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{{Infobox person
| name = John Bluthal
| image = 
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| caption =
| birth_name = Isaac Bluthal
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|8|12}}
| birth_place = [[Ozeriany, Borshchiv Hromada|Jezierzany]], [[Galicia (eastern Europe)|Galicia]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|11|15|1929|8|12}}
| death_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}
| years_active = 1953–2018<ref name="John Bluthal">[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225588 John Bluthal] – AusStage</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|Judyth Barron|1956||reason=separated}}
| children = 2
}}
'''John Bluthal''' (born '''Isaac Bluthal'''; 12 August 1929 – 15 November 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46265181|title=Vicar of Dibley actor dies, aged 89|date=19 November 2018|access-date=29 November 2018|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> was a Polish-born Australian actor and comedian, noted for his six-decade career internationally in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He started his career during the [[Golden Age of Television#United Kingdom|Golden Age of British Television]], where he was best known for his comedy work in the UK with [[Spike Milligan]], and for his role as Manny Cohen in the television series ''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]''. In later years, he was known to television audiences as the bumbling Frank Pickle in ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''. At 85 he played Professor [[Herbert Marcuse]] in the Coen Brothers' film ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'' (2016).

==Early life==
Bluthal was born to a Jewish family in [[Ozeriany, Borshchiv Hromada|Jezierzany]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] (now in [[Ukraine]]).<ref name=smh>{{cite news |title=Sydney actor who played Frank Pickle in Vicar of Dibley |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-actor-who-played-frank-pickle-in-vicar-of-dibley-20181122-p50hkg.html |access-date=2018-11-24 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2018-11-22}}</ref> Due to [[anti-Semitism]] in Poland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/19/john-bluthal-obituary|title=John Bluthal obituary|date=19 November 2018|website=the Guardian|accessdate=20 March 2021}}</ref> his family emigrated to [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], in 1938, when he was aged nine. He was educated at [[Princes Hill Secondary College|Princes Hill Central School]] in [[Carlton North, Victoria|Carlton North]] and [[University High School, Melbourne|University High School]] in [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]]. He began his acting career in Melbourne's Yiddish Theatre and subsequently studied drama at the [[University of Melbourne]]. In 1949, he travelled to Europe and the [[United Kingdom]], during which time he appeared in [[pantomime]]. He worked in [[repertory theatre]] in Melbourne and appeared in Australian radio dramas, as well as television productions including ''[[Shell Presents]]'' and ''Three's A Crowd''. He also devised and produced ''[[Gaslight Music Hall]]'', in which he starred.

==Career==
Bluthal moved to the United Kingdom permanently in 1960<ref name="John Bluthal"/> and appeared in ''[[Citizen James]]'' in 1960 for BBC television, and the long-running [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy series ''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'' (1967–71) in which he played Manny Cohen, a Jewish London tailor in business with an Irish Catholic tailor, Patrick Kelly, played by [[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]]. Also in the 1960s, he provided the voice for Commander Zero in the television puppet series ''[[Fireball XL5]]'' (1962–63).

Bluthal had worked with [[Spike Milligan]] before leaving Australia, appearing with him in a 1958 Australian television special, ''The Gladys Half-Hour'', in the Australian radio comedy series ''[[The Idiot Weekly]]''. On relocating to Britain, he appeared as several characters in Milligan and [[John Antrobus]]' stage play ''[[The Bedsitting Room (play)|The Bedsitting Room]]'', which opened at the [[Mermaid Theatre]] on 31 January 1963.<ref name="thebedsittingroom">Milligan, Spike, & Antrobus, John (1973) ''The Bedsitting Room''. Tandem: London. First published in Great Britain by Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1970. Published by Universal-Tandem, 1972.</ref><ref name="ScudamoresMilliganbio">{{cite book | last= Scudamore | first= Pauline | title= Spike Milligan: A Biography. | year= 1985 | publisher= Granada | location= London | isbn= 0-246-12275-7 }} pp.203–204</ref><ref name="McCann">{{cite book | last= McCann | first= Graham | title= Spike & Co. | year= 2006 | publisher= Hodder & Stoughton | location = London | isbn = 0-340-89809-7 }} (a)p.158, (b)pp.215–216</ref> He also appeared in ''[[The Omar Khayyam Show]]'', a UK remake of episodes from ''The Idiot Weekly''. He later worked extensively with Milligan on the television series ''[[Q... (TV series)|Q]]'' and its radio counterpart ''[[Milligna (or Your Favourite Spike)|The Milligan Show]]''. Bluthal was able to produce many comedic and imitative voices, like Milligan's radio colleague [[Peter Sellers]], and he was used somewhat like Sellers in Milligan's later work.

