John Nettleton

Actor Feb 5 (died age 94) Lewisham, London, England, UK 1956–2007 (51 year career)

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Biography

John Nettleton (5 February 1929 – 14 July 2023) was an English actor.

Known For

Film

Oliver Twist

1st Magistrate

Film

A Man for All Seasons

Jailer

Film

And Soon the Darkness

Gendarme

Film

Jinnah

General Gracie

Film

All Creatures Great and Small

Head Waiter

Film

Black Beauty

Sir William

Film

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Rev Ernest Matthews

Film

Doctor Who

Reverend Ernest Matthews

Filmography

Acting (85)

Movies (31)

Fishtales

as Professor Coulter

Oliver Twist

as 1st Magistrate

Dad

as Maurice

Invasion

Jinnah

as General Gracie

Felix Dexter in Douglas

1996

as Alan

American Friends

as Groves

The Lorelei

as Mr Walker

Circles Of Deceit

as Ned

Bomber Harris

1989

as Wing Commander Harry Weldon

6.8

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

1989

as Rev Ernest Matthews

Burning Secret

as Doctor Weiss

East of Ipswich

as Richard's Father

Martin Luther, Heretic

1983

as Andreas Karlstadt

Anyone for Denis

1982

as Jenkins

'That Crazy Woman'

1980

as Ashby

The Tempest

as Gonzalo

Henry VIII

as Lord Chamberlain

The Country Wife

as Sir Jasper Fidget

All Creatures Great and Small

as Head Waiter

Black Beauty

as Sir William

The Uninvited

as George Pattison

The Lie

1970

as Mr Arnold

6.0

And Soon the Darkness

as Gendarme

Sovereign's Company

as Major Grace

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

as Wagstaff

4.8

There Is Also Tomorrow

1969

as Henry

The Education of Corporal Halliday

1967

as Maj. Gen. McAllister

Death of a Private

1967

as Captain

A Man for All Seasons

1966

as Jailer

7.3

The Noise Stopped

1966

as Charles

Television (54)

Kingdom

as Mr. Macavoy

Foyle's War

as Sam Bradshawe

Longitude

as Minister for the Navy

Midsomer Murders

as Munro Hilliard

Victoria Wood

as Charles

The New Statesman

as Sir Stephen Baxter

7.4

Yes, Prime Minister

1986

as Sir Arnold Robinson

Worlds Beyond

as Vicar

Screen Two

as Mr. Burrill

The Bill

Fairly Secret Army

as Smith

The Happy Apple

Brass

as Lord Mountfast

Anyone for Denis?

as Jenkins

Anyone for Denis?

1982

The Flame Trees of Thika

1981

as Major

7.0

Yes Minister

1980

as Sir Arnold Robinson

8.3

Tales of the Unexpected

as Hotel Manager

Minder

as William Shanks

Only When I Laugh

as Col. Walters

The Professionals

as Minister

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Mr. Potter

Shadows

as Mr Butler

Churchill's People

as Sir Francis Bacon

The Protectors

as Inspector Hill

The Edwardians

as Alfred Wood

Dead of Night

as Grandman

Great Performances

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Arthur Bellamy

Justice

as Major Hector Stannard

6.0

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Belton

Elizabeth R

as Sir Francis Bacon

Birds on the Wing

as Achmed Abdul Uskudar

Birds on the Wing

1971

as Achmed Abdul Uskudar

Play for Today

The Main Chance

as Joseph Shelton

Department S

as Carter

The Champions

as Booker

Please Sir!

as Police Sergeant

Ooh La La!

The Expert

as Inspector Gresham

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1968

Not in Front of the Children

1967

as The Reverend John Pettifer

6.0

BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Jasper Fidget

Out of the Unknown

as George Pattison

Theatre 625

as Odo

Detective

Doctor Who

as Reverend Ernest Matthews

Z-Cars

The Avengers

as Sir Andrew Ford

A for Andromeda

as Harries

Maigret

Charlesworth at Large

1958

as Police Sergeant

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Charles

5.8