John Hallam
Born: 1941-10-28 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Died: 2006-11-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006[1]) was a Northern Irish character actor. Born John William Francis Hallam in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he appeared in many film and television roles including Nicholas and Alexandra (1971),Murphy's War (1971), The Pallisers (1974), The Mallens (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Dragonslayer (1981), the BBC television adaptations of Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He also appears in the director's cut of the 1973 film The Wicker Man as McTaggart. He appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the memorable alien "Light" in the serial Ghost Light (1989). He was also known as Barnsey, the prison cell mate of Den Watts in EastEnders. On November 14, 2006, Hallam died in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England at age 65. He was divorced and had four children. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hallam licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2003
2000
- The 10th Kingdom as Queen's Talking Mirror
- Arabian Nights as Demon
1998
- The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Ali Ben Hassad
- The Duck
1997
- Kull the Conqueror as Mandara
1994
- Wycliffe as Lionel Penmore
- Cadfael as Lord Rhysart
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Mr Lomax
- Good King Wenceslas as Gomon
1993
- A Haunting Harmony as Staunton
1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Red Headed Baron
- Wendy
1989
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Captain Drinian
- When the Whales Came as Treve Pender
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light as Light
1988
- The Chronicles of Narnia as Captain Drinian
- The Fortunate Pilgrim as Hooperman
- White Peak Farm as John Tanner
1987
- Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Cedric Crackenthorpe
1985
- EastEnders as Barnsey Barnes
- Lifeforce as Lamson
- Lytton's Diary as Guadix
- King David as Philistine Armour Bearer
- Santa Claus: The Movie as Grizzard, Chauffeur
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Gorgiano
- The Master of Ballantrae as Captain Harris
1983
- Blackadder as Sir Wilfred Death
- Under Capricorn as Samson Flusky
1982
- Ivanhoe as Herald
1981
- Bergerac as Jacques Le Rozier
- Dragonslayer as Tyrian
1980
- Flash Gordon as Luro
1979
- Minder as Gypsy Joe
- Dick Turpin as Tobias Moat
- The Mallens as Thomas Mallen
- Love and Bullets as Cerutti
- The Last Giraffe as Guy Atherton
- The Saint and the Brave Goose as Bernadotti
- The Mallens as Thomas Mallen
1978
- Return of the Saint as Bernadotti
- The Four Feathers as Sergeant Major
1977
- The Professionals as Tug Willis
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Graeme Warrack
- Raffles
- Wings as Harry Farmer
- The People That Time Forgot as Chung-Sha
- That's Carry On! as Burpa on Rooftop (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
- Trial by Combat as Sir Roger
- Arnhem: The Story of an Escape as Graeme Warrack
1975
- Hennessy as Boyle
- Murder Motel as Roscoe
1974
- The Pallisers as Lord Chiltern
1973
- Thriller as Roscoe
- The Wicker Man as McTaggert
- Moonbase 3 as Dr Peter Conway
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Guensche
- The Offence as Panton
1972
- The Regiment as James Willoughby
- Antony and Cleopatra as Thidias
1971
- Jason King
- Nicholas and Alexandra as Nagorny
- The Last Valley as Geddes
- Murphy's War as Ellis
- Villain as Terry
- Quest for Love as Jonathan Keene
1969
- Department S as Doug Martin
- The Assassination Bureau as Bureau Member (uncredited)
- Judge Dee
- A Walk with Love and Death as Sir Meles
- Where's Jack? as The Captain
1968
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as Officer
- Carry On Up the Khyber as Burpa on Rooftop (uncredited)
1967
- Much Ado About Nothing as Other Watchman
1966
1965
- Public Eye as Hart
1963
- Doctor Who as Light
1956
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Harris