John Tate (actor)

{{Short description|Australian actor (1915–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox person | name = John Tate | image = John Tate (actor).jpg | birth_name = John Paul Tate | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|1||df=yes}} | death_place = Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|3|19|1915|1||df=yes}} | spouse = {{marriage|Neva Carr Glynn|1940|1954|end=divorced}} | children = Nick Tate }} '''John Paul Tate''' (January 1915 – 19 March 1979) was an Australian actor.

==Early life== Tate was born in Sydney, Australia in 1915. He was of Russian descent.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/neva-carr-glynn-history.php |title= Neva Josephine Mary Carr-Glynn |publisher= www.pittwateronlinenews.com |date= 15–21 April 2012}}</ref>

==Career== After starting professionally with a part in a radio serial, Tate then gained small roles in several movies. He played Charles Ulm in the 1946 adventure film ''Smithy''<ref name="smithy">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=12 October 2025|access-date=12 October 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-smithy/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Smithy}}</ref> and had a recurring role as Jack Mason in the 1950s Australian soap ''Dynasty''. He was best known for appearing in the 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film ''On the Beach''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107901115 |title=AUSTRALIAN ACTORS IN BRITISH SHOW |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=43 |issue=12,405 |date=1 September 1969 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

After his success in ''On the Beach'', Tate decided to move to England in the 1960s. where he appeared in various television series including ''The Saint'', ''Danger Man'', ''Man of the World'', The ''Champions'' and ''Department S''. He played Magwitch in the 1967 television adaptation of ''Great Expectations'' He also voiced many guest stars in ''Thunderbirds''.

He played Captain SS Midland in the 1963 science fiction film, ''The Day of the Triffids'' and Julian Singleton in the 1963 musical comedy film ''It’s All Happening''. He had further guest roles in television series such as ''The Baron'', ''Strange Report'', ''The Troubleshooters'' and ''The Power Game''.

==Personal life== Tate was married to Margaret Anne Barton. His second marriage was to actress and stage manager Neva Carr Glyn on 19 July 1940 at St Mark's Anglican Church, Darling Point, Sydney.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carrglyn-neva-josephine-9693 |title= Neva Josephine Carr-Glyn (1908–1975) |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography | date=1993}}</ref> They first met at ABC Studios, playing opposite each other in the radio play ''Castles of England'' and fell in love quickly. They appeared in numerous shows together, and began to be teamed in romantic leads, including in ''Melody Romances'' and ''Aphrodite''. Together with Glyn, Tate had a son, the actor Nick Tate, who was born in Sydney in 1952.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110652194 |title=LIFE STYLE TV-ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT Career began in Vaudeville at 4 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=49 |issue=14,142 |date=12 August 1975 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Tate and Glyn were divorced in 1954.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217214729 |title=RADIO PAIR DIVORCED |newspaper=Brisbane Telegraph |date=21 May 1954 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=3 (CITY FINAL) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172055802 |title=RADIO STARS IN DIVORCE DRAMA |newspaper=Truth |issue=3356 |location=Sydney|date=23 May 1954 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=52 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181558387 |title=They've Found Romance In Radio |newspaper=North West Champion |volume=29 |issue=60 |location=New South Wales|date=14 August 1941 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Tate eventually moved to England, where he lived for the rest of his life.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107901115 |title=AUSTRALIAN ACTORS IN BRITISH SHOW |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=43 |issue=12,405 |date=1 September 1969 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He died on 19 March 1979 at the age of 64, at his home in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight in the UK.

