have ItParris
- 1989Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie
- 1989A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad'
- 1989The ShawlCharles
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSaunders
- 1988The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" Hughes
- 1988The Play on OneCharles
- 1987A Prayer for the DyingFitzgerald
- 1987Prick Up Your EarsDouglas Orton
- 1986ScreenPlayP.C. Taffy Hughes
- 1985The MysteriesJesus / Abel
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Night CourtDave Costanza
- 1982The Magic Shop
- 1981BergeracHenry Morant
- 1981Sons and LoversPaul Morel
- 1981Sons and LoversPaul Morel
- 1979ShoestringDennis Philips
- 1979The TempestAriel, an airy spirit
- 1979Only ConnectColin
- 1979The Other SideColin
- 1978Cold HarbourGeoff
- 1978JubileeSphinx
- 1975Chips with EverythingWilfe Seaford
- 1972RainbowHimself (singer)
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthWilf Seaford
- 1955The Sooty ShowHimself
- —Ladies and GentlemenUncle Philip
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