John Wells
Acting
Born November 17, 1936 · Ashford, Kent, UK
Biography
Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967) and Rentadick (1972), television dramas like Casanova (1987), an episode of Lovejoy (1991) and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenpla…
Known For · 40 titles
Have I Got News for You
Wogan
Playhouse
Absolutely Fabulous
Rumpole of the Bailey
Lovejoy
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Casino Royale
Bottom
Yes, Prime Minister
For Your Eyes Only
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
One Pair of Eyes
Country Matters
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Charlie Chalk
Chalk
Q...
Rude Health
Revolution
Dutch Girls
Princess Caraboo
Casanova
Consuming Passions
Anyone for Denis?
Every Home Should Have One
Rentadick
Love's Labour's Lost
The Light Princess
The Bobo
The Giftie
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
The End Of The Pier Show
Stones
Bottom Mindless Violence
Anyone for Denis
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls