---
name: "John Tordoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-tordoff"
fi1m_id: "john-tordoff"
imdb_id: "nm0867906"
tmdb_id: 24726
wikidata_id: "Q106239010"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 September 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:44:47.091315+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Tordoff

## Identity

John Tordoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-tordoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-tordoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0867906
- **TMDB ID:** 24726
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106239010
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tordoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106239010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867906/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24726

Actor. Born 11 September 1938 in Rochester, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 September 1938, Rochester, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–1991
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (1), 1990s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tordoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106239010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867906/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24726

## Biography

John Tordoff (born 11 September 1938) is a retired English actor. He won a scholarship to RADA at the age of eighteen and graduated in 1957, after which he worked in repertory theatre and later joined the company at the Nottingham Playhouse.

In 1972 he became a founding member of The Actors Company. His screen credits include the role of Mr. Andrews in the film *Without a Clue* (1988), the Scribe in *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Alec Leeson in *Doctor Who* (1971), and Malachi in *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977). He has also worked as a writer, director and artist.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Fi1m 65, as Scribe — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md)
- *Without a Clue* (1988), Fi1m 64, as Mr. Andrews — [page](https://film.one/film/without-a-clue.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Another Life* (2001), as John Ellis
- *Parting Shots* (1999), as Father of the Bride
- *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (1998), as Railway Guard
- *Incognito* (1997), as Bartender
- *Sharpe's Siege* (1996), as Dr. Kenefick
- *The Return of the Borrowers* (1993), series, as Policeman
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Dr. Kenefick
- *The Borrowers* (1992), series, as Policeman
- *Breast* (1992), Actor
- *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), as Scribe — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md)
- *The Fool* (1990), Actor
- *Hands of a Murderer* (1990), as Berton
- *The Upper Hand* (1990), series, as Bodyshop Man
- *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), as Cockney Porter
- *Campion* (1989), series, as Thomas Knapp
- *The Four Minute Mile* (1988), as Groundsman
- *Without a Clue* (1988), as Mr. Andrews — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/without-a-clue.md)
- *The Gourmet* (1986), as Ghost Tramp
- *Androcles and the Lion* (1984), as Spintho
- *Lady Killers* (1980), series, as Mr. Fairfax
- *Henry IV Part 2* (1979), as Francis Feeble
- *Stories from a Flying Trunk* (1979), as The Tramp
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Max · Shop Assistant
- *Lady Oscar* (1979), Actor
- *Julius Caesar* (1979), as Cinna the Poet
- *The Famous Five* (1978), series, as Jacob
- *Strangers* (1978), series, as Grafton Parker
- *Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle* (1977), series, as Warlock
- *Citizen Smith* (1977), series, as PC Brian Tofkin, Tofkin
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), series, as Malachi
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Bernard Whelpton
- *Madame Bovary* (1975), series, as Hippolyte
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Joey Stickley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as John Robinson
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Fox
- *Doctor Who: Colony in Space* (1971), as Alec Leeson
- *Catweazle* (1970), series, as Charley
- *Treasure Island* (1965), as Bill Taylor / Ben Gunn
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Guard
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Alec Leeson — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Billy Liar* (1963), as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)

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