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John Carson is a Actor Sri Lankais born on 28 february 1927

John Carson

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Nationality Sri Lanka
Birth 28 february 1927
Death 5 november 2016 (at 89 years)

John Carson (born 28 February 1927) is an English actor noted for his appearances in film and television.

Making his film debut in 1947, he carved out a career appearing in low budget British films such as Seven Keys (1961); Smokescreen (1964); and Master Spy (1964). His saturnine looks and sinister voice (not unlike James Mason) led to him starring in a number of horror films including The Night Caller (1965); The Plague of the Zombies (1965); The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970); Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970); and Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1972).

Beside his appearances in horror films he is also known for his many villainous turns in adventure series of the '60s, such as The Adventures of Robin Hood; The Avengers; The Saint; Adam Adamant Lives!; The Baron; Man in a Suitcase; The Champions and Department S.

His long and varied list of television credits include Emergency - Ward 10; Ivanhoe; William Tell; Armchair Theatre; Maigret; Out of the Unknown; Emma (as Mr. Knightley); Dixon of Dock Green; Crown Court; The New Avengers; Telford's Change; Secret Army; The Professionals; Tales of the Unexpected; Hammer House of Horror; Doctor Who (Snakedance); Shaka Zulu and Poirot. He was also famously the voice-over on the Sunsilk TV commercial that featured the John Barry music "The girl with the sun in her hair".

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Filmography of John Carson (23 films)

