Richard Johnson

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Richard Keith Johnson (30 July 1927 – 5 June 2015) was an English actor, writer and producer.

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Known For

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Grandpa

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Distinguished Gentleman

Scoop

Mr. Quincy

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Vice Master Henry Jackson

Tales from the Crypt

Malcolm Lawson

The Haunting

Dr. John Markway

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Dr. David Menard

Magnum, P.I.

Brigadier Faulkes

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2016	FantastiCozzi MOVIE	(archive footage)
2016	The Man Who Knew Infinity MOVIE	Vice Master Henry Jackson
2015	Beloved Days MOVIE	Self
2014	Radiator MOVIE	Leonard
2013	The Man on the Moor MOVIE	Joe Adams
2013	The Other Child TV	Chad Beckett
2012	The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff TV	Uncle Writes Prompt Thank You Cards
2009	Beyond the Door: 35 Years Later MOVIE	Himself
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas MOVIE	Grandpa
2007	The Raven MOVIE	Narrator / The Raven (voice)
2007	Lewis TV	Augustus Mortmaigne
2007	Two Families MOVIE	Don Cataldo
2006	Scoop MOVIE	Mr. Quincy
2005	Wallis & Edward MOVIE	Stanley Baldwin
2005	Whatever Love Means MOVIE	Lord Mountbatten
2005	The Robinsons TV	Self
2004	Doc Martin TV	Self
2003	Danny Deckchair MOVIE	Passerby
2003	The Royal TV	Self
2003	The Royal TV	Johnny Lomax
2002	Spooks TV	Bernard Qualtrough
2001	Waking the Dead TV	Dr. Raymond Parke
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider MOVIE	Distinguished Gentleman
2001	The Whistle-Blower MOVIE	Sir Alastair Montgomery
2000	Happy Days MOVIE	Willie
1999	Milk MOVIE	John
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Rex Masters
1996	Breaking the Code MOVIE	Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
1995	Heavy Weather MOVIE	Lord Tilbury
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Lord Justice Fenwick
1992	Anglo Saxon Attitudes TV	Gerald Middleton
1992	The Camomile Lawn TV	Oliver (older)
1992	Duel of Hearts MOVIE	Lord Belgrave
1991	Murder Most Horrid TV	Reverend Charles Quentin
1991	The Crucifer of Blood MOVIE	Dr. Watson
1990	Diving In MOVIE	Richard Anthony
1990	The Secret Life of Ian Fleming MOVIE	Gen. Halmsden
1990	Treasure Island MOVIE	Squire Trelawney
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Malcolm Lawson
1989	Voice of the Heart MOVIE	David Cunningham
1988	A Man for All Seasons MOVIE	Duke of Norfolk
1986	Castaway MOVIE	Lawyer (uncredited)
1986	Lady Jane MOVIE	The Earl of Arundel
1985	Turtle Diary MOVIE	Mr. Johnson
1985	Dempsey and Makepeace TV	Daish
1984	What Waits Below MOVIE	Ben Gannon
1984	The Biko Inquest MOVIE	Dr. Hersch
1984	The Bill TV	Self
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Lord Geoffrey Constable
1984	Mr. Palfrey of Westminster TV	Air Vice-Marshal Conyers
1983	The Aerodrome MOVIE	Air Commander
1983	Cymbeline MOVIE	Cymbeline
1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show TV	Various
1982	The Best of Sex and Violence MOVIE	(archive footage)
1981	The Monster Club MOVIE	Busotsky's Father
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Brigadier Faulkes
1980	The Marquise MOVIE	Count Raoul de Vriac
1980	Haywire MOVIE	Kenneth Wagg
1980	Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger MOVIE	Havelock Ellis
1980	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square MOVIE	Inspector Watford
1979	The Great Alligator MOVIE	Prophet Jameson
1979	The Flame Is Love MOVIE	Narrator
1979	Before and After MOVIE	Waiter Les
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Alex Constantine
1979	Zombie Flesh Eaters MOVIE	Dr. David Menard
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Parnell
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	James
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Tanner
1979	Island of the Fishmen MOVIE	Edmond Rackham
1978	Brutes and Savages MOVIE	Narrator
1978	The Comeback MOVIE	Psychiatrist
1978	Across a Crowded Room MOVIE	Fergus Mariner
1978	The Four Feathers MOVIE	Abou Fatma
1976	Origins of the Mafia TV	Narrator (voice)
1976	The Last Concert MOVIE	Richard Lasky
1976	Aces High MOVIE	Major Lyle
1976	Moses the Lawgiver MOVIE	Erzähler-Stimme
1976	The Message MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1975	Hennessy MOVIE	Insp. Hollis
1975	Space: 1999 TV	Lee Russell
1975	The Night Child MOVIE	Michael Williams
1975	Antony and Cleopatra MOVIE	Antony
1974	Churchill's People TV	Tiberius Claudius
1974	Beyond the Door MOVIE	Dimitri
1973	Thriller TV	George Drew
1973	Shakespeare or Bust MOVIE	Himself
1972	A Marriage MOVIE	Richard
1971	Sin MOVIE	Orestes
1970	Hamlet MOVIE	Claudius, King of Denmark
1970	Julius Caesar MOVIE	Cassius
1970	The Fifth Day of Peace MOVIE	John Miller
1969	Some Girls Do MOVIE	Hugh Drummond
1968	Emma Hamilton MOVIE	Horatio Nelson
1968	The Column MOVIE	comandantul roman Tiberius
1968	A Twist of Sand MOVIE	Geoffrey Peace
1968	Oedipus the King MOVIE	Creon
1967	Danger Route MOVIE	Jonas Wilde
1967	The Rover MOVIE	Real
1967	Deadlier Than the Male MOVIE	Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1966	The Witch MOVIE	Sergio Logan
1966	Khartoum MOVIE	Colonel Stewart
1965	The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders MOVIE	Jemmy
1965	Operation Crossbow MOVIE	Duncan Sandys
1964	The Pumpkin Eater MOVIE	Giles
1963	80,000 Suspects MOVIE	Dr. Steven Monks
1963	Cairo MOVIE	Ali
1963	The Human Jungle TV	Jimbo
1963	The Haunting MOVIE	Dr. John Markway
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Jarvis Smith
1960	Sunday-Night Play TV	Donadieu
1960	Sunday-Night Play TV	Frank Gibbons
1960	Armchair Mystery Theatre TV	Cainfield
1959	Never So Few MOVIE	Capt. Danny De Mortimer
1959	The Four Just Men TV	Captain Bannion
1956	The Buccaneers TV	Pegleg
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Walter Egmont
1954	A Party for Christmas MOVIE	Michael Firbanks
1953	Saadia MOVIE	Lt. Girard
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1952	Lady in the Fog MOVIE	Danny McMara - Hit-and-Run Victim
1952	Pride and Prejudice TV	Mr. Wickham
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Claudius
1951	Calling Bulldog Drummond MOVIE	Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
1951	Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. MOVIE	Macrae (uncredited)

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