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Jack Smethurst

Jack Smethurst was born on April 9, 1932 in Collyhurst, Manchester, England. He is an actor, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), For the Love of Ada (1972) and A Kind of Loving (1962). He has been married to Barbara Nicholls since 1957. They have four children. See full bio »
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Known For

Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire Sleeping Car Attendant
(1981)
For the Love of Ada
For the Love of Ada Leslie Pollitt
(1972)
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving Conroy
(1962)
Love Thy Neighbour
Love Thy Neighbour Eddie Booth
(1972-1976)
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 2002-2007 Doctors (TV Series)
Bill Knightley / Terry Higgins
- Seize the Day (2007) ... Bill Knightley
- The Other Side of the Fence (2002) ... Terry Higgins
 2005-2007 Casualty (TV Series)
Stan Powell / Stan Coldwell
- No End of Blame (2007) ... Stan Powell
- You Need Friends (2005) ... Stan Powell
- Aftermath (2005) ... Stan Powell
- The Long Goodbye (2005) ... Stan Powell
- Baby Love (2005) ... Stan Powell
Show all 6 episodes
 1997-2002 Heartbeat (TV Series)
Mr. Kirkby / John Jenkins
- Dirty Len (2002) ... Mr. Kirkby
- Playing with Trains (1997) ... John Jenkins
 1961-2001 Coronation Street (TV Series)
Johnny Webb / Stan Wagstaff / Percy Bridge / ...
- Episode #1.5162 (2001) ... Stan Wagstaff
- Episode #1.5157 (2001) ... Stan Wagstaff
- Episode #1.2351 (1983) ... Johnny Webb
- Episode #1.2350 (1983) ... Johnny Webb
- Episode #1.2053 (1980) ... Johnny Webb
Show all 8 episodes
 2000 City Central (TV Series)
Ross Sharples
- Everything Must Go (2000) ... Ross Sharples
 1998 Dinnerladies (TV Series)
Bob
- Party (1998) ... Bob
 1997 Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)
Davenport
- Deviations with Davenport (1997) ... Davenport
 1996 La passione
Mickey O'Farrell
 1995 Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)
Man in 'phone box'
- A Barbecue at Violet's (1995) ... Man in 'phone box'
 1993-1994 The Bill (TV Series)
Godfrey Dingle / Patrick Craig
- Blood Pressure (1994) ... Godfrey Dingle
- Out of Court (1993) ... Patrick Craig
 1992 Don't Tell Father (TV Series)
Ron Whipple
- Episode #1.6 (1992) ... Ron Whipple
- Episode #1.5 (1992) ... Ron Whipple
- Episode #1.3 (1992) ... Ron Whipple
 1991 King Ralph
Miranda's Father
 1989 Bluebirds (TV Series)
Ernest
- Fire (1989) ... Ernest
 1985 Hilary (TV Series)
Kimberley
- Episode #1.4 (1985) ... Kimberley
- Episode #1.3 (1985) ... Kimberley
- Episode #1.2 (1985) ... Kimberley
- Episode #1.1 (1985) ... Kimberley
 1982 Juliet Bravo (TV Series)
Wally Cater
- A Breach of the Peace (1982) ... Wally Cater
 1981 Chariots of Fire
Sleeping Car Attendant
 1979 Love Thy Neighbour in Australia (TV Series)
Eddie Booth
- Howzat!! (1979) ... Eddie Booth
- The British Disease (1979) ... Eddie Booth
- Who's a Naughty Boy? (1979) ... Eddie Booth
- A Rose by Any Other Name (1979) ... Eddie Booth
- A Night to Remember (1979) ... Eddie Booth
Show all 7 episodes
 1978 Parables (TV Series)
Siddons
- Neighbours (1978) ... Siddons
- Britannia Mansions (1978) ... Siddons
 1972-1976 Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series)
Eddie Booth
- The Lodger (1976) ... Eddie Booth
- Power Cut (1976) ... Eddie Booth
- For Sale (1976) ... Eddie Booth
- The Coach Outing to Bournemouth (1976) ... Eddie Booth
- Christmas Spirit (1975) ... Eddie Booth
Show all 55 episodes
 1975 Whodunnit? (TV Series)
Panellist
- Nothing to Declare (1975) ... Panellist
 1974 Man About the House
Jack Smethurst
 1973 Love Thy Neighbour
Eddie Booth
 1972 For the Love of Ada
Leslie Pollitt
 1972 All Star Comedy Carnival (TV Movie)
Eddie Booth
 1972 Opportunity Knocks (TV Series)
Henry Murgatroyd
- The Script Writers Chart Show (1972) ... Henry Murgatroyd
 1971 The Yes Girls
Sam Hed - detective
 1970-1971 For the Love of Ada (TV Series)
Leslie Pollitt
- Special: Christmas with Ada (1971) ... Leslie Pollitt
