John Witty
John Witty (born September 17, 1915 in Bristol as Rupert John Blanchflower Featherstone-Witty , † January 14, 1990 ibid) was a British actor in film and television. His film career included more than 35 appearances in international feature films and television series. Among them roles in The King's Admiral , Hell Below Zero , password: Berlin-Tempelhof or Die Leitsche .
life and career
John Witty was born Rupert John Blanchflower Featherstone-Witty in Bristol in 1915. He made his television debut immediately after the end of the war in 1946 in George More O'Ferrall's TV drama The Queen's Husband in a minor supporting role. In the following decades he played mostly minor and major supporting roles in cinema and TV films.
Directed by Cecil H. Williamson, Witty was seen in the 1950 crime film Hangman's Wharf in one of its few leading roles. In 1951 he was cast by the director Raoul Walsh in his adventure film The King Admiral in the role of Captain Entenza.
In the 1950s, the director Mark Robson hired him for his two feature films, Hölle unter Null and Keyword: Berlin-Tempelhof . Richard Widmark played the main male role . In 1961 he was seen as a TV announcer in John Lemont's crime film The Whip . In the 1960s and 1970s, John Witty appeared mostly in British television series.
His last appearance was in 1980 in the TV series Q5 .
His television appearances within thirty years from 1950 to 1980 included: BBC Sunday-Night Theater , The Broken Horseshoe , Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents , The Teckman Biography , Fabian of the Yard , White Hunter , The Vise , The New Adventures of Charlie Chan , Dixon of Dock Green , Dial 999 , Die Betrüger , Doctor Who , Out of the Unknown , Dick Barton: Special Agent and Q5 .
Witty died on January 14, 1990 at the age of 74 in his hometown of Bristol.
Filmography (selection)
- 1948: Love in Waiting
- 1950: Hangman's Wharf
- 1950: A city holds its breath (Seven Days to Noon)
- 1950: Soho Conspiracy
- 1951: The King's Admiral (Captain Horatio Hornblower)
- 1954: Three's Company
- 1954: Hell Below Zero
- 1954: Solution by Phone
- 1954: John Wesley
- 1955: Keyword: Berlin-Tempelhof (A Prize of Gold)
- 1957: Alive on Saturday
- 1958: Moment of Indiscretion
- 1961: The Whip (The Frightened City)
- 1965: Curse of the Voodoo
- 1973: In the snare of the devil (The Vault of Horror)
Web links
- John Witty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Witty in: Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era , by Sue Parrill, McFarland, 2009, p. 287
- ^ John Witty in: Richard Widmark: A Bio-Bibliography , by Kim R. Holston, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1990, 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witty, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Featherstone-Witty, Rupert John Blanchflower (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor in film and television |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1990 |
| Place of death | Bristol |