John Collin

Acting

John Collin

Born 1931-01-01 · Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

John Collin was a prolific British character actor known for his tough, commanding presence in classic UK television series and films. He is most recognized for his role as Detective Sergeant Cecil Haggar in the long-running BBC police drama Z-Cars.

Acting credits

Tess poster
7.1

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.

Tess

1979

Innocent Bystanders poster
7.8

Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.

Innocent Bystanders

1972

Star! poster
6.9

Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.

Star!

1968

The Witches poster
6.0

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

The Witches

1966

The Pirates of Blood River poster
6.2

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

All Creatures Great and Small poster
6.6

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1930s. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.

All Creatures Great and Small

1975

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me poster
3.5

Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

1971

Before Winter Comes poster
6.0

Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.

Before Winter Comes

1969

The Last Escape poster
6.8

During World War II, American officer Capt. Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a British military unit boldly infiltrate German-occupied enemy territory and attempt to kidnap brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun) and bring him back in one piece. While shuttling their prized captive to safety, the Allied forces courageously assist desperate refugees and tussle with overpowering German and Russian forces.

The Last Escape

1970

The Fox Trot poster
9.0

The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostalgia the pre-Motorway Britain of their youth. When Tom, an old friend, returns from voyaging the world their life takes a strange new turn.

The Fox Trot

1971

Man at the Top poster
5.2

Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter Robin. But trouble starts when Joe is made Managing Director of one of Ackerman’s companies and makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide...

Man at the Top

1973

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive poster
7.0

Romana fancies a proper holiday and convinces the Doctor to visit the leisure planet Argolis, where a takeover by the Argolins' historic enemy is underway.

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

1980

The Guns and the Fury poster
10.0

Two turn of the Century fortune hunters (Peter Graves and Cameron Mitchell) discover oil in Persia and attempt to claim it. Serious resistance is met.

The Guns and the Fury

1983

No artwork available
NR

While hitchhiking towards the coast, two young men find themselves trapped at an inn by its strange landlord and his beautiful wife.

A Sound from the Sea

1970

No artwork available
8.0

A man can't account for his movements when a woman is discovered strangled.

A Man without Friends

1972

No artwork available
NR

A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.

The Ship That Couldn't Stop

1961

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) poster
8.0

Collection of music videos by Jimmy Somerville, both as solo artist as well as with the bands Bronski Beat and The Communards.

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

1990

Highway Robbery poster
NR

Terry and his family fight against a planned eviction when the council decides on a road building programme and their house is in its path.

Highway Robbery

1973

House of Character poster
10.0

Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.

House of Character

1968

Dead Man's Chest poster
6.0

Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.

Dead Man's Chest

1965

The Errand poster
7.0

A soldier at an elite military institution is sent on a strange and increasingly nightmarish errand in this full-on fever-dream thriller from long-time Pete Walker collaborator David McGillivray (House of Whipcord).

The Errand

1980