Acting

John Dunbar

Born 1914-07-10 · Liverpool, England, UK

John Dunbar was an English actor, known for The Saint, BBC Sunday-Night Theatre, and Kidnapped.

Acting credits

Peeping Tom poster
7.5

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

Peeping Tom

1960

Eye of the Devil poster
6.1

A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.

Eye of the Devil

1966

The Fast Lady poster
5.8

A naïve Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.

The Fast Lady

1962

The Two-Headed Spy poster
6.3

Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

Witchcraft poster
6.6

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.

Witchcraft

1964

Never Let Go poster
6.5

John Cummings, an unsuccessful London cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by a hood in the employ of Lionel Meadows, sadistic organiser of a car conversion racket. As the vehicle is uninsured, and since the police seem indifferent, Cummings decides to find it himself — and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

Never Let Go

1960

Love Among the Ruins poster
7.0

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

Love Among the Ruins

1976

The £20,000 Kiss poster
9.0

An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When the girl is found murdered, he holds an incriminating old dueling pistol.

The £20,000 Kiss

1962

The Gentle Trap poster
5.5

A young locksmith becomes involved in crime.

The Gentle Trap

1960

The Bridal Path poster
6.0

Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie.

The Bridal Path

1959

The Punch and Judy Man poster
7.9

Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

Tomorrow at Ten poster
6.0

A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.

Tomorrow at Ten

1963

Never Put It in Writing poster
8.0

An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland. Learning he's up for a better job, he rushes to retrieve the letter.

Never Put It in Writing

1964

No artwork available
10.0

A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.

Bam! Pow! Zap!

1969

Justice Is a Woman poster
NR

Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.

Justice Is a Woman

1969

No artwork available
9.0

When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to kill herself at the precise moment that the bulldozers start on their shameful work. As the hour strikes and the bulldozers' roar is heard, her husband General Sir William Boothroyd enters in full regimental regalia, while his old ex-army servant sounds the Last Post. Then, as the whole family stands stricken, the door opens...

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975