John Wells
Acting
Born: 1936-11-17 · Ashford, Kent, UK
Died: 1998-01-11
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
Doctor (archive footage)
Princess Caraboo
1994
Reverend Hunt
Consuming Passions
1988
The Giftie
1988
Frank
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
1986
Denis, King Charming
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
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)
The Light Princess
1978
Bee (voice)
Stones
1976
Porton
Let's Sleep On it
1976
Rentadick
1972
Owltruss
Every Home Should Have One
1970
Tolworth
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
Honorable Gavin Hopton
Casino Royale
1967
'Q's' Assistant
📺 TV Shows (19)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
Self
Chalk
1997
Richard Nixon
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Uncle Humphrey
Bottom
1991
Doctor
Have I Got News for You
1990
Self
Charlie Chalk
1988
Rude Health
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
Judge
Lovejoy
1986
Linden Walker
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Anyone for Denis?
1982
Denis Thatcher
Wogan
1982
Self
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Headmaster
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Daniel Derwent
The End Of The Pier Show
1974
Various Characters
Playhouse
1974
Porton
Country Matters
1972
Trooper Jordan
Q...
1969
One Pair of Eyes
1967