John Warwick

For other people named John Warwick, see John Warwick (disambiguation).

John Warwick (4 January 1905 10 January 1972) was an Australian veteran film and television actor and television dramatist.[1]

John Warwick, 1950s

Early life

Born John McIntosh Beattle at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.[2]

Acting career

He had an extensive career over 40 years, beginning in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal friend in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when In the Wake of the Bounty was being filmed),[3] then in English cinema in the late 1930s-1940s, and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama & cinema there.[4]

Selected filmography

Death

He died in Sydney, Australia, in January 1972.

References

  1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/4371
  2. IMDb entry for 'John Warwick'
  3. Moore, John Hammond 'Young Errol Flynn Before Hollywood (2nd Edition, 2011, Pub. Trafford Publishing).
  4. 'John Warwick's filmography on IMDb
  5. Cobwebs in Concrete at Ausstage

External links


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