John Rutland

Birth : 1916-08-31, Southwark, London, England

Death : 2013-06-01

History

John Rutland was a British character actor, born in Southwark, London, England. He worked in theatre, film and on television. He appeared in films such as in The Hostage, Take Me Over, Calculated Risk, Quatermass and the Pit, Chariots of Fire, and Memoirs of a Survivor.

Profile

Movies

Remembrance

Alf

A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.

Chariots of Fire

Caius Porter

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

A Little Of What You Fancy

Documentary following the history of British Music Hall, its stars and architecture, interspersed with revivals of old favourites by todays performers.

Calculated Risk

Kenneth Ian "Kip" Walton

After spending a long time in prison, Kip is still willing to pull off one more big job