John Bailey

Career timeline

1. 1912 · Born

   Born in Lewisham, London, England, UK

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   It Happened in Soho (Movie)

3. 1960 · Breakthrough

   Coronation Street (TV)

4. 1989 · Died

   February 18, 1989

5. 2021 · Latest release

   Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (Movie)

Career in numbers

4 1940s

16 1950s

28 1960s

13 1970s

5 1980s

1 2020s

• Drama48
• Crime15
• Action & Adventure9
• Mystery9
• Thriller9
• Tv Movie7

Highest-rated title Doctor Who 1963 7.9 Most popular title Coronation Street 1960 5.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Bailey in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

8 titles together

John Gorrie

8 titles together

Waris Hussein

6 titles together

Simon Gray

5 titles together

John Mortimer

5 titles together

Robert Holmes

3 titles together

Don Sharp

3 titles together

Peter Jones

3 titles together

Ted Kotcheff

3 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

1. 2021 Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as Edward Waterfield (voice) Movie
2. 1987 Personal Services as Mr. Gardner 6.0 Movie
3. 1986 Worlds Beyond as Shopkeeper TV
4. 1984 Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Lord Lesley TV
5. 1981 The Winter's Tale as Lord to Leontes Movie
6. 1980 Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon as Sezom Movie
7. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Winterluck 6.8 TV
8. 1979 Henry VIII as Griffith / Gentleman Usher Movie
9. 1978 Return of the Saint as di Vallesi TV
10. 1978 Will Shakespeare as Sir Francis Walsingham TV
11. 1978 Holocaust as Hans Frank 7.3 TV
12. 1975 Kill Two Birds as Kemp Movie
13. 1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill TV
14. 1973 The 14 as Mr. Sanders Movie
15. 1973 Thriller as Kemp TV
16. 1972 Crown Court as Donald Bennington TV
17. 1972 Van der Valk as Huisman TV
18. 1972 Running Scared as Inspector Movie
19. 1970 Codename as Bailey TV
20. 1969 Special Branch as Peter Brovnik TV
21. 1969 Department S as Kruger TV
22. 1969 Journey to the Unknown as Dr. Mitchell Movie
23. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Stan Hindle TV
24. 1968 Journey to the Unknown as Dr. Mitchell TV
25. 1968 The Champions as Umberto 6.5 TV
26. 1968 The Expert as William Murray QC TV
27. 1968 Nicholas Nickleby as Brooker TV
28. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Ashby TV
29. 1967 Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as Edward Waterfield Movie
30. 1967 Death of a Teddy Bear as Inspector Cardles Movie
31. 1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Dr. Lichfield TV
32. 1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk as The Physician 5.9 Movie
33. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Dr. Colley TV
34. 1965 Alice as Mad Hatter Movie
35. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Walter Dix, MP TV
36. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Richard Short TV
37. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Bartolomeo Vanzetti TV
38. 1964 Doctor Who: The Sensorites as Commander Movie
39. 1963 Doctor Who as Edward Waterfield 7.9 TV
40. 1962 Raise Your Glasses TV
41. 1962 The Saint as Jean Bougrenet 7.4 TV
42. 1962 Man of the World as Rivera TV
43. 1961 The Younger Generation as Morton Berlin TV
44. 1961 The Avengers as Ralph Bleech 7.8 TV
45. 1960 Coronation Street as Doctor Grant 5.3 TV
46. 1960 Never Let Go as Mackinnon 6.5 Movie
47. 1960 Sink the Bismarck! as Naval Officer (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
48. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
49. 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries as Prisoner (uncredited) TV
50. 1959 Operation Amsterdam as Port Police Officer Movie
51. 1958 Ivanhoe as Baron Courcey TV
52. 1957 Five on a Treasure Island as Dick TV
53. 1956 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Sir John TV
54. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Count de Giray TV
55. 1955 Dixon of Dock Green as Pavlo TV
56. 1952 Venetian Bird as Lieutenant Longo Movie
57. 1952 The Night Won't Talk as Hawkes Movie
58. 1952 So Little Time as Philipe de Malvines Movie
59. 1951 High Treason as Stringer Movie
60. 1951 Circle of Danger as Pape Llewellyn 6.5 Movie
61. 1951 The Franchise Affair as Detective Inspector Grant Movie
62. 1950 Cairo Road as Mental Hospital Doctor Movie
63. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Peter Krek TV
64. 1949 Meet Simon Cherry as Henry Dantry Movie
65. 1949 Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora as Lester Martin Movie
66. 1949 Man on the Run as Dan Underwood, Burglar Movie
67. 1948 It Happened in Soho as Paul Sayers Movie

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