John Phillips
Acting
Biography
No biography available for John Phillips.
Born: July 20, 1914
Place of Birth: Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Known For
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Jesus of Nazareth
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
The Caesars
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Ripping Yarns
A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.
The Hallelujah Handshake
Henry sets out to join a church and passionately help the parish. Slowly but surely his habits of exaggeration and lying begin to catch up with him.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Filmography
as Wintour
as Examining Judge
as Magistrate
as DS Bull
as Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen
as Francis Urcombe
as Naso
as Josiah Wedgwood
as Grand Duke Nicholas
as Sir Gregory Grogram
as Koestler
as Mr. Frazer
as Jack - Frazer Senior
as Professor Dyne
as Lanning Koestler
as Rev. Howard Whithead
as Examining Judge
as Maitre Lacan
as Klintzch
as Arnold Bingley
as Piso
as Stanley Preston
as Colonel Gaillarde
as Major General Atkins
as John Anthony
as Insp. Morgan
as Councillor Percival
as Cardinal Runan
as Forbes-Wainwright
as Alfred Truelove
as Bishop of Winchester
as Rear Admiral
as Bracewell - U.S. Delegate
as Col. Fowler
as Det. Chief Superintendent Robins
as Tom Stone
as Hooper Moulsworth
as Nesbitt
as Chief Superintendent Gault
as Professor Stephens
as Coyannis
as General Leighton
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
as Frank
as Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)
as Prosecutor at Esterhazy Trial
as The Mayor
as Doctor
as Willis Croft
as Hooper Moulsworth
as Magistrate
as Mr. Parry
as Deputy Morgan
as Engineer Officer
as Von Brondorff
as Lt. Col. Turbojet