John Phillips
A tall, imposing character actor with a voice to match, John Phillips brought an authoritative manner and dignified military bearing to his many roles on stage and screen. A decorated veteran of the 1944 Normandy Campaign, Phillips frequently appeared on television as uniformed senior officers and police chief constables, from Frontier (1968) to Z Cars (1962). His piercing eyes and forthright manner made him equally suited to portraying magistrates, academics and clergymen.
After a long innings with the Birmingham Repertory prior to 1945, he appeared post-war in Bristol and at the Old Vic in London, playing anything from Henrik Ibsen to Shakespeare. He was critically acclaimed for his roles as Henry VIII and Timon of Athens, Prospero and Tamburlaine the Great (in Christopher Marlowe's play)). Acting on screen from the early 1950's, he was insidious as lawyer Tulkinghorn in Bleak House (1959), and lent gravitas to his Norfolk in Richard III (1955) and Grand Duke Nicholas in Fall of Eagles (1974). He was not beyond parodying his screen personae, being droll and stereotypically stiff-upper-lip, as Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen in the uproarious Ripping Yarns (1976) episode 'Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B'. Phillips retired from the stage in the 1980's and made his celluloid curtain call in the eccentric, off-beat comedy Leon the Pig Farmer (1992).
Fotos
Películas (33)
Ascendancy
1983 · Wintour
The Executioner
1980 · Examining Judge
Quadrophenia
1979 · Magistrate
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
1977 · Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977 · Francis Urcombe
Mrs. Amworth
1975 · Francis Urcombe
Mission: Monte Carlo
1974 · Koestler (archive footage)
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970 · Rev. Howard Whithead
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968 · Councillor Percival
Torture Garden
1967 · Eddie Storm (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
The Mummy's Shroud
1967 · Stanley Preston
The Devil's Eggshell
1966 · Major General Atkins
Strife
1965 · John Anthony
Joey Boy
1965 · Insp. Morgan
Becket
1964 · Bishop of Winchester
We Joined the Navy
1963 · Rear Admiral
The Mouse on the Moon
1963 · Bracewell - U.S. Delegate
A Prize of Arms
1962 · Col. Fowler
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · Tom Stone
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961 · Trifonov
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
1961 · Trifonov
Romanoff and Juliet
1961 · Hooper Moulsworth
Offbeat
1961 · Chief Superintendent Gault
Man in the Moon
1960 · Professor Stephens
Village of the Damned
1960 · General Leighton
Dunkirk
1958 · Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)
I Accuse!
1958 · Prosecutor at Esterhazy Trial
The Government Inspector
1958 · The Mayor
The Shiralee
1957 · Doctor
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Willis Croft
Dial Red O
1955 · Deputy Morgan
Angels One Five
1952 · Engineer Officer
Sky High
1951 · Lt. Col. Turbojet
Series (42)
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991 · King Dafydd
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Dr. Charles Langley-Beard
Hazell
1978 · DS Bull
1990
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Naso
Mr Big
1977 · Leopold Ruchworth
Ripping Yarns
1976
Days of Hope
1975 · Josiah Wedgwood
Father Brown
1974 · Brander Merton
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Grand Duke Nicholas
The Pallisers
1974 · Sir Gregory Grogram
Man of Straw
1972 · Dr. Heuteufel
The Onedin Line
1971 · Mr. Frazer, Jack - Frazer Senior
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Professor Dyne
The Persuaders!
1971 · Lanning Koestler
Play for Today
1970 · Examining Judge
Crime of Passion
1970 · Maitre Lacan
Manhunt
1970 · Klintzch
Christ Recrucified
1969 · Pope Grigoris
The Main Chance
1969 · Arnold Bingley
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Commandant
The Caesars
1968 · Piso
Out of Town Theatre
1966 · Sir Howard Price
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Colonel Gaillarde
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Major General Atkins
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Mr. Tredgold
Legend of Death
1965 · Edward Gargan
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Councillor Percival, Cardinal Runan, Forbes-Wainwright, Sir Gilbert Hardacre
Smuggler's Bay
1964 · Elzevir Block
Theatre 625
1964 · Alfred Truelove
Rupert of Hentzau
1964 · Colonel Zapt
Sergeant Cork
1963 · Big Ben Lewis
Z-Cars
1962 · Det. Chief Superintendent Robins
The Avengers
1961 · Nesbitt
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Trifonov, Prince Galitzin
Danger Man
1960 · Coyannis
Bleak House
1959 · Mr Tulkinghorn
One Step Beyond
1959 · Frank
Theatre Night
1957 · Hooper Moulsworth
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Magistrate, Mr. Parry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Von Brondorff