John Bach
Acting • Born 1946-06-05
Biography
John Bach (born 5 June 1946) is a British-born New Zealand actor who has acted on stage, television and film over a period of more than four decades. Though born in the United Kingdom, he has spent most of his career living and working in New Zealand. In 1997, his leading role as the titular detective character of Duggan was created for him, firstly in a couple of telemovies, then in a successful New Zealand series.
Filmography
65 credits
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Movie • 2004
Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Battletruck
Movie • 1982
Bone
Bad Blood
Movie • 1982
Bert Cropp
Blood Oath
Movie • 1990
Major Roberts
The Heroes
Movie • 1988
Donald Davidson
The Hollow Men
Movie • 2008
Michael Bassett (voice)
The Cure
Movie • 2014
Lionel
Georgia
Movie • 1989
William Karlin
Pallet on the Floor
Movie • 1986
Jack Voot
The Last Tattoo
Movie • 1994
Austen Leech
Wild Horses
Movie • 1984
Jack
Other Halves
Movie • 1984
Jim
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Movie • 1993
Alexander Graham Bell
The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
Movie • 1989
Travis
The Lost Tribe
Movie • 1983
Edward / Max Scarry
Wild Man
Movie • 1977
Barman
Goodbye Pork Pie
Movie • 1981
Snout
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Movie • 1980
Detective Murray Jeffries
CrimeBroker
Movie • 1993
Frank MacPhee
Rest for the Wicked
Movie • 2011
Frank
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Madril
Judgement Tavern
Movie • 2016
The Judge
The Ballad of Maddog Quinn
Movie • 2022
Grandpa quinn
Old Scores
Movie • 1991
Ewan Murray
The Light Between Oceans
Movie • 2016
Mayor Jock Johnson
Mistress, Mercy
Movie • 2018
Judge Anderson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Madril
Utu
Movie • 1984
Belcher
Heart of the Stag
Movie • 1984
Shearer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Movie • 2008
British Homeguard 1
Typhon's People
Movie • 1993
Daniel Harrington
My Name Is Bruce
Movie • 2007
Shot in the Leg Guy
Reunion
Movie • 2020
Jack
Piece of My Heart
Movie • 2009
Mike
Carry Me Back
Movie • 1982
Kidnapped
Movie • 2005
Cluny
Nearly No Christmas
Movie • 1983
King Penguin
Sgt. Haane
Movie • 2026
General Horrocks (Elder)
Holy Days
Movie • 2026
Bishop Chaytor
The Lost Children
TV • 2006
Spartacus
TV • 2010
Magistrate Calavius
Gallipoli
TV • 2015
Sir Ian Hamilton
Farscape
TV • 1999
Einstein
Jack Irish
TV • 2016
Senator Michael Longmore
Duggan
TV • 1997
Mysterious Island
TV • 1995
Captain Nemo
This Is Not My Life
TV • 2010
Kidnapped
TV • 2005
Hercules
TV • 2005
Creon
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
TV • 2004
Einstein
Golden Fiddles
TV • 1991
Walter Balfour
Wentworth
TV • 2013
Vinnie Holt
Roman Empire
TV • 2016
Marcus Aurelius
The Governor
TV • 1977
John Sheehan
The Great Bookie Robbery
TV • 1986
Mike Power
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
TV • 1997
Thierry Arronax
The Day of the Roses
TV • 1998
Tom Weir
The Man from Snowy River
TV • 1994
Dandy Jim O'Rourke
The Feds
TV • 1993
Commander Rainer Bass
Heroes II: The Return
TV • 1991
Lt. Cmdr Donald 'Davo" Davidson
Hope and Wire
TV • 2014
Vernon
Legend of the Seeker
TV • 2008
Herald
The Lost World
TV • 1999
Balar
The Paper Man
TV • 1990
Philip Cromwell
Under the Vines
TV • 2021
Don Silverton