- The Christening (1971) ... Leslie Pollitt
- Insomnia (1971) ... Leslie Pollitt
- The Admirer (1971) ... Leslie Pollitt
- Birth (1971) ... Leslie Pollitt
Show all 27 episodes
 1971 Father Dear Father (TV Series)
Detective Sergeant Sargent
- A Case for Inspector Glover (1971) ... Detective Sergeant Sargent
 1971 Please Sir!
Bus Driver
 1971 Doctor at Large (TV Series)
Bertram Hoyle
- Bewigged, Bothered, & Bewildered (1971) ... Bertram Hoyle
 1971 Budgie (TV Series)
Saunders
- Grandee Hotel (1971) ... Saunders
 1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series)
Charles Henshaw
- The Railwayman's New Clothes (1971) ... Charles Henshaw
 1970 Wreckers at Dead Eye (TV Mini-Series)
Jon-Jo
- Shivering Sands (1970) ... Jon-Jo
- Ship in the Night (1970) ... Jon-Jo
- Boomer Hole (1970) ... Jon-Jo
- The Legend of Thriabbas (1970) ... Jon-Jo
- Hand of Evil (1970) ... Jon-Jo
Show all 6 episodes
 1964-1970 Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
Ray / Dasher
- Say Goodnight to Your Grandma (1970) ... Ray
- They Throw It at You (1964) ... Dasher
 1969 Night After Night After Night
Chief Inspector
 1965-1969 Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series)
Eddie Thomas / Ronald Collins / Corporal Dignum
- The Intruder (1969) ... Eddie Thomas
- The Executioners (1966) ... Ronald Collins
- All Clear (1965) ... Corporal Dignum
 1962-1969 Z Cars (TV Series)
Joe Benson / Reg Allen / Talbot / ...
- Lost and Found: Part 1 (1969) ... Reg Allen
- Hudson's Way: Part 2 (1968) ... Joe Benson
- Hudson's Way: Part 1 (1968) ... Joe Benson
- The Mice Will Play (1965) ... Talbot
- Hide - And Go Seek (1963) ... Forbes
Show all 8 episodes
 1969 The Dustbinmen (TV Series)
Blackpool dustman
- The 500,000th Bin (1969) ... Blackpool dustman
 1969 Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV Series)
Tommy
- It's the Thought That Counts (1969) ... Tommy
 1968 B and B (TV Series)
James Blaydon Jeffries
- Roger (1968) ... James Blaydon Jeffries
 1968 The First Lady (TV Series)
Jim Loftus
- Risk Involved (1968) ... Jim Loftus
 1968 City '68 (TV Series)
Ned
- The System: Pennywise (1968) ... Ned
 1968 The Expert (TV Series)
Granger
- Liars, Damn Liars (1968) ... Granger
 1967-1968 The Revenue Men (TV Series)
John Henry James / James A Carter
- A Sense of Justice (1968) ... John Henry James
- The Waiting Game (1967) ... James A Carter
 1968 Orlando (TV Series)
Police Captain
- Dont Look Now (1968) ... Police Captain
 1968 Half Hour Story (TV Series)
Bamber
- Natural Justice (1968) ... Bamber
 1966-1967 Softly Softly (TV Series)
Reddick / Jimmo
- Material Evidence (1967) ... Reddick
- Round Trip (1966) ... Jimmo
 1967 Boy Meets Girl (TV Series)
Ben
- The Young Visitors (1967) ... Ben
 1967 The Fellows (TV Series)
Tom
- No Cage for This Bird (1967) ... Tom
 1967 Write a Play (TV Series)
- The Dim & Eight Minutes to Go (1967)
 1966 Harry Worth (TV Series)
The Electrician
- Where There's Brass (1966) ... The Electrician
 1966 King of the River (TV Series)
Peter
- The End of the Voyage (1966) ... Peter
 1966 Run with the Wind
Bernie
 1966 Carnaby, M.D.
Long-Haired Patient (uncredited)
 1966 Pardon the Expression (TV Series)
Dave
- The Economy Drive (1966) ... Dave
 1965 Redcap (TV Series)
Sergeant Cartwright
- The Orderly Officer (1965) ... Sergeant Cartwright
 1965 Mogul (TV Series)
Creamy Johnson
- Tosh and Nora (1965) ... Creamy Johnson
 1961-1965 No Hiding Place (TV Series)
Digger Hodge / Trevor / Johnny Maitland / ...
- Wolves Get Eaten, Too (1965) ... Digger Hodge
- Trained to Kill (1964) ... Trevor
- The Image of Frank Brown (1963) ... Johnny Maitland
- A Touch of Nitrate (1962) ... Tommy Hart
- The White Stick (1961) ... Bud Taylor
 1965 Cluff (TV Series)
Sammy Shaw
- The Fireraiser (1965) ... Sammy Shaw
 1965 Public Eye (TV Series)
Joey Stone
- All for a Couple of Ponies (1965) ... Joey Stone
 1964-1965 The Villains (TV Series)
Sam Whittaker / George
- Three to a Cell (1965) ... Sam Whittaker
- Contraband (1964) ... George
 1964 The Main Chance
Ross
