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Milton Johns

Milton Johns

Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.

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Basil Brush Show

Basil Brush Show

2002

as The Caretaker

Basil Brush Show

Basil Brush Show

2002

as Mr. Rossiter

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

2002

Making a Killing

Making a Killing

2002

as L.T. Harvey

Badger

Badger

1999

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999

as Fisher

The X-Files

The X-Files

1998

as British Valet

The Missing Postman

The Missing Postman

1997

as Len Denbigh

Joseph

Joseph

1995

as Mundschenk

Stanley's Dragon

Stanley's Dragon

1994

as Mr. Batley

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

1990

as Store Manager

Campion

Campion

1989

as William Potter

War and Remembrance

War and Remembrance

1988

Hell's Bells

Hell's Bells

1986

Super Gran

Super Gran

1985

as Mr. L. Chop

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985

as Sid Lowe

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

1985

as Mr. Perker

Foxy Lady

Foxy Lady

1982

Tishoo

Tishoo

1982

as Cullin

Bergerac

Bergerac

1981

as Lonny Rice

Bread or Blood

Bread or Blood

1981

as Harbutt

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

1980

as George Kistiakowsky

Hammer House of Horror

Hammer House of Horror

1980

as A.J. Powers

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Bewil

Minder

Minder

1979

as Mr. Sinclair

Shoestring

Shoestring

1979

Butterflies

Butterflies

1978

Life of Shakespeare

Life of Shakespeare

1978

as Dr. Alcibiades

Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time

Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time

1978

as Castellan Kelner

Going Straight

Going Straight

1978

The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse

1975

as The Servant

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

1975

as Guy Crayford

Poldark

Poldark

1975

as Matthew Sanson

The Good Life

The Good Life

1975

as Ernie

South Riding

South Riding

1974

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

1974

as Evelyn de Plume

Baffled!

Baffled!

1973

as Dr. Reed

The Jensen Code

The Jensen Code

1973

as Mr. Richards

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973

Crown Court

Crown Court

1972

as Gus Enderby

The Protectors

The Protectors

1972

as Conway

The Adventurer

The Adventurer

1972

as Alex

Budgie

Budgie

1971

as Nervous Docherty

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

as Evelyn de Plume

Manhunt

Manhunt

1970

as Renard

The First Churchills

The First Churchills

1969

The Expert

The Expert

1968

as Professor Kirk

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

1968

as Benik

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1966

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

1966

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

1965

as March

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

as Guy Crayford

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

as Kelner

The Saint

The Saint

1962

as Vargas

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

1962

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

1959