John Barrett

Jack Elvyn Barrett (18 February 1910 – 22 May 1983) was a British actor on film, television and stage, best known for his roles as Smellie Ibbotson in The Dustbinmen and Hylda Baker's father in Not On Your Nellie.

Biography Born in Rochdale in 1910, Barrett worked in a family business there, and in the 1930s began working in the theatre. He started as an assistant stage manager, and at different times worked as an actor, stage manager, director and actor-manager. Following the war, he joined weekly repertory companies across England, working in places such as Birmingham, Rugby, and Hastings in Sussex, Portsmouth in Hampshire, Bournemouth in Dorset, and Burnley in Lancashire. In the mid 1950s, he made his first appearances on screen and thereafter had frequent roles on television and in films. In the 1960s and 1970s, he acted in London at the Royal Court Theatre, Savoy Theatre and the National Theatre under directors like William Gaskill, Michael Wearing, Lindsay Anderson, and Bill Bryden. 1976 The Eagle Has Landed Laker Armsby 1979 Porridge Hedley 1979 Tess Old Dairyhand 1979 The Quiz Kid Old Man 1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Dairyman 1982 Remembrance Jimmy 1982 The Missionary Old Man outside Hotel

Television

Selected stage performances Year Title Author Theatre Role Director 1939 The Bear Anton Chekhov The Curtain Theatre, Rochdale Jack E. Barrett 1954 White Sheep of the Family John Hay Beith and L. du Garde Peach Victoria Theatre, Burnley James Winter John Barrett 1954 When We Are Married J. B. Priestley Victoria Theatre, Burnley John Barrett 1954 Dial M for Murder Frederick Knott Victoria Theatre, Burnley John Barrett 1954 Babes in the Wood(pantomime) Victoria Theatre, Burnley Robber Morris Parsons 1968 A Collier's Friday Night D. H. Lawrence Royal Court Theatre, London Old Lambert, collier(main role) Peter Gill 1969 Saved Edward Bond Royal Court Theatre, London main role William Gaskill 1971 The Changing Room David Storey Royal Court Theatre, London Harry Lindsay Anderson 1972 Lloyd George Knew My Father William Douglas-Home Savoy Theatre, London Robertson Robin Midgley 1978 Lark Rise Flora Thompson Cottesloe, National Theatre Bill Bryden and Sebastian Graham-Jones