John Sharp (actor)

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John Sharp
John Sharp (1920 – 1992) playing Percy Spendilow in the episode "A Clear Conscience" in the series "The Onedin Line".png
John Sharp, playing Percy Spendilow in the series The Onedin Line.
Born
John Herbert Sharp

(1920-08-05)5 August 1920
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Died26 November 1992(1992-11-26) (aged 72)
London, England, UK
Occupationactor
Years active1949–1991

John Herbert Sharp ((1920-08-05)5 August 1920 – (1992-11-26)26 November 1992) was a British actor who made numerous appearances on television.[1]

Biography[]

Sharp made more than 130 appearances in television and occasionally films between 1949 and 1991.[1] Although active in theatre, Sharp began as a film actor in 1949 and appeared in films throughout the 1950s.[2][3] By the mid 1960s he mostly appeared in British television on popular shows of the era such as The Avengers "Murdersville" episode, the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo"; The Prisoner, Not On Your Nellie opposite Hylda Baker, Z-Cars, and in 1976 in The Sweeney episode "On the Run" in which he played Uncle, a homosexual retired Magistrate who becomes embroiled in the escape of a psychopathic prisoner having befriended the prisoner's former accomplice.[4] He performed in Charles Dickens TV adaptations in the 1980s.[5] In 1991, he made his last television appearance in the programme Lovejoy.[6] He played the role of the "apparently cynical" Uncle Will in Luigi Comencini's 1966 Incompreso.[7]

Sharp's most notable television appearances in a recurring role was on the All Creatures Great and Small television series, in which he portrayed Ezra Biggins, an aged, parsimonious and awkward Yorkshire dairy farmer.[8]

Selected filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "John Sharp". Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ "John Sharp - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ "John Sharp - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "John Sharp". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. ^ "A Christmas Carol (1984)".
  6. ^ "Raise the Hispanic (1991)".
  7. ^ "Incompreso (1966) - Luigi Comencini - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  8. ^ "All Creatures Great and Small: S". www.aveleyman.com.

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