Personal Info
Birth date
1910-02-18 (115 Years)
Day of death
1983-05-22
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as
Jack Elvyn Barrett
Jack Elvyn "John" Barrett
John Barrett
Biography
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
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
Overview:
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.The Saint
7.312
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Return of the Saint
7
Overview:
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.All Creatures Great and Small
7.7
Overview:
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.A for Andromeda
5
Overview:
Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature" ...?The Jensen Code
5.5
Overview:
Sixteen-year-old Terry Connor is sent, along with a few of his friends, to an Outward Bound centre. On his first day at the centre Terry is taken pot-holing by the senior instructor, Alex. All goes well until, at 100 feet underground, Alex goes to search for the torch that Terry has dropped. Hours pass, and, to Terry’s astonishment, when Alex finally returns he has no recollection whatever of having been absent. Terry suspects something sinister is taking place – it is surely no coincidence that there is a secret Ministry of Defence establishment nearby. But just how deeply his curiosity will involve him in dangerous matters becomes clear when he learns the truth about the ‘Jensen Code’...The Famous Five
7.2
Overview:
The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes.Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
7.7
Overview:
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.Bill Brand
6.3
Overview:
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.The French Lieutenant's Woman
6.4
Overview:
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.Not On Your Nellie
5.333
Overview:
Not On Your Nellie is a British sitcom that ran from 1974-75. It starred veteran actress Hylda Baker as Nellie Pickersgill, a Bolton woman who moves to London to help run her ailing father's Chelsea pub. 17 episodes of the series were produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network.Tess
7.079
Overview:
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.The Eagle Has Landed
6.6
Overview:
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.The Jazz Age
NYR
Overview:
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.Far from the Madding Crowd
6.88
Overview:
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.The Villains
NYR
Overview:
An anthology series of plays. Each episode explores a different story of villainy.Londoners
NYR
Overview:
London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, ranging from Soho to the Law Courts, Wembley to the docks. Of the twelve episodes, eleven are believed to be lost.Robin and Marian
6.29
Overview:
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.The Witches
6.1
Overview:
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.War-Gods of the Deep
4.9
Overview:
A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew of former smugglers, the three plot to escape...Porridge
6.7
Overview:
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.Jack the Ripper
6.1
Overview:
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
7
Overview:
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.O Lucky Man!
6.9
Overview:
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.Acting
1994Double Blast as Trainer
1982Rolling Home as Mr. Wyman
1982Objects of Affection (1 Episode) as Mr Wyman
1982The Missionary as Old Man Outside Hotel
1982Remembrance as Jimmy
1981The French Lieutenant's Woman as Dairyman
1980Murder Rap as Tiger
1980Pews as George
1979Comedians as Caretaker
1979Tess as Old Dairy Hand
1979Porridge as Hedley
1978Return of the Saint (1 Episode) as Reiter
1978The Famous Five (1 Episode) as Wooden-Leg Sam
1978Last Wishes as Mr. Apse
1978All Creatures Great and Small (1, 1 Episode) as Kitson, Mr. Dent Snr.
1977The Testing of Eric Olthwaite as Mr. Olthwaite
1977Twelve Off the Belt as Eggy Greenall
1976The Eagle Has Landed as Laker Armsby
1976It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet as Crump
1976Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground as Nathan
1976Bill Brand (3 Episodes) as Albert Stead
1976Robin and Marian as Jack
1976Packman's Barn as Ben Packman
1975Lloyd George Knew My Father as Robertson
1974South Riding as Unknown
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as George
1974Not On Your Nellie (17 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Our Cissy as Stan Butler
1974Smokey Joe's Revenge as Bill Bassett
1973Malachi's Cove as Polwarth
1973The Death of Glory as Charles
1973O Lucky Man! as Bill
1973The Jensen Code (13 Episodes) as Mr. Buckle
1973Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1 Episode) as Verger
1973Last of the Summer Wine (1 Episode) as Guide
1972Up the Chastity Belt as 1st Peasant
1972Nearest and Dearest as Joshua Pledge
1971Billy's Last Stand as Billy
1970The Long Distance Piano Player as Old Man
1970Play for Today (1, 1 Episode) as Billy, Tiger
1970Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred as Mr. Thomas
1970The Hunting of Lionel Crane as Christmas Potter
1969The Dustbinmen (21 Episodes) as Unknown
1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah as Smellie Ibbotson
1968The Jazz Age (1 Episode) as Prisoner
1968Star! as Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)
1967Far from the Madding Crowd as Joseph Poorgrass
1966The Trygon Factor as Guide
1966The Witches as Mr. Glass
1965The World of George Orwell: 1984 as Waiter
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Loyal
1965War-Gods of the Deep as Third Fisherman
1965Londoners (1 Episode) as Publican
1964The Villains (21 Episodes) as Fletcher
1964The Crunch as Prison Orderly
1962A Prize of Arms as Publican
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Inspector In Blue Goose
1961Anna Karenina as Cord
1961A for Andromeda (1 Episode) as Oldroyd
1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1960Who Pays the Piper? as Unknown
1959Probation Officer (109 Episodes) as Clerk of Court
1959Jack the Ripper as Onlooker at 2nd Murder Scene