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John Nettleton (born 5 February 1929) is an English actor best known for playing Sir Arnold Robinson, Cabinet Secretary in ''Yes Minister'' (1980–84) and President of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in the follow-up ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (1985–88). Another political role for Nettleton was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the sitcom ''The New Statesman''. A veteran actor with a career spanning many decades, Nettleton is easily at home playing troubled or flawed aristocratic gentlemen or can be seen amongst a comic ensemble. Other TV roles included a Ministry of Defence department chief in ''The Avengers'' (episode "The See-Through Man", 1967), a police sergeant in ''Please Sir!'' (1969), Francis Bacon in ''Elizabeth R'' (1971), a Detective Superintendent in ''Doctor at Large'' in 1971, ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1972), ''The Country Wife'' (1977), ''Brideshead Revisited'' (1981), ''The Flame Trees of Thika'' (1981), ''The Citadel'' (1983), ''Martin Luther, Heretic'' (1983), ''Brass'' (1983), ''East of Ipswich'' (1987), Reverend Ernest Matthews in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Ghost Light'' (1989), ''Longitude'' (2000), '' Midsomer Murders'' (2005) and ''Kingdom'' (2008). On stage, he has appeared in the Lyttelton Theatre of the National Theatre in the 2006 productions of Harley Granville Barker's ''The Voysey Inheritance'', directed by Peter Gill. He also voices Grandpa in the PC Game, "The Scruffs". In the 1960s and 1970s, Nettleton was the reader of various illustrated stories on children's television programme ''Blue Peter''. Often these were about historical figures, such as Florence Nightingale. He is married to actress Deirdre Doone. ==Selected filmography== * ''A Man For All Seasons'' (1966) * ''The Last Shot You Hear'' (1969) * ''Some Will, Some Won't'' (1970) * ''And Soon the Darkness'' (1970) * ''Black Beauty'' (1971) * ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (1975) * ''Anyone for Denis?'' (1982, TV version) * ''Martin Luther, Heretic'' (1983) * ''American Friends'' (1991) * ''Jinnah'' (1998) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Nettleton (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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