John Rolfe

Known for ActingBorn 1935-01-01Died 2020-08-12Lewisham, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Gift of Friendship

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Expert

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Enemy at the Door

Mr. Bean

The Sweeney

Danger UXB

To Serve Them All My Days

Secret Army

Doctor Who

Blake's 7

Doctor Who: The War Machines

Minder

The World of Lee Evans

The Troubleshooters

Joking Apart

Doctor Who: The Moonbase

Bergerac

Kessler

Time of My Life

Return of the Saint

BBC2 Play of the Week

Counterstrike

Poldark

Rentaghost

The House of Eliott

Sykes

Shadows of Fear

McVicar

Terry and June

Mapp & Lucia

Don't Forget to Write!

Howards' Way

This Body Is Mine

EastEnders

Blake's 7: Duel

Days

Coming Home

Murder Rap

A Question of Guilt

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Cluff

Agib and Agab

Head in Shadow