John Stride Movies
Entering films with 1960's
Sink the Bismarck, British actor
John Stride joined the ranks of reliable "authority" character players. He was kept busy in such productions as
Stanley Kubrick's
A Clockwork Orange (1971) (as Dad),
Roman Polanski's
MacBeth (1971) (as Ross),
Juggernaut (1974),
A Bridge too Far (1977)
John Wayne's
Brannigan (1975),
Flash Gordon (1980) (as Zogi) and
Chevy Chase's
Oh Heavenly Dog (1984). In
The Omen (1976), Stride enjoyed a few of that horror film's least harrowing moments in the role of a psychiatrist, while in the 1978 cartoon feature
Lord of the Rings, Stride was heard but not seen as Treddan. John Stride's film roles were usually unstressed, but he was shown to better effect on the British TV series
The Main Chance and
The Wilde Alliance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
