Known for Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1935
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Biography
John Richard Rolfe (1935 – 12 August 2020) was a British actor. He was named after the colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia. His stage work includes appearances at the Bristol Old Vic and with the RSC.His television credits include: Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, The First Lady, Softly, Softly, Doctor Who (in the serials The War Machines, The Moonbase and The Green Death), Paul Temple, The Troubleshooters, Out of the Unknown, The Regiment, Spy Trap, Warship, Oil Strike North, Survivors, Blake's 7, Minder, Secret Army, The Enigma Files, Yes Minister, One by One, Howards' Way and The House of Eliott. He did the first, moustached and spectacled postman in "Mr. Bean Rides Again" (he played the postman seen before Mr. Bean got locked in the letterbox after he stole a lady's stamp for his own letter). He also played Graham in the 1980 film McVicar, starring Roger Daltrey. In 1994 he guest starred in The Bill.

EastEnders

Doctor Who

Minder

Bergerac

Mr. Bean

Return of the Saint

BBC2 Play of the Week

Blake's 7

Howards' Way

The Sweeney

The Expert

Secret Army

The House of Eliott

Enemy at the Door

Poldark

Terry and June

Sykes

Shadows of Fear

To Serve Them All My Days

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