Milton Johns
Born
May 13, 1938 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bristol - Gloucestershire - England - UK
Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
2025
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
The Ties That Bind Us
Kelner (archive footage)
2008
The Basil Brush Show
Mr. Rossiter · (6 episodes)
2002
The Basil Brush Show
The Caretaker · (1 episode)
2002
Born and Bred
(1 episode)
2002
Making a Killing
L.T. Harvey
2002
Badger
(1 episode)
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fisher · (6 episodes)
1999
The X-Files
British Valet
1998
The Missing Postman
Len Denbigh
1997
Ellington
Announcer · (1 episode)
1996
Joseph
Mundschenk
1995
Stanley's Dragon
Mr. Batley
1994
Sharpe
Hopkinson · (1 episode)
1993
The Upper Hand
Store Manager · (1 episode)
1990
Campion
William Potter · (2 episodes)
1989
War and Remembrance
(1 episode)
1988
Hell's Bells
(6 episodes)
1986
Super Gran
Mr. L. Chop · (1 episode)
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sid Lowe · (1 episode)
1985
Foxy Lady
(12 episodes)
1982
Tishoo
Cullin
1982
Bergerac
Lonny Rice · (1 episode)
1981
Bread or Blood
Harbutt
1981
Oppenheimer
George Kistiakowsky · (7 episodes)
1980
Hammer House of Horror
A.J. Powers · (1 episode)
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Bewil
1980
Minder
Mr. Sinclair · (1 episode)
1979
Shoestring
(1 episode)
1979
Butterflies
(2 episodes)
1978
Life of Shakespeare
Dr. Alcibiades · (1 episode)
1978
The Limbo Connection
Tim Kennaway
1978
Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
Castellan Kelner
1978
Going Straight
Mr. Kirby · (1 episode)
1978
Armchair Thriller
Tim Kennaway · (3 episodes)
1978
Dickens of London
Samuel Starey · (1 episode)
1976
The Imp of the Perverse
The Servant
1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Guy Crayford
1975
Poldark
Matthew Sanson · (3 episodes)
1975
The Good Life
Ernie · (1 episode)
1975
South Riding
1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Evelyn de Plume
1974
Baffled!
Dr. Reed
1973
The Jensen Code
Mr. Richards · (13 episodes)
1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
(1 episode)
1973
Crown Court
Gus Enderby · (3 episodes)
1972
The Protectors
Conway · (1 episode)
1972
The Adventurer
Alex · (1 episode)
1972
Budgie
Nervous Docherty · (1 episode)
1971
Play for Today
Evelyn de Plume · (1 episode)
1970
The Misfit
Evans · (1 episode)
1970
Manhunt
Renard · (1 episode)
1970
The First Churchills
(1 episode)
1969
The Expert
Professor Kirk · (1 episode)
1968
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Benik
1968
The Three Musketeers
(4 episodes)
1966
Softly, Softly
(3 episodes)
1966
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
March
1965
Doctor Who
Guy Crayford · (8 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who
Kelner · (6 episodes)
1963
The Saint
Vargas · (1 episode)
1962
Z-Cars
(3 episodes)
1962
No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
1959