Acting

John Atkinson

Born October 7, 1921 · Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died May 12, 2007 · aged 85

No biography available.

Known For

A Month in the CountryA Month in the Country · 1987
A Month in the Country
6.51987
MovieHistoryDrama
A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.
The Storyteller: The Heartless GiantThe Storyteller: The Heartless Giant · 1988
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988
MovieFantasyFamily
On the whole, giants are benign creatures, harmless to none, unless of course the giant hasn't a heart. A curious prince is fooled into freeing one such heartless giant from the king's dungeon.
Demons of the MindDemons of the Mind · 1972
Demons of the Mind
5.31972
MovieHorrorThriller
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
Penda's FenPenda's Fen · 1974
Penda's Fen
7.51974
MovieTV MovieDrama
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.
The Reluctant NudistThe Reluctant Nudist · 1964
The Reluctant Nudist
3.71964
MovieComedy
A young woman finds out that her boyfriend has been lying to her about where he spends his weekends. She hires a private detective to follow him, and discovers that he has joined a nudist camp.
Murder by the BookMurder by the Book · 1986
Murder by the Book
5.31986
MovieCrimeDrama
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.
Kiss Me and DieKiss Me and Die · 1974
Kiss Me and Die
6.01974
MovieTV MovieDrama
When his brother vanishes without a trace, American Robert Stone goes to his last known location: a remote English village. Robert's investigation leads him to the mansion of Jonathon Lanceford, a man obsessed with the Gothic works of Edgar Allen Poe, and his beautiful and enigmatic niece Dominie...
Play for TodayPlay for Today · 1970
Play for Today
6.61970
SeriesDrama
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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