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Acting

John Barron

Career: Active from 1958 to 1996, with a break from 1984 to 1995, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 72/100

Highest rated: Jigsaw
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Barron Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
0.7, average 3.0
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

British Sitcom 4
Eccentric Characters 3
Character-Driven Comedy 2
Absurdist Comedy 2
Workplace Comedy 2
British Comedy 2
Midlife Crisis 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Great Comedy Moments

as C.J. (archive footage)

1990s

1 title

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

TV show · as C.J.

1980s

15 titles · average score 69

Brush Strokes

63

TV show · as Salamander General

In Sickness and in Health

75

TV show · as Sir Reginald Woodley

Thirteen at Dinner

51

as Lord Edgware

Me & My Girl

60

TV show · as Mr Brocklebank

Duty Free

69

TV show · as Sir Geoffrey Stoneleigh-Jackson

To Catch a King

as Selby

Clash of Loyalties

71

as General Haldane

Whoops Apocalypse

71

TV show · as The Deacon

The Funny Side of Christmas

as C.J.

Othello

69

as Duke of Venice

Yes Minister

89

TV show

The Gentle Touch

69

TV show

1970s

18 titles · average score 66

Potter

TV show · as The Vicar

Terry and June

64

TV show · as Judge

Shelley

76

TV show

TV show · as Sir Clive Farmer

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

77

TV show · as Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'

Awkward Customers

as Awkward Customer: Mr. Tiger

The Turn of the Screw

63

as Mr. Fredricks

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Mr. Justice Mitchenor / The Hon. Mr. Justice Mitchener

The Protectors

64

TV show · as Insurance Executive

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

73

TV show · as Sir Revel Revell, Q.C.

Doomwatch

68

TV show · as The Minister / Minister

Ace of Wands

TV show · as Bartlett Bonnington

1960s

20 titles · average score 76

Department S

64

TV show · as Byrom Blain

All Gas and Gaiters

TV show · as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley

Girl in a Black Bikini

TV show · as Francis Heager

TV show

Out of the Unknown

73

TV show · as Sir John

The Troubleshooters

TV show · as Price

The Midas Plague

as Sir John

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Superintendent Melchior

Jigsaw

79

as Ray Tenby

The Saint

74

TV show · as Neal Lammerton

The Avengers

83

TV show

Sink the Bismarck!

78

as Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

1950s

4 titles

No Hiding Place

TV show

I Can Destroy the Sun

as Henry Walpole

Emergency: Ward 10

TV show

Theatre Night

TV show · as Geoffrey Harrison