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| birth_name = John William Francis Hallam |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|28|df=y}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|28|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
| birth_place = [[Lisburn]], Northern Ireland |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|11|14|1941|10|28|df=y}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|11|14|1941|10|28|df=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Clifton, Oxfordshire]], England |
| death_place = [[Clifton, Oxfordshire]], England |
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| alma_mater = [[RADA]] |
| alma_mater = [[RADA]] |
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| occupation = Stage, film, television actor |
| occupation = Stage, film, television actor |
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| spouse = Vicky Brinkworth |
| spouse = {{marriage|Vicky Brinkworth|1966|1992|reason=divorced}} |
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| children = 4 |
| children = 4 |
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| relatives = [[Clive Mantle]] (cousin) |
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| yearsactive = 1967–2003 |
| yearsactive = 1967–2003 |
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'''John William Francis Hallam''' (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=13767|title=The Mausoleum Club British Archive Television Forum|access-date=2006-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004324/http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=13767|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f798b56|title=John Hallam|website=BFI}}</ref>) was a [[ |
'''John William Francis Hallam''' (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=13767|title=The Mausoleum Club British Archive Television Forum|access-date=2006-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004324/http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=13767|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f798b56|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602190644/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f798b56|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2017|title=John Hallam|website=BFI}}</ref>) was a character actor from [[Northern Ireland]], who frequently played hard men or military types.<ref name=independent/> |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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=== Stage === |
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After training at [[RADA]] (1962–64), Hallam began acting with [[Laurence Olivier]]'s embryonic [[National Theatre Company]], playing the Stage Door Keeper in ''[[Trelawny of the 'Wells']]'' ([[Old Vic Theatre]], 1965).<ref name=independent/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2w4/trelawny-of-the-wells/production/a1e|title=Production of Trelawny of the Wells - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He was seen performing on television for the first time in 1967, in the small role of a watchman when the BBC screened the director [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s National Theatre production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (Old Vic).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/1/much-ado-about-nothing/production/9yp|title=Production of Much Ado About Nothing - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b749d096d|title=Much Ado about Nothing (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> |
After training at [[RADA]] (1962–64), Hallam began acting with [[Laurence Olivier]]'s embryonic [[National Theatre Company]], playing the Stage Door Keeper in ''[[Trelawny of the 'Wells']]'' ([[Old Vic Theatre]], 1965).<ref name=independent/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2w4/trelawny-of-the-wells/production/a1e|title=Production of Trelawny of the Wells - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He was seen performing on television for the first time in 1967, in the small role of a watchman when the BBC screened the director [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s National Theatre production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (Old Vic).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/1/much-ado-about-nothing/production/9yp|title=Production of Much Ado About Nothing - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b749d096d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302201244/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b749d096d|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2017|title=Much Ado about Nothing (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> |
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Stage roles became infrequent when an unending flow of film and television work followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7292|title=John Hallam|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> |
Stage roles became infrequent when an unending flow of film and television work followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7292|title=John Hallam|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> |
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=== Film === |
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⚫ | Over the years he appeared in many films including ''[[Where's Jack?]]'' (1969), ''[[The Last Valley (1970 film)|The Last Valley]]'', ''[[Villain (1971 film)|Villain]]'', ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'', ''[[Murphy's War]]'', ''[[Quest for Love (1971 film)|Quest for Love]]'' (1971), ''[[The Offence]]'', ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1972), ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]'' (1975), ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]'' (1976), ''[[The Four Feathers (1978 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1978), ''[[Love and Bullets (1979 film)|Love and Bullets]]'' (1979), ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980), ''[[Dragonslayer (1981 film)|Dragonslayer]]'' (1981), ''[[Ivanhoe (1982 film)|Ivanhoe]]'' (1982), ''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985), ''[[When the Whales Came]]'' (1989), and the 1985 [[science-fiction]] cult film ''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'', directed by [[Tobe Hooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-hallam-p29840/filmography|title=John Hallam - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> |