Bluthal worked extensively in British theatre. In 1960 he played Fagin in the original production of the musical ''[[Oliver!]]'' in the West End (replacing [[Ron Moody]]). His appearances at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] included ''Tales from Hollywood'', ''Entertaining Strangers'', [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]'s production of ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (with [[Judi Dench]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]]), ''Yonaadab'', ''[[The Tempest]]'', ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', and ''[[Cymbeline]]''.

His other television appearances include the ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' episode "Sykes and a Bath", broadcast on 25 January 1961,<ref name=McCann/> ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]'' ("[[The Radio Ham]]", 1961), ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1965), ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' ("The Happy Suicide", 1965), ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1984), ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1985), ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' (1990), ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1991), ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' (1993), ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1994), ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (1995), and ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' (1997), as well as appearing as Major Cheeseburger in ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies']]'' episode "[[Clown Virus]]". He also replaced [[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] in the Australian comedy/satire series ''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'' for the second half of 1966<ref>'Mavis Star Leaving' Sydney Morning Herald 16 June 1966 p. 1</ref> and starred as "Enzo Pacelli" in the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC-TV]] comedy television series ''[[Home Sweet Home (Australian TV series)|Home Sweet Home]]'' (1982-3). Bluthal also appeared as [[Leonid Krasin]] in episodes of the Thames TV series ''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]'' (1983).<ref>
{{cite web
| title = John Bluthal
| publisher = Internet Movie Database
| url = https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0085077/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc
| access-date = 7 July 2016}}</ref> and "Chalky", a hospital patient, in the episode "I Gotta Horse" of the comedy television series ''[[Doctor Down Under]]'' (1979) the Australian series of the British television series syndicated internationally as ''[[Doctor in the House (franchise)|Doctor in the House]]'', which also starred [[Robin Nedwell]] as Dr. Duncan Waring and [[Geoffrey Davies]] as Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark).

His films appearances include: ''[[The Knack ...and How to Get It]]'' (1965), three ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films, two of the ''[[Doctor in the House|Doctor]]'' films, and also [[The Beatles]]' films ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964) and ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (1965), three roles in ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967), and two of the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' films. Bluthal also played several characters in ''[[The Great McGonagall (film)|The Great McGonagall]]'' (1974), by Spike Milligan and [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]], based on the life of [[William McGonagall]].<ref name="Lewis">{{cite book | last= Lewis | first= Roger | title= The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. | year= 1995 | publisher= Arrow Books | location= London | isbn= 0-09-974700-6}} p.935</ref> He portrayed an Egyptologist in the year 1914 for the first part of the film ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' (1997) and Uncle Karl in ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'' (1998). He also appeared in the comedy ''[[Fovou tous Ellines|Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns]]'' (2000).

His later television appearances have been in the sitcom ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' as the fastidious minutes-taker Frank Pickle and as the caretaker Rocko in ''[[Spirited]]''.

