Bartholomew John

Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television in America and Australia. In 1974, his single "Someone" peaked at number 75 in Australia.

Career John has worked as a professional stage and screen actor, singer and presenter for over 40 years, nationally and internationally. He is a classically trained singer, who initially had a music career in New Zealand. He never considered himself an actor, but developed the acting bug through musical theatre.

In the 1970s, John played clown, Ronald McDonald on McDonald’s television advertisements in Australia.

He played Dr. Chris Piper in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors from 1977 to 1979 followed by a lead role in Skyways from 1979 to 1981 as Captain Nick Granger, also appearing in Waterloo Station and Special Squad. His guest credits include: Murder Call, All Saints and Always Greener.

John attended The Actors Studio in New York in the 1980s, where he took some master classes.

In 2005, John portrayed John Forsythe in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.

His theatre appearances include South Pacific (as Captain George Brackett), The Sound of Music (playing Captain Von Trapp), Oliver! (as Fagan), the world premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman (playing Byron Mayo) and the world premiere of Dr Zhivago (as Victor Komarovsky).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1983 Skin Deep Ray Scott TV movie 1988 Outback Bound Newsreader TV movie 1996 Acri Wyler Feature film 2003 Lucy Hubbell Robinson TV movie 2005 Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure John Forsythe TV movie

Television Year Title Role Type 1975 Matlock Police Oscar Zolinsky TV series, season 5, episode 178: "The Overlanders" 1977–1979 The Young Doctors Dr. Chris Piper TV series, 398 episodes 1979–1980 Skyways Captain Nick Granger TV series, seasons 1–2, 87 episodes 1981 Cop Shop Clive Groves TV series, 2 episodes 1983–1984 Waterloo Station Detective Tony Harris TV series 1984 Special Squad John Sutton TV series, episode: "Slow Attack" 1986–1987 The Challenge John Longley Miniseries, 6 episodes 1988 Australians Dick Meagher Miniseries, episode "John Norton" 1993 Time Trax Roger Stevens TV series, season 1, episode 13: "Darien Comes Home" 1993 G.P. Garth Storey TV series, season 5, episode 25: "Family Life" 1995 Space: Above and Beyond Richard West TV series, pilot episode 1999 Heartbreak High Mr Cross TV series, season 7, episode 18 2000 Tales of the South Seas Miniseries, episode 8: "The Rabblerouser" 2000 Murder Call Sebastian Tombs TV series, season 3, episode 12: "A Stab in the Dark" 2002–2003 All Saints Lindsay Green TV series, seasons 5–6, 3 episodes 2002–2003 Always Greener Gregory Kind TV series, season 2, 6 episodes

Theatre Year Title Role Type 1974 A Little Night Music Frid the Butler Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson 1977; 1981 Side by Side by Sondheim Canberra Theatre, Theatre Royal Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Court Theatre, Christchurch with Globe Theatre Productions 1981 Something's Queer at the Pier Manly Music Hall, Sydney 1981 On Our Selection Sandy Taylor SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre 1983 The Sound of Music Captain Von Trapp Princess Theatre, Melbourne 1984 Oliver! Bill Sikes Festival Theatre, Adelaide at Adelaide Festival Centre 1987 The Essential Coward - Private Lives Sydney Opera House 1987 Olympus on My Mind Jupiter University of Sydney with Gordon Frost Organisation 1988 Faces in the Street Seymour Centre, Sydney for Sydney Festival 1988 Man of La Mancha Knight State Theatre, Melbourne 1991 Death Trap University of Sydney 1991 Arsenic and Old Lace Playhouse, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, Canberra Theatre, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane 1992 Mary Lives! Various roles Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Geelong Arts Centre with Playbox Theatre Company 1995 I Hate Hamlet Arts Theatre, Adelaide 2005–2006 Fiddler on the Roof The Constable Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with TML Enterprises 2006 Titanic: The Musical John Jacob Astor Theatre Royal Sydney with Seabiscuit Productions 2011 Doctor Zhivago Viktor Komarovsky Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with Gordon Frost Organisation 2012 An Officer and a Gentleman Byron Mayo / Mullins / Worley Sydney Lyric Theatre with Gordon Frost Organisation 2013 South Pacific Captain George Bracket Sydney Opera House with Opera Australia & Lincoln Center Theatre 2013 Anything Goes Elisha Whitney Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Sydney Opera House with Gordon Frost Organisation & Opera Australia