John Rowe

Birth : 1941-01-01, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, UK

Movies

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Judge Turpin
Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim at the Adelphi Theatre, West End, London in 2012.
Scouting for Boys
Baden-Powell (voice)
Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all time. In the 20th century, only the Bible, the Koran and the Thoughts of Chairman Mao sold more. But they had fewer jokes, no pictures and were useless at important stuff like tying knots. In this entertaining and affectionate film, Ian Hislop uncovers the story behind the book which kick-started the Scout Movement - a work which is very eccentric, very Edwardian and very English. Hislop discovers that the book is also very radical and addresses a variety of modern issues, such as citizenship, disaffected youth and social responsibility. He explores the maverick brilliance of Baden-Powell, a national celebrity after his heroism in the Boer War, and considers the book's candid focus on health and well-being.
The Heart of Me
Drysdale
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Col. Boyer
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
The Law Lord
Sir Terence Calthorpe
A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment to heel and bypass Parliament altogether. Anthony Andrews says of writer and barrister John Cooper (who wrote the ITV series The Advocates): "John is writing about a world he knows intimately. It is a most original and exciting screenplay and extremely prescient in view of the current controversies surrounding the judiciary." Producer Simon Passmore Director Jim Goddard
Reasonable Force
D.A.C.
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies after a riot, who will the public - and the Police Force itself - hold accountable?
Across the Lake
Jack Stanley
Starring Anthony Hopkins as speed king Donald Campbell. This 1988 film set In 1967 when Campbell broke the 300mph water speed barrier in his beloved BlueBird k7. Unfortunately Campbell never survived the record as his boat hydroplaned out of the water and disintegrated on landing. Campbell's body was never found until 2001.
Inappropriate Behaviour
Headmaster
Jo teaches ‘difficult’ children—American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding—Cotswold style. Who is going to learn the most?
Mary Rose
Mr Amy
A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up decades later apparently unchanged in age or appearance and her once infant son is now older than she is…
Fighting Back
Councillor Lynch
A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
Clockwise
Headmaster
An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.
The Alamut Ambush
Guy Llewellyn
This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.
Sakharov
Norwegian Diplomat
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
First Roman Senator
BBC rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus
The Chain
Alex
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Macbeth
Lennox
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.
Henry VIII
Cromwell
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
Through the Night
Anaesthetist
The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of her post-operative care.
Breath
Doctor
Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems. Everyone seems to be helpful - but are they? Is there something sinister about Mrs Pritchett , the new housekeeper, or is it Nell's imagination? Who knows where reality ends and fantasy begins?