Personal Info
Birth date
1917-05-09 (108 Years)
Day of death
1999-12-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Petrograd, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Also known as
John Edwin Arnatt
John Arnatt
Biography
John Edwin Arnatt (9 May 1917 – 21 December 1999) was a British actor.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.9
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.The Saint
7.3
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.The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.1
Overview:
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.Crown Court
5.4
Overview:
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.Keeping Up Appearances
7.6
Overview:
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.The Professionals
7.4
Overview:
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.The Main Chance
7.7
Overview:
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.Emergency – Ward 10
5
Overview:
Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency – Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.Callan
7
Overview:
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.Sir Francis Drake
4.5
Overview:
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.Thriller
6.6
Overview:
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.The Human Jungle
8.2
Overview:
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.Barlow
6
Overview:
Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s. Barlow at Large began as a three-part self-contained spin-off from Softly, Softly: Taskforce in 1971 with Barlow co-opted by the home office to investigate police corruption in Wales. Johns left Softly, Softly for good in 1972, but returned for a further series of Barlow at Large in the following year, Barlow having gone on full-time secondment to the Home Office. This second series, rather than telling one story in serial form, as the 1971 series had, was instead ten 50-minute episodes, each with a self-contained story. In this series, Barlow was supported by Norman Comer as Detective Sergeant Rees, who had been helpful to him during the first series. He also had to deal with the political machinations of the senior civil servant Fenton. In 1974 the series was renamed Barlow and a further two series of eight episodes each followed, introducing the character of Detective Inspector Tucker, played by Derek Newark. The final episode was transmitted in February 1975. The Barlow character was seen again in the series Second Verdict in which he, along with his former colleague John Watt, looked into unsolved cases and unsafe convictions from history.Colonel March of Scotland Yard
7.3
Overview:
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
7.5
Overview:
The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to investigate.House of Cards
8.1
Overview:
Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.Dangerfield
6
Overview:
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role, but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers. The BBC decided to end the series in November 1999 when Nigel Havers announced his decision to quit. The BBC felt viewers would not find the series credible if the main character was changed for a second time. The show like a number of other BBC dramas of the 1980s and 1990s also featured a number of borderline fantasy episodes. These included "Tricks", "Angel" and "Haunted". The TV trailers for Dangerfield were heavily parodied by The Fast Show in which the character was called Monkfish and would appear as a tough uncompromising Doctor, Policeman, vet and even as an interior designer with titles mixed in with other BBC shows of the time.The Cleopatras
3
Overview:
Eight-part drama covering the lives of the queens of Egypt from Cleopatra II in 145 BC to the death of the famous Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.Strange Report
6.5
Overview:
Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Marks. He employs the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertakes in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington.House of Blackmail
6
Overview:
A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.Only Two Can Play
5.9
Overview:
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.Our Mother's House
7.093
Overview:
Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.The Ties That Bind Us
NYR
Overview:
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.Pool of London
6.5
Overview:
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.The Bulldog Breed
5.7
Overview:
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.Acting
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Borusa (archive footage)
1998Birds of Prey as Gentleman
1995Dangerfield (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Police 5: The Master as Borusa (archive footage)
1990House of Cards (2 Episodes) as Sir Jasper Grainger
1990Keeping Up Appearances (1 Episode) as Sir Edward
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Stanley Barton
1985Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (2 Episodes) as Rev. Guy Calthrop
1983The Cleopatras (8 Episodes) as Sophron
1982The Kenny Everett Television Show (1, 4 Episode) as Self, Various
1978Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time as Chancellor Borusa
1977The Professionals (1 Episode) as Humber
1974Sign it Death as Mr. Robinson
1974Shadow of Fear as Unknown
1973Thriller (1 Episode) as Mr. Robinson
1973Paganini Strikes Again as Insp. Mainwaring
1972Crown Court (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Crucible of Terror as Bill
1971Barlow (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Strange Report (1 Episode) as Inspector Hughes
1969The Main Chance (13 Episodes) as Sidney Bulmer
1967Our Mother's House as Man Client
1967Callan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967A Challenge for Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
1965Licensed to Kill as Rockwell
1965Hysteria as Mr. James
1964Clash by Night as Unknown
1963Doctor Who (5 Episodes) as Borusa
1963Dr. Crippen as Chief Inspector Dew
1963Shadow of Fear as Sharp
1963The Human Jungle (1 Episode) as Recorder
1963The Set Up as Susp. Ross
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Major Fanshire
1962Out of the Fog as Supt. Chadwick
1962Only Two Can Play as Bill
1961Sir Francis Drake (1, 1 Episode) as Spanish Ambassador, Duke of Cordova
1961Whistle Down the Wind as Supt. Teesdale
1961The Impersonator as Det. Supt. Fletcher
1961The Third Alibi as Supt. Ross
1961No Love for Johnnie as Gregson, BBC Reporter (uncredited)
1960The Bulldog Breed as Briggs (uncredited)
1959The Third Man (1 Episode) as Count Hagar
1957The Passionate Stranger as Maurice Lamport / Martin
1957Emergency – Ward 10 (52 Episodes) as Unknown
1956Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1 Episode) as Wesley
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood (144 Episodes) as Deputy Sheriff of Nottingham
1954Forbidden Cargo as Customs Officer (uncredited)
1953House of Blackmail as Pete Carter
1952Circumstantial Evidence as Steve Harrison
1951Cry, the Beloved Country as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1951Pool of London as Squad Car Officer (uncredited)
1950Dick Barton at Bay as Jackson
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Ninian Edwards
1949Meet Simon Cherry as Tommy