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John Ringham |
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10th February 1921 |
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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John Ringham was born on 10 February 1921 and is a British actor of stage and screen. He has made over a hundred television appearances in different roles.
He may perhaps be best remembered for his lead role in the 1980s sitcom Just Good Friends as Norman Warrender. Other appearances over the years include several parts in Z Cars, Softly, Softly and Barlow At Large.
Other TV credits include Flambards; Poldark; the War and Peace dramatisation in 1972; Dad's Army; Birds of a Feather; The Bill; Taggart; Bergerac; Yes, Minister; The Tripods; Juliet Bravo; Minder; All Creatures Great and Small; Dixon of Dock Green; Are You Being Served?; Catweazle; Up Pompeii; The Avengers; and The Piglet Files.
Fans of Doctor Who rate highly John Ringham's performance as the bloodthirsty priest Tlotoxl in the story The Aztecs (1964), alongside Walter Randall, Keith Pyott, Ian Cullen and the regular Doctor Who cast headed by William Hartnell. In the subequent DVD of the story released in 2002, Ringham is interviewed alongside Randall and Cullen, and is effusive in his praise of John Crockett, who directed the story. He returned to Doctor Who in the stories The Smugglers and Colony in Space in 1966 and 1971 respectively.
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