John Richardson

John Richardson was born on Jan 19, 1934 in UK. John Richardson's big-screen debut came with A Night to Remember directed by Roy Ward Baker in 1958, strarring Valet (uncredited). John Richardson is known for The League of Gentlemen directed by Basil Dearden, Jack Hawkins stars as Hyde and Nigel Patrick as Race. The upcoming new movie John Richardson plays is The Church which will be released on Mar 10, 1989.

Classically handsome John Richardson began his career with small roles in British movies at the end of the 1950s. His first role of note was opposite Barbara Steele in the gothic horror classic La maschera del demonio (1960), directed by Mario Bava. His massive success was Don Chaffey's One Million Years B.C. (1966) with Raquel Welch, produced by Hammer Films. Later, following the steps of some other actors, he went on to appear in various Italian movies such as Umberto Lenzi's horror movie Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro (1975), Michele Soavi's La chiesa (1989) and many others. Richardson's great passion was collecting automobiles and he sometimes appeared in movies as long as an automobile was included in the contract. But his recent movies filmed in the 1980s convinced him to retire from acting completely. He was a noteworthy photographer with no interest whatsoever in looking back on his career in cinema. John Richardson passed away from complications of COVID-19 on January 4, 2021, only two weeks away from his 87th birthday.