John Castle

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle was born in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in ... more

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle was born in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in the film Man of La Mancha. Other TV credits include: Lillie (1978), The Prisoner (1967), Softly, Softly (1973), The New Avengers (1976), 1990 (1977), The Professionals, Strangers, Reilly, Ace of Spies, Tales of the Unexpected, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Miss Marple, Lost Empires (with Laurence Olivier), Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, Casualty, The Three Hostages, The Princes in the Tower, Spooks, (Sherlock Holmes's episode) The Solitary Cyclist (as Carruthers). Other film credits besides the ones already mentioned include: Blowup (1966), "The... less