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1943 || ''Fourth Liberty Loan: I Had a Son'' || || Short film |- | 1944 || ''First Victory Loan: Return Journey'' || || Short documentary film |- | 1946 || ''Smithy'' || Charles Ulm || Feature film |- | 1958 || ''Smiley Gets a Gun'' || Dave Rudge (uncredited) || Feature film |- | 1958 || ''His Excellency'' || || TV film |- | 1959 || ''Thunder of Silence'' || || TV play |- | 1959 || ''On the Beach'' || Admiral Bridie || Feature film |- | 1961 || ''The Devil's Hands'' || Inspector Yeagar || Short film |- | 1962 || ''Under Western Eyes'' || Landlord || TV film |- | 1962 || ''The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day'' || Charlie || TV play |- | 1962 || ''The Pot Carriers'' || Prison Officer I / C Visiting Room || Feature film |- | 1962 || ''We Joined the Navy'' || Inspector at Royal Navy College || Feature film |- | 1963 || ''The Day of the Triffids'' || Captain – SS Midland || Feature film |- | 1963 || ''It's All Happening'' || Julian Singleton || Feature film |- | 1966 || ''Bindle (One of Them Days)'' || Mr Stokes || Feature film |- | 1966 || ''Invasion'' || Dundy || Feature film |- | 1970 || ''Julius Caesar'' || Clitus || Feature film |- | 1976 || ''The Autobiography of a Flea'' || Aged Priest || Feature film (final film role) |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1956 || ''The Sheriff of Cochise'' || Man || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1958 || ''Whirlybirds'' || State Policeman || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1959 || ''Shell Presents'' || || Anthology TV series, 1 episode |- | 1960 || ''U.S. Marshal'' || Schuster || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1961 || ''Whiplash'' || Wenders || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1961–1966 || ''ITV Play of the Week'' || Head Warder / Softy / Sergeant Major Broome / Pop Lewis / Nick Storey / Bludgeon / Professor Leighton || Anthology TV series, 7 episodes |- | 1962 || ''Drama 61-67'' || Grandpa / Byker / Bryce Hewitt || Anthology TV series, 3 episodes |- | 1962 || ''Emergency Ward 10'' || Philip Ross || TV series, 5 episodes |- | 1962 || ''Maigret'' || Jericho || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1962; 1967 || ''Armchair Theatre'' || Mr Halliday / Bly || Anthology TV series, 2 episodes |- | 1962–1970 || ''Z-Cars'' || Colonel Bullen / Kimble / Mr Gregory / Captain Anderson || TV series, 6 episodes |- | 1963 || ''BBC Sunday-Night Play'' || Taxi Driver || Anthology TV series, 1 episode |- | 1963 || ''Man of the World'' || Washington Official || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1963 || ''Moonstrike'' || Sissons || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1963 || ''Bud'' || || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1963 || ''Taxi!'' || Mr Barker || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1963; 1964 || ''The Avengers'' || Colonel Wesley / Willie || TV series, 2 episodes |- | 1964 || ''First Night'' || Larkin || Anthology TV series, 1 episode |- | 1964 || ''Dixon of Dock Green'' || Paddy O'Brien || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1964 || ''The Villains'' || Carsley || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1964 || ''Gideon's Way'' || Bert Macey || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1964 || ''The Brothers Karamazov'' || Father Ferapont || Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | 1964; 1965 || ''ITV Sunday Night Drama'' || Major Tucker-Smith / Joe || Anthology TV series, 2 episodes |- | 1964–1967 || ''The Saint'' || Skinner / Dave Snyders / Assayer || TV series |- | 1965 || ''R3'' || Dr Stroud || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1965 || ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' || Agustin || TV series, 4 episodes |- | 1965–1966 || ''The Troubleshooters'' || Milt Addis / Uncle Jed / Tosh Brinkwater || TV series, 3 episodes |- | 1965–1966 || ''Thunderbirds'' || McColl / Security Guard / Frank Hopper / Sir Harry / Maxie / Scheiler / Foreign Colonel / Blackmer / Captain, Ocean Pioneer II / Stevens / Commander, Ocean Pioneer I / Scottish Onlooker / Solarnaut Camp || TV series, 7 episodes |- | 1966 || ''The Liars'' || Horton || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''Danger Man'' || Fisherman || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''Redcap'' || Burton || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''The Baron'' || Josef Holz || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''This Man Craig'' || Mr Ogilvy || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''King of the River'' || Butters || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''BBC Play of the Month'' || Lord Lufkin || Anthology TV series, 1 episode |- | 1966 || ''The Power Game'' || Billy Straker || TV series, 2 episodes |- | 1967 || ''Softly, Softly'' || Des Dwyer || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1967 || ''Great Expectations'' || Magwitch || TV series, 4 episodes |- | 1967 || ''Trapped'' || Tommy Bowman || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1967 || ''Wuthering Heights'' || Mr Earnshaw || Miniseries, 1 episode |- | 1968 || ''The First Lady'' || Joe Woodward || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1968 || ''The Champions'' || Schmeltz || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1968 || ''Sherlock Holmes'' || Peter Carey / John Turner || TV series, 2 episodes |- | 1969 || ''The Expert'' || James Redmond || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1969 || ''Fraud Squad'' || Oakington || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1969 || ''Christ Recrucified'' || Captain Fortounas || Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | 1969 || ''Department S'' || Henri Rachou || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1969 || ''Strange Report'' || Wiglow || TV series, 1 episode |- | 1970 || ''Dynasty'' || Jack Mason || TV series, 10 episodes |}

