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Acting

John Barron

Titles: 17movies42TV shows

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

Politics
5.2average 2.6
Nostalgia
6.0average 3.7
Wit & Wordplay
5.7average 3.7
Satire & Parody
4.3average 2.3
Situational Comedy
4.3average 2.7
Social Commentary
6.1average 4.9
Class & Capitalism
4.4average 3.3
Historical
3.6average 2.6

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
0.9, average 3.0
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Family Dynamics
3.7, average 4.8
Pathos
4.2, average 5.2

Main genres

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Comedy 8
Drama 5
Crime 3
TV Movie 3
Thriller 2

Recurring tags

British Sitcom 4
Eccentric Characters 3
Absurdist Comedy 2
Character-Driven 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

57

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Newest first Oldest first

1990s

1 title

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

TV show · as C.J.

1980s

15 titles · average score 69

Brush Strokes

TV show · as Salamander General

In Sickness and in Health

TV show · as Sir Reginald Woodley

Thirteen at Dinner

as Lord Edgware

Me & My Girl

TV show · as Mr Brocklebank

Duty Free

TV show · as Sir Geoffrey Stoneleigh-Jackson

To Catch a King

as Selby

Clash of Loyalties

as General Haldane

Whoops Apocalypse

TV show · as The Deacon

The Funny Side of Christmas

as C.J.

Othello

as Duke of Venice

Yes Minister

TV show

The Gentle Touch

TV show

All 15 titles from the 1980s

1970s

18 titles · average score 66

Potter

TV show · as The Vicar

Terry and June

TV show · as Judge

Shelley

TV show

TV show · as Sir Clive Farmer

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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

Awkward Customers

as Awkward Customer: Mr. Tiger

The Turn of the Screw

as Mr. Fredricks

Crown Court

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

The Protectors

TV show · as Insurance Executive

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV show · as Sir Revel Revell, Q.C.

Doomwatch

TV show · as Minister / The Minister

Ace of Wands

TV show · as Bartlett Bonnington

All 18 titles from the 1970s

1960s

19 titles · average score 76

Department S

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

The Midas Plague

as Sir John

Out of the Unknown

TV show · as Sir John

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Superintendent Melchior

Jigsaw

as Ray Tenby

The Saint

TV show · as Neal Lammerton

The Avengers

TV show

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)

Sink the Bismarck!

as Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

All 19 titles from the 1960s

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