John Wells
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday17 November 1936
Died11 January 1998 (age 61)
Place of birthAshford, Kent, UK
Known credits44
Biography
Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967) and Rentadick (1972), television dramas like Casanova (1987), an episode of Lovejoy (1991) and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenpla…
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004 · Doctor (archive footage)
Chalk
1997 · Richard Nixon
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Reverend Hunt
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Writer
Genghis Cohn
1993 · Dr. Eckhardt
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Uncle Humphrey
Bottom
1991 · Doctor
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Charlie Chalk
1988
Consuming Passions
1988
The Giftie
1988 · Frank
Rude Health
1987
Casanova
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987 · Judge
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
1986 · Denis, King Charming
Lovejoy
1986 · Linden Walker
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Revolution
1985 · Corty
Dutch Girls
1985 · Headmaster
Love's Labour's Lost
1985 · Holofernes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Sir Evelyn Blount
Anyone for Denis
1982 · Denis Thatcher
Anyone for Denis?
1982 · Denis Thatcher
Anyone for Denis
1982 · Writer
Wogan
1982 · Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self - Various Roles
For Your Eyes Only
1981 · Denis Thatcher, esposo de la Primera Ministra
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
1980 · Pigeon (voice)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · Headmaster
The Light Princess
1978 · Bee (voice)
Stones
1976 · Porton
Let's Sleep On it
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Daniel Derwent
The End Of The Pier Show
1974 · Various Characters
Playhouse
1974 · Porton
The Cobblers of Umbridge
1973 · Writer
Rentadick
1972 · Owltruss
Rentadick
1972 · Additional Dialogue
Country Matters
1972 · Trooper Jordan
Every Home Should Have One
1970 · Tolworth
Q...
1969
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Honorable Gavin Hopton
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Writer
One Pair of Eyes
1967
Casino Royale
1967 · Q's Assistant
The Bobo
1967 · Pompadour Major Domo
The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)
1965
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