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Alan Edgar Stratford Johns, known as Stratford Johns, was a South African-born British stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for his starring role as Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow in the innovative and long-running BBC police series Z-Cars.
Birth Name
Alan Edgar Stratford-Johns
Born
Tuesday, 22 September 1925
Died
Tuesday, 29 January 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Monarch | 2013 |
| Top of the Cops | Self / Det. Chief Insp. Charles Barlow | 2009 |
| After They Were Famous | Himself | 1999 |
| Neverwhere | Mr. Stockton | 1996 |
| Capital Lives | Ben | 1994 |
| Scarlet and Black | Abbé Pirard | 1993 |
| Splitting Heirs | Butler | 1993 |
| The Life and Times of Henry Pratt | Mr. A.B. Noon BA | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Home Secretary | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Home Secretary | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Monarch | 2013 |
| Top of the Cops | Self / Det. Chief Insp. Charles Barlow | 2009 |
| After They Were Famous | Himself | 1999 |
| Neverwhere | Mr. Stockton | 1996 |
| Capital Lives | Ben | 1994 |
| Scarlet and Black | Abbé Pirard | 1993 |
| Splitting Heirs | Butler | 1993 |
| The Life and Times of Henry Pratt | Mr. A.B. Noon BA | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Home Secretary | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Home Secretary | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Cyril Isaiah Greengrass | 1992 |
| Murder Most Horrid | Mr. Maddox | 1991 |
| A Demon in My View | Stanley Caspian | 1991 |
| The Fool | Arthur Shillibeer | 1990 |
| 4 Play | Clive | 1989 |
| Saracen | Sir Bernard Kyle | 1989 |
| The Lair of the White Worm | Peters | 1988 |
| Salome's Last Dance | Alfred Taylor / Herod | 1988 |
| The Little Match Girl | Rich Man | 1986 |
| Foreign Body | Mr. Plumb | 1986 |
| Car Trouble | Reg Sampson | 1986 |
| Boon | John Blake | 1986 |
| Wild Geese II | Mustapha El Ali | 1985 |
| Dance with a Stranger | Morrie Conley | 1985 |
| Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil | Uncle Walter / Uncle Walter (bartender) | 1985 |
| Surprise! Surprise! | Self | 1984 |
| Master of the Game | Zimmermann | 1984 |
| Alas Smith & Jones | Himself | 1984 |
| The Beggar's Opera | Peachum | 1983 |
| Union Castle | Lord Mountainash / Evan Evans, Lord Mountainash | 1982 |
| Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch / Magwitch | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Lord Rothermere | 1981 |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Ismail | 1980 |
| George and Mildred | Harry Pinto | 1980 |
| Minder | Knowles | 1979 |
| Return of the Saint | George Duchamp | 1978 |
| Blake's 7 | Belkov | 1978 |
| The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Chief Commisioner Blocker | 1977 |
| I, Claudius | Piso | 1976 |
| Celebrity Squares | Self | 1975 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Mr. Omelet | 1974 |
| Jack the Ripper | Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow | 1973 |
| Whodunnit? | Panellist | 1972 |
| The Two Ronnies | Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Matey | 1970 |
| Cromwell | President Bradshaw | 1970 |
| Galton and Simpson Comedy | Lawrence Warner | 1969 |
| Department S | Paul Trenton | 1969 |
| Those Fantastic Flying Fools | Warrant Officer | 1967 |
| The Plank | Station Sergeant | 1967 |
| The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | The Voice (voice) / The Voice | 1966 |
| Softly Softly | Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow | 1966 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | Monarch | 1963 |
| Ghost Squad | Captain Starr | 1961 |
| The Flying Doctor | Police Sergeant | 1961 |
| The Younger Generation | Viney | 1961 |
| Family Solicitor | Superintendent Watson | 1961 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | Lawson | 1961 |
| Hand in Hand | Farmer | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Sidney / Sir Thomas Weller | 1961 |
| Death and the Sky Above | Bates | 1961 |
| Maigret | Philippe Natali / Keller | 1959 |
| Biggles | Warren | 1960 |
| Formula for Danger | Otto Stahl | 1960 |
| Probation Officer | The Reverend Charles Clifford / Mr. Cordner / CID Sergeant | 1959 |
| Interpol Calling | Inspector Chaubin | 1959 |
| Skyport | Lloyd Calvert | 1959 |
| Corridors of Blood | Patient with injured arm | 1958 |
| Indiscreet | Waiter | 1958 |
| A Night to Remember | Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat | 1958 |
| Law and Disorder | Driver of Prison Van | 1958 |
| Violent Playground | Police Constable | 1958 |
| The One That Got Away | Second Detective | 1957 |
| Murder Bag | Sanger | 1957 |
| Across the Bridge | Detective in Schaffner's Office | 1957 |
| Anastasia | Press Photographer | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Simpson / Sankey / Police sergeant / Police Inspector / Mr. Cornelius / Curly / Air Traffic Controller | 1956 |
| Women Without Men | 1st Reveller | 1956 |
| The Third Key | Constable | 1956 |
| Blonde Bait | Reveller | 1956 |
| Who Done It? | P.C. Coleman / PC Coleman | 1956 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | The Gendarme | 1956 |
| The Ladykillers | Security Guard | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Engineer / Insp. Matthews / Mayor / Ned Applegarth / PC Thompson | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Andrew | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | The Custodian / Sterne / Richard Munroe / Mr. Allen / Insp. Brenchley / Heath | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest | 1955 |
| PT Raiders | Garage Worker | 1955 |
| The Night My Number Came Up | Sergeant | 1955 |
| Burnt Evidence | 2nd Fireman | 1954 |
