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name: "Milton Johns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/milton-johns"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 May 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:44:01.682896+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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# Milton Johns

Actor. Born 13 May 1938 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 May 1938, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** John Robert Milton

## Biography

Milton Johns, born John Robert Milton on 13 May 1938 in Bristol, England, is an English actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School between 1959 and 1962 and subsequently worked with the company until 1965.

Johns has appeared in numerous British television series, including as Ernie in *The Good Life* (1975). Other credits include roles in *Doctor Who* (as Guy Crayford and Castellan Kelner), *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980) as Captain Bewil, *Coronation Street* as Brendan Scott (1991–93), and *The Basil Brush Show* (2002–07) as the landlord. He has also featured in *Poldark*, *Ever Decreasing Circles*, *Yes Minister* and *Butterflies*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Good Life* (1975), Fi1m 85, as Ernie — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-life.md)

## Also known for

- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Bewil — [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)
- *The X-Files* (1998), British Valet
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Guy Crayford, Kelner — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Joseph* (1995), Vintner
- *The Saint* (1962), Vargas
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), A.J. Powers

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