John Phillips (actor)
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| John Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | William John Phillips 20 July 1914 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Oswestry, Shropshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952-1982 |
William John Phillips MC, (20 July 1914 – 11 May 1995) was an English actor. He is best remembered for the role of Chief Superintendent Robins, in the television series Z-Cars and for his work as a Shakespearean stage actor.
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Early life
Phillips was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1914, and began his acting career at Birmingham Rep in the 1930s. During World War II, Phillips served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross.
Career
Stage
His early theatre roles included the Ghost in the 1955 Peter Brook – Paul Scofield production of Hamlet at the Phoenix Theatre; the American Ambassador in Peter Ustinov's 1957 production of Romanoff and Juliet; and Prospero in the 1959 production of John Dryden and William Davenant's version of The Tempest, at the Old Vic. Phillips continued to work as a stage actor until his retirement in the 1980s.
Television
Phillips appeared in a number of television roles, which included: Danger Man (1962), Lieutenant Colonel John Whitley in Frontier (1968), Jack Frazer in The Onedin Line (1972–1976), Grand Duke Nicholas in Fall of Eagles (1974), Josiah Wedgewood in Days of Hope (1975), Naso in Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and Dr Charles Langley-Beard in The Old Men at the Zoo (1983). His role as Chief Superintendent Robins (1962–1978) in Z-Cars and Softly, Softly was perhaps his most memorable.
Filmography
- Black Angel (1946)
- Confidence Girl (1952)
- Angels One Five (1952)
- The Dark Avenger (1955)
- Richard III (1955)
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
- The Shiralee (1957)
- I Accuse! (1958)
- Floods of Fear (1959)
- John Paul Jones (1959)
- Village of the Damned (1960)
- Man in the Moon (1960)
- Offbeat (1961)
- Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
- A Prize of Arms (1962)
- The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
- Becket (1964)
- Joey Boy (1965)
- The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
- Torture Garden (1967)
- Quadrophenia (1979)
- Ascendancy (1982)
- Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
Death
Phillips died at Oswestry, Shropshire on 11 May 1995.
References
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- 1914 births
- 1995 deaths
- Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- English male film actors
- British male Shakespearean actors
- Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- 20th-century English male actors
