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John Rutland
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John W Rutland was a British theatre, television and film actor. In a career which spanned fifty years Rutland had dozens of British television and film credits to his name. His film credits included The Hostage (as Jim Barnes, 1956), Take Me Over (1963), Calculated Risk (as Kip, 1963), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981). His television appearances included collaborations with Kenneth Williams, Dick Emery, Eric Sykes and The Two Ronnies in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Rutland was born on 31 August 1916 in Southwark, London, England. He had two sisters, Deborah and Winifred and one brother, James. Career Rutland made his first appearance on television in the early 1950s. He played Lord Brockhurst in The Boy Friend in the early 1950s. Rutland appeared in the West End in the musical version of Canterbury Tales in the late 1960s. He appeared on the show Sykes and a Big, Big Show. in 1971. Rutland appeared twice in Last of The Summer Wine as different characters, as well as four times in the long-running ITV police drama series The Bill as four different characters. in 1981 he appeared in Great Expectations. In 1985 he appeared in an episode of Hi-de-hi. He also appeared in one episode in the fifth season of the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo, as a clock repairer. In the 1990s he made several appearances on the children's TV show Chucklevision and he also appeared in Eastenders. In 1998 he appeared at the Players' Theatre, Covent Garden in the stage adaptation of More Work for the Undertaker. In 1992 he had appeared as Mrs Warboys' (Doreen Mantle) cousin Wilf in the popular BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Several years later, in the final season of the series, by then he was well into his eighties, he reprised the role of Wilf and appeared in an episode which was broadcast in October 2000; the character however was unable to speak for it was revealed to viewers that he had suffered a stroke. This was to be his final television acting role. Death Rutland died of natural causes at the age of 96 on 1 June 2013. 
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