John Lee (Australian actor)

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John Lee
Born(1928-03-31)31 March 1928
Died21 December 2000(2000-12-21) (aged 72)
OccupationActor
Years active1956–1999

John Lee (31 March 1928 – 21 December 2000) was an Australian actor with an extensive career in film and television in Australia as well as the United Kingdom and the United States.

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He is remembered for his roles on television, including Andrew Reynolds in Prisoner , Inspector Ian Timms in Cop Shop , Len Mangel in Neighbours and Philip Stewart in Return to Eden .

He also worked in the United Kingdom throughout the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in series such as The Avengers , The Troubleshooters , Doomwatch , Marked Personal , Warship , Survivors and Wilde Alliance . He played Alydon in the 1963–64 Doctor Who serial The Daleks which is to be shown in colour form on 23rd November, 2023 on BBC4 [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956Beyond the RiverJenkins
1957 Cat Girl Allan
Short Cut to Hell PorterUncredited
The Flying Scot Young man
1958 The Silent Enemy Flag Lieutenant
1960 Under Ten Flags Unknown
1961 Seven Keys Pat Jefferson
The Secret Partner Clive Lang
1963 Dr. Crippen Harry Fawcett
A Stitch in Time Police ConstableUncredited
1965 Spaceflight IC-1 Dr. Garth
1969 Crossplot Blake
1970 Say Hello to Yesterday Woman's husbandUncredited
1975 Yuppi du Unknown
Pure S Man in beanie
1977Double ExposureFinancier Rothman
1980 Deadline Katzer's Assistant
North Sea Hijack Phillips
1984 Street Hero Vice Principal
1986 Comrades Juggler
1988 Rikky and Pete High Ranking Officer
1993 Hammers Over the Anvil Charles McAlister
1997 The Castle Chairman

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958 Adventures of the Sea Hawk Peter SeaforthSeason 1: (26 episodes)
1958

1959

1960

ITV Play of the Week Octavius RobinsonSeason 4, episode 3: "Man and Superman"

Season 5: (2 episodes)

1959The Flying DoctorDavid ReidSeason 1, episode 9: "The Changing Plain"
RendezvousFlight Lieutenant RobertsSeason 1, episode 31: "Blind Landing"
GlencannonFirst OfficerSeason 1, episode 25: "Mutiny on the Inchcliffe Castle"
1960International DetectiveJeff MorganSeason 1, episode 11: "The Brenner Case"
The Probation Officer UnknownSeason 1, episode 34
BBC Sunday-Night Play John WillocksSeason 1, episode 20: "Twentieth Century Theatre: Aren't We All"
Golden GirlJohn RedfieldSeason 1, episode 3: "Snatch"
Danger Man Tony MayneSeason 1, episode 1: "View from the Villa"
1961 Top Secret HendricksonSeason 1, episode 11: "The Little One Is Dangerous"
Emergency-Ward 10 Mark DeneSeason 1, episode 488
1962The NetJim HowarthSeason 1: (6 episodes)
1963It Happened Like ThisJack TennantSeason 1, episode 13: "The Black Monk"
Sergeant Cork CartwrightSeason 1, episode 13: "The Case of the Gold Salseman"
1964 Doctor Who AlydonSeason 1: (5 episodes)
Theatre 625 S.S. Block LeaderSeason 1, episode 3: "The Materialists"
Armchair Theatre Dr. FancySeason 5, episode 1: "The Trial of Dr. Fancy"
The Wednesday Play Werner von HaeftenSeason 1, episode 8: "The July Plot
1966 Court Martial Herr HeineckeSeason 1, episode 7: "The Logistics of Survival"
1967

1968

Man in a Suitcase The Killer

Inspector Glen

Season 1: (2 episodes)
The Avengers Mark Pearson

Dr. Soames

Season 5, episode 5: "The Bird Who Knew Too Much"

Season 7, episode 1: "The Forget-Me-Knot"

1967

1969

ITV Playhouse Parker

Franz Hasendorfen

Season 1, episode 1: "Lord Windermere's Fan"

Season 2, episode 39: "Remember the Germans"

