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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Is this Britain's most boring man?]]]]
John Bluthal, born Isaac Bluthal, (12 August 1929 –- 15 November 2018), was a Polish-born Australian actor working in the UK best known for playing Frank Pickle in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
He was born in Poland and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1938 due to the rising anti-Semitism in Poland. He began acting in Melbourne's Yiddish Theatre and went to the University of Melbourne to study drama. In 1949, he travelled across Europe, ending up in the United Kingdom, where he appeared in pantomimes.
In 1960, he moved to the United Kingdom permanently. Some of his biggest TV appearances at the time were as Charlie in ''Citizen James'', Manny Cohen in ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'', and Commander Zero in ''Series/FireballXL5''. At the same time, he worked in the theatre, playing Fagin in ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}''.
Back in Australia, he took over for Creator/RonnieStevens in the satire ''The Mavis Bramston Show'' and starred as Enzo Pacelli in ''Home Sweet Home'', the TransatlanticEquivalent of ''Series/BlessThisHouse''. In England, he was a familiar face in popular films of the time, racking up roles in two ''Film/{{Doctor}}'' films, three ''Film/CarryOn'' films, ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'', ''Film/{{Help}}'', and ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967''.
In TheNineties, he was cast in his best-known role as Frank Pickle in ''The Vicar of Dibley''. Frank was [[TheBore notoriously boring and pedantic]], and also [[LateComingOut came out as gay]] in Series 2. Bluthal's final acting role was in 2018 alongside his daughter, Lisa, in her short film ''By Any Other Name''.
He died at the age of 89.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''{{Film/Doctor in Distress|1963}}'' (1963) -- Railway Porter (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' (1964) -- Car Thief (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/CarryOnSpying'' (1964) -- Head Waiter/Voice of Dr. Crow
* ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'' (1965) -- Angry Father
* ''Film/{{Help}}'' (1965) -- Bhuta
* ''Film/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' (1966) -- Roman Chief Guard
* ''{{Film/Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967) -- Casino Doorman/[=MI5=] Man
* ''Film/FollowThatCamel'' (1967) -- Corporal Clotski
* ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' (1970) -- Taxi Driver
* ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' (1971) -- Moshe Montmorency (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' (1975) -- Blind Beggar
* ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther'' (1978) -- Cemetary Guard
* ''Film/TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible'' (1983) -- Deli Owner
* ''Film/SupermanIII'' (1983) -- Pisa Vendor
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986) -- Goblin
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (1997) -- Professor Pacoli
* ''Film/DarkCity'' (1998) -- Karl Harris
* ''Film/HailCaesar'' (2016) -- Professor Marcuse
* ''Film/{{Jungle}}'' (2017) -- Uncle Nissim
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/HancocksHalfHour'', episode "The Radio Ham" (1961) -- Radio Voice
* ''Series/FireballXL5'', 39 episodes:
** 38 episodes (1962-63) -- Commader Wilbur Zero
** "Planet 46" (1962) -- Subterrain Leader
** 4 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Planet 46", "Wings of Danger", "Dangerous Cargo", "Space City Special"[[/labelnote]] (1962-63) -- Subterrain
** "The Doomed Planet" (1962) -- Saucer Man
** "Space Immigrants" (1962) -- Minotran
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Space Immigrants", "Plant Man from Space"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Captain Ken Ross
** 8 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Space Immigrants", "Plant Man from Space", "Space Pirates", "Flying Zodiac", "Dangerous Cargo", "The Robot Freighter Mystery", "A Day in the Life of a Space General", "Space City Special"[[/labelnote]] (1962-63) -- Jock Campbell
** "The Sun Temple" (1962) -- Kazak
** "[=XL5=] to [=H20=]" (1962) -- Jerek
** "Space Pirates" (1962) -- Patch
** "Flying Zodiac" (1962) -- Caravan Leader
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Flying Zodiac", "Space Monster"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Captain Ken Johnson
