John Sharp was a Bradford born British actor of a heavyset physicality, often cast in curmudgeonly roles. In a career stretching from 1949 to 1991, he made more than 100 appearances in television and film.

KNOWN FOR

The Avengers
1962
BBC Play of the Month
1973
The Wednesday Play
1966
Z-Cars
1967
Theatre 625
1965
No Hiding Place
1961
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1968
The Sweeney
1976
Maigret
1961
Sunday-Night Play
1962
Lovejoy
1991

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
90
1991
Lovejoy
as Henry Miller
1989
That Summer of White Roses
as Gradonacelnik
1988
Crossbow
1985
The Bride
as Bailiff
1984
Top Secret!
as Maitre D'
1984
A Christmas Carol
as Tipton
1983
The Dresser
as Mr. Bottomley
1983
The Aerodrome
as The Squire
1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Pearson
1983
Number 10
as CI Vincent
1981
The Bunker
as Dr. Morell
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Sir Thuud
1980
Worzel Gummidge
as Fairground man
1980
A Sharp Intake of Breath
as Bellamy
1979
Velvet Hands
as Benny
1979
In Loving Memory
1979
The Famous Five
as The Guv
1978
The Roads of Exile
as David Hume
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mr. Biggins
1977
Jabberwocky
as Sergeant at the Gate
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Irate Neighbour
1977
Robin's Nest
as Butcher
1976
Packman's Barn
as Arthur Trantor
1976
The Sweeney
as Uncle
1975
Barry Lyndon
as Doolan
1975
Dawson's Weekly
1975
Churchill's People
as Valerius
1975
Not on Your Nellie
as Willie Winterbottom
1974
Watch Out, We're Mad
as Jefe
1974
Thriller
as Jack Woodbridge
1973
And Now the Screaming Starts!
as Henry's Friend
1973
The Wicker Man
as Doctor Ewan
1973
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Emerson
1973
Shabby Tiger
as Piggy White
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Bischof Guido
1972
That's Your Funeral
as Mayor
1972
Thrills Galore
as Eric
1972
Please Sir!
as Police Inspector
1972
The Edwardians
as Pearson
1971
Six Dates with Barker
as Butler
1970
Emma's Time
as Charlie
1970
Spring and Port Wine
as Bowler 4
1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Sagran
1969
The Avengers
as Jupp
1969
Nearest and Dearest
as Harry Hardcastle
1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as Oakshot
1968
Red, White, and Zero
as The Macebearer
1968
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1968
Her Majesty's Pleasure
1967
Misunderstood
as Uncle William 'Will'
1967
The White Bus
as Macebearer
1967
The Devil a Monk Would Be
as Mr. Goulburn
1967
The Prisoner
as Number Two
1967
Z-Cars
1967
Theatre 625
as Wander
1966
The Big Man Coughed and Died
as Park keeper
1966
The Corridor People
as Kronk
1966
Theatre 625
as Alferic
1966
Mystery and Imagination
as Dr Peters
1966
The Wednesday Play
as The Professor
1966
Take a Pair of Private Eyes
as Crozier
1965
The Siege of Manchester
as Alexander Green
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Finger Print Man
1965
Londoners
as The Professor
1965
Theatre 625
as Cary Farthingale
1965
Theatre 625
as Alexander Green
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Hodges
1964
Festival
as Mr. Baines
1964
Thursday Theatre
as Martin Meadows
1964
Sergeant Cork
as Inspector Spicer
1963
Sunday-Night Play
as Merchant
1962
Stork Talk
1962
The Golden Rabbit
as Peebles
1962
The Avengers
as Prewitt
1962
Sunday-Night Play
as Arthur Feltham
1962
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Single Gentleman
1961
No Love for Johnnie
as Railway Station Master (uncredited)
1961
No Hiding Place
1961
Maigret
1960
An Age of Kings
1959
Left Right and Centre
as Mr. Reeves
1957
When We Are Married
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1954
The House Across the Lake
as Mr. Hardcastle
1952
The Magic Box
as Film Society Member (uncredited)
1952
Angels One Five
as 'Soss'
1951
A Case For P.C. 49
as Desk Sergeant (as John Sharpe)
1951
Laughter in Paradise
as Constable Cafferty (uncredited)
1950
Your Witness
as Police Constable Hawkins
1950
Night and the City
as Man (uncredited)
1949
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
as Frank Haldane