John Lovell Horsley [1] (21 July 1920 – 12 January 2014) was a British actor. [2] He was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. [3] The son of a doctor, he made his acting debut at the Theatre Royal in Bournemouth. [4]
Actor: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. John made his acting debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth. After spending a year in various reps. including Hastings, Watford and Eastbourne, he was conscripted into the Devon Yeomanry during the war and served in Italy and Sicily, but contracted hepatitis.
Died: 12 January, 2014, in Northwood, Middlesex, aged 93. John Horsley appeared in hundreds of plays, television shows and films, turning up in pretty much everything from the 1959 Oscar-winner...
Actor: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. John made his acting debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth. After spending a year in various reps. including Hastings, Watford and Eastbourne, he was conscripted into the Devon Yeomanry during the war and served in Italy and Sicily, but contracted hepatitis.
He is perhaps best known for his role as Doc Morrissey in the BBC sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), in which his catchphrase was "Take two aspirins." He reprised the role in The Legacy of Reginald Perrin in 1996. He also starred in …
John L. Horsley [1] (21 July 1920 – 12 January 2014) was an English actor. He was known for his role on Hell Drivers (1957) and for his role as Doc Morrissey in the BBC sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. [2] Horsley died on 12 January 2014 from natural causes. [3]
2014年1月13日 · John Horsley, the actor best known for playing Doc Morrissey in Reggie Perrin, has died at the age of 93. Best known for telling stressed-out Reggie to 'take two asprin,' Horsely later went on to play Sir Ralph Shawcross in the BBC sitcom You …