John Sharp

Actor Aug 5 (died age 72) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1949–2021 (72 year career)

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Biography

John Sharp was a Bradford born British actor of a heavyset physicality, often cast in curmudgeonly roles. In a career stretching from 1949 to 1991, he made more than 100 appearances in television and film.

Known For

Film

Barry Lyndon

Doolan

Film

The Wicker Man

Doctor Ewan

Film

Top Secret!

Maitre D'

Film

Watch Out, We're Mad

Jefe

Film

A Christmas Carol

Tipton

Film

Night and the City

Man (uncredited)

Film

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Finger Print Man

Film

Jabberwocky

Sergeant at the Gate

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (44)

Lotus: A New Dawn

2021

as Self - Lotus Senior Engineer

6.0

That Summer of White Roses

as Gradonacelnik

The Bride

as Bailiff

Top Secret!

as Maitre D'

A Christmas Carol

as Tipton

The Dresser

as Mr. Bottomley

The Return of the Soldier

as Pearson

The Aerodrome

as The Squire

The Bunker

as Dr. Morell

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sir Thuud

Velvet Hands

as Benny

The Roads of Exile

as David Hume

Jabberwocky

1977

as Sergeant at the Gate

6.0

Packman's Barn

1976

as Arthur Trantor

Barry Lyndon

as Doolan

Watch Out, We're Mad

as Jefe

The Wicker Man

as Doctor Ewan

And Now the Screaming Starts!

1973

as Henry's Friend

5.9

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Bischof Guido

That's Your Funeral

as Mayor

Thrills Galore

as Eric

Spring and Port Wine

1970

as Bowler 4

5.6

Emma's Time

1970

as Charlie

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

as Oakshot

Red, White, and Zero

as The Macebearer

Misunderstood

as Uncle William 'Will'

7.5

The White Bus

1967

as Macebearer

5.9

The Big Man Coughed and Died

1966

as Park keeper

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

as Finger Print Man

7.2

The Siege of Manchester

1965

as Alexander Green

A Jolly Bad Fellow

1964

as Hodges

4.0

The Golden Rabbit

1962

as Peebles

Stork Talk

1962

No Love for Johnnie

1961

as Railway Station Master (uncredited)

6.2

Left Right and Centre

1959

as Mr. Reeves

6.0

When We Are Married

1957

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

The House Across the Lake

as Mr. Hardcastle

Angels One Five

as 'Soss'

The Magic Box

as Film Society Member (uncredited)

6.4

Laughter in Paradise

1951

as Constable Cafferty (uncredited)

6.4

A Case For P.C. 49

1951

as Desk Sergeant (as John Sharpe)

Night and the City

as Man (uncredited)

Your Witness

as Police Constable Hawkins

6.0

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

1949

as Frank Haldane

6.0

Television (32)

Crossbow

Lovejoy

as Henry Miller

Worzel Gummidge

as Fairground man

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr. Biggins

Robin's Nest

as Butcher

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

as Irate Neighbour

The Sweeney

as Uncle

Dawson's Weekly

Churchill's People

as Valerius

The Edwardians

as Pearson

Six Dates with Barker

1971

7.0

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Sagran

In Loving Memory

Please Sir!

as Police Inspector

Nearest and Dearest

as Harry Hardcastle

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1968

The Prisoner

1967

as Number Two

7.7

Mystery and Imagination

as Dr Peters

The Corridor People

as Kronk

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Mr. Emerson

5.0

Londoners

1965

as The Professor

Theatre 625

1964

as Cary Farthingale

7.2

Thursday Theatre

1964

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

Festival

as Mr. Baines

Z-Cars

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

6.0

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Avengers

as Prewitt

Maigret

Sunday-Night Play

as Arthur Feltham

An Age of Kings

No Hiding Place