Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Acting

Born March 1, 1948 · Wales, UK

Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, appearing on stage, film and television. His most notable role to date is the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and those of Cato the Younger in the te…

Known for

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Rainbow

Rainbow

1972

Night Court

Night Court

1984

Merlin

Merlin

2008

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012

The Bill

The Bill

1984

The Sooty Show

The Sooty Show

1955

Acting(98)

2024TrueloveTom

2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesBill

2023WolfColonel Frink

2023National Theatre Live: The Crucible

2022HaloHierarch Truth (voice)

2022SuspicionEric Cresswell

2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard Jenkins

2021Dream HorseKerby

2021Too CloseJames de Cadenet

2020Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINagg

2019The Last VermeerBernard Bakker

2018PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

2018King LearFool

2017KaleidoscopeJohn

2017The Death of StalinDr. Lukomsky

2017Born to KillMr. Williams

2016Winter ThawStepanovich

2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow

2016The CarerJoseph

2016MotherOld Man in Café

2015National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / Gravedigger

2014Mr. TurnerMr. Booth

2014The Gospel According to St DerekSelf

2014LovesickRichard

2014Under Milk WoodDrowned / Voice

2013Mr InvisibleThe Handler

2013AtlantisItheus

2013The SeaBlunden

2013It's KevinVarious

2012Good VibrationsGeorge Hooley

2012Call the MidwifeMr. Masterson

2011The Deep Blue SeaMr. Miller

2011The PierLarry McCarthy

2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe Lacey

2010Third StarTicket Seller

2009Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited)

2009I Know You KnowErnie

2008MerlinTaliesin

2008The Edge of LoveDai Fred

2008Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill

2007Dog AltogetherJack

2007Hot FuzzPC Bob Walker

2007The Trial of Tony BlairFather Lunt

2007Four Last SongsErico

2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellus

2006Copying BeethovenStefan Holtz

2006The IllusionistDoctor / Old Man

2006The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice Byrne

2006Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman Douglas

2005HeidiOld Man

2005FrozenCoastguard Bill

2004When I'm Sixty-FourBilly

2004England Expects

200377 BedsSpiritual Father

2002Tomorrow La Scala!Sydney

2002What's Your Problem?

2002PureGranddad

2002Born and BredAlec Rossendale

2002ContagionFerrin

1999David CopperfieldTungay

1998Vanity FairMajor Loder

1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn Deakin

1997Midsomer MurdersDerek Lockwood

1996Saint-ExDidier Daurat

1995An Independent ManBill Rutherford

1994The LifeboatHughie Jones

1993WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein

1991Close My EyesColin

1991Let Him Have ItParris

1989Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie

1989A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad'

1989The ShawlCharles

1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSaunders

1988The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" Hughes

1988The Play on OneCharles

1987A Prayer for the DyingFitzgerald

1987Prick Up Your EarsDouglas Orton

1986ScreenPlayP.C. Taffy Hughes

1985The MysteriesJesus / Abel

1984Night CourtDave Costanza

1982The Magic Shop

1981BergeracHenry Morant

1981Sons and LoversPaul Morel

1981Sons and LoversPaul Morel

1979ShoestringDennis Philips

1979The TempestAriel, an airy spirit

1979Only ConnectColin

1979The Other SideColin

1978Cold HarbourGeoff

1978JubileeSphinx

1975Chips with EverythingWilfe Seaford

1972RainbowHimself (singer)

1965BBC Play of the MonthWilf Seaford

1955The Sooty ShowHimself

Ladies and GentlemenUncle Philip

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