Cast & creator
Noel Johnson
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Play for Today
With the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II. Evacuated from Dunkirk. After a year in hospital, invalided out in 1941. Worked for the BBC Drama Repertory Company from 1945. Until 1949, was best known as the voice of special agent Dick Barton on radio.
31
film credits
51
television credits
82
1950–2023 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
Showing 82 of 82 credits
Doctor Who
King Thous
1963Doctor Who
Charles Grover M.P.
1963
Play for Today
1970
The Wednesday Play
Chief Constable
1964
Z-Cars
1962
Theatre 625
Sir Gregory Broome
1964Theatre 625
Morcar
1964
A Touch of Frost
Father Clark
1992
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
Inspector Morse
Butler
1987
Rumpole of the Bailey
Judge Sam Parkin
1975
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962Sunday-Night Play
Lowther
1960
Maigret
1960
The Expert
Dr. Worseley
1968
Justice
Lord Chancellor
1971
Churchill's People
Chief Justice Popham
1974
Out of the Unknown
Gen. Short
1965
For Your Eyes Only
Vice Admiral
1981
Doomwatch
Priestland
1970
An Age of Kings
Duke of Norfolk
1960An Age of Kings
Thomas Mowbray
1960An Age of Kings
Duke of Exeter
1960
Sergeant Cork
Sir Geoffrey Ormsby
1963
Poldark
Captain Gower
1975
Dalgliesh
Major Hunt
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sir Edward Grey
1983
Enemy at the Door
Committee President
1978
Lady Killers
Sir Thomas Inskip, K.C.
1980
Ivanhoe
Sir Romer
1958
Warship
1973
Boy Meets Girl
Sir Edgar Swift
1967
Colditz
Devenish
1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Naval Captain
1951
Armchair Theatre
Mr. Davenport
1956
The First Great Train Robbery
Connaught
1978
Counterstrike
Baldock
1969Codename
Melton
1970
The Spread of the Eagle
Cominius
1963
Harry's Game
General Sir Jocelyn Fairbairn
1982
Oil Strike North
1975
Withnail & I
General
1987
Death of an Expert Witness
Major Hunt
1983Buccaneer
Admiral Harkness
1980
Frenzy
Doctor in Pub
1972David Copperfield
Wickfield
1966
A for Andromeda
J.M. Osborne
1961
The Andromeda Breakthrough
Osborne
1962
Thirteen Against Fate
Superintendant Godot
1966
Malice Aforethought
Mr Pimm
1979
Bat Out of Hell
Geoffrey Stewart
1966
Defence of the Realm
Club Member
1986This Way for Murder
Hendrix
1967
Wyatt's Watchdogs
Hadley
1988
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Patient 1
1995
Licensed to Love and Kill
Lord Dangerfield
1979
The Snow Goose
Naval Captain
1971
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
King Thous (voice)
2023
Royal Flash
Lord Chamberlain
1975
A Tap on the Shoulder
Chief Constable
1965The Scarlet and the Black
President of the Court
1965
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
King Thous
1967
The Comedy of Errors
First Merchant
1983
Concorde
Commentator
1966
Highly Dangerous
Frank Conway (uncredited)
1950
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sir Charles Grover
1974
Theban Plays: Antigone
Chorus
1986A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Lowther
1961
Michael Regan
Asst. Chief Constable
1971
Appointment with Venus
Clark - R.N.
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Detective (uncredited)
1951
Julius Caesar
Publius
1979The Case of the Missing Scene
Crawford
1951
Thirteen to Centaurus
Gen. Short
1965The Cruel Necessity
Sir Thomas Herbert
1962
The Partner
Charles Briars
1963
Way Off Beat
Master of Ceremonies
1966
The Swordsman
Christian Duval
1974The Interview
1968Mrs Davenport
Mr Davenport
1970
Influenced
Kidnapper
2018