John Hallam
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John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006[1]) was a Northern Irish character actor.
Born John William Francis Hallam in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he appeared in many film and television roles including Nicholas and Alexandra (1971),Murphy's War (1971), The Pallisers (1974), The Mallens (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Dragonslayer (1981), the BBC television adaptations of Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He also appears in the director's cut of the 1973 film The Wicker Man as McTaggart.
He appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the memorable alien "Light" in the serial Ghost Light (1989). He was also known as Barnsey, the prison cell mate of Den Watts in EastEnders.
On November 14, 2006, Hallam died in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England at age 65. He was divorced and had four children.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.098 |
Birthday | 1941-10-28 |
Place of Birth | Lisburn, Northern Ireland United Kingdom |
Also Known As |
1981
Dragonslayer
6.478/270
The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact th...
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Dragonslayer
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
6.1/33
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provide...
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1980
Flash Gordon
6.213/954
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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Flash Gordon
1978
The Four Feathers
6.7/10
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers,...
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The Four Feathers
1971
Villain
6.2/38
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
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Villain
1985
Lifeforce
6.2/596
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zo...
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Lifeforce
1989
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
5.417/12
Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers...
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
6.912/68
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
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Nicholas and Alexandra
1997
Kull the Conqueror
5.1/133
A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle. In an effort to regain the throne, the former king's heirs resurrect Akiv...
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Kull the Conqueror
1971
The Last Valley
6.6/52
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of sol...
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The Last Valley
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
7.2/4
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father,...
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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1976
Trial by Combat
7.7/3
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medie...
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Trial by Combat
1969
A Walk with Love and Death
5.9/18
During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monaste...
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A Walk with Love and Death
1979
The Last Giraffe
0/0
An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe o...
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The Last Giraffe
1971
Murphy's War
6.1/74
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up at...
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Murphy's War
1979
The Saint and the Brave Goose
0/0
A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
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The Saint and the Brave Goose
1987
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
7.4/29
Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?
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Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1991
Wendy
0/0
Russell, who has a penchant for rubber, thinks he's in for a good time. Wendy has other ideas.
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Wendy
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
5.6/21
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. Th...
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Antony and Cleopatra
1969
The Assassination Bureau
6.4/63
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...
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The Assassination Bureau
1977
The People That Time Forgot
5.357/77
Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's...
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The People That Time Forgot
1975
Hennessy
4.7/11
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Thou...
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Hennessy
1973
The Offence
6.8/151
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
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The Offence
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
8.4/5
The Doctor takes Ace on an initiative test to a strange Victorian old house where she is forced to confront her darkest fears.
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Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
When the Whales Came
6.4/13
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a...
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When the Whales Came
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
6.855/3204
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England....
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6/60
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamo...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1998
The Duck
0/0
Proof of concept for an unproduced film centering around a formula that turns a duck into a cartoon character, which a Mafia eventually uses to their...
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The Duck
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
6.3/258
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-mak...
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Santa Claus: The Movie
2003
The Mallen Streak
0/0
The first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers many illegitimate sons, each of whom inherit a distinc...
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The Mallen Streak
1969
Where's Jack?
7.2/2
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
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Where's Jack?
1993
A Haunting Harmony
6/1
A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.
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A Haunting Harmony
1973
The Wicker Man
7.353/1378
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, ar...
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The Wicker Man
1976
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
4/1
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personn...
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Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
1979
Love and Bullets
5.8/39
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in...
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Love and Bullets
1985
King David
5.5/48
This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.
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King David
1994
Good King Wenceslas
3/4
Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.
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Good King Wenceslas
1971
Quest for Love
6.6/13
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some si...
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Quest for Love
1975
Murder Motel
0/0
A young woman looking into the disappearance of her fiance discovers that the last place he was seen was at a very strange motel.
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Murder Motel
1979
The Mallens
0/0
Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.
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