John Witty
John Witty ( born September 17, 1915 in Bristol as Rupert John Featherstone - Witty Blanchflower, † January 14, 1990 ) was an English actor in film and television. His film career spanned more than 35 appearances in international feature films and television series. This includes roles in The King's Admiral, hell below zero, Password: Berlin -Tempelhof or the whip.
Life and career
John Witty was born in 1915 when Rupert John Featherstone - Witty Blanchflower in Bristol. His television debut was immediately after the end of the war in 1946 in George More O'Ferralls TV drama The Queen 's Husband in a small supporting role. In the following decades he played mostly minor and major supporting roles in films and TV movies.
Directed by Cecil H. Williamson saw Witty in the crime film Hangman's Wharf in 1950 in one of his few leading roles. 1951 Raoul Walsh cast him the director in his adventure film The King's Admiral in the role of Captain Entenza.
In the 1950s, the director Mark Robson hired him for his two movies hell below zero and password: Berlin -Tempelhof. The lead male role was played by Richard Widmark, respectively. 1961 saw him as a TV announcer John Lemonts thriller The whip. In the 1960s and 1970s, John Witty occurred predominantly in British television series.
He had in 1980 in the television series Q5 his last appearance.
His TV performances within thirty years counted from 1950 to 1980: BBC Sunday - Night Theatre, The Broken Horseshoe, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, The Teckman Biography, Fabian of the Yard, White Hunter, The Vise, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, Dixon of Dock Green, Dial 999, The Con Man, Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, Dick Barton: Special Agent and Q5.
Witty died on 14 January 1990 at the age of 74 in his hometown of Bristol.