John Barrett

Acting

Born February 18, 1910, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• Objects of Affection — Mr Wyman
• 1982Remembrance — Jimmy
• 1982Rolling Home — Mr. Wyman
• 1982The Missionary — Old Man Outside Hotel
• 1981The French Lieutenant's Woman — Dairyman
• Juliet Bravo — Israel Smethurst
• 1980Murder Rap — Tiger
• 1980Pews — George
• 1979Comedians — Caretaker
• 1979Porridge — Hedley
• 1979Tess — Old Dairy Hand
• All Creatures Great and Small — Kitson, Mr. Dent Snr.
• 1978Last Wishes — Mr. Apse
• Return of the Saint — Reiter
• The Famous Five — Wooden-Leg Sam
• Jubilee 1977 — Walter Jennings
• Robin's Nest — Stan
• 1977Silver Lining — Walter Jennings
• 1977The Testing of Eric Olthwaite — Mr. Olthwaite
• 1977Twelve Off the Belt — Eggy Greenall
• Bill Brand — Albert Stead
• 1976Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground — Nathan
• 1976It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet — Crump
• 1976Packman's Barn — Ben Packman
• 1976Robin and Marian — Jack
• 1976The Eagle Has Landed — Laker Armsby
• 1975Lloyd George Knew My Father — Robertson
• Poldark — George Tabb
• Shadows — Eli
• Churchill's People — John Freeman
• Not on Your Nellie — Jed Pickersgill
• 1974Our Cissy — Stan Butler
• Playhouse — George
• 1974Smokey Joe's Revenge — Mr. Bassett
• 1974South Riding
• Centre Play — Bill, Nathan
• Last of the Summer Wine — Guide
• 1973Malachi's Cove — Polwarth
• 1973O Lucky Man! — Bill
• Second City Firsts — Eggy Greenall
• 1973The Death of Glory — Charles
• The Jensen Code — Mr Buckle
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? — Verger
• 1972Nearest and Dearest — Joshua Pledge
• The Frighteners — Henry
• 1972The Treat — Henry
• 1972Up the Chastity Belt — 1st Peasant
• 1971Billy's Last Stand — Billy
• Play for Today — Tiger, Billy
• 1970Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred — Mr. Thomas
• 1970The Hunting of Lionel Crane — Christmas Potter
• 1970The Long Distance Piano Player — Old Man
• The Dustbinmen — Smellie Ibbotson
• Who-Dun-It — Cross
• Nearest and Dearest — Joshua Pledge
• 1968Star! — Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)
• The Jazz Age — Prisoner
• 1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah — Smellie Ibbotson
• 1967Far from the Madding Crowd — Joseph Poorgrass
• ITV Playhouse — Smellie Ibbotson, Mr. Apse
• Mickey Dunne — Walter Bott
• Mystery and Imagination — Coachman
• 1966The Trygon Factor — Guide
• 1966The Witches — Mr. Glass
• BBC Play of the Month — Loyal
• Londoners — Publican
• 1965The World of George Orwell: 1984 — Waiter
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Mr. Whybrew
• 1965War-Gods of the Deep — Third Fisherman
• Six — Waiter
• 1964The Crunch — Prison Orderly
• The Massingham Affair — George Sugden
• The Villains — Fletcher
• Theatre 625 — Sergeant Case, Waiter
• 1962A Prize of Arms — Publican
• Studio 4 — Frank Kershaw
• The Saint — Inspector In Blue Goose
• 1961Anna Karenina — Cord
• 1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Man in Cafe (uncredited)
• 1960Who Pays the Piper?
• 1959Jack the Ripper — Onlooker at 2nd Murder Scene
• Probation Officer — Clerk of Court
• Armchair Theatre — Constable, Charles