Milton Johns
Known For
Acting
Born
1938-05-13 in Bristol - Gloucestershire - England - UK
Biography
Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Guy Crayford
Doctor Who
as Kelner
The Saint
as Vargas
Minder
as Mr. Sinclair
Play for Today
as Evelyn de Plume
Bergerac
as Lonny Rice
Crown Court
as Gus Enderby
The Empire Strikes Back
as Bewil
The Wednesday Play
as March
No Hiding Place
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Sid Lowe
Z-Cars
Softly, Softly
The Expert
as Professor Kirk
Sharpe
as Hopkinson
The Protectors
as Conway
The Good Life
as Ernie
Poldark
as Matthew Sanson
The Upper Hand
as Store Manager
Shoestring
as Porter