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Acting

John Cater

Career: Active from 1965 to 2008, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 73/100

Highest rated: The Woman in Black
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Cater Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Gothic Horror 2
Melancholy Tone 2
Social Satire 2
Historical Drama 2
Dialogue-Heavy 2
Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

9 titles · average score 51

Legend of Hammer: Vampires

as Grave robber

Bonekickers

35

TV show

Dangerous Liaisons

as Grumpy Joe

Alien Autopsy

66

as Maurice

Room 36

as Bert

Doctors and Nurses

TV show · as Malcolm

Drácula en la Hammer

as John Cater

TV show · as George

TV show

1990s

15 titles · average score 70

Bad Girls

77

TV show · as Solicitor

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Mr Tibbs / Jack Pearce

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Captain Rider (uncredited) / Captain Rider

Rasputin

71

as Efim

Sitting Pretty

TV show

Maigret

77

TV show

A Question of Attribution

72

as Restorer (Robertson)

2Point4 Children

71

TV show · as Mr Tavener

Jeeves and Wooster

80

TV show · as Clam

One Foot in the Grave

52

TV show

The Upper Hand

69

TV show · as Attendant

The Chief

TV show · as Cllr. Samuel Winstanley

1980s

22 titles · average score 70

The Woman in Black

86

as Arnold Pepperell

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as The Dean

Casualty

62

TV show · as Bernard

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Sam

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Old Man

The Bill

77

TV show

Jack Of Diamonds

TV show

Dalgliesh

79

TV show · as Alfred Goddard

Death of an Expert Witness

69

TV show · as Alfred Goddard

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Skebbins

The Other 'Arf

TV show

Little Lord Fauntleroy

75

as Thomas

1970s

35 titles · average score 72

Minder

75

TV show · as Tommy

News from Nowhere

as Richard Grosvenor

I, Claudius

92

TV show · as Narcissus

The Duchess of Duke Street

81

TV show · as Starr

The Sweeney

80

TV show · as Alec Slemen

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

75

as Murchison

South Riding

TV show · as Anthony Snaith

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

61

as Professor Hieronymous Grost

Thriller

74

TV show · as Murchison

Frenzy

82

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

The Black Tulip

TV show · as Dirk

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Norman

1960s

23 titles · average score 69

Department S

64

TV show · as Charles Banjou

Dad's Army

52

TV show · as Private Clarke

Virgin of the Secret Service

TV show · as Fred Doublett

Doctor Who: The War Machines

74

as Professor Krimpton

Alfie

57

as Siddie's Husband

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Augustus Colpoys

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Piggot

Theatre 625

TV show · as Snell / Monk

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Professor Krimpton

Z-Cars

72

TV show

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Olliphant / DISCO

Danger Man

76

TV show · as Man Receptionist

1950s

2 titles · average score 68

No Hiding Place

TV show

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Dalrymple