John Ringham

Career timeline

1. 1928 · Born

   Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

2. 1956 · Screen debut

   Armchair Theatre (TV)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   Doctor Who (TV)

4. 2006 · Latest release

   V for Vendetta (Movie)

5. 2008 · Died

   October 20, 2008

Career in numbers

3 1950s

15 1960s

28 1970s

13 1980s

2 1990s

1 2000s

• Drama44
• Comedy19
• Crime14
• Action & Adventure8
• Mystery7
• War & Politics5

Highest-rated title Sherlock Holmes 1984 8.2 Most popular title V for Vendetta 2006 7.9

Frequent collaborators

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

Herbert Wise

5 titles together

Bob Baker

3 titles together

Stephen Frears

2 titles together

Christopher Hampton

2 titles together

Edward Hardwicke

2 titles together

1. 2006 V for Vendetta as Old Man 7.9 Movie
2. 1991 The Darling Buds of May as Doctor Lacey 7.9 TV
3. 1990 The Piglet Files as Major Andrew Maxwell TV
4. 1989 Birds of a Feather as Superintendent Cogart 6.4 TV
5. 1988 Hannay TV
6. 1988 Woof! as Mr. Blocker TV
7. 1987 The New Statesman as Police Commander 7.5 TV
8. 1987 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Doctor Penrose 7.4 TV
9. 1986 Casualty as Keith Cunningham 6.2 TV
10. 1984 The Bill 6.9 TV
11. 1984 Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Lanner 8.2 TV
12. 1984 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Lanner TV
13. 1983 Just Good Friends as Norman Warrender TV
14. 1982 The Barchester Chronicles as Finney TV
15. 1981 Bergerac as Newspaper Editor 7.0 TV
16. 1980 Cribb as James Hepplewhite TV
17. 1979 Minder as Harrison 7.2 TV
18. 1979 Terry and June as Major Fawcett TV
19. 1979 Thundercloud as Commodore Cringle TV
20. 1979 Flambards as Percy Adams TV
21. 1978 Pennies from Heaven as Sergeant TV
22. 1978 All Creatures Great and Small as Charles Harcourt 7.8 TV
23. 1977 BBC2 Play of the Week as Alf Smith TV
24. 1977 Raffles TV
25. 1976 Dickens of London as Chapman TV
26. 1976 The Ghosts of Motley Hall as Webster TV
27. 1975 Poldark as Henshawe TV
28. 1975 Angels TV
29. 1974 Happy Ever After as Mr Marchmont TV
30. 1974 Playhouse as Paul Bennett TV
31. 1974 The Pallisers as Major Tifto TV
32. 1973 Warship TV
33. 1973 Hunters Walk as Ted Peters TV
34. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Rigby 7.6 TV
35. 1972 Colditz as Major Dalby TV
36. 1972 Crown Court TV
37. 1972 The Protectors as Prosecuting Counsel TV
38. 1972 The Adventures of Black Beauty as Henry Bullivant TV
39. 1972 Are You Being Served? 7.4 TV
40. 1972 The Frighteners as Police Inspector TV
41. 1972 New Scotland Yard as CI Clough TV
42. 1971 Justice as Webb TV
43. 1971 Barlow as Southland TV
44. 1970 Catweazle as Oscar / Otto Habbleman 7.5 TV
45. 1969 The First Churchills as Laurence Hyde, Lord Rochester TV
46. 1969 The Flaxton Boys as Mr Jackson TV
47. 1969 Up Pompeii! as Buntus TV
48. 1968 Dad's Army as Captain Bailey 7.5 TV
49. 1968 The First Lady TV
50. 1967 Boy Meets Girl as Albert TV
51. 1967 The Forsyte Saga as Chankery TV
52. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Sir Christopher Hatton TV
53. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Arthur TV
54. 1964 The Protectors as DS Jarrott TV
55. 1963 Doctor Who as Ashe 7.9 TV
56. 1962 Z-Cars TV
57. 1961 The Avengers 7.8 TV
58. 1960 Sunday-Night Play as Harpenden TV
59. 1960 An Age of Kings as Lord Berkeley TV
60. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
61. 1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Big Jake TV
62. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Skip TV

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