 1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series)
Ross
- The Main Chance (1964) ... Ross
 1964 Thursday Theatre (TV Series)
Joe Truman
- The Cure for Love (1964) ... Joe Truman
 1963-1964 Here's Harry (TV Series)
- The Golfer (1964)
- The Emigrant (1963)
 1964 The Human Jungle (TV Series)
Red
- Success Machine (1964) ... Red
 1964 The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (TV Mini-Series)
Dick
- Long Winter Journey (1964) ... Dick
- Autumn Near the Angel (1964) ... Dick
 1964 Theatre 625 (TV Series)
Soldier
- The Seekers #2: The Idealists (1964) ... Soldier
 1964 First Night (TV Series)
Charles
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (1964) ... Charles
 1963 Friday Night (TV Series)
Gordon
- Green Rub (1963) ... Gordon
 1963 Maupassant (TV Series)
Honore
- Women and Money (1963) ... Honore
 1963 Moonstrike (TV Series)
Edouard
- The Factory (1963) ... Edouard
 1963 Richard the Lionheart (TV Series)
Tom
- The Little People of Lyntor (1963) ... Tom
 1963 Epitaph for a Spy (TV Series)
Detective
- Episode #1.4 (1963) ... Detective
- Episode #1.3 (1963) ... Detective
- Episode #1.2 (1963) ... Detective
 1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series)
Bill
- 31 Backyards (1963) ... Bill
 1963 The Plane Makers (TV Series)
Harry Thorpe
- The Blunt Approach (1963) ... Harry Thorpe
 1963 Sykes and A... (TV Series)
- Sykes and a Camping Trip (1963)
 1963 The Rag Trade (TV Series)
- Episode #3.7 (1963)
 1960-1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Mini-Series)
Bill / Spike / Male beetle / ...
- The Sudden Silence (1962) ... Bill
- Looking for Garrow (1960) ... Spike
- Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play (1960) ... Male beetle / Telegraph officer
- Twentieth Century Theatre: The Price of Freedom (1960) ... Driver
 1961-1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)
Joseph Cutforth / Slow Collier
- The Casualties (1962) ... Joseph Cutforth
- Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1961) ... Slow Collier
 1962 A Kind of Loving
Conroy
 1961 Echo Four Two (TV Series)
Jack Sprawling
- There She Blows (1961) ... Jack Sprawling
 1961 Operation Snafu
Dai Tovey
 1961 The Men from Room 13 (TV Series)
Davis
- The Man Who Made Money: Part 2 (1961) ... Davis
- The Man Who Made Money: Part 1 (1961) ... Davis
 1960 The Balloon and the Baron (TV Movie)
The Fisherman
 1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Waiter (uncredited)
 1960 Bonehead (TV Series)
Bert
- Smash and Grab (1960) ... Bert
 1960 Watch Your Stern
Sailor
 1960 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (TV Series)
Muff Potter
- Lost and Found (1960) ... Muff Potter
- The Saving of Muff Potter (1960) ... Muff Potter
- A Cure for Warts (1960) ... Muff Potter
 1960 Deadline Midnight (TV Series)
Miner
- Episode #1.7 (1960) ... Miner
 1960 The Long Way Home (TV Series)
- The French Resistance (1960)
 1959 The Eustace Diamonds (TV Series)
Jenkins
- Episode #1.6 (1959) ... Jenkins
- Episode #1.1 (1959) ... Jenkins
 1959 The Pocket Lancer (TV Mini-Series)
Bystander
- Cry "Thief"! (1959) ... Bystander
 1959 Quatermass and the Pit (TV Mini-Series)
Young Sergeant
- The Wild Hunt (1959) ... Young Sergeant (uncredited)
 1958 The Lost King (TV Series)
Volant / 2nd Guard / Ship's chandler
- The Road Back (1958) ... Volant
- The Flight to Geneva (1958) ... 2nd Guard / Ship's chandler
 1958 Carry On Sergeant
First Recruit
 1958 Queen's Champion (TV Mini-Series)
1st Servant
- The Escape from Penlynden (1958)
- Betrayal (1958) ... 1st Servant (as John Smedhurst)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

He performed in the pantomime, "Robin Hood And The Babes in the Wood", at the Grand Opera House in York, North Yorkshire, England with Jonathon Morris, John Altman (played "Nasty Nick"), Deborah McAndrew and Phil Rose in the cast.

Alternate Names:

John Smedhurst

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Trivia:

Father of actor Adam Smethurst.

Star Sign:

Aries
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