Noel Johnson
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| Noel Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Noel Johnson 28 December 1916 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Died | 1 October 1999 (aged 82) |
| Other name(s) | Noël Johnson |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950-1997 |
| Spouse(s) | ? (?-?) |
Noel Johnson (27 December 1916 - 1 October 1999) was an English actor.
He was the radio voice of Dick Barton special agent on BBC radio and Dan Dare pilot of the future over Radio Luxembourg.
His assured upper class voice cadence made him ideal for characeters of that type, notably in the BBC Radio 4 dramatic adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell. This was broadcast as 26 1-hour episodes between 1978 and 1981; Johnson played the novel sequence's narrator Nicholas Jenkins, while the younger Nicholas was played by Gareth Johnson in the first 18 episodes. In the last quarter of the series - in which Jenkins is in late middle-age - Johnson plays Jenkins alone. Johnson also appeared in television drama including as the solicitor of the murdered pathologist in ITV's adaption of P.D. James' 'Death of an Expert Witness'.
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