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John Quentin

John Quentin

Acting
1935-01-01
London, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography39 Titles

#1Midsomer Murders

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Doctor Frost

7.5 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

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#2Agatha Christie's Poirot

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes • as Sir Montagu Corner

8.2 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

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#3BBC Play of the Month

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Bindon

5.3 / 10
Drama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

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#4BBC Play of the Month

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Octavius Robinson

5.3 / 10
Drama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

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#5Theatre 625

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Nigel Hadfield

7.2 / 10
Drama

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

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#6Theatre 625

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Ivor Claire

7.2 / 10
Drama

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

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#7The Wednesday Play

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Bloom

5.2 / 10
Drama

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

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#8Blake's 7

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Practor

7.3 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

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#9Lovejoy

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Sir Ronald Edgehill

7.4 / 10
ComedyDramaMystery

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

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#10The Detectives

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Brian Kent

6.9 / 10
Comedy

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.

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#11New Scotland Yard

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Reginald Davidge, QC

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.

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#12The BBC Television Shakespeare

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Le Beau

6.0 / 10
DramaComedy

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.

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#13Gandhi

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Batsman

7.6 / 10
DramaHistory

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

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#14Affairs of the Heart

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Lord Iffield

7.0 / 10
Drama

Anthology series of thirteen one-hour love stories based on the short stories of Henry James.

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#15The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as Prince de Beaufort

7.7 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers was a BBC drama series and a follow-up to the 1966–67 10-episode serial The Three Musketeers. Based on Alexander Dumas' novel Twenty Years After, this 16-episode series follows Athos, Porthos and Aramis, along with new recruit d'Artagnan, as they continue to protect the name and throne of the King.

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#16Longitude

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Dr. Bradley

7.0 / 10
Drama

The fascinating story of John Harrison who, in the 18th century, believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship—and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.

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#17The Love School

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as James Collinson

8.8 / 10
Drama

The Love School is a BBC television drama miniseries originally broadcast from 22 January to 26 February 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The series was written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman, and John Prebble, and directed by Piers Haggard, John Glenister and Robert Knights. The drama was a significant influence on the subsequent 2009 series Desperate Romantics. It was also the basis of the historical novel of the same name by Hale.

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#18The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Pawson (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
DramaThriller

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

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#19Heidi

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Pastor

7.1 / 10
DramaFamily

After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.

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#20The Search for the Nile

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as John Hanning Speke

6.3 / 10
DramaDocumentary

The Search for the Nile is a 1971 BBC One docudrama miniseries about the 19th-century European quest to find the source of the Nile River, focusing on explorers like Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, and David Livingstone. The acclaimed six-part series, starring Kenneth Haigh as Burton, is known for its detailed portrayal of the explorers' hardships, rivalries, and discoveries, winning a Primetime Emmy and a Peabody Award.

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#21The Stendhal Syndrome

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Father

5.5 / 10
HorrorMysteryThriller

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

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#22Edward II

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Chorus of Nobility

6.3 / 10
HistoryRomanceDrama

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

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#23Ransom

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Martin Shepherd

5.5 / 10
ActionDramaThriller

Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...

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#24A Handful of Dust

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Brenda's Solicitor

6.1 / 10
RomanceDrama

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. Trusting to a fault, Tony is unaware that anything is amiss until his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. With his life in turmoil, Tony goes on a haphazard journey to South America.

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#25Shadowlands

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Station Acquaintance

6.9 / 10
DramaRomance

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

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#26The Return of the Antelope

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Fistram

9.0 / 10
FamilyDrama

The Return of the Antelope was a UK TV series aired on ITV between 1986 and 1988. It was a children's fantasy series about two English children, circa 1899, who befriend a group of shipwrecked Lilliputians.

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#27King Solomon's Treasure

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Stetopatris

4.9 / 10
FantasyAdventure

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.

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#28House of Caradus

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Piers Edgerley

7.7 / 10

The story is about a long-established and highly respected family firm of auctioneers, the House of Caradus, in Chester, England, which is now in serious financial trouble. The series captures the drama of the auction room, the excitement of bid and counter-bid, taking in dealers' rings, forged art treasures and the growing invasion of the antiques scene by London-based auction houses starved of pieces to sell. As the House of Caradus struggles to stay alive, by fair means or foul, its clients cover the whole spectrum of need and greed.

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#29Isadora

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Pim

6.2 / 10
DramaHistoryMusic

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.

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#30Blue

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as (voice)

7.2 / 10
DocumentaryDrama

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

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#31Wittgenstein

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as John Maynard Keynes

6.4 / 10
DramaHistoryComedy

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

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#32Emma's Time

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Michael

8.8 / 10
TV MovieDrama

After the death of novelist Robert Kelvin, his mistress Emma tries to adjust and reflects upon their relationship.

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#33The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Officer at Regimental Dinner (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

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#34As You Like It

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Le Beau

8.2 / 10
ComedyTV MovieRomance

Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.

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#35Haunted: The Ferryman

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Publisher

7.1 / 10
HorrorTV Movie

A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.

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#36Man at the Top

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Digby

5.2 / 10
Drama

Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter Robin. But trouble starts when Joe is made Managing Director of one of Ackerman’s companies and makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide...

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#37Selling Hitler

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Selling Hitler

8.0 / 10
ComedyDramaTV Movie

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.

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#38Fireworks for Elspeth

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Vicar

8.8 / 10
RomanceTV Movie

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

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#39Death of a Son

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Second DPP Official

5.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The true story of Pauline Williams, who struggled to bring the people who supplied her son with the illegal drugs that caused his death to justice.

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