He also appeared in the 2004 film ''[[Love's Brother]]'' and in the 2016 Coen Brothers film ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''

His final appearance was with his daughter Lisa Bluthal in her 2018 short film ''By Any Other Name'', a comedy about a daughter dealing with her father's [[Alzheimer's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unilad.co.uk/tv/vicar-of-dibley-star-john-bluthal-dies-aged-89/|title=Vicar Of Dibley Star John Bluthal Dies Aged 89|date=17 November 2018|publisher=unilad.co.uk|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Bluthal married actress Judyth Barron in 1956. Together they had daughters Nava and Lisa, but later separated. Barron died in 2016.<ref name=smh/>

Bluthal's agent confirmed on 16 November 2018 that the actor had died, aged 89, in [[New South Wales]], Australia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Vale: John Bluthal |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/11/vale-john-bluthal.html |website=[[TV Tonight]] |language=en-AU |date=16 November 2018}}</ref> Following his death, fellow ''The Vicar of Dibley'' actor [[Dawn French]] said "Tons of happy laughs remembered today. Cheeky, naughty, hilarious. Bye darlin' Bluey."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/dawn-french-leads-tributes-after-vicar-of-dibley-star-john-bluthal-dies-a3992936.html|title=Dawn French leads tributes after Vicar of Dibley star John Bluthal Dies|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> On 22 December 2018, BBC One aired ''The Vicar of Dibley'' December 1996 episode "[[The Christmas Lunch Incident]]" with a caption at the end remembering Bluthal's death. Similarly the final episode of the lockdown edition of ''The Vicar of Dibley'' ended with a tribute just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory of Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to him and also three other deceased Dibley cast members ([[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]], [[Emma Chambers]] and [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]).

Bluthal's sister Nita married [[Stephen Murray-Smith]], making [[Joanna Murray-Smith]] his niece.<ref>https://dailyreview.com.au/john-bluthal/</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="33"|Year
! width="225"|Title
! width="175"| Role
! width="175"| Director
! width="175"| Notes
|-
|1963
|''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]''
|Von Neidel
|[[Richard Lester]]
|
|-
|1963
|''[[Doctor in Distress (film)|Doctor in Distress]]''
|Railway Porter
|[[Ralph Thomas]]
|Uncredited
|-
|1964
|''[[This Is My Street]]''
|Joe
|[[Sidney Hayers]]
|
|-
|1964
|''[[Father Came Too!]]''
|Robert the Bruce
|[[Peter Graham Scott]]
|
|-
|1964
|''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
|Car Thief
|Richard Lester
|Uncredited
|-
|1964
|''[[Carry On Spying]]''
|Head Waiter / Doctor Crow
|[[Gerald Thomas]]
|Voice
|-
|1965
|''[[The Knack ...and How to Get It]]''
|Angry Father
|Richard Lester
|
|-
|1965
|''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''
|Bhuta
|Richard Lester
|
|-
|1966
|''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''
|Roman Chief Guard
|Richard Lester
|
|-
|1967
|''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''
|Casino Doorman / MI5 Man
|
|
|-
|1967
|''[[Follow That Camel|Carry On... Follow That Camel]]''
|Cpl. Clotski
|Gerald Thomas
|
|-
|1968
