
Acting
John Warner
Born 1924-01-01 · George, South Africa
Acting credits
6.9At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.
The Cruel Sea
1953
6.7Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.
Without a Clue
1988
6.5Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
6.0A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties his new position involves, not least the way he in which becomes the target for all the unattached women on board.
The Captain's Table
1959
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
The Fool
1990
6.8How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
The Treaty
1991
5.7Drama set in Norfolk, England. An aristocratic girl whose world falls apart three days before her wedding. She discovers the hideous truths about the people closest to her - and her upbringing and background leave her unable to cope.
Got It Made
1974
7.0Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
7.0In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
The Winslow Boy
1958
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972
7.5Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.
Lay Down Your Arms
1970
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
1972