Acting

John White

Born November 7, 1936 · Stepney, London, England, UK

Died September 28, 1993 · aged 56

No biography available.

Known For

BackbeatBackbeat · 1994
Backbeat
★ 6.21994
MovieDramaMusic
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
TentaclesTentacles · 1977
Tentacles
★ 4.61977
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early DayOne of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day · 1978
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978
Movie
When Mal Leyton's modern jazz quintet sets out to play an unlikely gig at a college concert, the musicians really need their legendary sense of humour.
The Dumb WaiterThe Dumb Waiter · 1979
The Dumb Waiter
★ 6.21979
MovieThrillerHorror
A woman on her way home notices a car following her.
Crown CourtCrown Court · 1972
Crown Court
★ 5.71972
SeriesDrama
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
Secret ArmySecret Army · 1977
Secret Army
★ 7.81977
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Howards' WayHowards' Way · 1985
Howards' Way
★ 5.91985
SeriesDramaSoap
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
PoldarkPoldark · 1975
Poldark
★ 6.91975
SeriesDrama
Poldark is a television drama based on Winston Graham's novels of the same title. It was first transmitted on BBC Two across two seasons between 1975 and 1977. The adaptation covered all seven novels (of the eventual twelve) published up to the time. In late 18th-century Cornwall, Ross Poldark loses his fiancée, well-bred beauty Elizabeth, to his cousin Francis. He ends up marrying his servant, Demelza Carne, but his passion for Elizabeth simmers on for years. Meanwhile, he strives to make his derelict copper mines a success. Life is hard, smuggling is rife, and Ross finds himself taking the side of the underclass against the ruthless behaviour of his enemies, the greedy Warleggan clan.

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Rockliffe's BabiesRockliffe's Babies · 1987
Rockliffe's Babies
★ 5.81987
SeriesCrimeDrama
Rockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe, who is assigned to train seven young recruits to the CID, all fresh out of uniform. Under his irascible guidance, it is hoped that they will blossom into full-blown detectives. But Rockliffe is human – so human that he makes more mistakes than the 'Babies' he's supposed to be training. A follow-up series, Rockliffe's Folly, follows Rockliffe through his relocation to Wessex, dealing with rural crimes as part of a new team of investigators. The seven episode third series proved to be the last, with many citing a change in the programme's formula for the heavy ratings decline. Many viewers stated that the success of the two Babies series came not from Rockliffe himself, but from the popular ensemble cast.

Pieter Haastrup