Acting

John Ringham

Born 1928-02-10 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

John Ringham (10 February 1928 — 20 October 2008) was an English actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Just Good Friends (1983) and The River Flows East (1962).

Acting credits

V for Vendetta poster
7.9

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

V for Vendetta

2006

Patty Fatty poster
NR

A play by Kay McManus. Patricia is fifteen and fat, and feels the odd one out...until her brother's friend takes her out for a ride on his motorcycle.

Patty Fatty

1981

Rogue Male poster
6.5

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Rogue Male

1976

The Death of Adolf Hitler poster
6.6

The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.

The Death of Adolf Hitler

1973

A Christmas Carol poster
6.7

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol

1977

Doctor Who: Colony in Space poster
6.6

When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth to deal with the crisis. He and Jo arrive on the planet Uxarieus and become enmeshed in a struggle between an agrarian colony and a powerful mining corporation.

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

1971

The Solarnauts poster
6.0

A pilot for an unproduced British science fiction space adventure series.

The Solarnauts

1967

After the Solo poster
NR

"The voice will make its effect. And it will, undoubtedly, be very touching. But, tell me: after his voice has broken, can you make anything of him then?" After the solo, after the chorus, after the applause?

After the Solo

1975

Very Important Person poster
5.5

Sir Ernest Pease is a self-important scientist sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety — only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.

Very Important Person

1961

Robin Hood Junior poster
6.0

Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle.

Robin Hood Junior

1975

Theban Plays: Antigone poster
9.0

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

No artwork available
7.0

A BAFTA award nominated drama about a British POW's collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.

Rating Notman

1982

The Luddites poster
NR

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.

The Luddites

1988

Doctor Who: The Smugglers poster
5.8

The TARDIS arrives on the coast of seventeenth century Cornwall — much to the astonishment of Polly and Ben. Pirates led by Captain Samuel Pike and his henchman Cherub are searching for a hidden treasure, while a smuggling ring masterminded by the local squire is trying to off-load contraband.

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

1966

No Visible Scar poster
NR

A wounded member of a rebel terrorist organisation is tended by an English nurse. She is imprisoned, interrogated, then released to face another form of interrogation.

No Visible Scar

1981

Doctor Who: The Aztecs poster
7.5

The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

1964

The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby poster
NR

He's back! Everyone's favourite big, bouncy, big blob (well how many do you know?) In his new guises, Mr Blobby is a complete hoot, hilariously bumping, bashing and bruising his way through life.

The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby

1996

Shadowlands poster
7.4

A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham.

Shadowlands

1985

No artwork available
NR

Two scout patrols from London's East End, meet up on a holiday in Kent and find it was not what they were expecting at all.

Brussel Sprouts

1973

No artwork available
NR

A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.

The Cruel Necessity

1962

Making Cocoa poster
7.0

An animated guide to making Cocoa the Aztec way.

Making Cocoa

2002

Stargazy on Zummerdown poster
NR

In the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy

Stargazy on Zummerdown

1978

Lifelike poster
NR

The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.

Lifelike

1980

To Encourage the Others poster
5.0

The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.

To Encourage the Others

1972