John Jardine

Acting
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Grange Hill

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Frank Hooper

6.7 / 10
Drama

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

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#2Prime Suspect

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Communications Officer

7.8 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

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#3Blue Murder

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes as Stanley Crowden

6.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.

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#4Home to Roost

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Mr Collins

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.

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#5Truckers

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Tom / Count of Hardware (voice)

7.8 / 10
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

Faced with imminent extinction, and guided by a mysterious handheld black box, the surviving members of an alien race of small people - Nomes - embark upon a quest to find a new home, safe from the unwelcome attentions of us destructive humans...

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#6The XYY Man

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Hospital Policeman

7.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

The XYY Man is a 1976–77 British crime thriller television series created by Kenneth Royce, based on his novel series about reformed cat burglar William 'Spider' Scott, recruited by British intelligence for secret missions due to his unique genetic makeup (an extra Y chromosome), which supposedly predisposes him to crime. The plot follows his reluctant work for the secret service and his constant pursuit by the dogged Detective Sergeant George Bulman, leading to spin-offs like Strangers and Bulman.

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#7Country Matters

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Vicar

4.6 / 10
Drama

An anthology series adapted from plays and short stories by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates, depicting English country life and rural romance at the turn of the 20th-century. It presents unsentimental stories of human relationships and raw emotions – heartfelt passions, crippling frustrations, unspoken love and destructive jealousy.

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#8Reckless

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes as Willy Tattersall

6.2 / 10
Drama

Reckless is a British television serial written by Paul Abbott. Produced by Granada Television for ITV, it aired in six parts from 6 February to 13 March 1997. Owen Springer is a Junior Doctor who falls for the sophisticated and glamorous Anna Fairley. Little does he know that she is married to his boss, consultant Richard Crane.

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#9Streetwise

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as George

8.0 / 10
DramaKids

Drama about the lives of a team of bicycle couriers in London.

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#10Soul Music

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

Soul Music is a seven-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, and first broadcast on 12 May 1997. It was the first film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel. The series soundtrack was also released on CD, but the disc is now out of production. The soundtrack is, however, now available through iTunes.

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#11Carry On Spying

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Guard (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.

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#12Truckers

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Tom / Count of Hardware (voice)

6.7 / 10
AdventureAnimationFamily

Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.

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#13The Final Frame

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as East's Father

7.0 / 10
Drama

When the notorious rock star, East, is murdered on stage at an Animal Rights benefit gig, young filmmaker Hadi captures vital evidence on videotape. He finds he has possession of the most sought-after footage in the TV industry - and the most lethal.

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