Softly Softly Sanders

Controller

Season 3, episode 9: "The Hunt"

Season 5, episode 4: "Error of Judgement"

1968 The Champions Ambulance DoctorSeason 1, episode 8: "To Trap a Rat"
1969 Paul Temple Inspector DyerSeason 1, episode 6: "Which One if Us Is Me?"
1969

1970

The Troubleshooters Ronnie Darling

Simon Broadsword

Season 5, episode 13: "You Want a Clockwork Nightingale"

Season 6, episode 15: "Hey, We've Got a Problem Here|"

1970 Softly, Softly: Task Force Colonel BanksSeason 2, episode 10: "Who Wants Pride...?"
1970

1971

1972

Doomwatch Captain

Jenson

Dr. Cordell

Season 1, episode 1: "The Plastic Eaters"

Season 2, episode 8: "The Web of Fear"

Season 3, episode 10: "Cause of Death"

1972 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Dr. ParkerSeason 4, episode 26: "The Rose Garden"
Dead of Night PriestSeason 1, episode 7: "A Woman Sobbing"
1973 Matlock Police Paul BellSeason 1, episode 115: "Jeff's Missing"
1973-

1977

Warship Lieutenant Commander Bill KileySeason 1: (3 episodes)

Season 2: (4 episodes)

Season 3: (8 episodes)

Season 4: (5 episodes)

1974 Marked Personal Richard MasonSeason 1: (10 episodes)
1975 Quiller Sir Michael FosterSeason 1, episode 7: "Target North"
1976 When the Boat Comes In Major Rupert RoutledgeSeason 1, episode 10: "Knight for a Day"
ITV Sunday Night Drama LennoxSeason 1, episode 61: "The Nicest Man in the World"
1977 Survivors Philip HurstSeason 3, episode 6: "Reunion"
JubileeConrad JacobsSeason 1, episode 7: "Our Kid"
Cop Shop Inspector Ian Timms112 episodes
1978 Wilde Alliance Christopher BridgewaterSeason 1: (8 episodes)
The Birds Fall DownEdwardSeason 1: (2 episodes)
A Horseman Riding By Major Barcley-JonesSeason 1, episode 9: "1915:"Death of a Hero"
1980 Prisoner: Cell Block H Andrew ReynoldsSeason 1: (10 episodes)
BreakawayNorman HarrisSeason 1: (6 episodes)
A Question of GuiltMr. BealSeason 1: (2 episodes)
EscapeUnknownPeterSeason 1: (2 episodes)
The Last Outlaw Father GibneyUnknown
1981 BBC2 Playhouse JimSeason 7, episode 10: "One Hundred and Eighty!!!"
Goodbye DarlingEdward PartingtonSeason 1, episode 4: "Brenda"
A Town Like Alice Lester RobinsonSeason 1: (3 episodes)
1982A Shifting DreamingUnknownTV movie
1983 Return to Eden Phillip StewartTV mini-series (2 episodes)
1985 One Summer Again UnknownTV movie
1986 Return to Eden Philip StewartSeason 1: (7 episodes)
1987 The Flying Doctors Roger ManningSeason 3, episode 32: "Sapphire"
1988 All the Way Sir Peter EdwinUnknown
1988

1994

Neighbours Graeme Clifford

Len Mangel

Season 1: "(10 episodes)
1989 Darlings of the Gods DoctorTV movie
Mission: Impossible HarrisSeason 2, episode 2: "The Golden Serpent: Part 2"
1990 Flair JudgeTV mini-series
1992 Acropolis Now WilliamSeason 5: "2 episodes"
The Leaving of Liverpool PatronTV movie
1993The Feds: TerrorBrigadier Lance TalbotTV movie
1994

1997

Blue Heelers Clive McLean

Arthur Starling

Season 1, episode 40: "Without Intent"

Season 4, episode 14: "Grave Matters"

1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Mr. HalloranSeason 3, episode 2: "Rough Passage"
1997 Everybody Loves Raymond Wo-HopSeason 2, episode 9: "The Gift"
1998 Moby Dick Captain BildadTV mini-series

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  1. "Doctor Who News - the Daleks - in Colour".