==Stage== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1944 || ''Claudia'' || Jerry Seymour || His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland with J. C. Williamson (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1944 || ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' || Teddy Brewster || His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland with J. C. Williamson |- | 1944 || ''Susan and God'' || Michael O'Hara || His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland with J. C. Williamson (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1944 || ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' || Beverley Carlton || His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1944 || ''Kiss and Tell'' || Private Earhart || His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin with J. C. Williamson (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1946 || ''Dangerous Corner'' || || Minerva Theatre, Sydney with Whitehall Productions (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1947 || ''Clutterbuck'' || Clutterbuck || Minerva Theatre, Sydney with Whitehall Productions (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1947 || ''Grand National Night'' || || Minerva Theatre, Sydney with Whitehall Productions (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1948 || ''Light and Shade: The Lost Generation'' || || Minerva Theatre, Sydney with Whitehall Productions |- | 1948 || ''Off the Record'' || || Minerva Theatre, Sydney with Whitehall Productions |} <ref>{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226717 |title= John Tate |publisher=AusStage}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/602998 |title= John Tate 1944 |publisher=AusStage}}</ref>

==Radio== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Note |- | 1937 || ''As Ye Sow'' || || 2FC / ABC Radio serial (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carrglyn-neva-josephine-9693 |title= Neva Josephine Carr-Glyn (1908–1975) |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography | date=1993}}</ref> |- | 1938 || ''Castles of England'' || || ABC Radio serial, episode: "Pevensey Castle" (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-724609662/view?sectionId=nla.obj-725916214&partId=nla.obj-724640191#page/n16/mode/1up |title= Romance of a Romance |publisher= National Library of Australia | date= 7 February 1941}}</ref> |- | 1938 || ''A Bachelor Reverie'' || Richard Matheson || (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/AUSTRALIA/Archive-Wireless-Weekly-AU/1938/Wireless%20Weekly-1938-07-15.pdf |title= A Bachelor Reverie |publisher= www.worldradiohistory.com |date= 15 July 1938}}</ref> |- | || ''Melody Romances'' || || (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | || ''Aphrodite'' || || (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1940 || ''Grey Face'' || Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Read || ABC Radio serial<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/radio.shtml |title= Rod Taylor's Radio Roles |publisher= www.rodtaylorsite.com}}</ref> |- | 1940s || ''Charlie Chuckle'' || || Grace Gibson radio serial |- | 1940s || ''Lady of the Heather'' || || 2CH radio serial |- | 1941 || ''The Fire on the Snow'' || Edward Adrian Wilson || ABC Radio play<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226717 |title= John Tate |publisher=AusStage}}</ref> |- | 1942 || ''Milky Way'' || || Lux Radio Theatre radio play |- | 1943 || ''Crackerjack'' || || 2UE variety show (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1483035 |title= Crackerjack |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1946– || ''Victoria Regina'' (aka ''Victoria, Queen of England'') || Prince Albert || 2UW radio serial (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carrglyn-neva-josephine-9693 |title= Neva Josephine Carr-Glyn (1908–1975) |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography | date=1993}}</ref> |- | 1947 || ''The Suicide Club'' || Colonel Gerald, Master-of-the-Horse || 2CH ''Playhouse of Favourites'' radio play<ref>{{cite web |url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1351682988/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1425135764&partId=nla.obj-1351742397#page/n17/mode/1up |title= The Suicide Club |publisher= National Library of Australia |date= 19 July 1947}}</ref> |- | 1947 || ''Limelight and Shadow'' || || 2UW radio serial |- | 1947 || ''Hester's Diary'' || John Carmichael || 2UE / 2CH radio serial |- | 1947–1948 || ''Big Sister'' || John || 3AW, 2GB, 2UW radio serial (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/search/credits.id=3014601&credits.role=Cast%2FActor |title= John Tate |publisher= NFSA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-724609662/view?sectionId=nla.obj-725916214&partId=nla.obj-724640191#page/n16/mode/1up |title= Romance of a Romance |publisher= National Library of Australia | date= 7 February 1941}}</ref> |- | 1949 || ''Through the Looking Glass'' || || Lux Radio Theatre show (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/361542 |title= Through the Looking Glass |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1949 || ''The Bette Dickson Show'' || || Radio variety show<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/187059 |title= The Bette Dickson Show |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1950 || ''The Meeting of the Waters'' || || ABC Radio play |- | 1951 || ''Vengeance is Mine'' || Tennyson Grey || 2UW radio serial<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/696727 |title= Vengeance is Mine |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1950s || ''Brand of Justice'' || || 2UW radio serial |- | 1950s || ''Strange Stories of the Sea'' || || 3DB radio serial |- | 1951 || ''Thistledown'' || Teodor Fristedt || ABC Radio play<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/radio.shtml |title= Rod Taylor's Radio Roles |publisher= www.rodtaylorsite.com}}</ref> |- | 1951 || ''Tapestries of Life'' || || Grace Gibson 2GB radio serial |- | 1952 || ''The General Motors Hour'' || || 2GB radio show |- | 1952 || ''The Second Threshold'' || Josiah Bolton || General Motors Hour play<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/radio.shtml |title= Rod Taylor's Radio Roles |publisher= www.rodtaylorsite.com}}</ref> |- | 1952 || ''Inner Sanctum'' || || 2GB radio serial, episode 13: "The Grey Wolf" (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/radio-horror-and-thriller-serials-1940s-and-50s |title= Radio Horror and Thriller Serials of the 1940s and 50s |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1954 || ''The Mary Jane'' || Stever || ABC Radio serial<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/radio.shtml |title= Rod Taylor's Radio Roles |publisher= www.rodtaylorsite.com}}</ref> |- | 1954 || ''Ned Kelly'' || Tarleton || ABC Radio play<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/radio.shtml |title= Rod Taylor's Radio Roles |publisher= www.rodtaylorsite.com}}</ref> |- | 1954 || ''Stairway to Fame'' || || Radio serial (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn) |- | 1954– || ''Theatrette'' || || 3KZ radio serial |- | 1955 || ''The Long Memory'' || || General Motors Hour play (episode 199)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/258691330 |title= The Long Memory |publisher= National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1955 || ''The Clock'' || Doctor || 3XY radio serial, episode 8: "Aunt Emmy"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.australianotr.com.au/the-clock.html |title= The Clock |publisher= Australian Old Time Radio}}</ref> |- | 1955 || ''Little Boy Lost'' || || Lux Radio Theatre serial<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/224997 |title= Little Boy Lost |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1956 || ''Double Door'' || || General Motors Hour play (episode 207) (alongside wife Neva Carr Glyn)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/258690344 |title= Double Door |publisher= National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1957 || ''The Sea Hound'' || || 2GB radio serial<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/search/credits.id=3014601&credits.role=Cast%2FActor |title= John Tate |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | Late 1950s || ''Life Can Be Beautiful'' || || Grace Gibson 2UE radio series<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/458079 |title= Life Can Be Beautiful |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | 1950s-early 1960s || ''A Shot in the Dark'' || || Radio serial |- | 1952–early 1960s || ''A Rocky Starr Adventure'' || || 3DB, 2CH, 4BK radio serial |- | 1960 || ''The Hidden Truth'' || Mink || Radio serial<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/675764 |title= The Hidden Truth |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |- | || ''How Green Was My Valley'' || || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/search/credits.id=3014601&credits.role=Cast%2FActor |title= John Tate |publisher= NFSA}}</ref> |} <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/11-2016/nfsa_radio_series_collection_amended.pdf |title= Australian Radio Series 1930s – 1970s |publisher= NFSA}}</ref>

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