John Warwick


John McIntosh Beattie , known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor and television dramatist. who was also active in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Acting career

Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, he worked in theatre from the late 1920s and beginning his career in Australian cinema in the early 1930s.
After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at Harrogate theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players",

Personal life and death

He was married twice, first to Dorothy Georgina Beattie, and secondly to New Zealand-born actress Molly Raynor.
Warwick died on 10 January 1972, aged 67 in Sydney

Partial filmography

  • On Our Selection – Jim Carey
  • In the Wake of the Bounty – Midshipman Young
  • The Squatter's Daughter – Clive Sherrington
  • The Silence of Dean Maitland – Dr. Henry Everard
  • Find the Lady –
  • Double Alibi – Charlie
  • Lucky Jade – John Marsden
  • Catch as Catch Can – Eddie Fallon
  • The Ticket of Leave Man – Robert Brierly
  • Passenger to London – Frank Drayton
  • A Yank at Oxford – Minor Role
  • John Halifax – John Halifax
  • This Man Is News – Johnnie Clayton
  • Me and My Pal – Charlie
  • Dead Men are Dangerous – Goddard
  • The Mind of Mr. Reeder – Ted Bracher
  • The Face at the Window – Lucien Cortier
  • Flying Fifty-Five – Jebson
  • Riding High – George Davenport
  • 21 Days –
  • All at Sea – Brown
  • The Case of the Frightened Lady – Studd
  • Spare a Copper – Shaw
  • Old Bill and Son – Recruiting Officer
  • The Saint's Vacation – Gregory
  • This England – Norman
  • My Wife's Family – Jack Gay
  • Danny Boy – Nick Carter
  • The Missing Million – Bennett
  • The Day Will Dawn – Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
  • Talk About Jacqueline – Donald Clark
  • Teheran – Maj. 'Mack' MacIntyre, UK
  • Woman to Woman – Dr. Gavron
  • Dancing with Crime – Det. Insp. Carter
  • While I Live – George Grant
  • The Franchise Affair – Carley
  • Pool of London – Inspector Jim Moss
  • The Lavender Hill Mob – Police Inspector at Squad Car Headquarters
  • High Treason – Inspector Hewitt
  • Never Look Back – Inspector Raynor
  • Circumstantial Evidence – Pete Hanken
  • The Gentle Gunman – Prisoners Escort On Ship
  • Escape Route – Security Chief Brice
  • Street Corner – Insp. Gray
  • Trouble in Store – Robson
  • Bang! You're Dead – Sgt. Gurney
  • Up to His Neck – Lt Truman
  • Dangerous Voyage – Carter
  • Contraband Spain – Bryant, manager of the Sportadrome
  • The Long Arm – Detective-Inspector at Shipping Office
  • Town on Trial – Inspector Hughes
  • Just My Luck – 1st Ambulance Man
  • Gideon's Day – Insp. Gillick
  • Law and Disorder – Police Superintendent
  • The Square Peg – Colonel Layton
  • Horrors of the Black Museum – Insp. Lodge
  • The Desperate Man – Inspector Cobley
  • Murder at Site 3 – Cmdr. Chambers
  • The Fourth Square – Police Sergeant
  • Go to Blazes – Fireman
  • Cobwebs in Concrete – TV play – writer
  • Adam's Woman – Croyden
  • Demonstrator – Frank Jamieson
  • The Lady from Peking – Inspector

    Writing credits

  • Waiting in the Wings
  • ''Daphne Laureola''