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John Cater

Actor
Died March 21, 2009 (77 years)
John Edward Cater was a versatile and familiar character actor who was in the first London season of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961 and who became a familiar face in countless television sitcoms and serials, notably as enigmatic hall porter Mr Starr, in The Duchess of Duke Street in 1976.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Coronation Street
  • The Last Detective
  • Prisoner of Honor
  • Bramwell
  • Thriller (1973)
  • Black Plague
Known For
  • Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
  • The Woman in Black
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
  • The Duchess of Duke Street
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • Rising Damp
  • Loot
  • Fogbound
  • Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death
  • Madame Bovary (1975)
  • Alcock and Gander
  • Room 36
  • South Riding (1974)
  • Further Up Pompeii!
  • Virgin of the Secret Service
  • Nobody's House

Filmography

2008
Bonekickers (TV Series)
2006
Alien Autopsy · as Maurice
2005
Room 36 · as Bert
2004
The Brief (TV Series) · as Judge
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Grumpy Joe
2002
Black Plague · as Brother Wilfred
2002
Fogbound · as Older Man
2001
In a Land of Plenty (TV Series) · as Alfred
2000
Down to Earth (TV Series)
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Richard Groves
2000
The 10th Kingdom (TV Series) · as Restaurant Owner
1999
Bad Girls (1999) (TV Series) · as Solicitor
1998
Goodnight Mr Tom · as Dr. Little
1997
Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as John Hutton
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Jack Pearce
1996
Rasputin · as Efim
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Captain Rider (uncredited)
1995
Bramwell (TV Series) · as Dr. Cuthbert Woolfendon
1995
Savage Hearts · as Bernie
1993
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Series) · as Mr. Shepherd
1993
Full Stretch (TV Series) · as Doorman
1992
Covington Cross (TV Series) · as Moss
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) · as Harold Cresset
1992
Maigret (1992) (TV Series)
1992
Love Hurts (TV Series) · as Benny Rosen
1992
A Question of Attribution · as Restorer (robertson)
1991
T.Bag's Christmas Turkey · as King Wenceslas
1991
Prisoner of Honor · as New War Minister
1991
2 Point 4 Children (TV Series) · as Mr Tavener
1991
The Darling Buds of May (TV Series) · as Tommy
1990
The Upper Hand (TV Series) · as Attendant
1990
Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) · as Clam
1990
The Chief (TV Series) · as Councillor Samuel Winstanley
1990
1989
The Woman in Black · as Arnold Pepperell
1989
The Paradise Club (TV Series) · as Monsignor Flynn
1989
A Fine Romance (1989) (TV Series) · as Rhodes Tarleton
1987
ChuckleVision (TV Series) · as Guru
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Mr. Pertwee
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox · as Rockhill
1987
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) · as Old Pollock
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as The Dean
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Bernard
1986
Return to Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Sharpe
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Sam
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Restorer
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Uncle Titus Dudgeon
1985
Home to Roost (TV Series) · as Shady Gray
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Old Man
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1984
Chance in a Million (TV Series) · as Dr. Caffrey
1983
Death of an Expert Witness (TV Series) · as Alfred Goddard
1983
Number 10 (TV Series) · as Rev. Stephen Gladstone
1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as Cast
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) · as Skebbins
1980
1980
The Other ' Arf (TV Series) · as George
1980
Rising Damp · as Bert
1980
Love Again (TV Series) · as Alfred Goddard
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Tommy
1979
1979
Agony (TV Series) · as The Swindon Avenger
1979
Henry VIII · as 1st Gentleman
1978
The Mill on the Floss (1978) (TV Series) · as Mr. Poulter
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as 1st Gentleman
1977
Rosie (TV Series) · as Merv
1976
Nobody's House (TV Series) · as Mr. Jacobs
1976
The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series) · as Starr
1976
I, Claudius (TV Series) · as Narcissus
1975
The Naked Civil Servant · as Psychiatrist
1975
Madame Bovary (1975) (TV Series) · as Lheureux
1975
Further Up Pompeii! · as Pollux
1975
The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Alec Slemen
1974
South Riding (1974) (TV Series) · as Anthony Snaith
1974
The Squirrels (TV Series) · as Vernon
1974
Happy Ever After (UK) (TV Series) · as Mr. Smith
1974
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter · as Professor Hieronymous Grost
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) · as Martell
1973
Seven of One (TV Series)
1973
Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Murchison
1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again · as Superintendent Waverly
1972
Alcock and Gander (TV Series)
1972
Frenzy · as Man In Crowd
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as Henry Blane
1971
Follyfoot (TV Series) · as Clem Barrett
1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes · as Superintendent Waverley
1971
Budgie (TV Series) · as Dinsdale
1971
Masterpiece (2017) (TV Series) · as Doctor Little
1970
Loot · as Meadows
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Norman
1970
The Roads to Freedom (TV Series) · as Longin
1969
Up Pompeii (TV Series) · as Castor Oilus
1969
Department S (TV Series) · as Charles Banjou
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Ezra
1968
1968
Dad's Army (TV Series) · as Private Clarke
1968
Virgin of the Secret Service (TV Series) · as Fred Doublett
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Surette
1967
Mr. Rose (TV Series) · as Ambrose Poster
1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines · as Professor Krimpton
1966
Alfie · as Siddie's Husband
1966
The Baron (TV Series) · as Ronnie Osborne
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Edwards
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Augustus Colpoys
1965
1965
The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) · as James Bell
1965
Pardon The Expression (TV Series) · as Crumbling
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Professor Krimpton
1963
The Dick Emery Show (TV Series) · as Various Characters
1963
Hancock (TV Series) · as Detective Constable Tom Flag
1962
Hugh and I (TV Series) · as Cast
1962
Out of This World (TV Series)
1962
Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) · as Servant
1962
Z Cars (TV Series)
1961
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doctor Chatterjee
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) · as Olliphant
1960
Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Bernard Fox
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Albert The Atheist
1959
No Hiding Place (TV Series)
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Mr. Strudwick
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Dalrymple
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Bledyard
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Critic
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast

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