|''A Ghost of a Chance''
|Mayor's Assistant
|Jan Darnley-Smith
|
|-
|1968
|''[[Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River]]''
|Dr. Pinto
|[[Jerry Lewis]]
|
|-
|1968
|''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]''
|Judge
|[[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]]
|
|-
|1969
|''The Undertakers''
|
|Brian Cummins
|Short
|-
|1969
|''[[A Talent for Loving (film)|A Talent for Loving]]''
|Martinelli
|[[Richard Quine]]
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Doctor in Trouble]]''
|1st Cabbie
|Ralph Thomas
|
|-
|1971
|''[[Carry On Henry]]''
|Royal Tailor
|Gerald Thomas
|Uncredited
|-
|1972
|''Nightmare''
|Capt. John Tredinnick
|Jeremy Summers
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width (film)|Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]''
|Manny Cohen
|Ronnie Baxter
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World]]''
|Jerry
|Joseph McGrath
|
|-
|1973
|''The Flying Sorcerer''
|Uncle Charlie
|[[Harry Booth]]
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Just One More Time|The Over-Amorous Artist]]''
|Pakistani Salesman
|Maurice Hamblin
|
|-
|1975
|''[[The Great McGonagall (film)|The Great McGonagall]]''
|Mr. Giles / MacDuff / Hercules Paint / British Soldier / Policeman / McLain / Sheriff / Judge
|Joseph McGrath
|
|-
|1975
|''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]''
|Blind Beggar
|[[Blake Edwards]]
|
|-
|1976
|''[[Fantasm]]''
|Professor Jungenot A. Freud
|[[Richard Franklin (director)|Richard Bruce]]
|Uncredited
|-
|1977
|''Survival Kit''
|
|Karin Altmann
|Short
|-
|1978
|''[[The Irishman (1978 film)|The Irishman]]''
|Dave
|[[Donald Crombie]]
|
|-
|1978
|''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]''
|Guard at Cemetery
|Blake Edwards
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Touch and Go (1980 film)|Touch and Go]]''
|Anatole
|[[Peter Maxwell]]
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Alison's Birthday]]''
|Uncle Dean Findlay
|Ian Coughlan
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Superman III]]''
|Pisa Vendor
|Richard Lester
|
|-
|1983
|''[[The Return of Captain Invincible]]''
|Deli Owner
|[[Philippe Mora]]
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth]]''
|Goblin
|[[Jim Henson]]
|Voice, Uncredited
|-
|1992
|''[[Stan and George's New Life]]''
|Stan Senior
|Brian McKenzie
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Leapin' Leprechauns!]]''
|rowspan="2"|Michael Dennehy
|[[Ted Nicolaou]]
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns]]''
|Ted Nicolaou
|
|-
|1997
|''[[The Fifth Element]]''
|Professor Pacoli
|[[Luc Besson]]
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]''
|Karl Harris
|[[Alex Proyas]]
|
|-
|1998
|''[[RPM (film)|RPM]]''
|Grinkstein
|[[Ian Sharp]]
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Fovou tous Ellines|Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns]]''
|Stephanos
|[[John Tatoulis]]
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Love's Brother]]''
|Pepe
|[[Jan Sardi]]
|
|-
|2008
|''Pigeonhole''
|Old Man
|Nicole Tanzabel
|Short
|-
|2014
|''Milk & Honey''
|Umberto
|Andrea Demetriades Louisa Mignone
|Short
|-
|2016
|''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''
|Prof. Marcuse
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Jungle (2017 film)|Jungle]]''
|Uncle Nissim
|[[Greg McLean (film director)|Greg McLean]]
|
|}