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On the big screen, he worked his way up from small roles as an officer in ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (directed by [[Tony Richardson]], 1968) and a revolting Burpa tribesman in ''[[Carry On Up the Khyber]]'' (1968) to more substantial roles as Sir Meles of Bohemia in ''[[A Walk with Love and Death]]'' (the director [[John Huston]]'s tale of 14th-century romance in France, 1969).<ref name=bfi/> |
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⚫ | Over the years he appeared in many films including ''[[Where's Jack?]]'' (1969), ''[[The Last Valley (1970 film)|The Last Valley]]'', ''[[Villain (1971 film)|Villain]]'', ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'', ''[[Murphy's War]]'', and ''[[Quest for Love (1971 film)|Quest for Love]]'' (1971), ''[[The Offence]]'', ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1972), ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]'' (1975), ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]'' (1976), ''[[The Four Feathers (1978 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1978), ''[[Love and Bullets (1979 film)|Love and Bullets]]'' (1979), ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980), ''[[Dragonslayer (1981 film)|Dragonslayer]]'' (1981), ''[[Ivanhoe (1982 film)|Ivanhoe]]'' (1982), ''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985), ''[[When the Whales Came]]'' (1989), and the 1985 [[science-fiction]] cult film ''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'', directed by [[Tobe Hooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-hallam-p29840/filmography|title=John Hallam - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> |
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He appeared in ''Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple “''4:50 from Paddington” as Cedric Crackenthorple. He also appeared as McTaggart in the director's cut of the 1973 film ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150054268|title=Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute}}</ref> His later film roles included a Baron in ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991) and as Mandara in ''[[Kull the Conqueror]]'' (1997).<ref name=bfi/> |
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⚫ | He had a semi-regular role in the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'', playing prison inmate [[Barnsey Barnes]], a character that appears as the cellmate of regular character [[Den Watts]] ([[Leslie Grantham]]) while he is serving time at the fictional [[Dickens Hill]] prison.<ref name=thestage/> Hallam appeared on the show between 1988 and |
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=== Television === |
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In 1973 he played the troubled Dr. Peter Conway in the science fiction series ''[[Moonbase 3]].'' Later in the decade he appeared as ''"uncle"'' Harry Farmer, a former soldier who is invalided out of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|army]] in the [[BBC Television]] [[First World War]] drama series, ''[[Wings (British TV series)|Wings]]'' (1977-1978). |
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Another notable television role was as Thomas Mallen in Catherine Cookson’s adaptation drama series ''[[The Mallens]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEieBAAAQBAJ&q=john+hallam+the+mallens+bbc&pg=PT490|title=The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18|first=Stephen|last=Jones|date=4 August 2011|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=9781780332772}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He also appeared as ''[[Gypsy|"Gypsy Joe"]]'' in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode ''"In"'', (1982) and in the [[BBC]]'s television adaptations of two tales from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'': ''[[Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial)|Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', from 1988 until 1990, and later starred as Ali Ben Hassad in the 1998 TV movie ''[[The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo]]''.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/marco-polo/review/136541|title=Marco Polo - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> He also appeared in the show ''[[Blackadder]]'' (1983 Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal) as Sir Wilfred Death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/black-adder-the-black-seal-v231880|title=Black Adder: The Black Seal (1983) - Martin Shardlow - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He had a semi-regular role in the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'', playing prison inmate [[Barnsey Barnes]], a character that appears as the cellmate of regular character [[Den Watts]] ([[Leslie Grantham]]) while he is serving time at the fictional [[Dickens Hill]] prison.<ref name=thestage/> Hallam appeared on the show between 1988 and 1990. In 1989 he appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Ghost Light (Doctor Who)|Ghost Light]]" appearing as the memorable alien "Light".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/ghostlight/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Ghost Light - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Hallam married theatrical mask-maker Vicky Brinkworth in 1966, and they had four children together, but divorced in 1992 after twenty-six years of marriage.<ref name=newulsterbiography/><ref name=independent/> |
Hallam married theatrical mask-maker Vicky Brinkworth in 1966, and they had four children together, but divorced in 1992 after twenty-six years of marriage.<ref name=newulsterbiography/><ref name=independent/> |
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Hallam was a cousin of actor [[Clive Mantle]], who is |
Hallam was a cousin of actor [[Clive Mantle]], who is known for playing Mike Barrett in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' during the 1990s, and [[Little John]] in the 1980s fantasy series ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]''.<ref name=thestage>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/john-hallam/|title=John Hallam - Obituaries|first=The|last=Stage|date=24 November 2006}}</ref> |
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Hallam’s daughter Nancy is married to former footballer, [[Ian Wright]]. |
Hallam’s daughter Nancy is married to former footballer, [[Ian Wright]]. |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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On 14 November 2006, Hallam died of |
