John Barrett

Actor Feb 18 (died age 73) Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK 1956–1982 (26 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Tess

Old Dairy Hand

Film

The Eagle Has Landed

Laker Armsby

Film

Star!

Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)

Film

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Man in Cafe (uncredited)

Film

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Dairyman

Film

Robin and Marian

Jack

Film

O Lucky Man!

Bill

Film

Far from the Madding Crowd

Joseph Poorgrass

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (45)

The Missionary

1982

as Old Man Outside Hotel

5.5

Rolling Home

1982

as Mr. Wyman

Remembrance

1982

as Jimmy

3.5

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

as Dairyman

6.4

Murder Rap

1980

as Tiger

Pews

1980

as George

Tess

as Old Dairy Hand

Porridge

as Hedley

Comedians

as Caretaker

Last Wishes

as Mr. Apse

Twelve Off the Belt

1977

as Eggy Greenall

Silver Lining

1977

as Walter Jennings

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

as Mr. Olthwaite

The Eagle Has Landed

as Laker Armsby

Robin and Marian

as Jack

Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground

1976

as Nathan

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

as Crump

6.0

Packman's Barn

1976

as Ben Packman

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975

as Robertson

South Riding

1974

Our Cissy

1974

as Stan Butler

Smokey Joe's Revenge

1974

as Bill Bassett

The Death of Glory

1973

as Charles

O Lucky Man!

as Bill

Malachi's Cove

as Polwarth

Nearest and Dearest

as Joshua Pledge

The Treat

as Henry

Up the Chastity Belt

1972

as 1st Peasant

4.0

Billy's Last Stand

1971

as Billy

The Long Distance Piano Player

1970

as Old Man

The Hunting of Lionel Crane

1970

as Christmas Potter

Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred

1970

as Mr. Thomas

There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

1968

as Smellie Ibbotson

Star!

1968

as Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)

6.9

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Joseph Poorgrass

The Witches

as Mr. Glass

The Trygon Factor

as Guide

War-Gods of the Deep

as Third Fisherman

The World of George Orwell: 1984

1965

as Waiter

The Crunch

1964

as Prison Orderly

A Prize of Arms

as Publican

Anna Karenina

as Cord

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960

as Man in Cafe (uncredited)

7.0

Who Pays the Piper?

1960

Jack the Ripper

1959

as Onlooker at 2nd Murder Scene

6.0

Television (29)

Objects of Affection

1982

as Mr Wyman

7.0

All Creatures Great and Small

as Kitson

Return of the Saint

as Reiter

The Famous Five

as Wooden-Leg Sam

Robin's Nest

as Stan

Jubilee 1977

as Walter Jennings

Bill Brand

as Albert Stead

Poldark

as George Tabb

Shadows

as Eli

Playhouse

as George

Churchill's People

as John Freeman

Not On Your Nellie

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

as Guide

7.1

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Verger

The Jensen Code

as Mr. Buckle

Centre Play

as Bill

Play for Today

as Billy

The Dustbinmen

as Smellie Ibbotson

Nearest and Dearest

as Joshua Pledge

The Jazz Age

as Prisoner

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Coachman

5.5

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Loyal

5.0

Londoners

1965

as Publican

Theatre 625

1964

as Sergeant Case

7.2

The Villains

1964

as Fletcher

The Saint

1962

as Inspector In Blue Goose

Studio 4

as Frank Kershaw

Probation Officer

as Clerk of Court

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Constable

5.8