Person Details

Birthday: 1938-05-13 12:51:27

Aliases: John Robert Milton

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bristol - Gloucestershire - England - UK

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

Biography

Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(1963) Kelner
Dempsey and Makepeace
Average
6

Dempsey and Makepeace

(1985) Sid Lowe
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Vargas
Crown Court
Average
5

Crown Court

(1972) Gus Enderby
The Protectors
Average
5

The Protectors

(1972) Conway
Hammer House of Horror
Average
7

Hammer House of Horror

(1980) A.J. Powers
The Adventurer
Average
6

The Adventurer

(1972) Alex
Bergerac
Average
6

Bergerac

(1981) Lonny Rice

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2002 The Caretaker
Mr. Rossiter
N/A
1999 N/A
Fisher
1998 British Valet
1997 Len Denbigh
1995 Mundschenk
1994 Mr. Batley
1989 William Potter
1988 N/A
1986 N/A
1985 Mr. L. Chop
Sid Lowe
Mr. Perker
1982 N/A
Cullin
1981 Lonny Rice
Harbutt
1980 George Kistiakowsky
A.J. Powers
Bewil
1979 Mr. Sinclair
N/A
1978 N/A
N/A
Castellan Kelner
N/A
1975 Guy Crayford
Matthew Sanson
Ernie
1974 N/A
Evelyn de Plume
1973 Mr. Richards
N/A
1972 Dr. Reed
Gus Enderby
Alex
Conway
1971 N/A
1970 Renard
1969 N/A
N/A
1968 Professor Kirk
Benik
1966 N/A
N/A
1965 March
1963 Kelner
Guy Crayford
1962 Vargas
N/A
1959 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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