Biography
John Middleton Lankester Paul (20 April 1921 β 23 February 1995) was a British actor.He is best known for his television roles, particularly as Dr Spencer Quist in Doomwatch (1970β1972) and Marcus Agrippa in I, Claudius (1976), both for BBC Television.An early role was as the lead in the ITV series Probation Officer in the early 1960s. He appeared as Captain Flint in a BBC adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons in 1963. He had guest roles in episodes of popular television series such as Out of the Unknown, Doctor Finlay's Casebook, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, Marked Personal and The New Avengers, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. One of his final TV appearances was in Selling Hitler, based on the real-life attempts to sell fake diaries attributed to Adolf Hitler.During his career he also appeared in feature films such as Yangtse Incident (1957), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), Cromwell (1970), Eye of the Needle (1981), and Cry Freedom (1987).
Filmography
all 33
Movies 21
TV Shows 12
self 1
Selling Hitler (1991)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
The Bunker (1981)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
1990 (1977)
The New Avengers (1976)
I, Claudius (1976)
Crown Court (1972)
Doomwatch (1972)
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Doomwatch (1970)
Some Girls Do (1969)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Witch Hunt (1967)
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
Take Me Over (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
Treble One: A Tribute (1959)
No Hiding Place (1959)
Deadly Record (1959)
Breakout (1959)
Violent Moment (1959)
The Steel Bayonet (1958)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
The Girl in the Picture (1957)
The Long Arm (1956)
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GenderMale
Birthday1921-04-20
Deathday1995-02-23 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceHertfordshire, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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