Francis Johnson
Biography
Francis Johnson is a British actor and writer known for roles in Sex Education (Lizzie's Dad), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, and Knightfall. His extensive TV credits include Holby City, Brookside, and Dalziel and Pascoe. He is also recognized for his work in the 1990s as a character in The Illustrated Hitchhiker.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Lizzie's Dad
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Ian Coates
On and off pitch battles of of the fictional Harchester United Football Club.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as John Wingate
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Leon Jones
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Mr. Allen
A series of self-contained stories, each recounting a murder scene as seen from the chilling viewpoint of the killer. Explore the inner workings of a criminal's brain, revealing humanity at its darkest.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as DC Frisby
On holiday in Spain, London police officer Lawrence Jackson recognises absconded criminal turned informant Eddie Myers, now a wealthy art dealer under the pseudonym Phillip von Joel. Extradited back to England after a nerve-wracking Scotland Yard Operation, Myers agrees to tell what he knows — but only if Jackson is his interrogator. So begins a deadly game of cat and mouse between the master criminal and his determined minder. Which comes first — duty or temptation?
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
John Cleese training video.