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Doomsday
Doomsday (2008)
, 1h45
Directed by Neil Marshall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Adrian Lester
Roles George Dutton
Rating59% 2.950482.950482.950482.950482.95048
In 2008, an unknown killer virus, dubbed "The Reaper Virus" infects Scotland. The UK government cannot contain or cure the virus, and they decide to build a 60-foot containment wall over the border with Scotland and its islands, isolating it from the rest of Britain.
The Deal
The Deal (2008)
, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about suicide
Actors William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Jason Ritter, Elliott Gould, LL Cool J, David Hunt
Roles Nigel Bland
Rating56% 2.8005152.8005152.8005152.8005152.800515
Struggling Hollywood film producer Charlie Berns is on the verge of suicide when his aspiring screenwriter nephew Lionel arrives from New Jersey with a script about 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie agrees to make the film, but only when he converts the literate PBS-style script (that he didn't read) into an action adventure Middle Eastern espionage film, Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter.
Poirot: After the Funeral, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Michael Fassbender, Robert Bathurst, Geraldine James, John Carson, Anna Calder-Marshall
Roles Richard Abernethie
Rating79% 3.9919853.9919853.9919853.9919853.991985
Richard Abernethie meurt d'une crise cardiaque et toute sa famille se rend à ses funérailles. Lors de l'ouverture du testament, sa sœur Cora, que personne n'avait revue depuis des années, émet l'hypothèse qu'il aurait été assassiné. Le lendemain, elle est retrouvée massacrée à la hache. Le notaire de la famille fait alors appel à son vieil ami Poirot pour enquêter. Pour le détective belge, l'assassin est un membre de la famille...
Zombie Night, 1h33
Directed by David J. Francis
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors John Carson, David J. Francis
Rating27% 1.3532451.3532451.3532451.3532451.353245
After World War 3, the dead have risen and are eating the living after the sun goes down. A group of survivors are held up in a building fighting off the undead. One night though, the zombies break through and the group is forced to evacuate. They find themselves running through the woods, trying at all costs to stay alive.
I Dreamed of Africa, 1h54
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Kim Basinger, Vincent Pérez, Eva Marie Saint, Liam Aiken, Daniel Craig, Lance Reddick
Roles Pembroke Headmaster
Rating55% 2.751092.751092.751092.751092.75109
Kuki Gallmann (Kim Basinger), a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after surviving a car crash. She marries Paolo (Vincent Perez) a man she doesn't know well and moves with him and her young son to Kenya, where they start a ranch. She faces many problems, both physical and emotional, that will test her.
Woman of Desire, 1h36
Directed by Robert Ginty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bo Derek, Robert Mitchum, Jeff Fahey, Steven Bauer, Peter Holden, John Carson
Rating40% 2.027832.027832.027832.027832.02783
Two men – Jack Lynch (Jeff Fahey) and Jonathan Ashby (Steven Bauer) – are confronted by a beautiful woman, Christina Ford (Bo Derek).
Vol au château
Directed by Edward Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Ciaran Madden, John Carson
Roles Sir George Carrington
Rating70% 3.5466653.5466653.5466653.5466653.546665
À la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Mr Mayfield, un industriel britannique, conçoit un nouvel avion technologiquement supérieur aux modèles allemands. Il a besoin du soutien financier du gouvernement britannique pour pouvoir continuer ses travaux mais à cause d'une affaire avec les Japonais, il n'est plus dans les bonnes grâces du gouvernement. Il décide de se racheter en tendant un piège à une espionne allemande, Mrs Vanderlyn, et l'invite à passer un week-end chez lui en utilisant les plans de son avion comme appât. Sa femme, Lady Mayfield, demande à Poirot de venir pour garder un œil sur ce qui se passera pendant le week-end, craignant pour la sécurité du pays…
City of Blood
Directed by Darrell Roodt
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Joe Stewardson, John Carson
Roles Prime Minister
Rating32% 1.6425051.6425051.6425051.6425051.642505
A coroner becomes involved with a prostitute, while investigating a series of murders.
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, 1h31
Directed by Brian Clemens
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Horst Janson, John Carson, John Cater, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham
Roles Dr. Marcus
Rating63% 3.1965953.1965953.1965953.1965953.196595
When his village is plagued by mysterious deaths marked by highly accelerated aging, Dr. Marcus calls in his army friend, Captain Kronos. Kronos and his companion, the hunchback Hieronymus Grost, are professional vampire hunters. Grost explains to the initially sceptical Marcus that the dead women are victims of a vampire who drains not blood but youth, and that there are "as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey." The discovery of another victim confirms Grost's explanation. Along the way, Kronos and Grost take in a local girl, Carla, who had been sentenced to the stocks for dancing on the Sabbath. She repays them by helping them hunt the vampire; she later becomes Kronos' lover.
Taste the Blood of Dracula, 1h31
Directed by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Martin Jarvis, Linda Hayden, Anthony Higgins
Roles Jonathon Secker
Rating62% 3.1475453.1475453.1475453.1475453.147545
Three English gentlemen - Hargood, Paxton and Secker - have formed a circle ostensibly devoted to charitable work but in reality they indulge themselves in brothels. One night they are intrigued by a young man who bursts into the brothel and is immediately tended to after snapping his fingers, despite the brothelkeeper's objections. The gentlemen are informed that he is Courtley, who was disinherited for celebrating a Black Mass.
The Man Who Haunted Himself, 1h29
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
Actors Roger Moore, Freddie Jones, Hildegarde Neil, Anton Rodgers, Olga Georges-Picot, Thorley Walters
Roles Ashton
Rating63% 3.196043.196043.196043.196043.19604
Whilst driving his Rover P5B, uptight City worker Harold Pelham appears to become possessed and has a serious high-speed accident. On the operating table, he briefly suffers clinical death, after which there appear to be two heartbeats on the monitor. When he awakes, Pelham finds his life has been turned upside-down; in his job as a director of a marine technology company he learns that he now supports a merger that he once opposed, and that he apparently is having an affair. Friends, colleagues and acquaintances claim to have seen him in places where he has never been, and Pelham starts being followed by a mysterious silver car (a Lamborghini Islero). Does Pelham have a doppelgänger or is he actually going insane?
Thunderbird 6, 1h29
Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Spy, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Sylvia Anderson, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham
Roles Captain Foster (II) (voice)
Rating62% 3.1444353.1444353.1444353.1444353.144435
In 2068, the New World Aircraft Corporation (NWAC) provides Brains, the inventor of the Thunderbird machines of the humanitarian International Rescue organisation, with an open brief to design a revolutionary aircraft. Although Brains is ridiculed when he proposes an airship for the 21st century, NWAC accepts his blueprints and builds Skyship One, which will circumnavigate the world on its maiden flight with pre-programmed stopover destinations. Alan, Tin-Tin, Lady Penelope and Parker will represent International Rescue as special guests. Brains, meanwhile, is forced to remain on Tracy Island when Jeff decides that International Rescue requires a Thunderbird 6. Contracted to design this latest addition to the Thunderbirds fleet with no specification, Brains produces a range of concepts, all of which are rejected by Jeff.