
John Hallam
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hallam licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Dragonslayer
1981

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973

Flash Gordon
1980

The Four Feathers
1978

Villain
1971

Lifeforce
1985

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971

Kull the Conqueror
1997

The Last Valley
1971

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998

Trial by Combat
1976

A Walk with Love and Death
1969

The Last Giraffe
1979

Murphy's War
1971

The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987

Wendy
1991

Antony and Cleopatra
1972

The Assassination Bureau
1969

The People That Time Forgot
1977

Hennessy
1975

The Offence
1973

Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989

When the Whales Came
1989

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968

The Duck
1998

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985

The Mallen Streak
2003

Where's Jack?
1969

A Haunting Harmony
1993

The Wicker Man
1973

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
1976

Love and Bullets
1979

King David
1985

Good King Wenceslas
1994

Quest for Love
1971

Murder Motel
1975

The Mallens
1979

Much Ado About Nothing
1967

Ivanhoe
1982

Carry On Up the Khyber
1968

That's Carry On!
1977

Thriller
1973

Wycliffe
1994

Department S
1969

EastEnders
1985

Softly, Softly
1966

Doctor Who
1963

Jason King
1971

The Professionals
1977

Minder
1979

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Lovejoy
1986

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Raffles
1977

Public Eye
1965

Wings
1977

Judge Dee
1969

Cadfael
1994

Casualty
1986

Blackadder
1983

Return of the Saint
1978

The 10th Kingdom
2000

Under Capricorn
1983

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994

Bergerac
1981

White Peak Farm
1988

Arabian Nights
2000

The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988

Dick Turpin
1979

The Chronicles of Narnia
1988

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977

The Mallens
1979

Moonbase 3
1973

The Pallisers
1974

The Regiment
1972

Lytton's Diary
1985

Armchair Theatre
1956