Biography
John Wilson Stratton (7 November 1925 – 25 October 1991) was a British actor, born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, where he kept his permanent home.
He is perhaps best known for his early film roles during the fifties, where he played the young apprentice parts of Ferraby and Ward opposite Jack Hawkins in both The Cruel Sea (1953) and The Long Arm (1956) respectively. He played a similar role on television in the third Quatermass serial Quatermass and the Pit, essaying the role of Captain Potter opposite André Morell's Professor Bernard Quatermass.Older and less boyish by the sixties, he emerged as character actor of some range, playing numerous roles in many television programmes of the decade including the part of alcoholic journalist Fred Blane in It's Dark Outside. Other TV appearances include Dixon of Dock Green, The Avengers, Armchair Theatre, The Man in Room 17, Public Eye, Mr. Rose, Z-Cars, Sherlock Holmes (playing Inspector Athelney Jones), Coronation Street, UFO ("E.S.P." episode), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Hadleigh, The Forgotten Story, Softly, Softly, The Pallisers, Fall of Eagles, Backs to the Land, The Professionals, Doctor Who (in the serial The Two Doctors), Juliet Bravo, The Trinity Tales and Lovejoy.
Filmography
all 43
TV Shows 25
Movies 18
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town (1995)
Countdown to War (1989)
Lovejoy (1986)
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)
My Cousin Rachel (1983)
The Good Companions (1980)
The Mill on the Floss (1978)
The Mill on the Floss (1978)
The Professionals (1977)
Backs to the Land (1977)
Raffles (1977)
The Witches of Pendle (1976)
Father Brown (1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Fall of Eagles (1974)
The Love Pill (1972)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Diamond Crack Diamond (1970)
UFO (1970)
The Black Tulip (1970)
Paul Temple (1969)
The Main Chance (1969)
The Expert (1968)
The First Lady (1968)
Strangler's Web (1965)
The Man In Room 17 (1965)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
Detective (1964)
Doctor Who (1963)
Z-Cars (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
The Challenge (1960)
The Secret Kingdom (1960)
Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
Abandon Ship (1957)
The Man in the Sky (1957)
The Long Arm (1956)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
The Happy Family (1952)
Appointment with Venus (1951)
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
The Cure for Love (1949)
The Small Back Room (1949)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-11-07
Deathday1991-10-25 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceClitheroe, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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