Milton Johns
Also Known As: John Robert Milton
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bristol - Gloucestershire - England - UK
Birthday: May 13, 1938
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Gender: Male
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Bread or Blood
Overview: Between April and May 1816, "Bread or Blood" riots erupted across East Anglia as the price of bread surpassed the wages of agricultural and industrial laborers. While food riots had a long history in Britain, industrialization, enclosure, and globalization increasingly safeguarded the nation's food supply by the early nineteenth century
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-05
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Joseph
Overview: Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, presumed long dead.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-10
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Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Overview: The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth in the present day to find a strangely deserted village and woods stalked by white-clad figures.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-22
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The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Overview: An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-10
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The Missing Postman
Overview: When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-28
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The Empire Strikes Back
Overview: The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-20
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Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Overview: On Earth in 2018, the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to his uncanny resemblance to the scientist/politician Salamander. He is hailed as the "shopkeeper of the world" for his efforts to relieve global famine, but why do his rivals keep disappearing? How can he predict so many natural disasters? The Doctor must expose Salamander's schemes before he takes over the world.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-27
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The Imp of the Perverse
Overview: A student commits murder. He inherits his victim's estate. For a while, he is content, but finally his conscience starts to trouble him.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-20
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South Riding
Overview: An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-16
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The X-Files
Overview: Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
Overview: The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, claims his rights and is inaugurated President. It soon turns out that he has led a group of aliens called Vardans to the planet to eradicate them completely. After they are destroyed, the Sontarans take their opportunity and follow them in their invasion until they are destroyed by the Doctor.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-11
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Baffled!
Overview: Tom Kovack is a hard-nosed race car driver until a sudden supernatural vision causes a near-fatal crash while he's hurtling down the backstretch at 140 miles per hour. Michele Brent is the woman who convinces Kovack that his visions are significant. She leads him to the manor house that appeared in his vision, which in turn leads him into a world of revenge and murder from beyond the grave. Kovack must tap into his newfound power to conquer the evil forces at work.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-11
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Stanley's Dragon
Overview: Stanley finds an egg in a cavern that soon hatches a dragon.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-07
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The Pickwick Papers
Overview: The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift and Patrick Malahide, with narration spoken by Ray Brooks.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-06
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Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Overview: Wallace Pidgeon, a schoolteacher, has a School Sports Day that goes drastically wrong and finds himself torn between the contradictory demands of his headmaster, his pupils, his young bride and her father.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-28
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Tishoo
Overview: It is the mid-1980s. The economy has not improved. For 17 years Professor Frank Merrick has been ensconced in a research lab of a provincial university working on a cure for the common cold. He is very near success. Can he avoid becoming yet another victim of the eternal cutbacks?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-09
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Making a Killing
Overview: During a steamy sexual liaison, Jake Summer's (Hywel Morgan) lover is murdered by a serial killer, leaving her husband Chad (Sean Gallagher) in big financial trouble. Jake, feeling guilty, offers to help Chad claim the life insurance money. But the corpse is still missing and no body means no pay out.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-13
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