Bill Johnson
Veteran actor Bill Johnson began appearing on Kiwi screens as early as 1969, when he joined the cast of TV thriller The Alpha Plan. Johnson is best remembered by a generation of Kiwis as the sinister Mr Wilberforce in 1980s sci-fi classic Under The Mountain. After more than four decades as an actor, he passed away on 23 September 2016.
As the waxen-faced leader of the Wilberforces, he struck terror into New Zealanders of all ages. Writer Trevor Agnew describes one of Bill Johnson's role in 1981 TV series Under the Mountain, The Dominion Post (TV Week pullout), 8 December 2009
In Memoriam 2016
2016, Subject - Short Film
Show of Hands
2008, As: Waiter - Film
King Kong
2005, As: Manny (Ann's theatre actor friend) - Film
New Faces Old Fears
2004, Additional Voices - Television
Mercy Peak - First Episode (excerpt)
2001, As: Arthur Bulstrode - Television
Runaway Revisited
1994, Subject - Short Film
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990 - 1992, As: Mr Chambers - Television
The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Ride a Black Horse
1990, As: Mr Chambers - Television
The Champion - First Episode
1989, As: Mr Dent - Television
The Grasscutter
1988, As: Goodman - Television
Porters
1987, As: Clive Rowlands - Television
Porters (Episode Five)
1987, As: Clive Rowlands - Television
Terry and the Gunrunners - Full Series
1985, As: Drunken TAB manager (episodes 2, 3 & 5) - Television
About Face - A Fitting Tribute
1985, As: Prime Minister - Television
Heart of the High Country - First Episode
1985, As: Old Bowen - Television
Do Not Go Gentle
1983, As: Charlie - Television
Savage Islands
1983, As: Reverend Williamson - Film
Under the Mountain - The Alien World Below (Episode Four)
1981, As: Mr Wilberforce - Television
Under the Mountain
1981, As: Mr Wilberforce - Television
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980, As: Doctor Jim Sprott - Film
Mortimer's Patch
1980, As: Dick Benson - Television
Children of Fire Mountain
1979, As: School Master - Television
Radio Waves - First Episode
1978, As: Peter Deniston - Television
Gather Your Dreams
1978, As: Mayor - Television
The Governor
1977, Actor - Television
Sleeping Dogs
1977, As: Cousins - Film
The Governor 1 - The Reverend Traitor (First Episode)
1977, As: Anglican Missionary - Television
Moynihan
1976 - 1977, Actor - Television
A Going Concern (short clip)
1975, Actor - Television
The City of No
1971, As: Graham - Television
The Alpha Plan - Episode One
1969, As: Hodgkins - Television
The Alpha Plan
1969, As: Hodgkins - Television
Runaway
1964, As: David's father - Film