Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.
Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.
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Filmography (Movies)
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Character:
Release Date:06/04/2025
The Ties That Bind Us
Character:Kelner (archive footage)
Release Date:03/03/2008
Making a Killing
Character:L.T. Harvey
Release Date:13/03/2002
The X-Files
Character:British Valet
Release Date:19/06/1998
The Missing Postman
Character:Len Denbigh
Release Date:28/03/1997
Joseph
Character:Mundschenk
Release Date:10/04/1995
Stanley's Dragon
Character:Mr. Batley
Release Date:07/04/1994
Precious Bane
Character:Grimble
Release Date:02/01/1989
Tishoo
Character:Cullin
Release Date:09/03/1982
Bread or Blood
Character:Harbutt
Release Date:05/04/1981
The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Bewil
Release Date:20/05/1980
The Limbo Connection
Character:Tim Kennaway
Release Date:02/05/1978
Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
Character:Castellan Kelner
Release Date:11/03/1978
The Imp of the Perverse
Character:The Servant
Release Date:20/12/1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Character:Guy Crayford
Release Date:22/11/1975
South Riding
Character:
Release Date:16/09/1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Character:Evelyn de Plume
Release Date:28/03/1974
Baffled!
Character:Dr. Reed
Release Date:11/04/1973
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Character:Benik
Release Date:27/01/1968
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Character:March
Release Date:10/11/1965
Television Appearances
The Basil Brush Show
Character:The Caretaker
The Basil Brush Show
Character:Mr. Rossiter
Born and Bred
Character:Ernest Gilles
Badger
Character:
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Character:Fisher
Ellington
Character:Announcer
Sharpe
Character:Hopkinson
The Upper Hand
Character:Store Manager
Campion
Character:William Potter
War and Remembrance
Character:
Hell's Bells
Character:Wilfred Hankey
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Character:German Ambassador
Super Gran
Character:Mr. L. Chop
Dempsey and Makepeace
Character:Sid Lowe
Foxy Lady
Character:
Bergerac
Character:Lonny Rice
Oppenheimer
Character:George Kistiakowsky
Hammer House of Horror
Character:A.J. Powers
Minder
Character:Mr. Sinclair
Shoestring
Character:Porter
Butterflies
Character:
A Horseman Riding By
Character:Reverend Horsey
Born and Bred
Character:Freddie Peglar
Spearhead
Character:Mr Adams
Life of Shakespeare
Character:Dr. Alcibiades
Going Straight
Character:Mr. Kirby
Armchair Thriller
Character:Tim Kennaway
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Character:George Lintz
Dickens of London
Character:Samuel Starey
Poldark
Character:Matthew Sanson
The Good Life
Character:Ernie
The Jensen Code
Character:Mr. Richards
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Character:
Crown Court
Character:Gus Enderby
The Protectors
Character:Conway
The Adventurer
Character:Alex
The Intruder
Character:Sonny
Budgie
Character:Nervous Docherty
Sense and Sensibility
Character:John Dashwood
Play for Today
Character:Evelyn de Plume
The Misfit
Character:Evans
Manhunt
Character:Renard
The Expert
Character:Professor Kirk
The Three Musketeers
Character:Grimaud
Softly, Softly
Character:
Orlando
Character:Darlington
The Wednesday Play
Character:March
Doctor Who
Character:Guy Crayford
Doctor Who
Character:Kelner
The Saint
Character:Vargas
Z-Cars
Character:
No Hiding Place
Character: