John Sharp
Biography
John Sharp was a British actor whose career lasted 42 years and included over 130 appearances on television and in films between 1949 and 1991. He began in films in 1949 and appeared in them throughout the 1950s, and although he was also active in the theater, from the mid-1960s he mostly worked in British television, appearing in popular programs of the time such as The Avengers, The Prisoner, Z-Cars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and The Sweeney. He played Uncle Will in Luigi Comencini's 1966 film Incompreso, and in the 1980s he appeared in adaptations of Charles Dickens. His most notable recurring role was Ezra Biggins in All Creatures Great and Small, a Yorkshire dairy farmer who was elderly, parsimonious and awkward. He made his last television appearance in 1991 in Lovejoy, and he died in 1992.
72years old at death
- Born Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died London
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as John Herbert Sharp
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 34 years1950 to 1984
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John Sharp shares two films with Peter Cushing, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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All films by David Zucker
All films by Jim Abrahams
Marcello FondatoDirector, 1 film, 1974
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