** "Space Pen" (1962) -- Al
** "The Last of the Xanadus" (1963) -- Major Jim Ireland
** "Planet of Platonia" (1963) -- Bizan
** "The Triads" (1963) -- Snaff
** "Convict in Space" (1963) -- IPN Newsreader
** "Space Vacation" (1963) -- Jankel
** "The Forbidden Planet" (1963) -- Privator/Announcer
** "Robert to the Rescue" (1963) -- Proton
** "Mystery of the [=TA2=]" (1963) -- Colonel Harry Denton/Iceman
** "Drama at Space City" (1963) -- Uncle Hans
** "1875" (1963) -- Deputy Sheriff Dodgem
** "The Granatoid Tanks" (1963) -- Dr. Simpson
** "The Robot Freighter Mystery" (1963) -- Edmundo
** "Whistle for Danger" (1963) -- Floran
** "Faster Than Light" (1963) -- Major Duncan
** "The Day the Earth Froze" (1963) -- Rader
** "Space City Special" (1963) -- General Rossiter/Johnny Jackson
** "Ghosts of Space" (1963) -- James Frazer/Halla
** "Hypnotic Sphere" (1963) -- Suventan Brain
** "Sabotage" (1963) -- Ultra Arcon/Kelly
** "Space Magnet" (1963) -- Captain Ross
* ''Series/TheSaint'', 2 episodes:
** "The Damsel in Distress" (1964) -- Guido Naccaro
** "The Happy Suicide" (1965) -- Ziggy Zaglan
* ''{{Series/The Avengers|1960s}}'', episode "Two's a Crowd" (1965) -- Ivenko
* ''Series/ManInASuitcase'', episode "Jigsaw Man" (1968) -- Berger
* ''Series/{{Sykes}}'', episode "The Band" (1974) -- Henry
* ''Series/TheGoodies'', episode "Clown Virus" (1975) -- Major Cheeseburger
* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "A Deadly Tan" (1976) -- General Malkol
* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor Down Under]]'', episode "I Gotta Horse" (1979) -- "Chalky" White
* ''Series/ReillyAceOfSpies'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"After Moscow", "Shutdown"[[/labelnote]] (1983) -- Leonid Krassin
* ''Series/AlloAllo'', episode "Savile Row to the Rescue" (1984) -- Klein
* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Return of the Invincible Man" (1985) -- Solly Salmon
* ''Series/TheLifeAndLovesOfASheDevil'', 2 episodes (1986) -- Angus
* ''Series/SuperGran'', episode "Supergran and the Heir Apparent" (1987) -- Inside Legg
* ''[[Series/TBag Turn on to T-Bag]]'', episode "Gangsters" (1988) -- Big Ed Malone
* ''[[Series/TBag T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set]]'', episode "Hazel Knutt's Muesli Bar" (1989) -- Herr Krimper
* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', episode "My Name's Sergeant Bergerac" (1990) -- Edward Emanuelson
* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', episode "I'll Retire to Bedlam" (1990) -- Mr. Jellinek
* ''[[Series/TBag T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom]]'', episode "Tut Tut" (1990) -- High Priest
* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', episode "Rumpole a la Carte" (1991) -- Gaston [=LeBlanc=]
* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', episode "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS3WellAlwaysHaveMajorca We'll Always Have Majorca]]" (1991) -- Pete "Pedro" Morgan
* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Ring of Deceit Part One", "Ring of Deceit Part Two", "Ring of Deceit Part Three"[[/labelnote]] (1992) -- Albert Newman
* ''Series/InspectorMorse'', episode "Twilight of the Gods" (1993) -- Victor Ignotas
* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2007) -- Frank Pickle
* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Fruit of the Desert" (1994) -- Popov
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Halfway House" (1995) -- Mr. Malinowski
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', episode "Brushes at Dawn" (1995) -- Barber
* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "Jack in the Box" (1997) -- Jack Holiday
* ''Series/BlueHeelers'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Too Good to Be True: Part 1", "Too Good to Be True: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2003) -- Sid Harrison
* ''Series/{{Spirited}}'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead", "Wild Horses", "I Remember Nothing", "Cat's in the Cradle", "Time After Time"[[/labelnote]] (2010-11) -- Rocco
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Is this Britain's most boring man?]]]]
John Bluthal, born Isaac Bluthal, (12 August 1929 –- 15 November 2018), was a Polish-born Australian actor working in the UK best known for playing Frank Pickle in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
He was born in Poland and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1938 due to the rising anti-Semitism in Poland. He began acting in Melbourne's Yiddish Theatre and went to the University of Melbourne to study drama. In 1949, he travelled across Europe, ending up in the United Kingdom, where he appeared in pantomimes.
In 1960, he moved to the United Kingdom permanently. Some of his biggest TV appearances at the time were as Charlie in ''Citizen James'', Manny Cohen in ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'', and Commander Zero in ''Series/FireballXL5''. At the same time, he worked in the theatre, playing Fagin in ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}''.
Back in Australia, he took over for Creator/RonnieStevens in the satire ''The Mavis Bramston Show'' and starred as Enzo Pacelli in ''Home Sweet Home'', the TransatlanticEquivalent of ''Series/BlessThisHouse''. In England, he was a familiar face in popular films of the time, racking up roles in two ''Film/{{Doctor}}'' films, three ''Film/CarryOn'' films, ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'', ''Film/{{Help}}'', and ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967''.
In TheNineties, he was cast in his best-known role as Frank Pickle in ''The Vicar of Dibley''. Frank was [[TheBore notoriously boring and pedantic]], and also [[LateComingOut came out as gay]] in Series 2. Bluthal's final acting role was in 2018 alongside his daughter, Lisa, in her short film ''By Any Other Name''.
He died at the age of 89.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''{{Film/Doctor in Distress|1963}}'' (1963) -- Railway Porter (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' (1964) -- Car Thief (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/CarryOnSpying'' (1964) -- Head Waiter/Voice of Dr. Crow
* ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'' (1965) -- Angry Father
* ''Film/{{Help}}'' (1965) -- Bhuta
* ''Film/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' (1966) -- Roman Chief Guard
* ''{{Film/Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967) -- Casino Doorman/[=MI5=] Man
* ''Film/FollowThatCamel'' (1967) -- Corporal Clotski
* ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' (1970) -- Taxi Driver
* ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' (1971) -- Moshe Montmorency (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' (1975) -- Blind Beggar
* ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther'' (1978) -- Cemetary Guard
* ''Film/TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible'' (1983) -- Deli Owner
* ''Film/SupermanIII'' (1983) -- Pisa Vendor
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986) -- Goblin
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (1997) -- Professor Pacoli
* ''Film/DarkCity'' (1998) -- Karl Harris
* ''Film/HailCaesar'' (2016) -- Professor Marcuse
* ''Film/{{Jungle}}'' (2017) -- Uncle Nissim
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/HancocksHalfHour'', episode "The Radio Ham" (1961) -- Radio Voice
* ''Series/FireballXL5'', 39 episodes:
** 38 episodes (1962-63) -- Commader Wilbur Zero
** "Planet 46" (1962) -- Subterrain Leader
** 4 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Planet 46", "Wings of Danger", "Dangerous Cargo", "Space City Special"[[/labelnote]] (1962-63) -- Subterrain
** "The Doomed Planet" (1962) -- Saucer Man
** "Space Immigrants" (1962) -- Minotran
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Space Immigrants", "Plant Man from Space"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Captain Ken Ross
** 8 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Space Immigrants", "Plant Man from Space", "Space Pirates", "Flying Zodiac", "Dangerous Cargo", "The Robot Freighter Mystery", "A Day in the Life of a Space General", "Space City Special"[[/labelnote]] (1962-63) -- Jock Campbell
** "The Sun Temple" (1962) -- Kazak
** "[=XL5=] to [=H20=]" (1962) -- Jerek
** "Space Pirates" (1962) -- Patch
** "Flying Zodiac" (1962) -- Caravan Leader
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Flying Zodiac", "Space Monster"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Captain Ken Johnson
