John Castle
Acting
Biography
John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle has acted in theatre, film and television. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in the film Man of La Mancha. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Castle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 14, 1940
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
The Fight Against Slavery
I, Claudius
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
The Prisoner
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Dead of Night
Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three—'The Exorcism', 'Return Flight', and 'A Woman Sobbing'—are known to survive in the Archives. Another programme made by the same production team under Innes Lloyd, 'The Stone Tape', intended to be the eighth episode, does survive in the Archives but was not broadcast under the Dead of Night banner. BBC Four rebroadcast "The Exorcism" on 22 December 2007.
Filmography
as Dan Ingre
as Craig
as Grant
as Ethan
as John Eldred
as Sir John Gonson
as John Eldred
as Old Penn
as Jocelyn Myers
as Captain Collins
as Alfred Cottle
as Rev. Prebble
as Hygelac ( voice )
as Charlie Hawkesmore
as Charlie Hawkesmore
as Moreau
as Charles King
as Chief Engineer Josif Mantz
as Guy Le Saux
as Selby
as Charles Rider
as Giuseppe
as McDaggett
as Detective Inspector Craddock
as Charlie Collingham
as Neville St. Claire
as Frank Mallory
as Lord Edgware
as Peter Walsh
as Mark
as Tony Doyle
as Nick Ollanton
as Max Hunter
as Dr. David Warreck
as Abner
as Earl of Salisbury
as Narrator (voice)
as Carruthers
as Count Massino
as Mr Hall
as Jim
as The Priest
as Derek Johnstone
as John Burge
as David Bardsley
as Peter Crabbe
as Tommy, CI5 Agent
as Captain Rory McBride
as Damala
as Colonel 'Mad Jack' Miller
as Postumus
as Rev. John Newton
as Sanson Carrasco / The Duke
as Michael
as Father Dyson
as Octavius Caesar
as John Eldred
as Geoffrey
as The Young Man
as Number Twelve
as Seeley
as Bill
as Merton Densher
as Benito Mussolini
as Alexis
as Seeley