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Acting

John Cater

Titles: 31movies76TV shows

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

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 74/100

Highest rated: The Woman in Black
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Cater Catalog average

Nostalgia
6.4average 3.7
Historical
4.8average 2.6
Crime
5.6average 3.7
Wit & Wordplay
5.4average 3.7
Mystery
5.7average 4.1
Class & Capitalism
4.7average 3.3
Satire & Parody
3.3average 2.3
Politics
3.6average 2.6

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 10
TV Movie 5
Comedy 5
Horror 4
Thriller 2
Documentary 2
Adventure 2
Action & Adventure 2

Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2000s

9 titles · average score 51

Legend of Hammer: Vampires

as Grave robber

Bonekickers

TV show

Dangerous Liaisons

as Grumpy Joe

Alien Autopsy

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 69

Bad Girls

TV show · as Solicitor

Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Jack Pearce / Mr Tibbs

Silent Witness

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

Sitting Pretty

TV show

Maigret

TV show

A Question of Attribution

as Restorer (Robertson)

2Point4 Children

TV show · as Mr Tavener

Jeeves and Wooster

TV show · as Clam

One Foot in the Grave

TV show

The Upper Hand

TV show · as Attendant

The Chief

TV show · as Cllr. Samuel Winstanley

Life After Life

as Dr. Trump

All 15 titles from the 1990s

1980s

22 titles · average score 70

The Woman in Black

as Arnold Pepperell

The Paradise Club

TV show · as Monsignor Flynn

Inspector Morse

TV show · as The Dean

Casualty

TV show · as Bernard

Lovejoy

TV show · as Sam

Screen Two

TV show · as Old Man

The Bill

TV show

Jack Of Diamonds

TV show

Dalgliesh

TV show · as Alfred Goddard

Bergerac

TV show · as Skebbins

The Other 'Arf

TV show

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Thomas

All 22 titles from the 1980s

1970s

35 titles · average score 73

Minder

TV show · as Tommy

News from Nowhere

as Richard Grosvenor

I, Claudius

TV show · as Narcissus

The Sweeney

TV show · as Alec Slemen

Further Up Pompeii

as Pollux

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

as Murchison

South Riding

TV show · as Anthony Snaith

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

as Professor Hieronymous Grost

Thriller

TV show · as Murchison

Frenzy

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

The Black Tulip

TV show · as Dirk

Play for Today

TV show · as Norman

All 35 titles from the 1970s

1960s

23 titles · average score 69

Department S

TV show · as Charles Banjou

Up Pompeii!

TV show · as Castor Oilus

Virgin of the Secret Service

TV show · as Fred Doublett

Dad's Army

TV show · as Private Clarke

Doctor Who: The War Machines

as Professor Krimpton

BBC Play of the Month

TV show · as Augustus Colpoys

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Piggot

Theatre 625

TV show · as Monk / Ailred

Doctor Who

TV show · as Professor Krimpton

Z-Cars

TV show

The Avengers

TV show · as DISCO / Olliphant

Danger Man

TV show · as Man Receptionist

All 23 titles from the 1960s

1950s

2 titles · average score 68

No Hiding Place

TV show

Armchair Theatre

TV show · as Dalrymple