===TV series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1958
|''[[Miss Mabel]]''
|The Gardener
|Television film
|-
|1959
|''Lady in Danger''
|Inspector Marsh
|Television film
|-
|1960
|''[[Man in a Blue Vase]]''
|Herman
|Television film
|-
|1960
|''[[Citizen James]]''
|Charlie
|5 episodes
|-
|1961
|''[[Sykes and A...]]''
|Mr. Kelly
|3.04 "Sykes and a Bath" 4.01 "Sykes and a Mission"
|-
|1961-1963
|''[[It's a Square World]]''
|Various Characters
|14 episodes
|-
|1961
|''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]''
|Radio voice
|1.03 "The Radio Ham"
|-
|1962-1963
|''[[Fireball XL5]]''
|Commander Wilbur Zero Jock Campbell Various Characters
|39 episodes
|-
|1963
|''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''
|Willie The Kid
|2.06 "The Shooting of Willie the Kid"
|-
|1963
|''Best of Friends''
|
|01.03 "Stars and Strife"
|-
|1963
|''[[The Larkins (1958 TV series)|The Larkins]]''
|Martinez
|5.01 "Cafe Ole"
|-
|1964-1965
|''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]''
|Various
|
|-
|1964
|''[[Festival (British TV series)|Festival]]''
|Justin Thyme
|1.25 "Justin Thyme"
|-
|1964
|''A Child's Guide to Screenwriting''
|Various
|Voice, Television film
|-
|1964
|''[[HMS Paradise]]''
|Gus
|1.11 "And a Happy Bastille Day to You Too"
|-
|1964
|''[[ITV Play of the Week]]''
|
|10.15 "Drill Pig"
|-
|1964
|''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''
|Guido Naccaro
|3.13 "The Damsel in Distress"
|-
|1965
|''[[Night Train to Surbiton]]''
|Ward
|Television miniseries
|-
|1965
|''The Saint''
|Ziggy Zaglan
|3.23 "The Happy Suicide"
|-
|1965
|''[[Not Only... But Also]]''
|
|1.07 "Episode #1.7"
|-
|1965
|''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
|Ivenko
|4.12 "Two's a Crowd"
|-
|1967
|''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
|Emmanuel "Manny" Cohen
|7.04 "[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]"
|-
|1967
|''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]''
|Giuseppe Borzo
|1.26 "The Long Long Day"
|-
|1967-1971
|''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]''
|Manny Cohen
|41 episodes
|-
|1968
|''[[City '68]]''
|Arthur Somerset
|1.05 "The Visitors"
|-
|1968
|''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]''
|Salesman
|3.03 "The TV Set"
|-
|1968
|''[[Man in a Suitcase]]''
|Berger
|1.22 "Jigsaw Man"
|-
|1968
|''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
|Kondu
|1.28 "The Brahmin Widow"
|-
|1969
|''[[Q... (TV series)|Q5]]''
|Various characters
|4 episodes
|-
|1969
|''[[All Star Comedy Carnival]]''
|Manny Cohen
|Television film
|-
|1970
|''[[Oh In Colour]]''
|Various characters
|6 episodes
|-
|1972-1973
|''Milligan in...''
|Various characters
|1.01 "Milligan in Autumn" 1.02 "Milligan in Winter" 1.03 "Milligan in Spring"
|-
|1973
|''The Pathfinders''
|Corporal John Tredinnick
|1.12 "Nightmare"
|-
|1973
|''[[Matlock Police]]''
|Eric Sumner
|3.108 "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
|-
|1973-1976
|''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]''
|Sam Nicholls / Mr. Mockler / Lieberman / Dr. Einstein
|4 episodes
|-
|1974
|''[[Sykes (TV series)|Sykes]]''
|Henry
|3.04 "The Band"
|-
|1974
|''The Last Turkey in the Shop Show''
|Various characters
|Short film
|-
|1974
|''Charles Dickens' World of Christmas''
|
|Television film
|-
|1975
|''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''
|Major Cheeseburger
|5.02 "Clown Virus"
|-
|1975
|''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|Richard Armitage
|15.01 "[[The Melting Pot (TV series)|The Melting Pot]]"
|-
|1975
|''[[Q... (TV series)|Q6]]''
|Various characters
|6 episodes
|-
|1976
|''[[Whodunnit? (UK game show)|Whodunnit?]]''
|General Malkol
|4.06 "A Deadly Tan"
|-
|1976
|''[[The Melting Pot (TV series)|The Melting Pot]]''
|Richard Armitage
|1.03 "Episode #1.3"
|-
|1976
|''[[Bluey (1976 TV series)|Bluey]]''
|Newsman
|1.06 "Wild Goose Chase"
|-
|1977
|''Spaghetti Two-Step''
|Sidney
|Television film
|-
|1977
|''The Off Show''
|Doc Holliday
|1.01 "Six of One"
|-
|1978-1980
|''[[Q... (TV series)|Q...]]''
|Various characters
|19 episodes
|-
|1978
|''BBC2 Play of the Week''
|Gleyne
|2.11 "Renoir, My Father"
|-