On 14 November 2006, Hallam died of testicular cancer in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England after a brief spell of ill health.<ref name=independent>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-hallam-425062.html |title=Archived copy Independent obit |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=20 November 2006 |access-date=2010-12-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414161458/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-hallam-425062.html |archive-date=14 April 2016 }}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 22 November 2024
John Hallam | |
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Born | John William Francis Hallam 28 October 1941 Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
Died | 14 November 2006 Clifton, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 65)
Alma mater | RADA |
Occupation(s) | Stage, film, television actor |
Years active | 1967–2003 |
Spouse |
Vicky Brinkworth
(m. 1966; div. 1992) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Clive Mantle (cousin) |
John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006[1][2]) was a character actor from Northern Ireland, who frequently played hard men or military types.[3]
Early life
[edit]John Hallam was born, the son of a superintendent at London Docklands, in 1941 in Lisburn, County Antrim, after the family were evacuated to Northern Ireland during the Second World War.[4] On returning to England, he boarded at St Albans School, before starting his working life in a London bank. Despite having a talent for mathematics, he said he was sacked for getting the figures right without being able to explain how he did so. As a result, he ended up selling deckchairs on the South Coast, where he eventually found acting work in repertory theatre.[3]
Career
[edit]Stage
[edit]After training at RADA (1962–64), Hallam began acting with Laurence Olivier's embryonic National Theatre Company, playing the Stage Door Keeper in Trelawny of the 'Wells' (Old Vic Theatre, 1965).[3][5] He was seen performing on television for the first time in 1967, in the small role of a watchman when the BBC screened the director Franco Zeffirelli's National Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing (Old Vic).[6][7]
Stage roles became infrequent when an unending flow of film and television work followed.[8]
Film
[edit]On the big screen, he worked his way up from small roles as an officer in The Charge of the Light Brigade (directed by Tony Richardson, 1968) and a revolting Burpa tribesman in Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) to more substantial roles as Sir Meles of Bohemia in A Walk with Love and Death (the director John Huston's tale of 14th-century romance in France, 1969).[2]
Over the years he appeared in many films including Where's Jack? (1969), The Last Valley, Villain, Nicholas and Alexandra, Murphy's War, and Quest for Love (1971), The Offence, Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Hennessy (1975), Trial by Combat (1976), The Four Feathers (1978), Love and Bullets (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Dragonslayer (1981), Ivanhoe (1982), Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), When the Whales Came (1989), and the 1985 science-fiction cult film Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper.[9]
He appeared in Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple “4:50 from Paddington” as Cedric Crackenthorple. He also appeared as McTaggart in the director's cut of the 1973 film The Wicker Man.[10] His later film roles included a Baron in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and as Mandara in Kull the Conqueror (1997).[2]
Television
[edit]In 1973 he played the troubled Dr. Peter Conway in the science fiction series Moonbase 3. Later in the decade he appeared as "uncle" Harry Farmer, a former soldier who is invalided out of the army in the BBC Television First World War drama series, Wings (1977-1978).
Another notable television role was as Thomas Mallen in Catherine Cookson’s adaptation drama series The Mallens (1979).[11]
He also appeared as "Gypsy Joe" in the Minder episode "In", (1982) and in the BBC's television adaptations of two tales from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, from 1988 until 1990, and later starred as Ali Ben Hassad in the 1998 TV movie The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo.[2][12] He also appeared in the show Blackadder (1983 Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal) as Sir Wilfred Death.[13]
He had a semi-regular role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing prison inmate Barnsey Barnes, a character that appears as the cellmate of regular character Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) while he is serving time at the fictional Dickens Hill prison.[14] Hallam appeared on the show between 1988 and 1990. In 1989 he appeared in the Doctor Who serial "Ghost Light" appearing as the memorable alien "Light".[15]
Personal life
[edit]Hallam married theatrical mask-maker Vicky Brinkworth in 1966, and they had four children together, but divorced in 1992 after twenty-six years of marriage.[4][3]
Hallam was a cousin of actor Clive Mantle, who is known for playing Mike Barrett in Casualty during the 1990s, and Little John in the 1980s fantasy series Robin of Sherwood.[14]
Hallam’s daughter Nancy is married to former footballer, Ian Wright.
Death
[edit]On 14 November 2006, Hallam died of testicular cancer in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England after a brief spell of ill health.[3]
Filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Mausoleum Club British Archive Television Forum". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2006.
- ^ a b c d "John Hallam". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Archived copy Independent obit". Independent.co.uk. 20 November 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ a b "John Hallam". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- ^ "Production of Trelawny of the Wells - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Production of Much Ado About Nothing - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Much Ado about Nothing (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
- ^ "John Hallam". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "John Hallam - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ "Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute".
- ^ Jones, Stephen (4 August 2011). The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781780332772.
- ^ "Marco Polo - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Black Adder: The Black Seal (1983) - Martin Shardlow - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
- ^ a b Stage, The (24 November 2006). "John Hallam - Obituaries".
- ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Ghost Light - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
External links
[edit]- John Hallam at IMDb
- John Hallam obituary in The Independent 20 November 2006