John Nettleton (actor)
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John Nettleton (born 5 February 1929 in London) is a British actor.
One of his most notable roles was that of Sir Arnold Robinson, the Cabinet Secretary in Yes Minister and President of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Yes, Prime Minister (1980–1989). Another political role for Nettleton was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the sitcom The New Statesman.
Other roles include the Brian Clemens thriller And Soon the Darkness (1970), Brass (1983), Reverend Ernest Matthews in the Doctor Who serial Ghost Light (1989), Jinnah (1998), and Longitude (2000). Most recently, John appeared in the Lyttleton Theatre in the Royal National Theatre in the 2006 productions of Harley Granville Barker's "The Voysey Inheritance", directed by Peter Gill
