Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
John Leeson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 42Series: 19
TMDB ID: 1213430
IMDb ID: nm0498770
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1943
Age: 83
Place of birth: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2025
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.48
Wikidata: Q1812342
Biography
John Leeson is a British actor who is known for voicing K-9 on the television series Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, then from 1980 to 1981, and has returned for two single episode in the revived series. He also voiced K-9 in the show's spin-offs K-9 and Company, The Sarah Jane Adventures and K-9.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Leeson.
as K9 (voice)
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
2025 • Movie
as Self
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024 • Movie
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017 • Movie
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015 • Movie
as Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 • Movie
The K-9 Files
2008 • Movie
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 • Movie
A Matter of Time
2007 • Movie
Parrot Fashion
2007 • Movie
Getting Blood from the Stones
2007 • Movie
as K9
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
2007 • Movie
A New Beginning
2004 • Movie
as K9 (voice)
Doctor Who: Shada
2003 • Movie
as Himself - Host
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001 • Movie
K9 Unleashed
2000 • Movie
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998 • Movie
as Anthony the D.J.
Downtime
1995 • Movie
as K9 (voice)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993 • Movie
as K9 (voice)
Search Out Space
1990 • Movie
as Dalek Battle Computer (voice)
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988 • Movie
as Himself
Myth Runner
1987 • Movie
as TV Interviewer
Whoops Apocalypse
1986 • Movie
as K9 (voice)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983 • Movie
as Henry Barrett
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Leeson.
as Self • 8 eps
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
Myth Makers
2015 • Series
as K-9 (voice) • 1 eps
Pointless Celebrities
2011 • Series
as K-9 (voice) • 26 eps
K-9
2009 • Series
as K9 (voice) • 10 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 • Series
as K9 (voice) • 2 eps
Doctor Who
2005 • Series
as BBC Producer • 1 eps
Longitude
2000 • Series
as Priest • 1 eps
Vanity Fair
1998 • Series
as Harris • 1 eps
Bugs
1995 • Series
as Dickinson • 1 eps
Shadow of the Noose
1989 • Series
as Train's Cook • 1 eps
'Allo 'Allo!
1984 • Series
as K-9 (voice) • 1 eps
K-9 and Company
1981 • Series
42 eps
Sorry!
1981 • Series
as Passport Officer • 1 eps
Minder
1979 • Series
as Jig • 25 eps
Jigsaw
1979 • Series
as Toise • 1 eps
Blake's 7
1978 • Series
as Bungle • 105 eps
Rainbow
1972 • Series
as Soldier • 1 eps
Dad's Army
1968 • Series
as K9 (voice) • 80 eps
Doctor Who
1963 • Series