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John Henry Ringham was a British character actor of both television and stage who appeared in over a hundred screen appearances in a wide variety of roles. He is known for his role in the 1980s sitcom Just Good Friends as Norman Warrender.
Birth Name
John Henry Ringham
Born
Friday, 10 February 1928
Died
Monday, 20 October 2008
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wallander | Elderly Man | 2008 |
| V for Vendetta | Old Man | 2006 |
| Comedy Connections | Self | 2003 |
| Lock, Stock... | Duke of Pewsey | 2000 |
| Doctors | Max Wickham | 2000 |
| Melissa | Norman | 1997 |
| Out of Sight | Mr. Hassocks | 1996 |
| Bramwell | Smythe | 1995 |
| The Governor | Judge Simms | 1995 |
| The Darling Buds of May | Doctor Lacey | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wallander | Elderly Man | 2008 |
| V for Vendetta | Old Man | 2006 |
| Comedy Connections | Self | 2003 |
| Lock, Stock... | Duke of Pewsey | 2000 |
| Doctors | Max Wickham | 2000 |
| Melissa | Norman | 1997 |
| Out of Sight | Mr. Hassocks | 1996 |
| Bramwell | Smythe | 1995 |
| The Governor | Judge Simms | 1995 |
| The Darling Buds of May | Doctor Lacey | 1991 |
| The Piglet Files | Maxwell / Major Andrew Maxwell | 1990 |
| Birds of a Feather | Superintendent Cogart | 1989 |
| Woof! | Mr. Blocker | 1989 |
| A Taste for Death | Miles Kynaston (pathologist) | 1988 |
| New World | 1988 | |
| The Franchise Affair | Judge | 1988 |
| Hannay | Manners | 1988 |
| Woof! | Mr. Blocker / Mr Blocker | 1989 |
| The New Statesman | Police Commander | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Doctor Penrose | 1987 |
| London's Burning | Chief Fire Officer / Ron Schuster | 1986 |
| The Theban Plays by Sophocles | Chorus | 1986 |
| Casualty | Keith Cunningham | 1986 |
| Brat Farrar | Pilbeam | 1986 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | Sir Patrick Swinnerton | 1985 |
| Shadowlands | Doctor | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| Chance in a Million | Lorry Driver | 1984 |
| The Brief | Doctor | 1984 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Lanner | 1984 |
| Just Good Friends | Mr Warrender / Norman Warrender / Mr. Warrender / MrWarrender | 1983 |
| Taggart | Gordon Latham-Brown | 1983 |
| A Married Man | Mr. Maitland | 1983 |
| The Cleopatras | Pothinus | 1983 |
| The Barchester Chronicles | Finney | 1982 |
| Bergerac | Newspaper Editor | 1981 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Attorney-General | 1980 |
| Juliet Bravo | Superintendent Lake | 1980 |
| Cribb | James Hepplewhite | 1980 |
| Minder | Harrison | 1979 |
| Terry and June | Major Fawcett | 1979 |
| Bless Me, Father | Albert Appleby | 1978 |
| People Like Us | Mr. Goreham | 1978 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Sergeant | 1978 |
| Wilde Alliance | Rev. Crabbe | 1978 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Charles Harcourt | 1978 |
| A Christmas Carol | Charity Gentleman | 1977 |
| Just William | Mr. Peters | 1977 |
| Rosie | Newman | 1977 |
| Rogue Male | German Policeman | 1976 |
| Dickens of London | Chapman | 1976 |
| The Twelve Tasks of Asterix | Various | 1976 |
| The Ghosts of Motley Hall | Webster / Ludwig Stumpf | 1976 |
| When the Boat Comes In | Mr. Armstrong | 1976 |
| Poldark | Henshawe | 1975 |
| Raffles | First Commissionaire | 1975 |
| Two's Company | Neville | 1975 |
| Angels | Mr. Johnson | 1975 |
| The Inheritors | Gaster | 1974 |
| Moody and Pegg | Fred / Mr. Bracegirdle | 1974 |
| Happy Ever After | Mr. Marchmont | 1974 |
| The Aweful Mr. Goodall | Alan Carrick | 1974 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Paul Bennett | 1974 |
| The Pallisers | Major Tifto | 1974 |
| Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Police Inspector | 1973 |
| Warship | Cmdr. Hirsch / FO Gibraltar | 1973 |
| The Zoo Robbery | Smythe's associate | 1973 |
| Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Rigby | 1973 |
| Colditz | Major Dalby | 1972 |
| Crown Court | John Butters / Stephen Holland / Robert Murray | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Prosecuting Counsel | 1972 |
| War & Peace | Gen. Savary | 1972 |
| The Adventures of Black Beauty | Henry Bullivant | 1972 |
| Are You Being Served? | 1972 | |
| The Frighteners | Police Inspector | 1972 |
| New Scotland Yard | Chief Inspector Clough | 1972 |
| Spy Trap | Severin | 1972 |
| Casanova | Doctor Rasp | 1971 |
| The Onedin Line | Doctor Porton | 1971 |
| Justice | Roger Greenfield / Webb | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Man on plane / Foreman | 1970 |
| Diamond Crack Diamond | Estate agent | 1970 |
| Catweazle | Oscar / Otto Habbleman | 1970 |
| The First Churchills | Laurence Hyde / Laurence Hyde, Lord Rochester / Lord Rochester | 1969 |
| The Flaxton Boys | Mr. Jackson | 1969 |
| Up Pompeii! | Buntus | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Walter Wagner | 1969 |
| Dad's Army | Captain Bailey / Bracewell | 1968 |
| The Railway Children | Dr. Forrest | 1968 |
| The First Lady | Dr. Hobbs | 1968 |
| The Forsyte Saga | Chankery | 1967 |
| The Baron | Inspector Duncan | 1966 |
| David Copperfield | Littimer | 1966 |
| Softly Softly | Det. Insp. Evans / Reeves / Ralston | 1966 |
| The Power Game | Leehouse | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Major von Dust / Sir Christopher Hatton | 1965 |
| Mogul | Mr. Perfect / Arthur | 1965 |
| The Worker | Cropper | 1965 |
| Front Page Story | Tom Manders | 1965 |
| Redcap | Colonel Morris | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Schoolmaster | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Ashe / Tlotoxl / Josiah Blake | 1963 |
| The Dick Emery Show | Various | 1963 |
| The Plane Makers | Ken Swanson | 1963 |
| The Saint | Dr. Russell | 1962 |
| Studio 4 | Colonel Rich | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Bates | 1961 |
| Ghost Squad | Farley | 1961 |
| A Coming-Out Party | P / O G S 'Plum' Pouding / P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Cliff Howard / Professor Acheson | 1961 |
| Deadline Midnight | Bert / Bert Trout | 1960 |
| An Age of Kings | Duke of Gloucester / A Father / Catesby / Master / Humphrey of Gloucester / Lord Berkeley / Porter / Fang / Sir William Catesby / Vintner / Watchman | 1960 |
| Formula for Danger | Marchbanks | 1960 |
| No Hiding Place | Dr. Ellis | 1959 |
| Probation Officer | Jeff Tanner | 1959 |
| Ivy League Killers | Inspector | 1959 |
| Cannonball | Big Buck | 1958 |
| Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Tim / Big Jake | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Prof. Gudgeon / George Stuart | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Skip | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | P.P.S. | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Wallace / Mr. Wilton / Marshall / Mark Lawrence / Eddie Gale / Dr. Wayman / Dr. Page / Chapman | 1955 |
