John McIntosh Beattie (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor, and television dramatist.

Early life

He was born John McIntosh Beattie (many sources give "Beattle") at Bellingen,

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. He took the name Warwick from his secondary school.

Acting career

Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, beginning in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing

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, a personal acquaintance in

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, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when ''In the Wake of the Bounty'' was being filmed). After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at

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theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players", afterwards moving into British cinema in the late 1930s–1940s, and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama and cinema there.

Death

He died on 10 January 1972 at the age of 67, in Sydney, Australia.

Personal life

He was married twice, first to Dorothy Georgina Beattie (filed for divorce in 1927 and decree absolute granted in 1929), and secondly to New Zealand-born actress Molly Raynor (1903–1976).

Partial filmography

* '' On Our Selection'' (1932) – Jim Carey * ''

In the Wake of the Bounty ''In the Wake of the Bounty'' (1933) is an Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel about the 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty. It is notable as the screen debut of Errol Flynn, playing Fletcher Christian. The film preceded MGM's more famous ''Mutin ...

'' (1933) – Midshipman Young * '' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1933) – Clive Sherrington * '' The Silence of Dean Maitland'' (1934) – Dr. Henry Everard * '' Find the Lady'' (1936) – (uncredited) * '' Double Alibi'' (1937) – Charlie * '' Lucky Jade'' (1937) – John Marsden * '' Catch as Catch Can'' (1937) – Eddie Fallon * ''

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'' (1937) – Robert Brierly * '' Passenger to London'' (1937) – Frank Drayton * ''

A Yank at Oxford ''A Yank at Oxford'' is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn. The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. The ...

'' (1938) – Minor Role (uncredited) * '' John Halifax'' (1938) – John Halifax * '' This Man Is News'' (1938) – Johnnie Clayton * '' Me and My Pal'' (1939) – Charlie * '' Dead Men are Dangerous'' (1939) – Goddard * '' The Mind of Mr. Reeder'' (1939) – Ted Bracher * '' The Face at the Window'' (1939) – Lucien Cortier * '' Flying Fifty-Five'' (1939) – Jebson * '' Riding High'' (1939) – George Davenport * ''

21 Days ''21 Days'' (also known as ''21 Days Together'', ''The First and the Last'' and ''Three Weeks Together'') is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play '' The First and the Last'' by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean an ...

'' (1940) – (uncredited) * '' All at Sea'' (1940) – Brown * '' The Case of the Frightened Lady'' (1940) – Studd * ''

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'' (1940) – Shaw * '' Old Bill and Son'' (1941) – Recruiting Officer (uncredited) * ''

The Saint's Vacation ''The Saint's Vacation'' is a 1941 adventure film produced by the British arm of RKO Pictures. The film stars Hugh Sinclair as Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", a world-roving crimefighter who walks the fine edge of the law. This was the ...

'' (1941) – Gregory * '' This England'' (1941) – Norman (uncredited) * '' My Wife's Family'' (1941) – Jack Gay * '' Danny Boy'' (1941) – Nick Carter * '' The Missing Million'' (1942) – Bennett * '' The Day Will Dawn'' (1942) – Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub * ''

Talk About Jacqueline ''Talk About Jacqueline'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Harold French and Paul L. Stein and starring Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. A woman tries to conceal her questionable past from her new husband. It was based o ...

'' (1942) – Donald Clark * '' Teheran'' (1946) – Maj. 'Mack' MacIntyre, UK * '' Woman to Woman'' (1947) – Dr. Gavron * '' Dancing with Crime'' (1947) – Det. Insp. Carter * ''

While I Live ''While I Live'' is a 1947 British drama film directed and co-written by John Harlow and starring Sonia Dresdel, Tom Walls and Carol Raye. ''While I Live'' is best remembered for its musical theme "The Dream of Olwen" composed by Charles Wil ...

'' (1947) – George Grant * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) – Carley * ''

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'' (1951) – Inspector Jim Moss (uncredited) * '' The Lavender Hill Mob'' (1951) – Police Inspector at Squad Car Headquarters (uncredited) * '' High Treason'' (1951) – Inspector Hewitt (uncredited) * '' Never Look Back'' (1952) – Inspector Raynor * '' Circumstantial Evidence'' (1952) – Pete Hanken * '' The Gentle Gunman'' (1952) – Prisoners Escort On Ship (uncredited) * '' Escape Route'' (1952) – Security Chief Brice * ''

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'' (1953) – Insp. Gray * ''

Trouble in Store ''Trouble in Store'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana M ...

'' (1953) – Robson * ''

Bang! You're Dead ''Bang! You're Dead'' is a 1954 British psychological drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Jack Warner, Anthony Richmond, Veronica Hurst, Derek Farr and Sean Barrett. The film takes as its subject the accidental killing of a ma ...

'' (1954) – Sgt. Gurney * '' Up to His Neck'' (1954) – Lt Truman * ''

Dangerous Voyage ''Dangerous Voyage'' is a 1954 British mystery crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring William Lundigan, Naomi Chance and Vincent Ball. It was produced as a second feature for distribution by Anglo-Amalgamated.Chibnall & McFarlane p. ...

'' (1954) – Carter * '' Contraband Spain'' (1955) – Bryant, manager of the Sportadrome * '' The Long Arm'' (1956) – Detective-Inspector at Shipping Office * '' Town on Trial'' (1957) – Inspector Hughes (uncredited) * '' Just My Luck'' (1957) – 1st Ambulance Man (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) – Insp. Gillick (uncredited) * '' Law and Disorder'' (1958) – Police Superintendent * '' The Square Peg'' (1959) – Colonel Layton * ''

Horrors of the Black Museum ''Horrors of the Black Museum'' (1959) is a British-American horror film starring Michael Gough and directed by Arthur Crabtree. It was the first film in what film critic David Pirie dubbed Anglo-Amalgamated's "Sadian trilogy" (the other two b ...

'' (1959) – Insp. Lodge * ''

The Desperate Man ''The Desperate Man'' is a 1959 British B movie crime film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Conrad Phillips, Jill Ireland, William Hartnell, Charles Gray and Peter Swanwick. The plot involves a writer who investigates a murder in the ...

'' (1959) – Inspector Cobley * '' Murder at Site 3'' (1959) – Cmdr. Chambers *'' The Fourth Square'' (1961) – Police Sergeant * '' Go to Blazes'' (1962) – Fireman * '' Cobwebs in Concrete'' (1968) – TV play – writer''Cobwebs in Concrete''
at Ausstage * ''

Adam's Woman ''Adam's Woman'' is a 1970 Australian-American historical drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow and John Mills. It has been called a "convict Western". Plot In the 1840s, an American sailor ashore in Liver ...

'' (1970) – Croyden * '' Demonstrator'' (1971) – Frank Jamieson * '' The Lady from Peking'' (1975) – Inspector (Last appearance)

Writing Credits

*'' Waiting in the Wings'' (1965) *'' Daphne Laureola'' (1965)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, John 1905 births 1972 deaths Australian male film actors 20th-century Australian male actors