
Milton Johns
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1938-05-13 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Bristol - Gloucestershire - England - UK
- Also known as
- John Robert Milton
Biography
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 (1991â93), 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 (2002â07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982â85). 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.
Known For
TV Shows (55)

Doctor Who
1963
as Guy Crayford / Kelner

Play for Today
1970
as Evelyn de Plume

Crown Court
1972
as Gus Enderby

The Saint
1962
as Vargas

Minder
1979
as Mr. Sinclair

Z-Cars
1962

Bergerac
1981
as Lonny Rice

The Wednesday Play
1964
as March / Hugh Shafton

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Dennis Watson

No Hiding Place
1959

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Bedlam Keeper

Softly, Softly
1966

The Protectors
1972
as Conway

Sharpe
1993
as Hopkinson

Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Sid Lowe

The Expert
1968
as Professor Kirk

The Upper Hand
1990
as Store Manager

Poldark
1975
as Matthew Sanson

War and Remembrance
1988
as Adolf Eichmann

Campion
1989
as William Potter

The Adventurer
1972
as Alex

Shoestring
1979
as Porter

Centre Play
1973
as The Servant

Born and Bred
2002
as Ernest Gilles

Hammer House of Horror
1980
as A.J. Powers

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Marty Lewis

Budgie
1971
as Nervous Docherty

Super Gran
1985
as Mr. L. Chop

The Basil Brush Show
2002
as Mr. Rossiter / Mr Rossiter

Manhunt
1970
as Renard

The Good Life
1975
as Ernie

Oppenheimer
1980
as George Kistiakowsky

Armchair Thriller
1978
as Tim Kennaway

The Three Musketeers
1966
as Grimaud

The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Fisher

Butterflies
1978

Dickens of London
1976
as Samuel Starey
Orlando
1965
as Darlington

Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as German Ambassador

The Misfit
1970
as Evans

Will Shakespeare
1978
as Dr Alcibiades

Spearhead
1978
as Mr Adams

Life of Shakespeare
1978
as Dr. Alcibiades

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as George Lintz

Sense and Sensibility
1971
as John Dashwood

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Mr Meikeljohn

Going Straight
1978
as Mr. Kirby
Born and Bred
1978
as Freddie Peglar
Badger
1999

A Horseman Riding By
1978
as Reverend Horsey
Hell's Bells
1986
as Wilfred Hankey

The Intruder
1972
as Sonny

The Jensen Code
1973
as Mr. Richards
Ellington
1996
as Announcer
Foxy Lady
1982
Movies (21)

The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Bewil

The X-Files
1998
as British Valet

Joseph
1995
as Vintner

Sharpe's Revenge
1997
as Hopkinson

The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Kelner (archive footage)

Baffled!
1973
as Dr. Reed

Precious Bane
1989
as Grimble

The Missing Postman
1997
as Len Denbigh

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968
as Benik

Stanley's Dragon
1994
as Mr Batley

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965
as March
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Tim Kennaway

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
as Guy Crayford

Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
1978
as Castellan Kelner
The Imp of the Perverse
1975
as The Servant

Bread or Blood
1981
as Harbutt

South Riding
1974

Pidgeon â Hawk or Dove?
1974
as Evelyn de Plume

Tishoo
1982
as Cullin
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025

Making a Killing
2002
as L.T. Harvey
About Milton Johns
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 (1991â93), 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, Mu⊠With 76 credits spanning from 1959 to 2025, Milton Johns has appeared in 21 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Milton Johns Movies
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) â as Bewil
- The X-Files (1998) â as British Valet
- Joseph (1995) â as Vintner
- Sharpe's Revenge (1997) â as Hopkinson
- The Ties That Bind Us (2008) â as Kelner (archive footage)
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