A Man Named John [SEP] cast member
A Man Named John
A Man Named John () is a 1965 drama film directed by Ermanno Olmi and starring Rod Steiger.
Plot.
The film is a biography of Pope John XXIII, who, however, does not appear in the film as an actual character. Instead Rod Steiger acts as an "intermediary", telling the Pope's life story while traveling through the places in Bergamo where he grew up.
Cast.
- Rod Steiger - The Intermediary
- Adolfo Celi - Msgr. Radini
with Tony Buffery... who had been part of the 1963 Footlights show "Cambridge Circus" which featured John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, and David Hatch, but who as a committed graduate student had not gone with it on its professional tour to the West End and elsewhere. He was – probably still is – an astonishingly funny man not least physically, and I know that Clive always admired him no end.
"— Pete Atkin, 03 Sep 2006"
As a member of the Footlights