John Wells
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Doctor (archive footage)
Chalk
1997
as Richard Nixon
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Reverend Hunt
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Eckhardt
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Uncle Humphrey
Bottom
1991
as Doctor
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Consuming Passions
1988
The Giftie
1988
as Frank
Charlie Chalk
1988
Casanova
1987
Rude Health
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Judge
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
1986
as Denis, King Charming
Lovejoy
1986
as Linden Walker
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Revolution
1985
as Corty
Dutch Girls
1985
as Headmaster
Love's Labour's Lost
1985
as Holofernes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Sir Evelyn Blount
Anyone for Denis
1982
as Denis Thatcher
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
Wogan
1982
as Self
Anyone for Denis?
1982
as Denis Thatcher
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Denis Thatcher, esposo de la Primera Ministra
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
1980
as Pigeon (voice)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as Headmaster
The Light Princess
1978
as Bee (voice)
Let's Sleep On it
1976
Stones
1976
as Porton
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Daniel Derwent
The End Of The Pier Show
1974
as Various Characters
Playhouse
1974
as Porton
Rentadick
1972
as Owltruss
Country Matters
1972
as Trooper Jordan
Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Tolworth
Q...
1969
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
as Honorable Gavin Hopton
The Bobo
1967
as Pompadour Major Domo
Casino Royale
1967
as Q's Assistant
One Pair of Eyes
1967
The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)
1965