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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Stratford JOHNS (1925-2002)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Alan Stratford Johns, actor, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while rehearsing a scene for the BBC television series, Z Cars, at the BBC Television Centre.
Stratford, who was born and grew up in South Africa, began performing in amateur dramatics while working for a firm of accountants. After serving in the South African Navy and the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he relocated to the UK in 1948 to begin a career as an actor, working in repertory theatre at Southend and Kendal.
Having settled in London in 1952, he found parts on television and in films, while at the same time managing a small hotel in St Martin's Lane. In 1962, he was cast in the BBC police series Z-Cars as Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow, a role which made him a household name.
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Stratford Johns | Alice Stern | Robert Boothby | Bessie Love | Joan Stanton | Harry Worth | John Dodd | Ralph Reader