Personal Info
Birth date
1938-01-01 (87 Years)
Day of death
2024-02-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Also known as
-John Savident
Biography
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Filmography
Coronation Street
5.3
Overview:
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.Doctor Who
7.889
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 Avengers
7.741
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).The Saint
7.4
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.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.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.The Professionals
7.489
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.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.The Bill
6.7
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.Softly, Softly
5
Overview:
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.A Clockwork Orange
8.181
Overview:
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Little Dorrit
6.5
Overview:
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.Impromptu
6
Overview:
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.Robbery
6.521
Overview:
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.Duel of Hearts
5.5
Overview:
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocentThe Raging Moon
6.5
Overview:
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.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.ITV Play of the Week
4
Overview:
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.Sharpe
8
Overview:
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.Gandhi
7.6
Overview:
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.The Wicked Lady
4.761
Overview:
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.Public Eye
7.8
Overview:
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."Hudson Hawk
5.707
Overview:
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.Jeeves and Wooster
8.1
Overview:
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.Blake's 7
7.261
Overview:
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.The Remains of the Day
7.4
Overview:
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
Overview:
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were later remade as a BBC radio series in 2005 and 2006.Waterloo
7.1
Overview:
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.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'.Acting
2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot as The King
2009Above Suspicion (1 Episode) as Barry Southwood
2008All Over The Shop (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Widow Twankey
1996Loch Ness as Dr Binns
1996Sharpe's Regiment as Sir Barstan Maxwell
1995Othello as 2nd Senator
1994Tom & Viv as Sir Frederick Lamb
1993The Remains of the Day as Doctor Meredith
1993Heart of Darkness as Company Director
1993Sharpe (1 Episode) as Sir Barstan Maxwell
1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Mr. Armont
1992Brain Donors as Edmund Lazlo
1992Duel of Hearts as Rev. Adolphus Wantage
1991One Against the Wind as Henry Smallwood, American Embasy
1991Mr. Bean Takes an Exam as Unknown
1991Hudson Hawk as Auctioneer
1991Impromptu as Buloz
1990Jeeves and Wooster (1 Episode) as Chiswick
1990Mountains of the Moon as Lord Murchison
1990Camping as Engelsktalende tysker
1988A Summer Story as Bank Clerk
1988Chelmsford 123 (1 Episode) as Jupiter
1987Little Dorrit as Tite Barnacle
1986David Copperfield (2 Episodes) as Creakle
1986The Marlowe Inquest as Sir John Puckering
1986The Silent Twins as Judge
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Cecil
1984This Office Life as Copeland
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Chance in a Million (2 Episodes) as Derek
1984Fresh Fields (1 Episode) as Mr. Royce
1983The Crystal Cube (1 Episode) as The Bishop of Horley, The Very Reverend Previous Lockhort
1983The Wicked Lady as Squire Thornton
1982Gandhi as Manager of the Mine
1982Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Squire
1981Never the Twain (1 Episode) as Mr. Wilde
1981Clapperclaw as Dunswick
1981Private Schulz (1 Episode) as Globke
1981The Chinese Detective (1 Episode) as Don Liddell
1980The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls as King Fortunatus
1980Juliet Bravo (1 Episode) as Ronnie Gore
1980The Day Christ Died as Aide to Herod
1980Yes Minister (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1979Shelley (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Romeo and Juliet as Friar John
1978Blake's 7 (1, 1 Episode) as Fleet Warden-General Samor, Egrorian
1977The Professionals (1 Episode) as Robert Plumb
19771990 (1, 8 Episode) as Unknown, Dan Mellor
1977Raffles (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Florian
1976Seal Island as Unknown
1976Trial by Combat as Oliver Griggs
1976Our Mutual Friend (2 Episodes) as John Podsnap
1975Quiller (1 Episode) as Sir Ian Dalrymple
1975Looking for Clancy (1 Episode) as Sir John Kennan
1974Late Night Drama (1 Episode) as Mr. Cubbins
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as Dunswick
1974Butley as Unknown
1973Diamonds on Wheels as Steward
1973Penny Gold as Sir Robert Hampton
1973Warship (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Hewel (uncredited)
1972Colditz (1 Episode) as Capt. Meegeren
1972Crown Court (1 Episode) as Cecil Walker
1972The Adventurer (1 Episode) as Le Consul
1972The Lotus Eaters (2 Episodes) as Maj. Constantinos
1971A Clockwork Orange as Conspirator
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Furness
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Sir Arthur Inglewood
1971Brett (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1971Budgie (1 Episode) as Godlove
1971The Raging Moon as Fete Guest
1970Waterloo as Muffling
1970Codename (1 Episode) as Largo
1970Doomwatch (2 Episodes) as The Minister
1970Manhunt (3 Episodes) as Raoul
1969Softly Softly: Task Force (1 Episode) as Stackpole
1969In Loving Memory (1 Episode) as Mr. Hargreaves
1969Battle of Britain as RAF Officer (uncredited)
1969Department S (1 Episode) as Captain Svenoski
1969The Main Chance (1 Episode) as Donald Jarram
1969Judge Dee (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Otley as Businessman
1969Two in Clover (1 Episode) as Man
1969Before Winter Comes as Unknown
1968Nearest and Dearest (2 Episodes) as Landlord
1968Inadmissible Evidence as Mr. Watson
1967The White Bus as Supporter
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Robbery as Policeman with Dog (uncredited)
1967Callan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Compensation Alice as Cecil
1967Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 Episode) as Spirit Guardian
1966Mystery and Imagination (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Softly, Softly (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Purishkevich
1965The Troubleshooters (1 Episode) as Francis Pearce
1965Public Eye (1 Episode) as Sven Gustafsson
1964The Wednesday Play (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Hans Von Dorring, Mr. Miller, Mr. Brummitt
1963Doctor Who (2 Episodes) as The Squire
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Frank Lomax
1961The Avengers (1 Episode) as Winthrop
1960Coronation Street (427 Episodes) as Fred Elliott
1956Armchair Theatre (1 Episode) as Cecil
1955ITV Play of the Week (1 Episode) as Drawbell
1955Dixon of Dock Green (1 Episode) as Van Heerden
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (3 Episodes) as Steward
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Henry Smallwood