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John Rolfe

1st January 1935 Lewisham, London, England, UK Acting

John Richard Rolfe (1935 – 12 August 2020) was a British actor. He was named after the colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia. His stage work includes appearances at the Bristol Old Vic and with the RSC.His television credits include: Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, The First Lady, Softly, Softly, Doctor Who (in the serials The War Machines, The Moonbase and The Green Death), Paul Temple, The Troubleshooters, Out of the Unknown, The Regiment, Spy Trap, Warship, Oil Strike North, Survivors, Blake's 7, Minder, Secret Army, The Enigma Files, Yes Minister, One by One, Howards' Way and The House of Eliott. He did the first, moustached and spectacled postman in "Mr. Bean Rides Again" (he played the postman seen before Mr. Bean got locked in the letterbox after he stole a lady's stamp for his own letter). He also played Graham in the 1980 film McVicar, starring Roger Daltrey. In 1994 he guest starred in The Bill.

10 Movies 25 TV Shows 35 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Days 27th February 1981 as Teacher
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Kessler 13th November 1981 as Inspector
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Minder 29th October 1979 as Collin
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Poldark 5th October 1975 as Magistrate
The Sweeney poster
The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Det. Chief Supt. Brookford
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Sykes 14th September 1972 as Newspaper Reporter
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Cluff 6th April 1964 as Det. Con. Barker