Oliver Johnston

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Oliver Griffen Johnston (born April 30, 1888 in Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire , † December 22, 1966 in Westminster , London ) was a British actor .

Life

Oliver Johnston was initially only seen as a stage actor and only made his cinema debut when he was around 50 years old. From the 1940s he worked in a large number of television productions. In the cinema he could only make his breakthrough at the age of almost 70, when the actor was cast by Charlie Chaplin in his comedy A King in New York . Johnston played in a major supporting role as the ambassador and closest confidante of Chaplin's character. He then received numerous other supporting roles in which he played mostly friendly, occasionally fearful or intimidated older men.

Johnston particularly in British horror films such as Dr. Crippen (1962), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), The Grave of Lygeia (1964) and The Golem Lives! (1967) can be seen. He took on the role of grandfather in a television adaptation of Charles Dickens ' Der Raritätenladen . He had one of his last roles under Chaplin's direction in his last film The Countess of Hong Kong , which was released in cinemas in 1967: Here Johnston took over the role of a British businessman in Hong Kong at the beginning of the film, who played the main characters Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren each other introduces. Oliver Johnston died in December 1966 at the age of 78, and had worked as an actor almost to the end.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kenneth Schuyler Lynn: Charlie Chaplin and His Times . Simon and Schuster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-80851-2 ( google.de [accessed February 20, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Johnston, Oliver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnston, Oliver Griffen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1966
Place of death Westminster , London