John Lawrence

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1The Goodies

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.6 / 10
Comedy

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.

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#2Fawlty Towers

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Mr. Sharp

8.3 / 10
Comedy

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

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#3Sergeant Cork

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Court Usher

7.2 / 10
Drama

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

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#4Open All Hours

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Mr Bristow

7.9 / 10
Comedy

Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.

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#5The Good Life

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Jack

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.

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#6Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Newscaster

7.9 / 10
ComedyDrama

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

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#7All Gas and Gaiters

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes as The Chancellor

6.3 / 10
Comedy

All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of "John Wraith" when writing the pilot. At St Oggs Cathedral is a carefree bishop, an old tippling archdeacon, and an accident-prone chaplain, who all wish to live a quiet bachelor life, but this is continually threatened by the dean, who tries to bring by-the-book rule to the cathedral.

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#8Six Dates with Barker

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.4 / 10
Comedy

Six Dates with Barker is a 1971 ITV series of six one-off, half-hour situation comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. Three of the stories were further developed: The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town was made into a serial as part of the 1976 sketch comedy programme The Two Ronnies; The Odd Job Man was adapted as a feature film, titled The Odd Job; and The Removals Person became Barker's final programme Clarence.

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#9The Roads to Freedom

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Cafe Violinist

4.1 / 10
Drama

Taboo-busting adaptation for television of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy.

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#10The Adventures of Don Quick

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Guard

5.0 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy

The Adventures of Don Quick is a science fiction comedy television series broadcast from October–December 1970, on ITV. Starring Ian Hendry and Ronald Lacey, six 50 minute episodes were made, shown in a 60 minute time slot. Based on the characters of Don Quixote, astronaut Captain Don Quick and Sergeant Sam Czopanser (i.e. "Sancho Panza") are members of the Intergalactic Maintenance Squad. On each planet they visit, Quick attempts to right imaginary wrongs, often upsetting the inhabitants of whatever society he's in. As of 2008, only the first episode exists, the other five are now missing. A technologically impressive 30 foot model spaceship was built in the studio for the series. However the first three episodes in a primetime slot failed to draw the required ratings so the last three were in a much later slot before the show was cancelled.

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#11Now Look Here...

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#12Tim Frazer - Der Fall Salinger

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Strabenhandler

8.8 / 10
Crime

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#13All This, and Christmas Too!

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Bus Conductor

8.0 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

Sid's daughter may be pregnant, but he is more interested in catching a pesky mouse. Things are further complicated by visits from an assortment of strange neighbours and relatives.

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#14Something in the Cellar

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Monster

8.8 / 10
Sci-FiHorrorTV Movie

Professor Monty Lafcado, haunted by the memory of his late mother, sets out to construct a mighty computer in his basement, much to the concern of his friend, Dr Pugh.

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#15In Plain Sight

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Joulie Brennan

9.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

All bad things must come to an end... Time is short and the money's big for campus "hit man" Daulton Monroe. He's losing his old partner, training a new one, and falling in love with a bartender/lounge singer/journalist. During the biggest job of his career, the hunter becomes the hunted as someone attempts to manipulate his shadowy operation. Everyone's a suspect! No one has a clue! And the only place to hide is In Plain Sight.

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