John Bluthal
Birthday
1929/08/12
Day of death
2018/11/15 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Malopolskie, Poland
Also know as
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Biography
John Bluthal (born Isaac Bluthal; 12 August 1928 – 15 November 2018) was a comic actor best known for the role of Frank Pickle in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley and for his work with Spike Milligan in the Q series. He also appeared in several films including the Carry On movies, The Pink Panther movies, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Fifth Element and Hail, Caesar! He was born in Poland in 1929 and emigrated with his family to Australia when he was a child. In the early 60s, Bluthal moved to...Read more
Acting
(1997) The Fifth Element
as Professor Pacoli
(1967) Follow That Camel
as Corporal Clotski
(1964) Carry On Spying
as Head Waiter / Dr. Crow (voice)
(1967) Casino Royale
as Casino Doorman & MI5. Man
(1975) The Great McGonagall
as various
(1965) Help!
as Bhuta
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Corporal Clotski / Moshe Montmorency (archive footage)
(2004) Love's Brother
as Pepe
(1968) The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Judge
(1969) A Talent for Loving
as ---
(1984) Squaring the Circle
as Babiuch
(1976) Escape to Entebbe
as Reporter
(1976) Meriel the Ghost Girl
as Sam Nicholls
(1968) Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Dr. Pinto
(1992) Stan and George's New Life
as Stan Senior
(1973) The Three Musketeers
as Various Roles (voice)
(1974) The Four Musketeers
as English Officer/Innkeeper and other roles (voice) (uncredited)
(1983) The Return of Captain Invincible
as Deli Owner
(1965) The Knack... and How to Get It
as Angry Father
(1977) Spaghetti Two-Step
as Sidney
(1973) Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Manny Cohen
(1996) Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
as Michael Dennehy
(2000) Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
as Stephanos
(1966) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Roman Chief Guard
(1968) The Brahmin Widow
as Kondu
(1963) Doctor in Distress
as Railway Porter (uncredited)
(2016) Hail, Caesar!
as Prof. Marcuse
(1968) The Visitors
as Arrhur Somerset
(1998) RPM
as Grinkstein
(1967) A Ghost of a Chance
as Mayor's Assistant
(1981) Alison's Birthday
as Dean Findlay
(1976) Fantasm
as Notafreud (uncredited)
(1972) Nightmare
as ---
(1980) Touch and Go
as Anatole
(1974) The Flying Sorcerer
as Uncle Charlie
(1975) Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
as Mr. Mockler
(2016) British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Frank Pickle (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973) Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Jerry
(1998) Dark City
as Karl Harris
(1995) Leapin' Leprechauns
as Michael Dennehy
(1975) The Return of the Pink Panther
as Blind Beggar
(1970) Doctor in Trouble
as Taxi Driver
(1964) A Hard Day's Night
as Car Thief (uncredited)
(2017) Jungle
as Uncle Nissim
(1980) Franklin River Journey
as Narrator
(1994) A Pinch of Snuff
as Maurice Arany
(1979) Design for Living
as Ernest Friedman
(1978) Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Guard at Cemetery
(1974) The Over-Amorous Artist
as Pakistani Salesman
(1996) Spike
as Himself
(1964) This Is My Street
as Joe
(1986) Labyrinth
as Goblin (voice)
(1964) Father Came Too!
as Robert the Bruce
(1963) The Mouse on the Moon
as Von Neidell
(1983) Superman III
as Pisa Vendor
(2021) The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1978) The Irishman
as Dave
(1974) The Cafeteria
as Lieberman
(1976) The Joke
as Dr Einstein
(1978) Renoir, My Father
as Gleyne
(1971) Carry On Henry
as Moshe Montmorency (uncredited)
(2001) On Location: The Carry Ons
as Corporal Clotski (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998) What's a Carry On?
as Corporal Clotski (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1993) Blue Heelers
as ---
(1969) Q...
as ---
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Jack Holiday
(1983) Taggart
as ---
(1994) The Vicar of Dibley
as Frank Pickle
(1987) Inspector Morse
as Victor Ignotas
(1975) Rumpole of the Bailey
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Ziggy Zaglan
(1962) Fireball XL5
as ---
(1990) One Foot in the Grave
as Mr Jellinek
(1986) Lovejoy
as Popov
(1992) Virtual Murder
as ---
(1961) It's a Square World
as ---
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1980) Home Sweet Home
as Enzo Pacelli
(1962) The Saint
as Guido Naccaro
(1982) There's A Lot Of It About
as ---
(1956) Hancock's Half Hour
as ---
(2010) Spirited
as Rocco
(1964) The Protectors
as Vladimir Kropotny
(1979) Minder
as Solly Salmon
(1960) Citizen James
as Charlie
(1976) Bluey
as Newsman
(1985) Super Gran
as Inside Legg The Tailor
(1958) The Larkins
as Martinez
(1974) Playhouse
as Sam Nicholls
(1981) Bergerac
as Edward Emanuelson
(1972) Sykes
as Henry
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Krassin
(1989) Birds of a Feather
as Pedro
(2022) Presented in Supercolorisation
as Commander Wilbur Zero / Kazak (voice)
(2022) Presented in Supercolorisation
as Commander Wilbur Zero / Doctor Simpson (voice)
(2022) Presented in Supercolorisation
as Commander Wilbur Zero / Jock Campbell (voice)
(1962) Fireball XL5
as Commander Wilbur Zero (voice)
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Emmanuel 'Manny' Cohen
(1961) The Avengers
as Sergei Ivenko
(1974) Playhouse
as Dr. Einstein
(1974) Playhouse
as Lieberman
(1974) Playhouse
as Mr. Mockler
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Ernest Friedman
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as Gleyne
(1964) HMS Paradise
as Gus
(1963) Festival
as Justin Thyme
(1985) In Sickness and in Health
as Ricky
(1967) Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Manny Cohen