Discover
John Bardon, was an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 as 'Best Actor in a Musical' for Kiss Me, Kate, sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk. He was best known for playing the patriarch Jim Branning on EastEnders for 13 years. On 12 September 2014 the BBC announced that Bardon had died at age 75.
Birth Name
John Michael Jones
Born
Friday, 25 August 1939
Died
Friday, 12 September 2014
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square | Jim Branning | 2020 |
Would I Lie to You? | Jim Branning | 2007 |
Screenwipe | Jim Branning | 2006 |
Just the Two of Us | Self - Contestant | 2006 |
Ken Dodd: Another Audience with Ken Dodd | Self - Audience Member | 2002 |
Hippies | Security Guard | 1999 |
The Killing Zone | Man With Cigarette | 1999 |
East Is East | Mr. Moorhouse | 1999 |
Polterguests | Sid | 1999 |
A Royal Scandal | William Cole | 1997 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square | Jim Branning | 2020 |
Would I Lie to You? | Jim Branning | 2007 |
Screenwipe | Jim Branning | 2006 |
Just the Two of Us | Self - Contestant | 2006 |
Ken Dodd: Another Audience with Ken Dodd | Self - Audience Member | 2002 |
Hippies | Security Guard | 1999 |
The Killing Zone | Man With Cigarette | 1999 |
East Is East | Mr. Moorhouse | 1999 |
Polterguests | Sid | 1999 |
A Royal Scandal | William Cole | 1997 |
The Broker's Man | Ted Clark | 1997 |
Midsomer Murders | Mr. Belgrove | 1997 |
Gobble | Taxi Driver | 1997 |
Fierce Creatures | Sealion Spectator | 1997 |
Giving Tongue | Stan Gale | 1996 |
Seasick | Bosun Patrick Forget | 1996 |
Gulliver's Travels | Bedlam Admissions Warder | 1996 |
Bramwell | Middle Aged Man | 1995 |
Goodnight Sweetheart | Guard | 1993 |
The Detectives | Billy | 1993 |
Get Back | Bernie Sweet | 1992 |
Heartbeat | Grandad Rowan | 1992 |
Love Hurts | Sam Carver | 1992 |
Further Up Pompeii | Villainus Brutus | 1991 |
Drop the Dead Donkey | 1st Cabbie | 1990 |
Birds of a Feather | Les Stubbs / Les | 1989 |
The Paradise Club | Mad Max Wheeler | 1989 |
Screen One | Billy | 1989 |
Mike & Angelo | Aubrey Hepburn / Sir Stanley Swann | 1989 |
Mystery!: Campion | Inspector Tanner | 1989 |
Poirot | Lavatory Attendant | 1989 |
Desmond's | Police Inspector | 1989 |
That's Love | Irate Driver | 1988 |
Hannay | Edward Rose | 1988 |
84 Charing Cross Road | Labour Party Canvasser | 1987 |
Casualty | Jack Morris | 1986 |
Clockwise | Ticket Collector / Station Master | 1986 |
The Return of the Antelope | Professor Otto | 1986 |
Boon | Fisherman | 1986 |
Lovejoy | Walter Gimbert | 1986 |
C.A.T.S. Eyes | Police Inspector | 1985 |
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | PC Palk | 1984 |
Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Lord of Tyre, Fisherman of Pentapolis, Storm Sailor / Lord of Tyre / Fisherman of Pentapolis / Storm Sailor | 1984 |
The Brief | Robbo Robbins | 1984 |
Ordeal by Innocence | Night Porter | 1984 |
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle | Jim's Dad | 1983 |
Fords on Water | Man in Hotel Bar | 1983 |
Tiny Revolutions | Court chairman | 1981 |
Only Fools and Horses | Tom Clarke | 1981 |
Never the Twain | Fletcher | 1981 |
Murphy's Stroke | O'Connor | 1980 |
The Gentle Touch | George | 1980 |
Hi-de-Hi! | Ron Armitage | 1980 |
Minder | Billy / Juror | 1979 |
Terry and June | Mr Grubb | 1979 |
Shoestring | Ralph | 1979 |
The Famous Five | Peters | 1978 |
Hazell | Foley | 1978 |
A Sharp Intake of Breath | Bates | 1977 |
Rumpole of the Bailey | Fred Timson | 1975 |
Angels | PC Henderson / Denis Swainson | 1975 |
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Bookmaker | 1975 |
Antony and Cleopatra | Demetrius | 1974 |
S*P*Y*S | Evans | 1974 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Chauffeur | 1974 |
Crown Court | John Ryan / Hugh Wentworth | 1972 |
Are You Being Served? | the Check Suit | 1972 |
Play for Today | Sammy | 1970 |
Dad's Army | Harold Forster | 1968 |
ITV Playhouse | Linesman | 1967 |
Horizon | Male Nurse | 1964 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |