John Carson (actor)

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John Carson (born February 28, 1927 in Colombo , Ceylon , † November 5, 2016 in Cape Town , South Africa ) was a British actor .

Life

Carson was born to British parents in Colombo, where his father worked on a tea plantation. During the Second World War he received his school education in Australia . In the last years of the war he did his military service in the anti-aircraft defense. After the end of the war he studied law at Queen's College in Oxford and then moved to New Zealand , where he made his first acting experience. On his return to England he played at the Theater in Sheffield , before focusing on a career in film and television. He played small roles in low-budget films from the mid-1950s . In the 1960s he appeared in several awesome films , including the horror film Nights of Horror and the vampire film How Does Dracula's Blood Taste? with Christopher Lee in the title role. In addition, he was next to Roger Moore in mystery - thriller The Man Who Haunted Himself and alongside Kim Basinger in I Dreamed of Africa to see. In 1968 he also appeared on Broadway for a few months .

Carson also appeared in British television productions for over six decades. He is best known to German-speaking television audiences for his role as James More in the popular miniseries The Adventures of David Balfour . He also played Lord Kimberley in five episodes of Shaka Zulu and Ambril in four episodes of Doctor Who . He had guest roles in numerous series formats that were also successful in German-speaking countries, such as Department S , Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , Die Profis and Fünf Freunde .

In 1983 he moved to South Africa for family reasons. There he was under government surveillance as his second wife Luanshya Greer wrote controversial novels on segregation. In 2007 he returned to England for a few years and spent the last years of his life in South Africa again.

Carson was a second marriage that resulted in two children. He also had four more children from his first marriage.

Filmography (selection)

Movie

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Broadway

  • 1968: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

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personal data
SURNAME Carson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Colombo , Ceylon
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2016
Place of death Cape Town , South Africa