John Lee (31 March 1928 – 21 December 2000) was an Australian actor with an extensive career in film and television in Australia as well as the United Kingdom and the United States.
He is remembered for his roles on television, including Andrew Reynolds in Prisoner, Inspector Ian Timms in Cop Shop, Len Mangel in Neighbours and Philip Stewart in Return to Eden.
He also worked in the United Kingdom throughout the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in series such as The Avengers, The Troubleshooters, Doomwatch, Marked Personal, Warship, Survivors and Wilde Alliance. He played Alydon in the 1963–64 Doctor Who serial The Daleks, which was shown in colour on 23 November 2023 on BBC4.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1956Beyond the RiverJenkins1957Cat GirlAllanShort Cut to HellPorterUncreditedThe Flying ScotYoung man1958The Silent EnemyFlag Lieutenant1960Under Ten FlagsUnknown1961Seven KeysPat JeffersonThe Secret Partner Clive Lang1963Dr. CrippenHarry FawcettA Stitch in TimePolice ConstableUncredited1965Spaceflight IC-1Dr. Garth1969CrossplotBlake1970Say Hello to YesterdayWoman's husbandUncredited 1975Yuppi duUnknownPure SMan in beanie1977Double ExposureFinancier Rothman1980DeadlineKatzer's AssistantNorth Sea HijackPhillips1984Street HeroVice Principal1986ComradesJuggler1988Rikky and PeteHigh Ranking Officer1993Hammers Over the AnvilCharles McAlister1997The CastleChairman
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1958Adventures of the Sea HawkPeter SeaforthSeason 1: (26 episodes)1958 1959
1960ITV Play of the WeekOctavius RobinsonSeason 4, episode 3: "Man and Superman" Season 5: (2 episodes)1959The Flying DoctorDavid ReidSeason 1, episode 9: "The Changing Plain"RendezvousFlight Lieutenant RobertsSeason 1, episode 31: "Blind Landing"GlencannonFirst OfficerSeason 1, episode 25: "Mutiny on the Inchcliffe Castle"1960International DetectiveJeff MorganSeason 1, episode 11: "The Brenner Case"The Probation OfficerUnknownSeason 1, episode 34BBC Sunday-Night PlayJohn WillocksSeason 1, episode 20: "Twentieth Century Theatre: Aren't We All"Golden GirlJohn RedfieldSeason 1, episode 3: "Snatch"Danger ManTony MayneSeason 1, episode 1: "View from the Villa"1961Top SecretHendricksonSeason 1, episode 11: "The Little One Is Dangerous"Emergency-Ward 10Mark DeneSeason 1, episode 4881962The NetJim HowarthSeason 1: (6 episodes)1963It Happened Like ThisJack TennantSeason 1, episode 13: "The Black Monk"Sergeant CorkCartwrightSeason 1, episode 13: "The Case of the Gold Salseman"1964Doctor WhoAlydonSeason 1: (5 episodes)Theatre 625S.S. Block LeaderSeason 1, episode 3: "The Materialists"Armchair TheatreDr. FancySeason 5, episode 1: "The Trial of Dr. Fancy"The Wednesday PlayWerner von HaeftenSeason 1, episode 8: "The July Plot"1966Court MartialHerr HeineckeSeason 1, episode 7: "The Logistics of Survival"1967 1968Man in a SuitcaseThe Killer Inspector GlenSeason 1: (2 episodes)The AvengersMark Pearson Dr. SoamesSeason 5, episode 5: "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" Season 7, episode 1: "The Forget-Me-Knot"1967 1969ITV PlayhouseParker Franz HasendorfenSeason 1, episode 1: "Lord Windermere's Fan" Season 2, episode 39: "Remember the Germans"Softly SoftlySanders ControllerSeason 3, episode 9: "The Hunt" Season 5, episode 4: "Error of Judgement"1968The ChampionsAmbulance DoctorSeason 1, episode 8: "To Trap a Rat"1969Paul TempleInspector DyerSeason 1, episode 6: "Which One if Us Is Me?"1969 1970The TroubleshootersRonnie Darling Simon BroadswordSeason 5, episode 13: "You Want a Clockwork Nightingale" Season 6, episode 15: "Hey, We've Got a Problem Here|"1970Softly, Softly: Task ForceColonel BanksSeason 2, episode 10: "Who Wants Pride...?"1970 1971
1972DoomwatchCaptain Jenson
Dr. CordellSeason 1, episode 1: "The Plastic Eaters" Season 2, episode 8: "The Web of Fear"
Season 3, episode 10: "Cause of Death"1972ITV Sunday Night TheatreDr. ParkerSeason 4, episode 26: "The Rose Garden"Dead of NightPriestSeason 1, episode 7: "A Woman Sobbing"1973Matlock PolicePaul BellSeason 1, episode 115: "Jeff's Missing"1973- 1977WarshipLieutenant Commander Bill KileySeason 1: (3 episodes) Season 2: (4 episodes)
Season 3: (8 episodes)
Season 4: (5 episodes)1974Marked PersonalRichard MasonSeason 1: (10 episodes)1975QuillerSir Michael FosterSeason 1, episode 7: "Target North"1976When the Boat Comes InMajor Rupert RoutledgeSeason 1, episode 10: "Knight for a Day"ITV Sunday Night DramaLennoxSeason 1, episode 61: "The Nicest Man in the World"1977SurvivorsPhilip HurstSeason 3, episode 6: "Reunion"JubileeConrad JacobsSeason 1, episode 7: "Our Kid"Cop ShopInspector Ian Timms112 episodes1978Wilde AllianceChristopher BridgewaterSeason 1: (8 episodes)The Birds Fall DownEdwardSeason 1: (2 episodes)A Horseman Riding ByMajor Barcley-JonesSeason 1, episode 9: "1915: Death of a Hero"1980Prisoner: Cell Block HAndrew ReynoldsSeason 1: (10 episodes)BreakawayNorman HarrisSeason 1: (6 episodes)A Question of GuiltMr. BealSeason 1: (2 episodes)EscapeUnknownPeterSeason 1: (2 episodes)The Last OutlawFather GibneyUnknown1981BBC2 PlayhouseJimSeason 7, episode 10: "One Hundred and Eighty!!!"Goodbye DarlingEdward PartingtonSeason 1, episode 4: "Brenda"A Town Like AliceLester RobinsonSeason 1: (3 episodes)1982A Shifting DreamingUnknownTV movie1983Return to EdenPhillip StewartTV mini-series (2 episodes)1985One Summer AgainUnknownTV movie1986Return to EdenPhilip StewartSeason 1: (7 episodes)1987The Flying DoctorsRoger ManningSeason 3, episode 32: "Sapphire"1988All the WaySir Peter Edwin(Unknown)1988 1994NeighboursGraeme Clifford Len Mangel(10 episodes)1989Darlings of the GodsDoctorTV movieMission: ImpossibleHarrisSeason 2, episode 2: "The Golden Serpent: Part 2"1990FlairJudgeTV mini-series1992Acropolis NowWilliamSeason 5: "2 episodes"The Leaving of LiverpoolPatronTV movie1993The Feds: TerrorBrigadier Lance TalbotTV movie1994 1997Blue HeelersClive McLean Arthur StarlingSeason 1, episode 40: "Without Intent" Season 4, episode 14: "Grave Matters"1995Snowy River: The McGregor SagaMr. HalloranSeason 3, episode 2: "Rough Passage"1997Everybody Loves RaymondWo-HopSeason 2, episode 9: "The Gift"1998Moby DickCaptain BildadTV mini-series
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