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Acting

John Carson

Career: Active from 1959 to 2015, with a break from 2005 to 2014, busiest in 1964 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 24
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Carson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Cringe Humor
1.2, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Suspenseful 4
Character-Driven 3
Psychological Drama 2
Classic British Crime 2
Historical Setting 2
Social Commentary 2
Historical Drama 2
Psychological Study 2
Cult Classic 2
Nostalgic 2
Period Drama 2
British Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Amicus Vault of Horrors

as Critic

2000s

5 titles · average score 46

Doomsday

52

as George Dutton

The Deal

45

as Nigel Bland

Boys Briefs 4

as Man (segment "Build")

Build

50

as Man

I Dreamed of Africa

38

as Pembroke Headmaster

1990s

10 titles · average score 61

CI5: The New Professionals

60

TV show

Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday

33

as U.S. Hearing Official #1

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Older Gentleman

Black Velvet Band

as Col. Rowan

Mandela and de Klerk

69

as Willem de Klerk

The Adventures of Sinbad

69

TV show

Woman of Desire

36

as Judge Parker

The Visual Bible: Acts

83

as Ananias, High Priest

The Last Hero

as Fred Zimmerman

Schweitzer

as Horton Herschel

1980s

16 titles · average score 64

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Sir George Carrington / Richard Abernethie

The Last Warrior

46

as Priest

Survivor

48

as Engineer Councillor

City of Blood

37

as Prime Minister

An African Dream

as Harry Endicott

Shaka Zulu

74

TV show · as Lord Kimberley

Frost in May

TV show · as Claude Batchelor

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Oppenheimer

74

TV show · as Narrator

Guardian of the Abyss

65

as Charles Randolph

Hammer House of Horror

72

TV show · as Charles Randolph

Cribb

78

TV show · as Russell Haygarth

1970s

39 titles · average score 68

TV show · as Felix King

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Arthur

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Brian Forrest

The New Avengers

72

TV show · as Freddy

Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

77

as Arthur Lewis

Schmoedipus

as Tom Carter

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

61

as Dr. Marcus

Possession

72

as Ray Burns

Emma

45

TV show · as Mr Knightley

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Arnold Griffiths

The Lie

as Ellis Anderson

Play for Today

72

TV show

1960s

42 titles · average score 68

Dombey and Son

TV show · as Mr. Dombey

The Champions

70

TV show · as Symons

Girl in a Black Bikini

TV show · as Robert Sheridan

The Plague of the Zombies

76

as Squire Clive Hamilton

The Night Caller

55

as The Major

Smokescreen

71

as Trevor Bayliss

The Caves of Steel

as R. Daneel Olivaw

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Ambril

Accidental Death

as Paul Lanson

The Set Up

as Insp. Jackson

The Saint

74

TV show · as Godfrey Quillen / Astron

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Ariston / Marten Halvarssen

1950s

12 titles · average score 62

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

76

TV show

The Scent of Fear

as Tom Brook

The Lady is a Square

as Reporter (uncredited)

Ivanhoe

67

TV show · as Sir Morten / Sir Robert

The Adventures of William Tell

70

TV show · as Fritz

Emergency: Ward 10

TV show

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Borghem

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Sir Nigel Fitzhulme / Sir Geoffrey Claire

Dixon of Dock Green

64

TV show · as Joe Conway / Francis Spurling

Quentin Durward

52

as Duke of Orleans

Boston Blackie

TV show

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Harold