John Carson

Career timeline

1. 1927 · Born

   Born in Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Sunday Night Theatre (TV)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   Doctor Who (TV)

4. 2008 · Latest release

   The Deal (Movie)

5. 2016 · Died

   November 5, 2016

Career in numbers

9 1950s

24 1960s

22 1970s

6 1980s

3 1990s

3 2000s

• Drama48
• Crime17
• Action & Adventure16
• Mystery11
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy7
• Comedy4

Highest-rated title Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 8.2 Most popular title Midsomer Murders 1997 7.5

Frequent collaborators

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

Herbert Wise

12 titles together

Anthony Bushell

2 titles together

Stephen Frears

2 titles together

Michael Ripper

2 titles together

Brian Clemens

2 titles together

Anthony Horowitz

2 titles together

Roger Moore

2 titles together

Reginald Rose

2 titles together

Frederic Raphael

2 titles together

1. 2008 The Deal as Nigel Bland 5.4 Movie
2. 2008 Doomsday as George Dutton 5.9 Movie
3. 2000 I Dreamed of Africa as Pembroke Headmaster 5.4 Movie
4. 1999 CI5: The New Professionals TV
5. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Older Gentleman 7.5 TV
6. 1996 The Adventures of Sinbad 6.9 TV
7. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir George Carrington 8.2 TV
8. 1986 Shaka Zulu as Lord Kimberley 7.2 TV
9. 1982 American Playhouse as Narrator (voice) TV
10. 1980 Oppenheimer as Narrator TV
11. 1980 Hammer House of Horror as Charles Randolph 7.0 TV
12. 1980 Cribb as Russell Haygarth TV
13. 1979 Kidnapped as James More TV
14. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Arthur 6.8 TV
15. 1978 The Famous Five as Mr Lenoir 7.5 TV
16. 1977 The Professionals as Brian Forrest 7.6 TV
17. 1977 Secret Army as Hans Van Reijn TV
18. 1977 Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Rex TV
19. 1977 Jubilee 1977 as Terry Iverson TV
20. 1977 Raffles TV
21. 1976 The New Avengers as Freddy 7.2 TV
22. 1976 Victorian Scandals as Sir Hardinge Giffard TV
23. 1974 Affairs of the Heart as Charles Faversham TV
24. 1974 Playhouse as Neilson TV
25. 1973 Centre Play as Bill TV
26. 1973 Thriller as Ray Burns TV
27. 1973 Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter as Dr. Marcus 6.2 Movie
28. 1972 Crown Court as Arnold Griffiths TV
29. 1972 The Adventures of Black Beauty as Joshua Eglinton TV
30. 1972 Emma as Mr Knightley TV
31. 1970 Play for Today TV
32. 1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself as Ashton 6.1 Movie
33. 1970 The Sinners as Maj. Frank Keene TV
34. 1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula as Jonathon Secker 6.1 Movie
35. 1969 Happy Ever After as Dick TV
36. 1969 Department S as Kilvern TV
37. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Joe TV
38. 1968 The Champions as Symons 6.5 TV
39. 1967 Man in a Suitcase as John Gilsen TV
40. 1966 The Informer as Peter Pallister QC. TV
41. 1966 You Can't Win TV
42. 1966 The Plague of the Zombies as Squire Clive Hamilton 6.3 Movie
43. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Charles Winsor TV
44. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Allen Meredith TV
45. 1965 Blackmail as Major Gollage TV
46. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Tom Sinclair TV
47. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Col. Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg TV
48. 1964 Story Parade as R. Daneel Olivaw TV
49. 1964 The Protectors as Smokey Grey TV
50. 1964 It's Dark Outside as Anthony Brand TV
51. 1963 Doctor Who as Ambril 7.9 TV
52. 1963 Festival as Knight - Tempter TV
53. 1962 The Saint as Godfrey Quillen 7.4 TV
54. 1962 Man of the World as Said TV
55. 1962 Out of This World as Roger Carter TV
56. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Robert Perrott TV
57. 1961 The Avengers 7.8 TV
58. 1960 Maigret TV
59. 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries TV
60. 1958 The Adventures of William Tell as Fritz TV
61. 1958 Ivanhoe as Sir Morten TV
62. 1957 Emergency: Ward 10 TV
63. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Borghem TV
64. 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Geoffrey Claire TV
65. 1955 Dixon of Dock Green as Joe Conway / Francis Spurling TV
66. 1951 Boston Blackie TV
67. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Harold TV

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