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John Bluthal

John Bluthal (born Isaac Bluthal; 12 August 1928 – 15 November 2018) was a comic actor best known for the role of Frank Pickle in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley and for his work with Spike Milligan in the Q series. He also appeared in several films including the Carry On movies, The Pink Panther movies, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Fifth Element and Hail, Caesar! He was born in Poland in 1929 and emigrated with his family to Australia when he was a child. In the early 60s, Bluthal moved to the UK to follow his acting career and returned to Australia in later years. He passed away on 15th November, 2018 at the age of 89.

Known For: Acting

Born: Malopolskie, Poland, 1929-08-12

Died: 2018-11-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	The Mouse on the Moon	Von Neidell	59
2	1963	Doctor in Distress	Railway Porter (uncredited)	62
3	1964	This Is My Street	Joe	61
4	1964	Father Came Too!	Robert the Bruce	55
5	1964	Carry On Spying	Head Waiter/Voice of Dr Crow	65
6	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Car Thief (uncredited)	73
7	1965	The Knack... and How to Get It	Angry Father	60
8	1965	Help!	Bhuta	68
9	1966	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Roman Chief Guard	60
10	1967	A Ghost of a Chance	Mayor's Assistant	65
11	1967	Casino Royale	Casino Doorman & MI5. Man	52
12	1967	Carry On Follow That Camel	Corporal Clotski	58
13	1968	The Visitors	Arrhur Somerset	0
14	1968	The Brahmin Widow	Kondu	0
15	1968	Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River	Dr. Pinto	61
16	1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Judge	67
17	1969	A Talent for Loving		50
18	1970	Doctor in Trouble	Cabbie	42
19	1972	Nightmare		0
20	1973	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width	Manny Cohen	66
21	1973	Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World	Jerry	46
22	1973	The Three Musketeers	Various Roles (voice)	68
23	1974	The Flying Sorcerer	Uncle Charlie	0
24	1974	The Over-Amorous Artist	Pakistani Salesman	45
25	1974	The Cafeteria	Lieberman	0
26	1974	The Four Musketeers	English Officer/Innkeeper and other roles (voice) (uncredited)	64
27	1975	Mrs. Acland's Ghosts	Mr. Mockler	0
28	1975	The Great McGonagall	various	52
29	1975	The Return of the Pink Panther	Blind Beggar	68
30	1976	The Joke	Dr Einstein	0
31	1976	Fantasm	Notafreud (uncredited)	46
32	1976	Meriel the Ghost Girl	Sam Nicholls	0
33	1976	Escape to Entebbe	Reporter	0
34	1977	Spaghetti Two-Step	Sidney	0
35	1977	That's Carry On!	Royal Taylor	57
36	1978	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Guard at Cemetery	64
37	1978	The Irishman	Dave	0
38	1978	Renoir, My Father	Gleyne	0
39	1979	Design for Living	Ernest Friedman	0
40	1980	Franklin River Journey	Narrator	0
41	1980	Touch and Go	Anatole	0
42	1981	Alison's Birthday	Dean Findlay	52
43	1983	The Return of Captain Invincible	Deli Owner	62
44	1983	Superman III	Pisa Vendor	55
45	1984	Squaring the Circle	Babiuch	50
46	1986	Labyrinth	Goblin (voice)	73
47	1992	Stan and George's New Life	Stan Senior	0
48	1994	A Pinch of Snuff	Maurice Arany	0
49	1995	Leapin' Leprechauns	Michael Dennehy	31
50	1996	Spike	Himself	0
51	1996	Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns	Michael Dennehy	30
52	1997	The Fifth Element	Professor Pacoli	76
53	1998	Dark City	Karl Harris	73
54	1998	RPM	Grinkstein	28
55	2000	Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns	Stephanos	47
56	2004	Love's Brother	Pepe	63
57	2016	Hail, Caesar!	Prof. Marcuse	59
58	2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Frank Pickle (archive footage) (uncredited)	57
59	2017	Jungle	Uncle Nissim	66
60	2021	The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out	Self (Archive Footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Hancock's Half Hour		75
2	1956	Armchair Theatre	Emmanuel 'Manny' Cohen	58
3	1958	The Larkins	Martinez	70
4	1960	Citizen James	Charlie	76
5	1961	The Avengers	Sergei Ivenko	77
6	1961	It's a Square World		0
7	1962	The Saint	Ziggy Zaglan	73
8	1962	The Saint	Guido Naccaro	73
9	1962	Fireball XL5		61
10	1962	Fireball XL5	Commander Wilbur Zero (voice)	61
11	1964	The Protectors	Vladimir Kropotny	0
12	1964	HMS Paradise	Gus	0
13	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Ernest Friedman	50
14	1967	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width		43
15	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
16	1969	Q...		72
17	1972	Sykes	Henry	64
18	1974	Playhouse	Sam Nicholls	70
19	1974	Playhouse	Dr. Einstein	70
20	1974	Playhouse	Lieberman	70
21	1974	Playhouse	Mr. Mockler	70
22	1975	Rumpole of the Bailey		71
23	1976	Bluey	Newsman	60
24	1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Gleyne	70
25	1979	Minder	Solly Salmon	68
26	1980	Home Sweet Home	Enzo Pacelli	50
27	1981	Bergerac	Edward Emanuelson	67
28	1982	There's A Lot Of It About		60
29	1983	Reilly: Ace of Spies	Krassin	70
30	1983	Taggart		63
31	1985	Super Gran	Inside Legg The Tailor	65
32	1986	Lovejoy	Popov	73
33	1987	Inspector Morse	Victor Ignotas	78
34	1989	Birds of a Feather	Pedro	61
35	1990	One Foot in the Grave	Mr Jellinek	76
36	1992	Virtual Murder		65
37	1993	Blue Heelers		66
38	1994	The Vicar of Dibley	Frank Pickle	73
39	1997	Jonathan Creek	Jack Holiday	75
40	2010	Spirited	Rocco	68
41	2022	Presented in Supercolorisation	Commander Wilbur Zero / Kazak (voice)	0
42	2022	Presented in Supercolorisation	Commander Wilbur Zero / Doctor Simpson (voice)	0
43	2022	Presented in Supercolorisation	Commander Wilbur Zero / Jock Campbell (voice)	0