John Sharp (actor)
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John Sharp was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 television actor.

He made more than 100 appearances in television and occasionally films between 1949 and 1991. Sharp began as a film actor in 1949 and appeared in films throughout the 1950s. By the mid 1960s he mostly appeared in British television on popular shows of the era such as The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
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"Murdersville" episodes, the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk , first transmitted during 1969-70, is a British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, respectively. The series was originally created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman...

episode "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo
The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo
The Ghost who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo is the eleventh episode of the 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 30 November 1969 on the ITV...

"; The Prisoner
The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former...

, Not On Your Nellie
Not On Your Nellie
Not On Your Nellie was a British sitcom that ran from 1974-75. It starred veteran actress Hylda Baker as Nellie Pickersgill, a Bolton woman who moves to London to help run her ailing father's Chelsea pub...

opposite Hylda Baker
Hylda Baker
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, Z-Cars
Z-Cars
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, and The Sweeney
The Sweeney
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(1976 episode "On the Run"). He performed in Charles Dickens
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 TV adaptations in the 1980s. In 1991, he made his last television appearance in the programme Lovejoy
Lovejoy
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. He played the role of the "apparently cynical" Uncle Will in Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini
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's 1966 Incompreso.

Sharp's most notable television appearances in a recurring role were on the All Creatures Great and Small series, where he portrayed "Ezra Biggins", an aged Yorkshire dairy farmer. Sharp was a native Yorkshireman and his "spot-on" portrayal of the cantankerous old Mr. Biggins was lauded by many devoted viewers.

Selected filmography

  • Diamond City
    Diamond City (film)
    Diamond City is a 1949 British drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors and Niall MacGinnis.-Plot:...

    (1949)
  • Your Witness
    Your Witness (film)
    Your Witness is a 1950 British drama film directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. It also featured Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer and Andrew Cruickshank. A leading American lawyer travels to London to defend an old friend from the Second World War who is facing a charge of murder...

    (1950)
  • Night and the City
    Night and the City
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    (1950)
  • A Case for PC 49 (1951)
  • Angels One Five
    Angels One Five
    Angels One Five is a 1952 British film directed by George More O'Ferrall, and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Cyril Raymond, Veronica Hurst and also featuring Bill Everett. Based on the book 'What Are Your Angels Now?' by Pelham Groom Angels One Five is a 1952...

    (1952)
  • The House Across the Lake
    The House Across the Lake (1954 film)
    The House Across the Lake is a 1954 British film released in the U.S. as Heat Wave. The film noir drama stars Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke.- Plot :...

    (1954)
  • Left Right and Centre
    Left Right and Centre
    Left Right and Centre is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Ian Carmichael, Patricia Bredin, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker and Alastair Sim. It was produced by Frank Launder...

    (1959)
  • Stork Talk (1962)
  • The Golden Rabbit
    The Golden Rabbit
    The Golden Rabbit is a 1962 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Timothy Bateson, Maureen Beck and Willoughby Goddard...

    (1962)
  • Misunderstood
    Misunderstood (1966 film)
    Misunderstood is a 1966 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Duncombe is the UK Consul General in Florence, Italy. He becomes a widower when his two sons, Andrew and Miles, are still young kids...

    (1966)
  • Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
    Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film)
    Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a 1968 British comedy film starring Peter Noone. The film showcases the British rock band, Herman's Hermits.-Cast:*Peter Noone – Herman Tulley*Keith Hopwood – Keith*Derek Leckenby – Derek*Karl Green – Karl...

    (1968)
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon
    Brother Sun, Sister Moon
    Brother Sun, Sister Moon is a 1972 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker. The film is a biopic of Saint Francis of Assisi.-Plot:...

    (1972)
  • Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
  • The Bunker
    The Bunker (1981 film)
    The Bunker is a 1981 CBS television film, Time/Life production based on the book The Bunker. The movie makes significant deviations from James O'Donnell's book--published in 1978. The deviations are mainly due to an effort to clarify the events, and allowing the actors license to interpret some of...

    (1981)
  • The Dresser
    The Dresser
    The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charge's life together. It is based on a screenplay by Ronald Harwood, in turn based on his successful 1980 West End and Broadway play of the same name.The film was directed by Peter...

    (1983)
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