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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Lisburn, Northern Ireland United Kingdom

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Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006[1]) was a Northern Irish character actor. Born John William Francis Hallam in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he appeared in many film and television roles including Nicholas and Alexandra (1971),Murphy's War (1971), The Pallisers (1974), The Mallens (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Dragonslayer (1981), the BBC television adaptations of Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He also appears in the director's cut of the 1973 film The Wicker Man as McTaggart. He appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the memorable alien "Light" in the serial Ghost Light (1989). He was also known as Barnsey, the prison cell mate of Den Watts in EastEnders. On November 14, 2006, Hallam died in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England at age 65. He was divorced and had four children. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hallam  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Professionals
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7

The Professionals

(1977) Tug Willis
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Light
EastEnders
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4

EastEnders

(1985) Barnsey Barnes
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Big Ted
Public Eye
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8

Public Eye

(1965) Hart
Sherlock Holmes
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8

Sherlock Holmes

(1984) Gorgiano
Thriller
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7

Thriller

(1973) Roscoe
Arabian Nights
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7

Arabian Nights

(2000) Demon

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2003 N/A
2000 Demon
Queen's Talking Mirror
1998 N/A
Ali Ben Hassad
1997 Mandara
1994 Gomon
Lionel Penmore
Lord Rhysart
Mr Lomax
1993 Staunton
1991 N/A
Red Headed Baron
1989 Captain Drinian
Light
Treve Pender
1988 John Tanner
1987 Cedric Crackenthorpe
1986 Big Ted
Roderick Frew
1985 Grizzard, Chauffeur
Lamson
Philistine Armour Bearer
Barnsey Barnes
1984 Gorgiano
1983 Sir Wilfred Death
Samson Flusky
1981 Jacques Le Rozier
Tyrian
1980 Luro
1979 Gypsy Joe
Guy Atherton
Cerutti
1978 Bernadotti
N/A
Sergeant Major
1977 Tug Willis
Chung-Sha
N/A
Harry Farmer
1976 Graeme Warrack
Sir Roger
1975 Boyle
N/A
1973 McTaggert
N/A
Guensche
Roscoe
Panton
1972 Thidias
N/A
1971 Nagorny
N/A
Jonathan Keene
Terry
Geddes
Ellis
1969 Sir Meles
Doug Martin
N/A
The Captain
1968 Officer
1966 N/A
1965 Hart
1963 Light
1951 Captain Harris
Bernadotti
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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