Noel Johnson
Biography
Noel Johnson was a British actor who first played the special agent Dick Barton for BBC Radio, a role he began in 1946. Born in 1916 in West Bromwich, he served in the Royal Army Service Corps during the war and joined the BBC Repertory Company in 1945. He performed over 300 episodes as Barton before leaving in 1949 to pursue stage work, and he returned to the part for a 1972 special series. He also voiced Dan Dare on Radio Luxembourg under conditions of secrecy. Between 1978 and 1981 he played Nicholas Jenkins in BBC Radio 4's serial based on Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. His films included Frenzy (1972) and Withnail & I (1987), where he was a drunken, militaristic bar owner, and he appeared in many television dramas until the mid-1990s, among them Doctor Who and Coronation Street.
82years old at death
- Born Birmingham
- Died Llandough
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Noel Frank Johnson
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 15 years1972 to 1987
Every film, newest first
- 1987Withnail & IIMDb rating 7.5
- 1975Royal FlashIMDb rating 6.3
- 1972FrenzyIMDb rating 7.4
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First role
Johnson gave Dick Barton his original voice, beginning on 7 October 1946. He played the part in more than 300 episodes, then left in 1949 to try a stage career.
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