John Middleton Lankester Paul (20 April 1921 – 23 February 1995) was a British actor.
He is best known for his television roles, particularly as Dr Spencer Quist in Doomwatch (1970–1972) and Marcus Agrippa in I, Claudius (1976), both for BBC Television.
An early role was as the lead in the ITV series Probation Officer in the early 1960s. He appeared as Captain Flint in a BBC adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons in 1963. He had guest roles in episodes of popular television series such as Out of the Unknown, Doctor Finlay's Casebook, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, Marked Personal and The New Avengers, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. One of his final TV appearances was in Selling Hitler, based on the real-life attempts to sell fake diaries attributed to Adolf Hitler.
During his career he also appeared in feature films such as Yangtse Incident (1957), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), Cromwell (1970), Eye of the Needle (1981), and Cry Freedom (1987).
1991
as Karl Wolff
1987
as Wendy's Father
1984
as Matt Helston
1981
as Home Guard Captain
1981
as Gen. Wilhelm Keitel
1978
as Montague
1977
1976
as Dr. Kendrick
1976
1976
as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
1972
1972
as Dr. Quist
1971
1970
as General Digby
1970
as Dr Spencer Quist
1969
as Test Pilot (uncredited)
1968
as Mr. Warrender
1967
as Harvey Collier
1967
as The Captain
1965
as Brown
1964
as Inspector Mackenzie
1963
as Carter
1962
as John Hamme
1962
as Henry Davidson
1961
as Wells
1959
1959
as Phil Gamage
1959
as Sgt. Ranson
1959
as Arkwright
1958
as Lt. Col. Derry
1958
as John Castle
1957
as Staff Officer Operations
1957
as Detective Sergeant Nixon
1956