John Gregson

Career timeline

1. 1919 · Born

   Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   Saraband for Dead Lovers (Movie)

3. 1962 · Breakthrough

   The Longest Day (Movie)

4. 1975 · Died

   January 8, 1975

5. 1976 · Latest release

   Dangerous Knowledge (TV)

Career in numbers

5 1940s

27 1950s

21 1960s

9 1970s

• Drama34
• Comedy16
• Mystery8
• War7
• Thriller7
• Crime5

Highest-rated title The Longest Day 1962 7.6 Most popular title The Saint 1962 7.4

Frequent collaborators

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

Herbert Wise

5 titles together

Sidney James

4 titles together

Michael Denison

2 titles together

John Phillips

2 titles together

Tony Wright

2 titles together

Peter Illing

2 titles together

Jack MacGowran

2 titles together

Anthony Bushell

2 titles together

1. 1976 Dangerous Knowledge as Bill Kirby TV
2. 1975 The Christmas Messenger as (voice) Movie
3. 1974 The Sport of Kings as Narrator Movie
4. 1974 Dial M for Murder as Det. Supt. Price TV
5. 1974 Tomorrow's Merseysiders as Narrator (voice) Movie
6. 1972 No Exit as Sven Ericsson TV
7. 1972 Shirley's World as Dennis Croft TV
8. 1971 Fright as Dr. Cordell 6.0 Movie
9. 1971 Speaking of Murder as Charles Ashton Movie
10. 1969 Hans Brinker as Mijnheer Brinker Movie
11. 1968 The Jazz Age as Comm. Malcolm Stevenson TV
12. 1968 Countercrime as Det-Insp Conway Movie
13. 1967 Man in a Suitcase TV
14. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Bob Kinsale TV
15. 1967 The Night of the Generals as Colonel Sandauer 6.8 Movie
16. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Paul Harford TV
17. 1965 Gideon's Way as Commander George Gideon TV
18. 1963 Espionage as Colonel Ballin TV
19. 1963 Tomorrow at Ten as Inspector Parnell Movie
20. 1962 The Saint as Colonel Roberts 7.4 TV
21. 1962 The Longest Day as British Padre 7.6 Movie
22. 1962 Live Now - Pay Later as Callendar Movie
23. 1961 The Omega Mystery as Butler Movie
24. 1961 The Frightened City as Det. Insp. Sayers 6.6 Movie
25. 1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Smith Movie
26. 1961 The Secret of Monte Cristo as Renato Movie
27. 1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Smith Movie
28. 1961 Hand in Hand as Father Timothy Movie
29. 1960 Faces in the Dark as Richard Hammond Movie
30. 1960 Sunday-Night Play as John Smith TV
31. 1959 SOS Pacific as Captain John 'Jack' Bennett Movie
32. 1959 The Captain's Table as Captain Albert Ebbs Movie
33. 1958 Sea of Sand as Cpt Williams 6.5 Movie
34. 1958 Rooney as James Ignatius Rooney Movie
35. 1957 Miracle in Soho as Michael Morgan Movie
36. 1957 True as a Turtle as Tony Hudson Movie
37. 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter 6.4 Movie
38. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Harvey Lynch TV
39. 1956 Hancock's Half Hour TV
40. 1956 Jacqueline as Mike McNeil Movie
41. 1955 Value for Money as Chayley Broadbent Movie
42. 1955 Above Us the Waves as Lieutenant Alec Duffy 6.1 Movie
43. 1955 Three Cases of Murder as Edgar Curtain ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment) 6.0 Movie
44. 1954 To Dorothy, a Son as Tony Rapallo Movie
45. 1954 The Crowded Day as Leslie Randall Movie
46. 1954 Conflict of Wings as Cpl. Bill Morris Movie
47. 1954 The Weak and the Wicked as Dr. Michael Hale Movie
48. 1953 The Passionate Pilgrim as Dr. Maclean Movie
49. 1953 Genevieve as Alan McKim 6.7 Movie
50. 1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt as Squire Gordon Chesterford 7.0 Movie
51. 1952 The Holly and the Ivy as David Paterson 6.5 Movie
52. 1952 Venetian Bird as Renzo Uccello Movie
53. 1952 The Brave Don't Cry as John Cameron Movie
54. 1952 Angels One Five as Pilot Officer T.B. 'Septic' Baird 6.1 Movie
55. 1951 The Lavender Hill Mob as Farrow 7.2 Movie
56. 1950 Treasure Island as Redruth 6.5 Movie
57. 1950 Cairo Road as Coast Guardsman Movie
58. 1949 The Hasty Heart as Recruit in Jungle (uncredited) Movie
59. 1949 Whisky Galore! as Sammy MacCodrun 6.8 Movie
60. 1949 Train of Events as Malcolm Murray-Bruce Movie
61. 1948 Scott of the Antarctic as P.O. T. Crean R.N. 7.2 Movie
62. 1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers 6.6 Movie

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