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John Bluthal (born 1929) is a film and television actor, mostly in comedy.

Born in Galicja, Poland, he emigrated to Australia with his family in 1938 at the age of ten. He studied drama at Melbourne University, and visited England, during which time he appeard in pantomime. He worked in repertory theatre in Melbourne and was also involved in broadcasting and schools broadcasting. He appeared in drama on ABC radio, and variety, including the Shell Hour and Gaslight Music Hall, which he devised, produced and starred in.

In 1960 he came to England again and appeared in Citizen James for BBC television and Never Mind The Quality Feel The Width.

He appeared in the role of Fagin in the musical Oliver! at New Theatre, London. He has made dozens of film and TV shows since he came to England in 1959.

He worked with Spike Milligan on Q and its radio counterpart The Milligna Show. Bluthal is a man of many voices, like Milligan's former radio colleague Peter Sellers, and he was used somewhat like Sellers in Milligan's later work.

He has also appeared in three Carry On
films, two of the "Doctor" films, The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night
and Help!
, and in two of the Pink Panther films. Bluthal was also in the long-running UK TV series Never Mind The Quality Feel The Width where he played Manny Cohen, a Jewish tailor in business with an Irishman in London.

His latest appearances have been in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley as Frank Pickle (1994-1999) and the 2004 film Love's Brother.

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