John Carson

Actor Feb 28 (died age 89) Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka] 1951–2018 (67 year career)

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Biography

John Carson was an English actor known for his appearances in film and television. Not to be confused with the American TV entertainer John "Johnny" Carson.

Known For

Film

Doomsday

George Dutton

Film

Shaka Zulu

Lord Kimberley

Film

The Plague of the Zombies

Squire Clive Hamilton

Film

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Jonathon Secker

Film

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Dr. Marcus

Film

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Ashton

Film

I Dreamed of Africa

Pembroke Headmaster

Film

The Deal

Nigel Bland

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (52)

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

2018

as Self

7.3

Amicus Vault of Horrors

as Critic

Doomsday

as George Dutton

The Deal

as Nigel Bland

I Dreamed of Africa

as Pembroke Headmaster

Black Velvet Band

as Col. Rowan

Mandela and de Klerk

as Willem de Klerk

Woman of Desire

The Sheltering Desert

1991

The Last Hero

1991

as Fred Zimmerman

Schweitzer

as Horton Herschel

The Last Warrior

as Priest

The Mountain and the Molehill

1989

as Lauderdale

Survivor

1987

as Engineer Councillor

City of Blood

as Prime Minister

An African Dream

as Harry Endicott

Tenth of a Second

1987

Heroes

1986

Doctor Who: Snakedance

1983

as Ambril

4.3

Blunt Instrument

1981

as Sir Ernest Blandy

Fothergill

1981

as Neilson

Guardian of the Abyss

1980

as Charles Randolph

Rehearsal

1977

as Bill

Age of Hypocrisy

1977

as Terry Iverson

Loyalties

1976

as Charles Winsor

Schmoedipus

1974

as Tom Carter

Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

1974

as Arthur Lewis

8.0

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

as Dr. Marcus

Possession

as Ray Burns

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

1972

as Revell

7.0

This Body Is Mine

1971

as Allen Meredith

Male Bait

1971

Paper Roses

1971

as Joe

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970

as Jonathon Secker

6.0

The Man Who Haunted Himself

as Ashton

The Lie

as Ellis Anderson

Thunderbird 6

as Captain Foster (II) (voice)

5.8

The Plague of the Zombies

1966

as Squire Clive Hamilton

The Night Caller

as The Major

Master Spy

as Richard Colman

Smokescreen

as Trevor Bayliss

Act of Murder

as Tim Ford

The July Plot

as Colonel Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg

The Set Up

1963

as Insp. Jackson

Accidental Death

1963

as Paul Lanson

6.0

Locker Sixty-Nine

1962

as Miguel Terila

Guns of Darkness

1962

as First Officer

6.0

Oliver Twist

1962

as Monks

Seven Keys

1961

as Norman

6.5

The Lady is a Square

1959

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.8

The Scent of Fear

1959

as Tom Brook

Quentin Durward

1955

as Duke of Orleans

5.6

Television (60)

The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

2013

as Himself

CI5: The New Professionals

Midsomer Murders

as Older Gentleman

The Adventures of Sinbad

1996

6.9

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Sir George Carrington

8.2

Shaka Zulu

1986

as Lord Kimberley

7.0

Hammer House of Horror

as Charles Randolph

Oppenheimer

as Narrator

Cribb

as Russell Haygarth

Tales of the Unexpected

as Arthur

Kidnapped

as James More

The Famous Five

as Mr Lenoir

The Professionals

as Brian Forrest

Secret Army

as Hans Van Reijn

Raffles

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

1977

as Rex

5.5

Jubilee 1977

1977

as Terry Iverson

The Children of the New Forest

1977

as Colonel Heatherstone

The New Avengers

as Freddy

Victorian Scandals

Playhouse

as Neilson

Thriller

as Ray Burns

Centre Play

as Bill

Emma

as Mr Knightley

The Adventures of Black Beauty

as Joshua Eglinton

Play for Today

Department S

as Kilvern

Dombey and Son

as Mr. Dombey

The Champions

as Symons

The Expert

as Sewell

Man in a Suitcase

The Informer

as Peter Pallister QC.

You Can't Win

1966

BBC Play of the Month

as Charles Winsor

Out of the Unknown

as Allen Meredith

Hereward the Wake

as William of Normandy

The Wednesday Play

1964

as Col. Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg

Story Parade

as R. Daneel Olivaw

It's Dark Outside

as Anthony Brand

Doctor Who

as Ambril

Festival

as Knight - Tempter

The Saint

as Astron

Out of This World

as Roger Carter

Man of the World

as Said

Suspense

Oliver Twist

as Monks

Oliver Twist

The Avengers

as Ariston

Drama 61-67

as Robert Perrott

Maigret

1960

7.2

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

7.0

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

as Miguel Terila

The Adventures of William Tell

as Fritz

Ivanhoe

as Sir Morten

Emergency: Ward 10

Armchair Theatre

as Borghem

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Sir Geoffrey Claire

6.3

Dixon of Dock Green

1955

as Joe Conway / Francis Spurling

5.3

Boston Blackie

1951

4.0