John Burton (actor)

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John Burton is a British stage and television actor.

He has a personal website where you can view television clips, read diary updates and contact him directly, it is available to view now at www.johnburton.tv

John has appeared in numerous productions throughout the UK, including West Side Story, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Outside Edge, They Don’t Grow on Trees, Confusions, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Me and My Girl, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a national tour of Peter Nichols’ award-winning play Blue Murder, and a national tour of Four Nights in Knaresborough.

John’s television credits include: DC Cody in Coronation Street, James Ogley in Emmerdale, PC Steve Watson in Noah’s Ark, Sgt Bob Ellis in Undercover Customs, Sgt Major Atlee in Dalziel and Pascoe, Dave Edwards in Where the Heart Is, Rob Bonner in Cold Feet, DS Reynolds in Hollyoaks, Paramedic Steve in Clocking Off, Peter Phillips in Always and Everyone, Keith Palmer in Merseybeat, PC Joe Sambrook in The Bill, Steve Brooks in Crossroads, Alan Gordon in Brookside, Ansell in Eastenders, Tony in All About Me, Dean Forster in Casualty, Daniel Carey in "Flood", and Captain Steve Simmonds in "Hostage", two episodes from the BBC series Crisis Command, which was presented by Gavin Hewitt, Simon Marshall in the TV movie All in the Game, Bill Durrant in the new series of Afterlife (2006) and most recently as Martin Foreman in the last ever episode of Dream Team (2007) for Sky One.

He has also appeared in various commercials and corporate videos including Hallmark Cards, New York Life Assurance, British Telecom, Ariel Liquitabs, Redrow Homes, Saniflo Water Systems, The Pro Chef Quatro for JML, Health and Safety videos for Tarmac, promotional material for the Brazilian company Covance and the French Canadian company Saint Gobain.

John can also be seen playing Doug Harman on the Halifax Building Society Homebuyers Guide, providing the voice for the superhero Rodrigo in Hero for Hire on Playstation 2, and the voice of Bobby the Scriptwriter in the Brookside CD Rom game