John Nettles is a British actor. He was born in Cornwall on October 11, 1943. He attended the University of Southampton, studying philosophy and history. He has worked at the Royal Court Theatre, but he is best known for his role as Chief Inspector Barnaby in ITV's Midsomer Murders, and from his role as Jim Bergerac in the eponymous TV series Bergerac in the early 1980s. He has written a book called Bergerac's Jersey, which is part history of the island and part film journal of the series. Recently, he was in the BBC production The Hound of the Baskervilles. Other appearances include Black Beauty and The Merchant of Venice, and as the narrator of the BBC's documentary series Airport. He now lives near Evesham with his wife.

External links

---

• John Nettles' Filmography at the IMDB
• Midsomer Murders Information Page

1943 births | English stage actors | English television actors | Living people | Natives of Cornwall | Royal Shakespeare Company members

More on [ John Nettles ]

Nettles, John - Twitter Search

@iamjamesward That's disappointing. My mum loves John Nettles.
Dara_bhur_gCara (Dara O'Reilly) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:14:16 -0000
@iamjamesward That's disappointing. My mum loves John Nettles.
@iamjamesward What does it say about the Folies Bergerac? John Nettles does some sort of strip show or something, I think.
Dara_bhur_gCara (Dara O'Reilly) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:06:30 -0000
@iamjamesward What does it say about the Folies Bergerac? John Nettles does some sort of strip show or something, I think.
John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge and not responsible for James in recent events such as easily. #art
Dodonews (Dodo News) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:40:22 -0000
John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge and not responsible for James in recent events such as easily. #art
John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge and not responsible for. #art
Dodonews (Dodo News) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:40:04 -0000
John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge and not responsible for. #art
@k888tey You know you want to share it really Ness. Love always Nettles(John) x
OJBJ (Oliver Jackson) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:50:58 -0000
@k888tey You know you want to share it really Ness. Love always Nettles(John) x
Was 6th form english trip. John Nettles was Anthony & the evil but hot woman from Hellraiser was Cleo. Low cut top, it was great!
dartacus (Gareth Dart) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:24:54 -0000
Was 6th form english trip. John Nettles was Anthony & the evil but hot woman from Hellraiser was Cleo. Low cut top, it was great!

Subscribe to Nettles,_John RSS feed