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Australian actor
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Male
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Birth:
4 January 1905
Death:
10 January 1972
The details
Biography
Introduction
John Warwick (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972) was an Australian television and cinema actor, and television dramatist.
Early life
He was born John McIntosh Beattle at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.
Acting career
He had an extensive career over 40 years, beginning in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal friend in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when In the Wake of the Bounty was being filmed), then in British cinema in the late 1930s-1940s and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama & cinema there.
Selected filmography
- On Our Selection (1932) - Jim Carey
- In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) - Midshipman Young
- The Squatter's Daughter (1933) - Clive Sherrington
- The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) - Dr. Henry Everard
- Find the Lady (1936) - (uncredited)
- Double Alibi (1937) - Charlie
- Lucky Jade (1937) - John Marsden
- Catch as Catch Can (1937) - Eddie Fallon
- The Ticket of Leave Man (1937) - Robert Brierly
- Passenger to London (1937) - Frank Drayton
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- John Halifax (1938) - John Halifax
- This Man Is News (1938) - Johnnie Clayton
- Bad Boy (1938) - Nick Bryan
- Me and My Pal (1939) - Charlie
- Dead Men are Dangerous (1939) - Goddard
- The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939) - Ted Bracher
- The Face at the Window (1939) - Lucien Cortier
- Flying Fifty-Five (1939) - Jebson
- Riding High (1939) - George Davenport
- 21 Days (1940) - (uncredited)
- All at Sea (1940) - Brown
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Studd
- Spare a Copper (1940) - Shaw
- Old Bill and Son (1941) - Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
- The Saint's Vacation (1941) - Gregory
- This England (1941) - Norman (uncredited)
- My Wife's Family (1941) - Jack Gay
- Danny Boy (1941) - Nick Carter
- The Missing Million (1942) - Bennett
- The Day Will Dawn (1942) - Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
- Talk About Jacqueline (1942) - Donald Clark
- Tehran (1946) - Maj. 'Mack' MacIntyre, UK
- Woman to Woman (1946) - Dr. Gavron
- Dancing with Crime (1947) - Det. Insp. Carter
- While I Live (1947) - George Grant
- Feature Story (1949)
- The Franchise Affair (1951) - Carley
- Pool of London (1951) - Inspector Jim Moss (uncredited)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - Police Inspector at Squad Car Headquarters (uncredited)
- High Treason (1951) - Inspector Hewitt (uncredited)
- Never Look Back (1952) - Inspector Raynor
- Circumstantial Evidence (1952) - Pete Hanken
- The Gentle Gunman (1952) - Prisoners Escort On Ship (uncredited)
- Escape Route (1952) - Security Chief Brice
- The Accused (1953) - Sam
- Street Corner (1953) - Insp. Gray
- Trouble in Store (1953) - Robson
- Bang! You're Dead (1954) - Sgt. Gurney
- Up to His Neck (1954) - Lt Truman
- Dangerous Voyage (1954) - Carter
- One Just Man (1954)
- Thought to Kill (1954) - Fred Lever
- The Red Dress (1954) - Ted Cricks (segment "Red Dress' story)
- Contraband Spain (1955) - Bryant, manager of the Sportadrome
- The Long Arm (1956) - Detective-Inspector at Shipping Office
- Town on Trial (1957) - Inspector Hughes (uncredited)
- Just My Luck (1957) - 1st Ambulance Man (uncredited)
- Gideon's Day (1958) - Insp. Gillick (uncredited)
- Law and Disorder (1958) - Police Superintendent
- The Square Peg (1959) - Colonel Layton
- Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) - Insp. Lodge
- The Desperate Man (1959) - Inspector Cobley
- Murder at Site 3 (1959) - Cmdr. Chambers
- The Fourth Square (1961) - Police Sgt.
- Go to Blazes (1962) - Fireman
- Cobwebs in Concrete (1968) - TV play - writer
- Adam's Woman (1970) - Croyden
- Demonstrator (1971) - Frank Jamieson
- The Lady from Peking (1975) - Inspector (Last appearance)
Death
He died in Sydney, Australia, in January 1972.