John Bardon (born John Michael Jones, 25 August 1939 â€" 12 September
2014) was an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the
Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 (1987 season) as 'Best Actor in a
Musical' for Kiss Me, Kate, sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk.
He was best known for playing the patriarch Jim Branning on EastEnders
for 13 years. On 12 September 2014 the BBC announced that Bardon had
died at age 75.Bardon was born in Brentford, Middlesex. He may be best
known for having played Jim Branning in EastEnders. His character, the
father of established character Carol Jackson, first appeared briefly
in 1996. The character of Jim returned to the series in 1999 and this
time became a regular character, later marrying Dot Cotton (June
Brown). Bardon filmed his final scenes for EastEnders in March 2011
after years of poor health.He also was a regular in Rumpole of the
Bailey, as a member of the "clan Timson, a family of South London
villains", as described by Rumpole. He had made notable guest
appearances in Dad's Army in 1975 in the episode "Ring Dem Bells" (in
addition to this, he played Private Walker in the 1975â€"76 stage
adaptation of Dad's Army, as original television actor James Beck had
died in 1973) and Are You Being Served? in 1976 in the episode "No
Sale". He also starred in the British police drama The Sweeney, in
which he played villain Doc Boyd in the episode "Faces", first
broadcast on Monday 8 September 1975. In the same year, he also
appeared as a bookmaker in the film One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.
In 1978 he was cast as Del Rogers in G. F. Newman's Law and Order on
BBC2. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of Hi-de-Hi!.
2014) was an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the
Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 (1987 season) as 'Best Actor in a
Musical' for Kiss Me, Kate, sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk.
He was best known for playing the patriarch Jim Branning on EastEnders
for 13 years. On 12 September 2014 the BBC announced that Bardon had
died at age 75.Bardon was born in Brentford, Middlesex. He may be best
known for having played Jim Branning in EastEnders. His character, the
father of established character Carol Jackson, first appeared briefly
in 1996. The character of Jim returned to the series in 1999 and this
time became a regular character, later marrying Dot Cotton (June
Brown). Bardon filmed his final scenes for EastEnders in March 2011
after years of poor health.He also was a regular in Rumpole of the
Bailey, as a member of the "clan Timson, a family of South London
villains", as described by Rumpole. He had made notable guest
appearances in Dad's Army in 1975 in the episode "Ring Dem Bells" (in
addition to this, he played Private Walker in the 1975â€"76 stage
adaptation of Dad's Army, as original television actor James Beck had
died in 1973) and Are You Being Served? in 1976 in the episode "No
Sale". He also starred in the British police drama The Sweeney, in
which he played villain Doc Boyd in the episode "Faces", first
broadcast on Monday 8 September 1975. In the same year, he also
appeared as a bookmaker in the film One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.
In 1978 he was cast as Del Rogers in G. F. Newman's Law and Order on
BBC2. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of Hi-de-Hi!.
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