# Bartholomew John

Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television in America and Australia. In 1974, his single "Someone" peaked at number 75 in Australia.

## Career

John has worked as a professional stage and screen actor, singer and presenter for over 40 years, nationally and internationally. He is a classically trained singer, who initially had a music career in New Zealand. He never considered himself an actor, but developed the acting bug through musical theatre.
In the 1970s, John played clown, Ronald McDonald on McDonald’s television advertisements in Australia.
He played Dr. Chris Piper in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors from 1977 to 1979 followed by a lead role in Skyways from 1979 to 1981 as Captain Nick Granger, also appearing in Waterloo Station and Special Squad. His guest credits include: Murder Call, All Saints and Always Greener.
John attended The Actors Studio in New York in the 1980s, where he took some master classes.
In 2005, John portrayed John Forsythe in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.
His theatre appearances include South Pacific (as Captain George Brackett), The Sound of Music (playing Captain Von Trapp), Oliver! (as Fagan), the world premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman (playing Byron Mayo) and the world premiere of Dr Zhivago (as Victor Komarovsky).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1983 | Skin Deep | Ray Scott | TV movie |
| 1988 | Outback Bound | Newsreader | TV movie |
| 1996 | Acri | Wyler | Feature film |
| 2003 | Lucy | Hubbell Robinson | TV movie |
| 2005 | Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | John Forsythe | TV movie |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1975 | Matlock Police | Oscar Zolinsky | TV series, season 5, episode 178: "The Overlanders" |
| 1977–1979 | The Young Doctors | Dr. Chris Piper | TV series, 398 episodes |
| 1979–1980 | Skyways | Captain Nick Granger | TV series, seasons 1–2, 87 episodes |
| 1981 | Cop Shop | Clive Groves | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Waterloo Station | Detective Tony Harris | TV series |
| 1984 | Special Squad | John Sutton | TV series, episode: "Slow Attack" |
| 1986–1987 | The Challenge | John Longley | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Australians | Dick Meagher | Miniseries, episode "John Norton" |
| 1993 | Time Trax | Roger Stevens | TV series, season 1, episode 13: "Darien Comes Home" |
| 1993 | G.P. | Garth Storey | TV series, season 5, episode 25: "Family Life" |
| 1995 | Space: Above and Beyond | Richard West | TV series, pilot episode |
| 1999 | Heartbreak High | Mr Cross | TV series, season 7, episode 18 |
| 2000 | Tales of the South Seas | | Miniseries, episode 8: "The Rabblerouser" |
| 2000 | Murder Call | Sebastian Tombs | TV series, season 3, episode 12: "A Stab in the Dark" |
| 2002–2003 | All Saints | Lindsay Green | TV series, seasons 5–6, 3 episodes |
| 2002–2003 | Always Greener | Gregory Kind | TV series, season 2, 6 episodes |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1974 | A Little Night Music | Frid the Butler | Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson |
| 1977; 1981 | Side by Side by Sondheim | | Canberra Theatre, Theatre Royal Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Court Theatre, Christchurch with Globe Theatre Productions |
| 1981 | Something's Queer at the Pier | | Manly Music Hall, Sydney |
| 1981 | On Our Selection | Sandy Taylor | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre |
| 1983 | The Sound of Music | Captain Von Trapp | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1984 | Oliver! | Bill Sikes | Festival Theatre, Adelaide at Adelaide Festival Centre |
| 1987 | The Essential Coward - Private Lives | | Sydney Opera House |
| 1987 | Olympus on My Mind | Jupiter | University of Sydney with Gordon Frost Organisation |
| 1988 | Faces in the Street | | Seymour Centre, Sydney for Sydney Festival |
| 1988 | Man of La Mancha | Knight | State Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1991 | Death Trap | | University of Sydney |
| 1991 | Arsenic and Old Lace | | Playhouse, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, Canberra Theatre, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane |
| 1992 | Mary Lives! | Various roles | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Geelong Arts Centre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1995 | I Hate Hamlet | | Arts Theatre, Adelaide |
| 2005–2006 | Fiddler on the Roof | The Constable | Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with TML Enterprises |
| 2006 | Titanic: The Musical | John Jacob Astor | Theatre Royal Sydney with Seabiscuit Productions |
| 2011 | Doctor Zhivago | Viktor Komarovsky | Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with Gordon Frost Organisation |
| 2012 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Byron Mayo / Mullins / Worley | Sydney Lyric Theatre with Gordon Frost Organisation |
| 2013 | South Pacific | Captain George Bracket | Sydney Opera House with Opera Australia & Lincoln Center Theatre |
| 2013 | Anything Goes | Elisha Whitney | Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Sydney Opera House with Gordon Frost Organisation & Opera Australia |