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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-08-05 (104 years old)

Place of Birth

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

John Sharp

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2021

Lotus: A New Dawn as Self - Lotus Senior Engineer

1986

Lovejoy as Henry Miller

1985

The Bride as Bailiff

1984

Top Secret! as Maitre D'

1983

The Dresser as Mr. Bottomley
The Aerodrome as The Squire

1981

The Bunker as Dr. Morell

1980

1979

Velvet Hands as Benny
Red, White, and Zero as The Macebearer
Worzel Gummidge as Fairground man

1978

The Roads of Exile as David Hume

1977

Jabberwocky as Sergeant at the Gate

1976

Packman's Barn as Arthur Trantor

1975

Barry Lyndon as Doolan
The Sweeney as Uncle

1974

1973

The Wicker Man as Doctor Ewan

1972

Brother Sun, Sister Moon as Bischof Guido

1971

1970

Emma's Time as Charlie

1969

1968

Please Sir! as Police Inspector

1967

Misunderstood as Uncle William 'Will'
The White Bus as Macebearer
The Prisoner as Number Two

1966

1965

The Siege of Manchester as Alexander Green

1964

1962

1961

The Avengers as Prewitt
The Avengers as Jupp

1960

Sunday-Night Play as Arthur Feltham

1959

Left Right and Centre as Mr. Reeves

1957

When We Are Married as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

1954

The House Across the Lake as Mr. Hardcastle

1952

The Magic Box as Film Society Member (uncredited)
Angels One Five as 'Soss'

1951

A Case For P.C. 49 as Desk Sergeant (as John Sharpe)
Laughter in Paradise as Constable Cafferty (uncredited)

1950

Your Witness as Police Constable Hawkins
Night and the City as Man (uncredited)

1949