John Rutland(1916-2012)
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John Rutland was a British character actor.
Rutland was born on 31st August 1916 in Southwark, London, England.
He worked in theatre, film and on television.
He appeared in films such as in The Hostage (1956), Take Me Over (1963), Calculated Risk (1963), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981).
His television appearances included collaborations with Dick Emery and The Two Ronnies in the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared twice in Last of The Summer Wine as different characters, and four times in the long-running ITV police drama series The Bill as four different characters. He also appeared in one episode in the fifth season of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, as a clock repairer.
In the 1990s he made several appearances on the children's TV show Chucklevision.
In 1998 he appeared at the Players' Theatre, Covent Garden in the stage adaptation of More Work for the Undertaker.
In 1992 he appeared as Mrs Warboys' (Doreen Mantle) cousin Wilf in the successful sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Several years later, in the final series of the sitcom, by then he was well into his eighties, he reprised the role of Wilf and appeared in an episode which was broadcast in October 2000; the character however was unable to speak for it was revealed to viewers that he had suffered a stroke. This was to be his final television acting role.
He died of natural causes at the age of 96 on 1 June 2013 in England.
Rutland was born on 31st August 1916 in Southwark, London, England.
He worked in theatre, film and on television.
He appeared in films such as in The Hostage (1956), Take Me Over (1963), Calculated Risk (1963), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981).
His television appearances included collaborations with Dick Emery and The Two Ronnies in the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared twice in Last of The Summer Wine as different characters, and four times in the long-running ITV police drama series The Bill as four different characters. He also appeared in one episode in the fifth season of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, as a clock repairer.
In the 1990s he made several appearances on the children's TV show Chucklevision.
In 1998 he appeared at the Players' Theatre, Covent Garden in the stage adaptation of More Work for the Undertaker.
In 1992 he appeared as Mrs Warboys' (Doreen Mantle) cousin Wilf in the successful sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Several years later, in the final series of the sitcom, by then he was well into his eighties, he reprised the role of Wilf and appeared in an episode which was broadcast in October 2000; the character however was unable to speak for it was revealed to viewers that he had suffered a stroke. This was to be his final television acting role.
He died of natural causes at the age of 96 on 1 June 2013 in England.
