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Acting

John Nettles

Career: Active from 1969 to 2021, with a break from 2007 to 2016, busiest in 1981 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: Midsomer Murders
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Nettles Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Wonder
2.0, average 3.4
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family Saga 2
Nostalgic Atmosphere 2
Procedural Mystery 2
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

The Great Wall: The Making of China

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

4 titles · average score 74

Never Land

as Fisherman John

Poldark

79

TV show · as Ray Penvenen

Toast of London

82

TV show · as John Nettles

Playhouse Presents

63

TV show · as John Nettles

2000s

2 titles · average score 62

Sindy The Fairy Princess

as Ulebus the Wand / Shay the Unicorn / The King / The Vicar (voice)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

62

as Dr. James Mortimer

1990s

7 titles · average score 77

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as DCI Tom Barnaby

Airport

TV show · as Narrator

All Men Are Mortal

as Sanier

Romeo and Juliet

as Capulet

The Detectives

71

TV show · as Jim Bergerac

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Giles Sutton

Tonight at 8.30

TV show · as Peter Gilpin

1980s

7 titles · average score 70

Boon

61

TV show · as Joe Green

Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains

TV show · as Narrator

Robin of Sherwood

80

TV show · as Peter de Leon

The Agatha Christie Hour

69

TV show · as Raoul Letardau

Bergerac

69

TV show · as DS Jim Bergerac

Findings on a Late Afternoon

as Gerald

The Merchant of Venice

72

as Bassanio

1970s

12 titles · average score 58

Enemy at the Door

81

TV show · as Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis

TV show · as Herbert Goodings

The Professionals

78

TV show · as CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Theo Redman

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

as Theo Redman

Dickens of London

TV show · as Macrone

Playhouse

TV show · as Gerald

Up The Workers

TV show · as Mechanic

The Adventures of Black Beauty

42

TV show · as Edwin Palgrave

A Family at War

72

TV show · as Ian Mackenzie

One More Time

20

as Dixon

The Red, White, and Black

as 10th Cavalry Trooper

1960s

2 titles · average score 63

The Liver Birds

63

TV show · as Paul

The Expert

TV show · as John Franklin