Milton Johns

Not to be confused with Milton Jones.

Milton Johns
Born	John Robert Milton Johns 13 May 1938 (1938-05-13) (age 73) Bristol, England
Occupation	actor

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. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–1993), 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 & 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).^[1]

Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–1985). 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 TV 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.

References

1. ^ Lysaght, Cornelius (25 June 2004). "Hairline decision brings brush with fame". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article449724.ece. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 

External links

• Milton Johns at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/johns_milton.html

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Name	Johns, Milton
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Date of birth	13 May 1938
Place of birth	Bristol, England
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