John Barrett

John Barrett

Born: February 18, 1910
Died: May 22, 1983
in 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.

Movies for John Barrett...

Title: Objects of Affection
Character: Mr Wyman
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: TV
A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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The Missionary
Title: The Missionary
Character: Old Man Outside Hotel
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
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Remembrance
Title: Remembrance
Character: Jimmy
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
Title: The French Lieutenant's Woman
Character: Dairyman
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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.
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Murder Rap
Title: Murder Rap
Character: Tiger
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Wallie, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families.
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Comedians
Title: Comedians
Character: Caretaker
Released: October 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.
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Tess
Title: Tess
Character: Old Dairy Hand
Released: October 6, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Porridge
Title: Porridge
Character: Hedley
Released: August 12, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Reiter
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Title: The Famous Five
Character: Wooden-Leg Sam
Released: July 3, 1978
Type: TV
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.
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Last Wishes
Title: Last Wishes
Character: Mr. Apse
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
An elderly recluse dies in the process of changing her will. The change would have meant that the servants would continue to live i n her house - now it seems they will be homeless.
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Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Kitson
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
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Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Mr. Dent Snr.
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
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Twelve Off the Belt
Title: Twelve Off the Belt
Character: Eggy Greenall
Released: May 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour. Ties decided on a raw cabbage '. The Bedworth Hog faces tough competition.
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The Eagle Has Landed
Title: The Eagle Has Landed
Character: Laker Armsby
Released: December 24, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Title: It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Character: Crump
Released: November 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film. Sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small.
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Title: Bill Brand
Character: Albert Stead
Released: June 7, 1976
Type: TV
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
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Robin and Marian
Title: Robin and Marian
Character: Jack
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
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Packman's Barn
Title: Packman's Barn
Character: Ben Packman
Released: January 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Ben Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.
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Lloyd George Knew My Father
Title: Lloyd George Knew My Father
Character: Robertson
Released: August 19, 1975
Type: Movie
When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to kill herself at the precise moment that the bulldozers start on their shameful work. As the hour strikes and the bulldozers' roar is heard, her husband General Sir William Boothroyd enters in full regimental regalia, while his old ex-army servant sounds the Last Post. Then, as the whole family stands stricken, the door opens...
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South Riding
Title: South Riding
Released: September 16, 1974
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
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Title: Not On Your Nellie
Released: March 3, 1974
Type: TV
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.
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Smokey Joe's Revenge
Title: Smokey Joe's Revenge
Character: Bill Bassett
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Three children rejuvenate an old traction engine and enter it for the County Championship.
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Our Cissy
Title: Our Cissy
Character: Stan Butler
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the truth about his daughter's suicide.
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Malachi's Cove
Title: Malachi's Cove
Character: Polwarth
Released: October 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.
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The Death of Glory
Title: The Death of Glory
Character: Charles
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.
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O Lucky Man!
Title: O Lucky Man!
Character: Bill
Released: March 25, 1973
Type: Movie
This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.
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Title: The Jensen Code
Character: Mr. Buckle
Released: February 28, 1973
Type: TV
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’...
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Title: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Character: Verger
Released: January 9, 1973
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Last of the Summer Wine
Character: Guide
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: TV
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.
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Up the Chastity Belt
Title: Up the Chastity Belt
Character: 1st Peasant
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
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Nearest and Dearest
Title: Nearest and Dearest
Character: Joshua Pledge
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker star in this big screen spin-off of one of ITV's most popular comedy series of all time. When the father of Eli and Nellie Pledge dies, they are left in charge of his pickle empire. The two siblings are completely different and Eli wants out of the business, but he can't leave until Nellie is married. So Eli sets about finding a husband for his old-fashioned sister.
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Billy's Last Stand
Title: Billy's Last Stand
Character: Billy
Released: February 4, 1971
Type: Movie
Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...
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The Long Distance Piano Player
Title: The Long Distance Piano Player
Character: Old Man
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: Movie
The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife) and evil (his agent) that rages around him.
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Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Title: Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Character: Mr. Thomas
Released: January 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a favourite uncle.
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Title: The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Character: Christmas Potter
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: Movie
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
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Title: The Dustbinmen
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: TV
The Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield, and Tim Wylton. The show was a spin-off from a one-off 90-minute TV film "There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah" written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Michael Apted. This led to the sitcom which ran for three series between 1969 and 1970. Rosenthal wrote all of the episodes of the first two series.
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There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Title: There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Character: Smellie Ibbotson
Released: September 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
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Star!
Title: Star!
Character: Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Title: Far from the Madding Crowd
Character: Joseph Poorgrass
Released: June 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
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The Trygon Factor
Title: The Trygon Factor
Character: Guide
Released: December 16, 1966
Type: Movie
A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.
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The Witches
Title: The Witches
Character: Mr. Glass
Released: November 21, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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The World of George Orwell: 1984
Title: The World of George Orwell: 1984
Character: Waiter
Released: November 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
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War-Gods of the Deep
Title: War-Gods of the Deep
Character: Third Fisherman
Released: May 26, 1965
Type: Movie
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...
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The Crunch
Title: The Crunch
Character: Prison Orderly
Released: January 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway?
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A Prize of Arms
Title: A Prize of Arms
Character: Publican
Released: December 11, 1962
Type: Movie
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Inspector In Blue Goose
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
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.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Cord
Released: November 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Anna, the wife of government minister Alexis Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a family quarrel. There, Count Alexis Vronsky falls in love with her. Television adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's novel by Marcelle Maurette.
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Title: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Character: Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
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Jack the Ripper
Title: Jack the Ripper
Character: Onlooker at 2nd Murder Scene
Released: May 28, 1959
Type: Movie
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.