John Barrett
Date of birth: 1910-02-18
Place of birth: Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jack Elvyn Barrett, Jack Elvyn "John" Barrett
Biography
Rochdale born John Barrett was a veteran of over 100 films and various TV programmes in a career that stretched twenty five years from 1958 to his death in 1983.
Movie Credits
Twelve Off the Belt
1977-05-03
Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour.
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970-01-21
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
1970-01-28
Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film
Our Cissy
1974-01-01
An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the tr
Star!
1968-07-18
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
Comedians
1979-10-25
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring wor
Last Wishes
1978-02-08
An elderly recluse dies in the process of changing her will. The change would have meant that the se
Who Pays the Piper?
1960-10-13
A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local or
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977-09-22
Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is acciden
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976-11-18
Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays
Porridge
1979-08-12
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Be
Anna Karenina
1961-11-03
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w
Remembrance
1982-10-01
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise,
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967-06-18
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and beco
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981-08-28
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960-10-27
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, o
O Lucky Man!
1973-03-25
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to
The Witches
1966-11-21
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby
Jack the Ripper
1959-05-28
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is b
War-Gods of the Deep
1965-05-26
A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a l
The Trygon Factor
1966-12-16
A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information h
Up the Chastity Belt
1972-01-14
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lur
Nearest and Dearest
1972-01-01
When Eli and Nellie Pledge's father dies, the duo are left in charge of his pickle empire. The two s
Smokey Joe's Revenge
1974-01-01
Three children rejuvenate an old traction engine and enter it for the County Championship.
Robin and Marian
1976-03-11
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Maria
The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou
Tess
1979-10-06
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capita
The Missionary
1982-11-02
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to Engl
The Long Distance Piano Player
1970-10-15
The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano p
South Riding
1974-09-16
An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975-08-19
When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road throug
Billy's Last Stand
1971-02-04
Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...
Malachi's Cove
1973-10-01
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She suppor
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965-11-28
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Packman's Barn
1976-01-27
Ben Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.
Murder Rap
1980-01-31
Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali fa
A Prize of Arms
1962-12-11
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968-09-30
A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
The Crunch
1964-01-19
A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy
The Death of Glory
1973-09-11
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading
Rolling Home
1982-12-03
Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward.
Pews
1980-01-12
Liftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men together t
Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground
1976-08-27
A man abducts a boy after his son is taken from him by social services.
Silver Lining
1977-06-19
1977: Edgar Parker is about to emigrate to Canada. His wife wants him to stay in London for the Ju
The Treat
1972-09-01
Episode of The Frighteners: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse