Portrait of John Leeson

Acting

John Leeson

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with a break from 2010 to 2024, busiest in 1978 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Leeson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.3, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Sci-Fi Adventure 4
  • Time Travel 4
  • Classic Doctor Who 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Classic Sci-Fi Adventure 3
  • Retro Aesthetic 3
  • Doctor Who 2
  • Doctor Who Spinoff 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor (2025)

as K9 (voice)

2010s

1 title ยท average score 63
Pointless Celebrities
Pointless Celebrities (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as K-9 (voice)

2000s

6 titles ยท average score 70
K-9
K-9 (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as K-9 (voice)

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as K9

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)

as K9 (voice)

Longitude
Longitude (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as BBC Producer

1990s

5 titles ยท average score 62
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (1998)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Priest

Bugs
Bugs (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Harris

Downtime
Downtime (1995)
GoodWatch score 55

as Anthony the D.J.

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

as K9 (voice)

Search Out Space
Search Out Space (1990)

as K9 (voice)

1980s

14 titles ยท average score 70
Shadow of the Noose
Shadow of the Noose (1989)

TV show ยท as Dickinson

Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
GoodWatch score 59

as TV Interviewer

'Allo 'Allo!
'Allo 'Allo! (1984)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Train's Cook

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as K9 (voice)

K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company (1981)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as K-9 (voice)

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)
GoodWatch score 59

as K-9 (voice)

Sorry!
Sorry! (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate (1981)

as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who: Meglos
Doctor Who: Meglos (1980)

as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)

as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who: Full Circle
Doctor Who: Full Circle (1980)

as K9 (voice)

Doctor Who: State of Decay
Doctor Who: State of Decay (1980)

as K9 (voice)

1970s

18 titles ยท average score 72
Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1979)

TV show ยท as Jig

Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Passport Officer

Tarka the Otter
Tarka the Otter (1979)
GoodWatch score 70

as Secretary of the Hunt

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979)

as K-9 (voice)

Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Toise / Pasco

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978)

as K-9 (voice)

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara (1978)

as K-9 (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood (1978)

as K-9 (voice)

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation (1978)

as K-9 (voice)

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (1977)

as K9 Mk. I (voice)

Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy (1977)

as K-9 Mk. I (voice) / Nucleus (voice)

Rainbow
Rainbow (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Bungle

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 64
Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1968)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Soldier

The Spanish Farm
The Spanish Farm (1968)

TV show ยท as Lt Mansfield

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Daleks (voice) / K9 (voice)