John Warwick

Australian actor

John McIntosh Beattie (some sources give Beattle) (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor and television dramatist. who was also active in the United Kingdom. ^[1]^[2]

He was born at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.^[3] He took the name Warwick from his secondary school.

Acting career

Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, he worked in theatre from the late 1920s and beginning his career in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal acquaintance in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when In the Wake of the Bounty was being filmed).^[4]^{[self-published source]}

After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at Harrogate theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players",^[5] afterwards moving into British cinema in the late 1930s–1940s, and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama and cinema there.^[6]

Personal life and death

He was married twice, first to Dorothy Georgina Beattie (filed for divorce in 1927 and decree absolute granted in 1929),^[7] and secondly to New Zealand-born actress Molly Raynor (1903–1976).

Warwick died on 10 January 1972, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales^[8]

Partial filmography

On Our Selection (1932) – Jim Carey
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) – Midshipman Young
The Squatter's Daughter (1933) – Clive Sherrington
The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) – Dr. Henry Everard
Find the Lady (1936) – (uncredited)
Double Alibi (1937) – Charlie
Lucky Jade (1937) – John Marsden
Catch as Catch Can (1937) – Eddie Fallon
The Ticket of Leave Man (1937) – Robert Brierly
Passenger to London (1937) – Frank Drayton
A Yank at Oxford (1938) – Minor Role (uncredited)
John Halifax (1938) – John Halifax
This Man Is News (1938) – Johnnie Clayton
Me and My Pal (1939) – Charlie
Dead Men are Dangerous (1939) – Goddard
The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939) – Ted Bracher
The Face at the Window (1939) – Lucien Cortier
Flying Fifty-Five (1939) – Jebson
Riding High (1939) – George Davenport
21 Days (1940) – (uncredited)
All at Sea (1940) – Brown
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) – Studd
Spare a Copper (1940) – Shaw
Old Bill and Son (1941) – Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
The Saint's Vacation (1941) – Gregory
This England (1941) – Norman (uncredited)
My Wife's Family (1941) – Jack Gay
Danny Boy (1941) – Nick Carter
The Missing Million (1942) – Bennett
The Day Will Dawn (1942) – Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Talk About Jacqueline (1942) – Donald Clark
Teheran (1946) – Maj. 'Mack' MacIntyre, UK
Woman to Woman (1947) – Dr. Gavron
Dancing with Crime (1947) – Det. Insp. Carter
While I Live (1947) – George Grant
The Franchise Affair (1951) – Carley
Pool of London (1951) – Inspector Jim Moss (uncredited)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – Police Inspector at Squad Car Headquarters (uncredited)
High Treason (1951) – Inspector Hewitt (uncredited)
Never Look Back (1952) – Inspector Raynor
Circumstantial Evidence (1952) – Pete Hanken
The Gentle Gunman (1952) – Prisoners Escort On Ship (uncredited)
Escape Route (1952) – Security Chief Brice
Street Corner (1953) – Insp. Gray
Trouble in Store (1953) – Robson
Bang! You're Dead (1954) – Sgt. Gurney
Up to His Neck (1954) – Lt Truman
Dangerous Voyage (1954) – Carter
Contraband Spain (1955) – Bryant, manager of the Sportadrome
The Long Arm (1956) – Detective-Inspector at Shipping Office
Town on Trial (1957) – Inspector Hughes (uncredited)
Just My Luck (1957) – 1st Ambulance Man (uncredited)
Gideon's Day (1958) – Insp. Gillick (uncredited)
Law and Disorder (1958) – Police Superintendent
The Square Peg (1959) – Colonel Layton
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) – Insp. Lodge
The Desperate Man (1959) – Inspector Cobley
Murder at Site 3 (1959) – Cmdr. Chambers
The Fourth Square (1961) – Police Sergeant
Go to Blazes (1962) – Fireman
Cobwebs in Concrete (1968) – TV play – writer^[9]
Adam's Woman (1970) – Croyden
Demonstrator (1971) – Frank Jamieson
The Lady from Peking (1975) – Inspector (Last appearance)

Writing credits

Waiting in the Wings (1965)
Daphne Laureola (1965)

References

^ BFI.org
^ "JOHN WARWICK HOME". Warwick Daily News. No. 8742. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ IMDb entry for 'John Warwick'
^ Moore, John Hammond 'Young Errol Flynn Before Hollywood (2nd Edition, 2011, Pub. Trafford Publishing).
^ 'John Warwick Makes Good', 'The Sun' (Published Sydney), 14 November 1937, P.5
^ 'John Warwick's filmography on IMDb
^ "In Divorce". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 12 October 1929. p. 11.
^ https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/item/1453602 ^{[bare URL]}
^ Cobwebs in Concrete at Ausstage