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Portrait of John Fortune

Acting

John Fortune

Career

Active from 1963 to 2008, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score47/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bloodbath at the House of Death
Bloodbath at the House of Death
GoodWatch score47/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Fortune Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • British Sketch Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

as George Parr

2010s

1 title · average score 68
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Magistrate

2000s

11 titles · average score 66
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money (2008)

TV show · as Various

Comedy Showcase
Comedy Showcase (2007)

TV show · as Magistrate

Coup!
Coup! (2006)

Writer

Match Point
Match Point (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

as John the Chauffeur

Love Soup
Love Soup (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mel Simons

Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

as Frank

Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers (2003)

TV show · as Frank

The Tailor of Panama
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

as Maltby

Saving Grace
Saving Grace (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

as Melvyn

Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby (2000)
GoodWatch score 51

as Acupuncturist

1990s

11 titles · average score 72
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999)

TV show · Creator, Writer

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)

as 2nd Official

Giving Tongue
Giving Tongue (1996)

as Chief Executive

The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Sir Vivian

England, My England
England, My England (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

A Very Open Prison
A Very Open Prison (1995)

as Prime Minister

Rory Bremner...Who Else?
Rory Bremner...Who Else? (1993)

TV show

Don't Leave Me This Way
Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)

as George Saunders

Joking Apart
Joking Apart (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Clement

Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Squire Thorpe

Life After Life
Life After Life (1990)

as Detective Inspector Curtin

1980s

12 titles · average score 71
Campion
Campion (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Dr. Brian Kingston

Rory Bremner
Rory Bremner (1989)

TV show

Campaign
Campaign (1988)

TV show · as Warren Greenbank

Hardwicke House
Hardwicke House (1987)

TV show · as Psychologist

Breaking Up
Breaking Up (1986)

TV show · as Mr. Jackson

First Among Equals
First Among Equals (1986)

TV show · as Clive Reynolds

The Demon Lover
The Demon Lover (1986)
GoodWatch score 73

as Eric Farnham

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Bloodbath at the House of Death
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
GoodWatch score 47

as John Harrison

Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens (1981)

as Poet

Yes Minister
Yes Minister (1980)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show

Hi-de-Hi!
Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Max Tewkesbury

1970s

9 titles · average score 47
The Light Princess
The Light Princess (1978)

as Prince

In the Looking Glass
In the Looking Glass (1978)

TV show

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Jumbo
Jumbo (1976)

as Dick Thompson

Well Anyway
Well Anyway (1976)

TV show

Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)

TV show · as Dick Thomson

The Cobblers of Umbridge
The Cobblers of Umbridge (1973)

as Phil Cobbler

Rentadick
Rentadick (1972)
GoodWatch score 40

Additional Dialogue

Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
GoodWatch score 37

as Sir Gerald

1960s

5 titles
A Series of Bird's
A Series of Bird's (1967)

TV show · Creator, Writer

The End of Arthur's Marriage
The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)

as Server

The Drinking Party
The Drinking Party (1965)

as Phaedrus

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964)

TV show

Dig This Rhubarb
Dig This Rhubarb (1963)

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as George Potter