Rochdale born John Barrett was a veteran of over 100 films and various TV programmes in a career that stretched twenty five years from 1958 to his death in 1983.

KNOWN FOR

Play for Today
1971
BBC Play of the Month
1971
The Saint
1963
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
ITV Playhouse
1968
Playhouse
1980
Theatre 625
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Centre Play
1974
Churchill's People
1975
Return of the Saint
1979

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
89
1982
Remembrance
as Jimmy
1982
The Missionary
as Old Man Outside Hotel
1982
Rolling Home
as Mr. Wyman
1982
Objects of Affection
as Mr Wyman
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Dairyman
1980
Murder Rap
as Tiger
1980
Pews
as George
1980
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mr. Dent Snr.
1980
Play for Today
as Tiger
1980
Playhouse
as George
1980
Juliet Bravo
as Israel Smethurst
1979
Comedians
as Caretaker
1979
Porridge
as Hedley
1979
Tess
as Old Dairy Hand
1979
Return of the Saint
as Reiter
1978
Last Wishes
as Mr. Apse
1978
The Famous Five
as Wooden-Leg Sam
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
as Kitson
1978
ITV Playhouse
as Mr. Apse
1977
Twelve Off the Belt
as Eggy Greenall
1977
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Mr. Olthwaite
1977
Silver Lining
as Walter Jennings
1977
Robin's Nest
as Stan
1977
Poldark
as George Tabb
1977
Jubilee 1977
as Walter Jennings
1977
Second City Firsts
as Eggy Greenall
1976
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Crump
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
as Laker Armsby
1976
Robin and Marian
as Jack
1976
Packman's Barn
as Ben Packman
1976
Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground
as Nathan
1976
Bill Brand
as Albert Stead
1976
Shadows
as Eli
1976
Centre Play
as Nathan
1975
Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Robertson
1975
Churchill's People
as John Freeman
1974
Our Cissy
as Stan Butler
1974
Smokey Joe's Revenge
as Mr. Bassett
1974
South Riding
1974
Centre Play
as Bill
1974
Not on Your Nellie
as Jed Pickersgill
1973
O Lucky Man!
as Bill
1973
Malachi's Cove
as Polwarth
1973
The Death of Glory
as Charles
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
as Guide
1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Verger
1973
Armchair Theatre
as Charles
1973
The Jensen Code
as Mr Buckle
1972
Nearest and Dearest
as Joshua Pledge
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
as 1st Peasant
1972
The Treat
as Henry
1972
The Frighteners
as Henry
1971
Billy's Last Stand
as Billy
1971
Play for Today
as Billy
1971
BBC Play of the Month
as Loyal
1970
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
as Christmas Potter
1970
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
as Mr. Thomas
1970
The Long Distance Piano Player
as Old Man
1969
Who-Dun-It
as Cross
1968
Star!
as Speaker at Hyde Park (uncredited)
1968
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as Smellie Ibbotson
1968
The Dustbinmen
as Smellie Ibbotson
1968
The Jazz Age
as Prisoner
1968
Nearest and Dearest
as Joshua Pledge
1968
Mystery and Imagination
as Coachman
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Smellie Ibbotson
1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Joseph Poorgrass
1967
Mickey Dunne
as Walter Bott
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Mr. Whybrew
1966
The Trygon Factor
as Guide
1966
The Witches
as Mr. Glass
1966
Theatre 625
as Waiter
1965
War-Gods of the Deep
as Third Fisherman
1965
The World of George Orwell: 1984
as Waiter
1965
Londoners
as Publican
1964
The Crunch
as Prison Orderly
1964
The Villains
as Fletcher
1964
Theatre 625
as Sergeant Case
1964
Six
as Waiter
1964
The Massingham Affair
as George Sugden
1963
The Saint
as Inspector In Blue Goose
1963
Armchair Theatre
as Constable
1962
A Prize of Arms
as Publican
1962
Studio 4
as Frank Kershaw
1961
Anna Karenina
as Cord
1960
Who Pays the Piper?
1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1959
Jack the Ripper
as Onlooker at 2nd Murder Scene
1959
Probation Officer
as Clerk of Court