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John Richardson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- G. Braque
- Edouard Manet Paintings and Drawings
- Georges Braque
- The Wanderer
- Canadian Brothers; or, the Prophecy Fulfilled
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Film & TV
Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
John Richardson (January 19, 1934 - January 5, 2021) was an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s. He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960). His best known role was perhaps in One Million Years B.C. (1966), in which he played a grunting caveman who fell in love with Raquel Welch. He had small roles in the remake of The 39 Steps…
Known for
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies — Self - (archive footage)2021
- From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic — Self2020
- Milner — Edward1994
- The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)1994
- The Church — Architect1989
- School of Thieves 2 — Ricco Gondoliere1987
- Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood — Leo Vincey / Killikrates (archive footage)1987
- Murder Obsession — Oliver1981
- Fever of 40! — Harry Petersen1980
- Blue Paradise — Kris1980
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- 2,522
- Total plays
- 19,196
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John Richardson aka Jayadev was born and raised in the county of Essex in the south east of England. He taught himself to play the drums at an early age and eventually became a session musician playing on many successful pop records in the UK. He found fame in the 1970’s as the drummer with glam rock band The Rubettes. Between 1974 and 1979 The Rubettes enjoyed chart success with a string of hit records in the UK and Europe including the number <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Richardson"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Richardson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Worthing
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Martine Beswick
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- John Richardson (actor).png
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1934-01-19
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-01-05
- Commons category
- John Richardson (actor)
- end of work period
- 1996-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- name in native language
- John Richardson
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