John Fortune

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Match Point (2005)

Calendar Girls (2003)

The Tailor of Panama (2001)

Rory Bremner (1989)

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Actor (68 titles)

2013 The Case of Mary Ford (short) (completed)
The Man

2010 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (TV series)
Magistrate

– What Can Only be Considered a Dreadful Day for Todd (2010) … Magistrate

– Where Todd and Brent Misjudge the Mood of a Solemn Day (2010) … Magistrate

– In Which Brent Wilts Arrives and Things Take a Turn for the Worse (2010) … Magistrate

– The Snooker Player, the Black Canadian, the Turkish Terrorist, and the Peanut (2010) … Magistrate

– A Plan Is Hatched and a Date Is Not a Date (2010) … Magistrate

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2007-2009 Comedy Showcase (TV series)
Magistrate

– The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2009) … Magistrate

– Other People (2007) … Magistrate

2008 Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money (TV series)
Various

2008 New Tricks (TV series)
Mel Simons

– Final Curtain (2008) … Mel Simons

1999-2007 Bremner, Bird and Fortune (TV series)
Various Characters

– Episode #11.1 (2007) … Various Characters

– Episode #5.1 (2004) … Various Characters

– Episode #4.1 (2004) … Various Characters

– Episode #3.1 (2003) … Various Characters

– Episode #2.1 (2001) … Various Characters

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2005 Love Soup (TV series)
Geoffrey Strayhorn Q.C.

– Take Five (2005) … Geoffrey Strayhorn Q.C.

2005 Match Point
John the Chauffeur

2005 Bremner, Bird and Fortune: A Bunch of Counts (TV movie)
Various

2003 Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister (TV movie)

2003 Death in Holy Orders (TV series)
Commissioner Harkness

– Episode #1.1 … Commissioner Harkness

2003 Calendar Girls
Frank

2003 Spine Chillers (TV series)
Frank

– Intuition (2003) … Frank

2002 Ella and the Mothers (TV movie)
Professor Atkins

2001 The Tailor of Panama
Maltby

2000 The Queen's Nose (TV series)
Sir Vivian

– Episode #4.6 (2000) … Sir Vivian

2000 My Government and I (TV movie)
Various Roles

2000 Maybe Baby
Acupuncturist

2000 Saving Grace
Melvyn

1999 The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin
2nd Official

1998 The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
The Knight

1996 Giving Tongue (TV movie)
Chief Executive

1995 The Long Johns (TV series)
Various Characters

1995 Our Hands in Your Safe (TV movie)

1995 Screen Two (TV series)
Prime Minister

– A Very Open Prison (1995) … Prime Minister

1995 Joking Apart (TV series)
Clement

– Episode #2.2 (1995) … Clement

1995 England, My England
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

1994 Murder Most Horrid (TV series)
Squire Thorpe

– A Severe Case of Death (1994) … Squire Thorpe

1994 The Lenny Henry Show (TV series)
News Presenter

– Pilot (1994) … News Presenter

1993-1998 Rory Bremner, Who Else? (TV series)
Various

– Episode #1.1 (1993) … Various

1993 Don't Leave Me This Way (TV movie)
George Saunders

1992 Haggard (TV series)
Milton Scroop

– Orlando's Revenge (1992) … Milton Scroop

1992 The Good Guys (TV series)
Rhoddy Baillie

– The MacQuarrie Treasure (1992) … Rhoddy Baillie

1991-1992 Rory Bremner (TV series)
Various

1990 Life After Life (TV movie)
Det Insp Curtin

1989 Mystery!: Campion (TV series)
Dr. Brian Kingston

– The Case of the Late Pig: Part 2 (1989) … Dr. Brian Kingston

– The Case of the Late Pig: Part 1 (1989) … Dr. Brian Kingston

1989 The Bill (TV series)
Mr. Burton

– Repercussions (1989) … Mr. Burton

1988 Dramarama (TV series)
Gerald Feeney

– Forever Young (1988) … Gerald Feeney

1988 Campaign (TV mini-series)
Warren Greenbank

1987 C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV series)
Alan Moss

– A Naval Affair (1987) … Alan Moss

1986 First Among Equals (TV mini-series)

– Episode #1.9 (1986)

