Acting

John Dicks

Born

1947-07-23 (79)

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

John Dicks is an English film and television actor. He appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's flop musical Jeeves in London, 1975, and sang on the rare recording. His film appearances included Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, The First Kangaroos, Flirting, Return to the Blue Lagoon and The Queen of the Damned.

Known for

Playhouse poster
7.0

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Playhouse

1974

The Empire Strikes Back poster
8.4

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Marco Polo poster
6.8

The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.

Marco Polo

1982

Return to the Blue Lagoon poster
6.2

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

The Love School poster
NR

The Love School is a BBC television drama miniseries originally broadcast from 22 January to 26 February 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The series was written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman, and John Prebble, and directed by Piers Haggard, John Glenister and Robert Knights. The drama was a significant influence on the subsequent 2009 series Desperate Romantics. It was also the basis of the historical novel of the same name by Hale.

The Love School

1975

Love Dog poster
NR

After finishing a job on a Texas oil rig, John returns to his home town in Mississippi - where he will confront not only his own repressed trauma, but that of a society grieving dying American myths.

Love Dog

2022

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera