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3Terry John is a British actor best known for playing Percy in ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching''.
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5He began acting in The80s, appearing in three episodes of the mini-series ''Wolcott''. The rest of the decade for John contained guest shots in ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/AVeryBritishCoup'', and ''Series/{{Minder}}''.
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7In The90s, John made 5 different appearances in ''Series/TheBill'' (and would play a further three characters in the next decade). Further guest roles came in ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', ''Series/EastEnders'', ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'', ''Series/PieInTheSky'', and ''Series/{{Backup}}''.
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9He was cast as Corporal Tony Genaro in ''Which Way to the War?'', an unaired {{Pilot}} written by David Croft. Croft didn't forget about John, and gave him a role in his next series, ''Oh, Doctor Beeching!'', as Percy, a railway guard and notorious skirt-chaser.
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11Following his stint on ''Beeching!'', John's acting career began to slow down, with some of his last acting roles coming in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', ''Series/MurphysLaw'', and ''Series/WireInTheBlood''. His final credit to date came in 2006, in yet another episode of ''The Bill''.
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13!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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15* ''Film/MakingWaves'' (1988) -- Hotel Manager
16* ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' (2002) -- Infected
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18* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', episode "Return of the Ice Maiden" (1985) -- Detective Constable Paris
19* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Drunk" (1986) -- Bob
20* ''Series/AVeryBritishCoup'', 2 episodes (1988) -- Photographer
21* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', 2 episodes:
22** "It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie" (1989) -- Bertie
23** "Gone with the Winchester" (1993) -- Winchester Regular
24* ''Series/TheBill'', 9 episodes:
25** "Start with the Whistle" (1990) -- Sergeant Tanner
26** "Appearances" (1992) -- Davis
27** "Picking a Winner" (1993) -- Edward Hartley
28** "Still Waters" (1995) -- Sergeant Springford U.S.U.
29** "Millenium" (1999) -- Mr. Foster
30** "Golden Opportunity" (2002) -- Pub Landlord
31** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Apple and the Tree", "Kidnap and Ransom"[[/labelnote]] (2004) -- Heating Engineer
32** "Fools Gold" (2006) -- Marlin Vickers
33* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Members Only" (1992) -- Dennis
34* ''Series/EastEnders'', 2 episodes:
35** 1 episode (1992) -- Police Constable
36** 1 episode (1997) -- Crackerman
37* ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'', episode "Living Together, But Where?" (1994) -- Taxi Driver
38* ''Series/PieInTheSky'', episode "Brown Bread" (1995) -- Bedlows Driver
39* ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'', 20 episodes (1995-98) -- Percy
40* ''Series/{{Backup}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Not All There", "Toleration Zone", "Clubbing"[[/labelnote]] (1995) -- Sergeant Gilliard
41* ''Series/{{Cadfael}}'', episode "St. Peter's Fair" (1997) -- Fowler
42* ''Series/MurphysLaw'', episode "Manic Munday" (2003) -- Stone
43* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'', episode "Still She Cries" (2004) -- Mr. Davis

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