** "Space Pen" (1962) -- Al
** "The Last of the Xanadus" (1963) -- Major Jim Ireland
** "Planet of Platonia" (1963) -- Bizan
** "The Triads" (1963) -- Snaff
** "Convict in Space" (1963) -- IPN Newsreader
** "Space Vacation" (1963) -- Jankel
** "The Forbidden Planet" (1963) -- Privator/Announcer
** "Robert to the Rescue" (1963) -- Proton
** "Mystery of the [=TA2=]" (1963) -- Colonel Harry Denton/Iceman
** "Drama at Space City" (1963) -- Uncle Hans
** "1875" (1963) -- Deputy Sheriff Dodgem
** "The Granatoid Tanks" (1963) -- Dr. Simpson
** "The Robot Freighter Mystery" (1963) -- Edmundo
** "Whistle for Danger" (1963) -- Floran
** "Faster Than Light" (1963) -- Major Duncan
** "The Day the Earth Froze" (1963) -- Rader
** "Space City Special" (1963) -- General Rossiter/Johnny Jackson
** "Ghosts of Space" (1963) -- James Frazer/Halla
** "Hypnotic Sphere" (1963) -- Suventan Brain
** "Sabotage" (1963) -- Ultra Arcon/Kelly
** "Space Magnet" (1963) -- Captain Ross
* ''Series/TheSaint'', 2 episodes:
** "The Damsel in Distress" (1964) -- Guido Naccaro
** "The Happy Suicide" (1965) -- Ziggy Zaglan
* ''{{Series/The Avengers|1960s}}'', episode "Two's a Crowd" (1965) -- Ivenko
* ''Series/ManInASuitcase'', episode "Jigsaw Man" (1968) -- Berger
* ''Series/{{Sykes}}'', episode "The Band" (1974) -- Henry
* ''Series/TheGoodies'', episode "Clown Virus" (1975) -- Major Cheeseburger
* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "A Deadly Tan" (1976) -- General Malkol
* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor Down Under]]'', episode "I Gotta Horse" (1979) -- "Chalky" White
* ''Series/ReillyAceOfSpies'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"After Moscow", "Shutdown"[[/labelnote]] (1983) -- Leonid Krassin
* ''Series/AlloAllo'', episode "Savile Row to the Rescue" (1984) -- Klein
* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Return of the Invincible Man" (1985) -- Solly Salmon
* ''Series/TheLifeAndLovesOfASheDevil'', 2 episodes (1986) -- Angus
* ''Series/SuperGran'', episode "Supergran and the Heir Apparent" (1987) -- Inside Legg
* ''[[Series/TBag Turn on to T-Bag]]'', episode "Gangsters" (1988) -- Big Ed Malone
* ''[[Series/TBag T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set]]'', episode "Hazel Knutt's Muesli Bar" (1989) -- Herr Krimper
* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', episode "My Name's Sergeant Bergerac" (1990) -- Edward Emanuelson
* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', episode "I'll Retire to Bedlam" (1990) -- Mr. Jellinek
* ''[[Series/TBag T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom]]'', episode "Tut Tut" (1990) -- High Priest
* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', episode "Rumpole a la Carte" (1991) -- Gaston [=LeBlanc=]
* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', episode "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS3WellAlwaysHaveMajorca We'll Always Have Majorca]]" (1991) -- Pete "Pedro" Morgan
* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Ring of Deceit Part One", "Ring of Deceit Part Two", "Ring of Deceit Part Three"[[/labelnote]] (1992) -- Albert Newman
* ''Series/InspectorMorse'', episode "Twilight of the Gods" (1993) -- Victor Ignotas
* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2007) -- Frank Pickle
* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Fruit of the Desert" (1994) -- Popov
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Halfway House" (1995) -- Mr. Malinowski
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', episode "Brushes at Dawn" (1995) -- Barber
* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "Jack in the Box" (1997) -- Jack Holiday
* ''Series/BlueHeelers'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Too Good to Be True: Part 1", "Too Good to Be True: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2003) -- Sid Harrison
* ''Series/{{Spirited}}'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead", "Wild Horses", "I Remember Nothing", "Cat's in the Cradle", "Time After Time"[[/labelnote]] (2010-11) -- Rocco
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