Cast & creator

John Atkinson

1921-10-07 (died at 85) Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Play for Today, The Avengers, Minder

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1961–1990 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 6.6

Play for Today

Reverend J. Franklin · 1970

★ 7.8

The Avengers

Brayshaw · 1961

★ 7.1

Minder

Vagrant · 1979

★ 7.0

Playhouse

Perry · 1974

★ 7.8

All Creatures Great and Small

Mr. Blackwood · 1978

Across film & television

Filmography (20)

Showing 20 of 20 credits

Series

★ 6.6

Play for Today

Reverend J. Franklin

1970

Series

★ 7.8

The Avengers

Brayshaw

1961

Series

★ 7.1

Minder

Vagrant

1979

Series

★ 7.0

Playhouse

Perry

1974

Series

★ 7.8

All Creatures Great and Small

Mr. Blackwood

1978

Series

★ 8.1

Jeeves and Wooster

President

1990

Series

★ 5.0

Churchill's People

Chief Druid

1974

Series

★ 7.0

Thriller

Ben Hawkes

1973

Series

★ 8.2

The Main Chance

Magistrate

1969

Series

★ 7.0

Return of the Saint

Jim Batley

1978

Series

★ 6.8

Father Brown

Aubrey Traill

1974

Series

★ 10.0

Crane

Sam Bennett

1963

Series

★ 7.3

The Black Arrow

Justice Cragberry

1972

Movie

★ 5.2

Murder by the Book

Gardener

1986

Movie

★ 5.3

Demons of the Mind

1st Villager

1972

Movie

★ 6.5

A Month in the Country

Old Man on Train

1987

Movie

★ 8.0

The Fool

1990

Movie

★ 6.0

Kiss Me and Die

Ben Hawkes

1974

Movie

★ 7.4

Penda's Fen

Reverend J. Franklin

1974

Movie

★ 3.7

The Reluctant Nudist

Detective

1964