★ Acting

John Carson

1927 – 2016 · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka] · Active 1950–2018

John Carson was an English actor known for his appearances in film and television. Not to be confused with the American TV entertainer John "Johnny" Carson.

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Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970 ★ 6.1

as Jonathon Secker

Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.

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Doomsday

2008 · ★5.9

The Plague of the Zombies

1966 · ★6.3

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970 · ★6.4

Blood Beast From Outer Space

1965 · ★5.6

Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Midsomer Murders

1997

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970

The Plague of the Zombies

1966

Filmography

126 credits

2010s 3 credits

2018

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years as Self

Movie ★ 7.3

2015

Amicus Vault of Horrors as Critic

Movie ★ 10.0

2013

The House of Horror - Memories of Bray as Himself

2000s 3 credits

2008

Doomsday● as George Dutton

Movie ★ 5.9

2008

The Deal as Nigel Bland

Movie ★ 5.4

2000

I Dreamed of Africa as Pembroke Headmaster

Movie ★ 5.4

1990s 10 credits

1999

CI5: The New Professionals

TV ★ 6.8

1997

Black Velvet Band as Col. Rowan

Movie ★ 7.7

1997

Mandela and de Klerk as Willem de Klerk

Movie ★ 7.0

1997

Midsomer Murders as Older Gentleman

TV ★ 7.5

1996

The Adventures of Sinbad

TV ★ 6.9

1994

Woman of Desire as Judge Parker

Movie ★ 4.4

1994

The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)

