Acting

Jon Rollason

Born April 9, 1931 · Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Died February 20, 2016 · aged 84

Jon Rollason (9 April 1931 – 20 February 2016) was an English television actor, broadcaster and writer. He is best remembered for the role of Dr. Martin King in The Avengers. He appeared in episodes of Doctor Who (as Harold Chorley in The Web of Fear), Z-Cars, Coronation Street, Softly, Softly, and the soap opera Crossroads. For the last of these, he also wrote the scripts for some episodes.[4]

Known For

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

The Cellar and the Almond Tree · 1970

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

MovieDramaTV Movie

The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in. After the war Volubin, a Marxist writer, is instructed to obtain from her the keys to her wine-cellar, which are needed for a celebration dinner. First shown in 1970, this play charts the transition of dictatorial power in the 20th century.

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear · 1968

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

MovieDramaAction

The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space. It arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web and by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti. The time travellers learn this crisis was precipitated when Professor Travers, whom they first met in the Himalayas some thirty years earlier, accidentally caused one of the Yeti to be reactivated, opening the way for the Intelligence to invade again.

We Are the Lambeth Boys

We Are the Lambeth Boys · 1959

We Are the Lambeth Boys

MovieDocumentary

Seminal piece of documentary filmmaking by New Wave director Karel Reisz following the daily activities of members of the Lambeth Youth club in late-1950s London.

The Avengers

The Avengers · 1961

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Thirteen Against Fate

Thirteen Against Fate · 1966

Thirteen Against Fate

Thirteen Against Fate is a series of thirteen hour-long episodes based on the novels of Georges Simenon. Noted for the sound psychology of his characters, Simenon's stories deal with many nationalities and are set in numerous European cities and villages. There are sequences filmed in these locations integrated into the episodes. In each of the novels chosen for this series, Fate plays a leading role in the development of the story and the characters.

Filmography

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The Cellar and the Almond Tree

The Cellar and the Almond Tree · 1970

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

MovieDramaTV Movie

The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in. After the war Volubin, a Marxist writer, is instructed to obtain from her the keys to her wine-cellar, which are needed for a celebration dinner. First shown in 1970, this play charts the transition of dictatorial power in the 20th century.

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear · 1968

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

MovieDramaAction

The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space. It arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web and by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti. The time travellers learn this crisis was precipitated when Professor Travers, whom they first met in the Himalayas some thirty years earlier, accidentally caused one of the Yeti to be reactivated, opening the way for the Intelligence to invade again.

Harold Chorley

We Are the Lambeth Boys

We Are the Lambeth Boys · 1959

We Are the Lambeth Boys

MovieDocumentary

Seminal piece of documentary filmmaking by New Wave director Karel Reisz following the daily activities of members of the Lambeth Youth club in late-1950s London.

Commentator (voice)

The Avengers

The Avengers · 1961

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Dr. Martin King

Thirteen Against Fate

Thirteen Against Fate · 1966

Thirteen Against Fate

Thirteen Against Fate is a series of thirteen hour-long episodes based on the novels of Georges Simenon. Noted for the sound psychology of his characters, Simenon's stories deal with many nationalities and are set in numerous European cities and villages. There are sequences filmed in these locations integrated into the episodes. In each of the novels chosen for this series, Fate plays a leading role in the development of the story and the characters.

Emile