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Noel Johnson

Noel Johnson

1916-12-28

West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK

ACTING

Biography

With the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II. Evacuated from Dunkirk. After a year in hospital, invalided out in 1941. Worked for the BBC Drama Repertory Company from 1945. Until 1949, was best known as the voice of special agent Dick Barton on radio.

Best known for:

For Your Eyes Only

Frenzy

Doctor Who

Withnail & I

The First Great Train Robbery

Inspector Morse

A Touch of Frost

Defence of the Realm

Royal Flash

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Poldark

Highly Dangerous

Colditz

Harry's Game

Maigret

Play for Today

Appointment with Venus

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Ivanhoe

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

The Snow Goose

Dalgliesh

Z-Cars

Calling Bulldog Drummond

The Wednesday Play

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Filmography:

Highly Dangerous (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Conway (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Naval Captain
Appointment with Venus (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Clark - R.N.
Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Detective (uncredited)
Ivanhoe (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Romer
An Age of Kings (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Exeter
Sunday-Night Play (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Lowther
A for Andromeda (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
J.M. Osborne

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Doctor Who (1963)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
King Thous, Charles Grover M.P.
The Spread of the Eagle (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Cominius
The Wednesday Play (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Constable
Thirteen to Centaurus (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Gen. Short
Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Superintendant Godot
Concorde (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Commentator
Way Off Beat (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Master of Ceremonies
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
King Thous

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The Expert (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Worseley
Doomwatch (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Priestland
Justice (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Lord Chancellor
The Snow Goose (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Naval Captain
Michael Regan (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Asst. Chief Constable
Colditz (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Devenish
Frenzy (1972)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor in Pub
The Swordsman (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Christian Duval
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Charles Grover
Poldark (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Captain Gower
Royal Flash (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Lord Chamberlain
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Connaught
Enemy at the Door (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Committee President
Julius Caesar (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Publius
Lady Killers (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Thomas Inskip, K.C.
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Vice Admiral
Harry's Game (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Gen. Sir Jocelyn Fairbairn
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Edward Grey
Dalgliesh (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Hunt
The Comedy of Errors (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
First Merchant
Defence of the Realm (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Club Member
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Chorus
Inspector Morse (1987)
6.6
APPEREAD AS:
Butler
Withnail & I (1987)
6
APPEREAD AS:
General
Wyatt's Watchdogs (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Hadley
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Patient 1
Influenced (2018)
APPEREAD AS:
Kidnapper
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
King Thous (voice)