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John Castle

John Castle

Actor · Born January 14, 1940 (86) · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle has acted in theatre, film and television. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in the film Man of La Mancha. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Castle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 14, 1940 (86)
From
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 35% in 30 days

What are John Castle's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Power
20%
Ideas
14%
Bonds
13%
Self
13%
Society
8%
Power4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Shadow
3 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Mentor
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
5
Romantic
3
Warm
2
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Castle's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Castle's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Tractate Middoth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as John Eldred

  • I Against I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Tommy Carmichael

  • The Fixer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!(2008)

    as Captain Rory McBride

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Harlot's Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Sir John Gonson

  • Trafalgar Battle Surgeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Gunner Rivers

  • Princes in the Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Dr. John Argentine

  • Murder City(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Gods and Generals(2003)

    as Old Penn

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jocelyn Myers

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Hornblower: Retribution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Captain Collins

  • A Dinner of Herbs(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Alfred Cottle

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • The Holocaust on Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as David Irving

  • CI5: The New Professionals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Cater Street Hangman(1998)

    as Rev. Prebble

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Animated Epics: Beowulf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Hygelac ( voice )

  • The Heart Surgeon(1997)

    as Charlie Hawkesmore

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Heart Surgeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charlie Hawkesmore

  • The Vanishing Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Moreau

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Charles King

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Seasick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Chief Engineer Josif Mantz

  • Silent Witness(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Bramwell(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Guy Le Saux

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy(1995)

    Show as Havisham

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Wycliffe(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Selby

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Pie in the Sky(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Charles Rider

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Sparrow(1993)

    as Giuseppe

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • RoboCop 3(1993)

    as McDaggett

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side(1992)

    as Detective Inspector Craddock

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • A Touch of Frost(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie Collingham

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Crucifer of Blood(1991)

    as Neville St. Claire

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Dealers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Frank Mallory

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Lord Edgware

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Walsh

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Inspector Morse(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Tony Doyle

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Lost Empires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 7 episodes · as Nick Ollanton

  • Lovejoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Max Hunter

  • Time for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr David Warreck

  • King David(1985)

    as Abner

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Life and Death of King John(1984)

    as Earl of Salisbury

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Kim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Carruthers

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Carruthers

  • Reilly: Ace of Spies(1983)

    Show 2 episodes · as Count Massino

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Storyboard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Miles Longstreeet

  • Heather Ann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Petty Officer

  • Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Narrator

  • Judo Champ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Mr Hall

  • Never Never Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Jim

  • Eagle's Wing(1979)

    as The Priest

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Wings of the Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Merton

  • Tales of the Unexpected(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Derek Johnstone · as John Burge

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The BBC Television Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Earl of Salisbury

  • Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Martin Hargreaves

  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Wilde Alliance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as David Bardsley

  • The Professionals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Crabbe · as Tommy, CI5 Agent

  • The Three Hostages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Dominick Medina

  • 1990 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Captain Rory McBride

  • The Incredible Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Damala

  • The New Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel 'Mad Jack' Miller

  • I, Claudius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · as Postumus

  • The Fight Against Slavery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 6 episodes · as Rev. John Newton

  • Warship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Man of La Mancha(1972)

    as Sanson Carrasco / The Duke

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Dead of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Michael

  • Made (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Father Dyson

  • Antony and Cleopatra(1972)

    as Octavius Caesar

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as John Eldred

  • Conceptions of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Miles Giffard

  • The Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Wakefield · as Lionel

  • The Lion in Winter(1968)

    as Geoffrey

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as The Young Man

  • The Prisoner(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Number Twelve

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Donald Webster

  • Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Brendon O'Mahoney

  • Boy Meets Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Rowley Flint

  • A Night Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Seeley

  • Blow-Up(1966)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • End in Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Leonard Dacie

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Merton Densher

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Benito Mussolini · as Frank · as Johnny Derker · as Luc

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Matthew

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Alexis · as Seeley

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 85 titles from 1964 to 2013; peak year 1967.

Biggest box office

RoboCop 3 (1993)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

RoboCop 3 (1993)

Film career

19642013

Peak 1967 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting85 of 85: 85 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

1960s15 · acting1970s22 · acting1980s19 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s2 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles
6691

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do John Castle's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Sparrow (1993)

68th percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is John Castle's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles22–70 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does John Castle work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Castle's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anthony Harvey shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles