John Hallam(1941-2006)
- Actor
Talented and diverse Northern Ireland born character actor whose career has
embraced British institutions from Raffles to Dr Who.
After apprenticing in provincial theatre this commanding, actor
appeared in two contrasting war films in 1968 - The Charge of the Light
Brigade and Carry On up the Khyber. His next two roles were equally
diverse - appearing in the unusual John Huston directed A Walk with
Love and Death, then with cheeky Cockney Tommy Steele in Where's Jack?
By this stage his career had gathered some momentum and in 1971 he
worked with several luminaries - Peter O'Toole in Murphy's War, Michael
Caine and Omar Sharif in The Last Valley and Richard Burton in Villain.
In 1973 it was the hard-bitten crime drama The Offence with Sean
Connery and he also worked with Joss Ackland and James Cossins in
Hitler: The Last Ten Days. That year he also featured in bona fide
classic The Wicker Man.
If film work wasn't hugely successful in the next few year, he kept
himself working with a variety of roles in television in a diverse
range of shows - Emmerdale Farm, Raffles, Return of the Saint. 1980 and
1981 saw roles in a couple of fantasy-spectaculars, Flash Gordon and
special-effects bonanza Dragonslayer. It was 1991 before he returned to
cinemas in any significant way, though, in Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves, then in 1997 in another fantasy adventure Kull the Conqueror.
Meanwhile he appeared in popular soap opera Eastenders as 'Barnsey'
Barnes for 2 years between 1988-90.
Often portrayed as a hardman or heavy onscreen, offscreen Hallam likes
gardening!
embraced British institutions from Raffles to Dr Who.
After apprenticing in provincial theatre this commanding, actor
appeared in two contrasting war films in 1968 - The Charge of the Light
Brigade and Carry On up the Khyber. His next two roles were equally
diverse - appearing in the unusual John Huston directed A Walk with
Love and Death, then with cheeky Cockney Tommy Steele in Where's Jack?
By this stage his career had gathered some momentum and in 1971 he
worked with several luminaries - Peter O'Toole in Murphy's War, Michael
Caine and Omar Sharif in The Last Valley and Richard Burton in Villain.
In 1973 it was the hard-bitten crime drama The Offence with Sean
Connery and he also worked with Joss Ackland and James Cossins in
Hitler: The Last Ten Days. That year he also featured in bona fide
classic The Wicker Man.
If film work wasn't hugely successful in the next few year, he kept
himself working with a variety of roles in television in a diverse
range of shows - Emmerdale Farm, Raffles, Return of the Saint. 1980 and
1981 saw roles in a couple of fantasy-spectaculars, Flash Gordon and
special-effects bonanza Dragonslayer. It was 1991 before he returned to
cinemas in any significant way, though, in Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves, then in 1997 in another fantasy adventure Kull the Conqueror.
Meanwhile he appeared in popular soap opera Eastenders as 'Barnsey'
Barnes for 2 years between 1988-90.
Often portrayed as a hardman or heavy onscreen, offscreen Hallam likes
gardening!