John Castle

Actor Jan 14 (age 86) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK 1964–2026 (62 year career)

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Biography

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle has acted in theatre, film and television. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in the film Man of La Mancha. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Castle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Blow-Up

Bill

Film

The Lion in Winter

Geoffrey

Film

RoboCop 3

McDaggett

Film

Gods and Generals

Old Penn

Film

Man of La Mancha

Sanson Carrasco / The Duke

Film

Hornblower: Retribution

Captain Collins

Film

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Detective Inspector Craddock

Film

Sparrow

Giuseppe

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (39)

What Hides in Silence

as Craig

No One Believed Me

as Dan Ingre

Stalked by My Amish Boyfriend

as Grant

My Killer Reunion

as Ethan

The Tractate Middoth

as John Eldred

A Harlot's Progress

as Sir John Gonson

Princes in the Tower

as Dr. John Argentine

Trafalgar Battle Surgeon

2005

as Gunner Rivers

Gods and Generals

2003

as Old Penn

6.3

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

as Captain Collins

7.3

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Hygelac ( voice )

4.3

The Cater Street Hangman

1998

as Rev. Prebble

3.8

The Heart Surgeon

1997

as Charlie Hawkesmore

6.0

Seasick

1996

as Chief Engineer Josif Mantz

Sparrow

as Giuseppe

RoboCop 3

as McDaggett

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

1992

as Detective Inspector Craddock

7.4

The Crucifer of Blood

1991

as Neville St. Claire

Dealers

as Frank Mallory

King David

as Abner

Kim

as Narrator (voice)

The Life and Death of King John

as Earl of Salisbury

Heather Ann

as Petty Officer

Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico

1982

as Narrator

10.0

Judo Champ

1981

as Mr Hall

Never Never Land

1980

as Jim

The Wings of the Dove

as Merton

Eagle's Wing

as The Priest

The Three Hostages

as Dominick Medina

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

1976

as Captain Rory McBride

The Incredible Sarah

as Damala

Man of La Mancha

as Sanson Carrasco / The Duke

Made

as Father Dyson

Antony and Cleopatra

as Octavius Caesar

The Promise

The Lion in Winter

as Geoffrey

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

1968

A Night Out

1967

as Seeley

Blow-Up

1966

as Bill

7.3

Television (41)

Crimes no Vale do Silício

2026

Fixer

2008

6.6

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as John Eldred

Murder City

Spooks

as Jocelyn Myers

A Dinner of Herbs

as Alfred Cottle

CI5: The New Professionals

Midsomer Murders

as Charles King

The Vanishing Man

as Moreau

The Heart Surgeon

1997

as Charlie Hawkesmore

Silent Witness

Bramwell

as Guy Le Saux

Wycliffe

as Selby

Pie in the Sky

as Charles Rider

A Touch of Frost

as Charlie Collingham

7.5

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Lord Edgware

8.2

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Peter Walsh

Inspector Morse

1987

as Tony Doyle

7.9

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mark

Lovejoy

as Max Hunter

Lost Empires

as Nick Ollanton

Time for Murder

as Dr. David Warreck

Sherlock Holmes

as Carruthers

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Count Massino

Tales of the Unexpected

as John Burge

Strangers

as Martin Hargreaves

Wilde Alliance

as David Bardsley

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Professionals

as Tommy, CI5 Agent

1990

The New Avengers

as Colonel 'Mad Jack' Miller

7.0

I, Claudius

1976

as Postumus

7.8

The Fight Against Slavery

as Rev. John Newton

Warship

Dead of Night

as Michael

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as John Eldred

The Prisoner

as Number Twelve

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Merton Densher

5.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Benito Mussolini

The Wednesday Play

Theatre 625

as Alexis