|1979
|''[[BBC Play of the Month]]''
|Ernest Friedman
|14.06 "Design for Living"
|-
|1979
|''[[Ride on Stranger]]''
|Joseph Litchin
|3 episodes
|-
|1979
|''The Mismatch''
|
|Television film
|-
|1979
|''[[Doctor Down Under]]''
|'Chalky' White
|1.04 "I Gotta Horse"
|-
|1980
|''[[Home Sweet Home (Australian TV series)|Home Sweet Home]]''
|Enzo Pacelli
|2 episodes
|-
|1981
|''[[And Here Comes Bucknuckle]]''
|J.J. Forbes
|6 episodes
|-
|1982
|''[[There's a Lot of It About]]''
|Various characters
|6 episodes
|-
|1983
|''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]''
|Various characters
|2 episodes
|-
|1983
|''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]''
|Krassin
|1.09 "After Moscow" 1.12 "Shutdown"
|-
|1984
|''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
|
|12.05 "The Great Love Experiment"
|-
|1984
|''Squaring the Circle''
|Babiuch
|Television film
|-
|1984
|''I Thought You'd Gone''
|Max van Damn
|1.06 "Episode #1.6"
|-
|1984
|''[['Allo 'Allo]]''
|Tailor
|1.03 "Savile Row to the Rescue"
|-
|1985
|''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
|Solly Salmon
|6.03 "The Return of the Invincible Man"
|-
|1986
|''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (miniseries)|The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]''
|Angus
|Television miniseries
|-
|1987
|''[[Super Gran]]''
|Inside Legg The Tailor
|2.13 "Supergran and the Heir Apparent"
|-
|1988
|''[[T-Bag|Turn on to T-Bag]]''
|Big Ed Malone
|1.02 "Gangsters"
|-
|1989
|''[[T-Bag|T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set]]''
|Herr Krimper
|1.05 "Hazel Knutt's Muesli Bar"
|-
|1989
|''[[Storyboard (1983 TV series)|Storyboard]]''
|Van der Moeuwe
|4.02 "Snakes & Ladders"
|-
|1989
|''[[In Sickness and in Health]]''
|Ricky
|3 episodes
|-
|1990
|''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''
|Edward Emanuelson
|8.02 "My Name's Sergeant Bergerac"
|-
|1990
|''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''
|Mr. Jellinek
|1.04 "I'll Retire to Bedlam"
|-
|1990
|''[[T-Bag|T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom]]''
|High Priest
|1.07 "Tut Tut"
|-
|1990
|''Freddie and Max''
|Anatol Medved
|1.02 "Episode #1.2"
|-
|1991
|''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]''
|Gaston LeBlanc
|6.01 "Rumpole a la Carte"
|-
|1991
|''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]''
|Pedro
|3.13 "We'll Always Have Majorca"
|-
|1992
|''[[Virtual Murder (TV series)|Virtual Murder]]''
|Tonu
|1.04 "A Torch for Silverado"
|-
|1992
|''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]''
|Albert Newman
|8.04 "Ring of Deceit Part One"
|-
|1993
|''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
|Victor Ignotas
|7.3 "Twilight of the Gods"
|-
|1994
|''[[A Pinch of Snuff (TV series)|A Pinch of Snuff]]''
|Maurice Arany
|Television film
|-
| 1994–2007
| ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
| Frank Pickle
| 2 series and 10 specials (20 episodes)
|-
|1994
|''[[Lovejoy (TV series)|Lovejoy]]''
|Popov
|6.08 "Fruit of the Desert"
|-
|1995
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Mr. Malinowski
|10.05 "Halfway House"
|-
|1995
|''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
|Barber
|17.10 "Brushes at Dawn"
|-
|1997
|''[[Jonathan Creek]]''
|Jack Holiday
|1.02 "Jack in the Box"
|-
|1998
|''[[Driven Crazy]]''
|Great Grandpa
|1.06 "Listen Ear"
|-
|1999
|''Time and Tide''
|Harry
|Television film
|-
|2003
|''[[Blue Heelers]]''
|Sid Harrison
|10.28 "Too Good to Be True"
|-
|2005
|''Grange''
|
|Television film
|-
|2010-2011
|''[[Spirited]]''
|Rocco
|6 episodes
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|89944}}
* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/John-Bluthal.html John Bluthal] at Filmreference
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/b/bluthal_john.shtml John Bluthal] at BBC Comedy Guide

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John Bluthal - Revision history

Kurt at 04:20, 18 January 2023

Kurt: 1 revision imported

en>BrownHairedGirl: remove square brackets from bare URL inline refs. The URL is much more helpful than a random number

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