John Rolfe

Birthday: 1935-01-01
Deathday: 2020-08-12
Birthplace: Lewisham, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

John Richard Rolfe (1935 – 12 August 2020) was a British actor. He was named after the colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia.

His stage work includes appearances at the Bristol Old Vic and with the RSC.His television credits include: Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, The First Lady, Softly, Softly, Doctor Who (in the serials The War Machines, The Moonbase and The Green Death), Paul Temple, The Troubleshooters, Out of the Unknown, The Regiment, Spy Trap, Warship, Oil Strike North, Survivors, Blake's 7, Minder, Secret Army, The Enigma Files, Yes Minister, One by One, Howards' Way and The House of Eliott. He did the first, moustached and spectacled postman in "Mr. Bean Rides Again" (he played the postman seen before Mr. Bean got locked in the letterbox after he stole a lady's stamp for his own letter). He also played Graham in the 1980 film McVicar, starring Roger Daltrey. In 1994 he guest starred in The Bill.

Credits

Year Title Character
1981-02-27 Days Teacher
1980-08-01 McVicar Graham
1980-01-31 Murder Rap Doctor
1978-01-18 Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat Other Man
1974-09-24 The Gift of Friendship Daniels
1973-06-23 Doctor Who: The Green Death Fell
1967-03-04 Doctor Who: The Moonbase Sam
1966-07-16 Doctor Who: The War Machines Soldier
1953-01-01 Agib and Agab