– Episode #1.8 (1986)

– Episode #1.7 (1986)

– Episode #1.6 (1986)

1986 Breaking Up (TV series)
Mr. Jackson

1986 Shades of Darkness (TV series)
Eric Farnham

– The Demon Lover (1986) … Eric Farnham

1986 Lenny Henry Tonite (TV series)

– What a Country! (1986)

1984 Bloodbath at the House of Death
John Harrison

1983-1984 Crown Court (TV series)
Francis Matthews / Prosecuting Counsel

– Citizens: Part 1 (1984) … Prosecuting Counsel

– Seconds Away: Part 1 (1983) … Francis Matthews

1982-1983 Educating Marmalade (TV series)
Doctor Glenfiddick

– Marmalade at the Albert Hall (1983) … Doctor Glenfiddick

– Nanny (1982) … Doctor Glenfiddick

– Walkies (1982) … Doctor Glenfiddick

1982 Yes Minister (TV series)
Major Saunders

– The Whisky Priest (1982) … Major Saunders

1982 Hi-de-Hi! (TV series)
Max Tewkesbury

– Co-Respondent's Course (1982) … Max Tewkesbury

1982 The Missionary
Schoolmaster's voice (voice)

1981 Timon of Athens (TV movie)
Poet

1978 The Light Princess (TV movie)

1978 In the Looking Glass (TV series)
Various

1976 Well Anyway (TV series)
John Chance

– To Change the Subject (1976) … John Chance

– Up to a Point (1976) … John Chance

– Be That as It May (1976) … John Chance

– There Again (1976) … John Chance

– All the Same (1976) … John Chance

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1976 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)

– Jumbo (1976)

1973 The Cobblers of Umbridge (TV movie)
Phil Cobbler/John Begorrah/Jack Woodley

1970 Take a Girl Like You
Sir Gerald

1970 Step Laughing Into the Grave (TV movie)

1969 Where Was Spring? (TV series)

1967 A Series of Bird's (TV series)

– Lucid Intervals (1967)

– Urban Renewal (1967)

– Back to the Front (1967)

– The Eric Giddings Story 2: The Plot Thins (1967)

– The Eric Giddings Story (1967)

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1966 On the Margin (TV series)

– Episode #1.5 (1966)

1966 The Late Show (TV series)

1965 My Father Knew Lloyd George (TV movie)
Various Roles

1965 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Server

– The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965) … Server

1965 Sunday Night (TV series documentary)
Phaedrus

– The Drinking Party (1965) … Phaedrus

1964-1965 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (TV series)
Various Characters

– Episode #1.47 (1965) … Various Characters

– Episode #1.41 (1965) … Various Characters

– Episode #1.1 (1964) … Various Characters

1964 The Big Noise (TV series)
Johnny

– Episode #1.3 (1964) … Johnny

– Episode #1.1 (1964) … Johnny

1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
George Potter

– His Polyvinyl Girl (1961) … George Potter

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(1984) He acted in Alan Bennett's play, "Forty Years On", in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Paul Eddington, Doris Hare, Stephen Fry, Annette Crosbie and Stephen Rashbrook in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director. See more »

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Cambridge was a fairly public-school place and if you were a working-class boy and had an outside lavatory, the girls at Newnham thought that was very Lawrentian and sexy. See more »

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He studied at Cambridge University in England and, while there, was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club. See more »

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	STARmeter SEE RANK Up 7,650 this week View rank on IMDbPro » John Fortune (I) Actor \| Writer Trivia: He studied at Cambridge University in England and, while there, was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club. See more trivia » Born: John C. Wood June 30, 1939 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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