TV ★ 6.7

1991

The Sheltering Desert

Movie ★ 10.0

1991

The Last Hero as Fred Zimmerman

Movie ★ 8.0

1990

Schweitzer as Horton Herschel

Movie ★ 7.0

1980s 17 credits

1989

The Last Warrior as Priest

Movie ★ 5.5

1989

The Mountain and the Molehill as Lauderdale

Movie

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir George Carrington

TV ★ 8.2

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Richard Abernethie

TV ★ 8.2

1987

City of Blood as Prime Minister

Movie ★ 4.2

1987

Tenth of a Second

Movie ★ 9.0

1987

An African Dream as Harry Endicott

Movie ★ 7.0

1987

Survivor as Engineer Councillor

Movie ★ 5.2

1986

Heroes

Movie ★ 9.0

1986

Shaka Zulu as Lord Kimberley

TV ★ 7.1

1983

Doctor Who: Snakedance as Ambril

Movie ★ 5.0

1981

Fothergill as Neilson

Movie

1981

Blunt Instrument as Sir Ernest Blandy

Movie ★ 8.0

1980

Guardian of the Abyss as Charles Randolph

Movie ★ 7.0

1980

Hammer House of Horror as Charles Randolph

TV ★ 7.1

1980

Oppenheimer as Narrator

TV ★ 6.7

1980

Cribb as Russell Haygarth

TV ★ 8.0

1970s 37 credits

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Arthur

TV ★ 6.8

1979

Kidnapped as James More

TV ★ 7.1

1978

The Famous Five as Mr Lenoir

TV ★ 7.4

1977

Rehearsal as Bill

Movie ★ 8.0

1977

Age of Hypocrisy as Terry Iverson

Movie

1977

Raffles

TV ★ 8.3

1977

Secret Army as Hans Van Reijn

TV ★ 7.7

1977

The Professionals as Brian Forrest

TV ★ 7.5

1977

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Rex

TV ★ 6.0

1977

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Jack

TV ★ 6.0

1977

Jubilee 1977 as Terry Iverson

1977

The Children of the New Forest as Colonel Heatherstone

TV ★ 9.0

1976

Loyalties as Charles Winsor

Movie

1976

The New Avengers as Freddy

TV ★ 7.1

1976

Victorian Scandals as Sir Hardinge Giffard

TV ★ 10.0

1976

Killers as Mr. Donald Finnemore

1974

Schmoedipus as Tom Carter

Movie ★ 9.0

1974

Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are as Arthur Lewis

Movie ★ 8.0

1974

Playhouse as Neilson

TV ★ 7.0

1974

Affairs of the Heart as Charles Faversham

TV ★ 7.0

1973

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter as Dr. Marcus

Movie ★ 6.2

1973

Possession as Ray Burns

Movie ★ 8.0

1973

Thriller as Ray Burns

TV ★ 6.9

1973

Thriller as Arthur Lewis

TV ★ 6.9

1973

Centre Play as Bill

TV ★ 7.0

1973

Armchair 30 as Alan

1972

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass as Revell

Movie ★ 8.5

1972

Emma as Mr Knightley

TV ★ 6.9

1972

The Adventures of Black Beauty as Joshua Eglinton

TV ★ 6.2

1972

No Exit as Alex Foster

1971

Male Bait

Movie ★ 7.0

1971

This Body Is Mine as Allen Meredith

Movie ★ 6.0

1971

Paper Roses as Joe

Movie ★ 8.0

1970

Taste the Blood of Dracula● as Jonathon Secker

Movie ★ 6.1

1970

The Lie as Ellis Anderson

Movie ★ 6.5

1970

The Man Who Haunted Himself● as Ashton

Movie ★ 6.1

1970

Play for Today

TV ★ 6.6

1960s 42 credits

1969

Department S as Kilvern

TV ★ 5.3

1969

Dombey and Son as Mr. Dombey

TV ★ 10.0

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Joe

TV ★ 7.0

1968

Thunderbird 6 as Captain Foster (II) (voice)

Movie ★ 5.9

1968

The Champions as Symons

TV ★ 6.5

1968

The Expert as Sewell

TV ★ 9.0

1967

Man in a Suitcase

TV ★ 7.2

1966

The Plague of the Zombies● as Squire Clive Hamilton

Movie ★ 6.4

1966

You Can't Win

1966

The Informer as Peter Pallister QC.

1965

The Night Caller● as The Major

Movie ★ 5.6

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Charles Winsor

TV ★ 5.3

1965

Hereward the Wake as William of Normandy

TV ★ 7.0

1965

Out of the Unknown as Allen Meredith

TV ★ 7.1

1964

The July Plot as Colonel Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg

Movie ★ 10.0

1964

Smokescreen as Trevor Bayliss

Movie ★ 7.3

1964

Master Spy as Richard Colman

Movie ★ 6.3

1964

Act of Murder as Tim Ford

Movie ★ 6.0

1964

The Caves of Steel as R. Daneel Olivaw

Movie ★ 7.0

1964

The Wednesday Play as Col. Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg

TV ★ 5.2

1964

Story Parade as R. Daneel Olivaw

TV ★ 8.0

1964

It's Dark Outside as Anthony Brand

1963

The Set Up as Insp. Jackson

Movie

1963

Accidental Death as Paul Lanson

Movie ★ 6.0

1963

Doctor Who as Ambril

TV ★ 7.9

1963

Festival as Knight - Tempter

TV ★ 8.0

1962

Guns of Darkness as First Officer

Movie ★ 6.2

1962

Locker Sixty-Nine as Miguel Terila

Movie

1962

The Saint as Godfrey Quillen

TV ★ 7.4

1962

Oliver Twist

TV ★ 6.5

1962

The Saint as Theron Netlord

TV ★ 7.4

1962

The Saint as Astron

TV ★ 7.4

1962

Oliver Twist as Monks

TV ★ 6.5

1962

The Saint as Ramon Venino

TV ★ 7.4

1962

Man of the World as Said

TV ★ 7.2

1962

Out of This World as Roger Carter

TV ★ 5.8

1961

Seven Keys as Norman

Movie ★ 6.9

1961

The Avengers

TV ★ 7.8

1961

Drama 61-67 as Robert Perrott

1961

The Avengers as Ariston

TV ★ 7.8

1961

You Can't Win as Robert Stobart

1960

Maigret

TV ★ 7.1

1950s 14 credits

1959

The Scent of Fear as Tom Brook

Movie ★ 7.0

1959

The Lady is a Square as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie ★ 6.2

1959

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

TV ★ 7.5

1958

Ivanhoe as Sir Morten

TV ★ 6.4

1958

The Adventures of William Tell as Fritz

TV ★ 6.8

1958

Ivanhoe as Sir Roderick

TV ★ 6.4

1958

Ivanhoe as Sir Robert

TV ★ 6.4

1957

Emergency: Ward 10

TV ★ 6.5

1956

Armchair Theatre as Borghem

TV ★ 6.0

1955

Quentin Durward as Duke of Orleans

Movie ★ 5.8

1955

Dixon of Dock Green as Joe Conway / Francis Spurling

TV ★ 6.0

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Geoffrey Claire

TV ★ 6.4

1951

Boston Blackie

TV ★ 4.0

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Harold

TV ★ 3.5