- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Holbrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
John Tams
John Tams (born 16 February 1949) is an English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician born in Holbrook, Derbyshire, the son of a publican. He first worked as a reporter for the Ripley & Heanor News later working for BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Nottingham. Tams had an early part in The Rainbow (1988), and may be best known for playing a regular supporting role in the ITV drama series Sharpe, as rifleman Daniel Hagman. He also co-wrote the music for each film (18, as of November 2008) alongside Dominic Muldowney. Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including Son of Morris On, and as a member of the British folk rock group Albion Band. Splitting with Hutchings in the 1980s, he formed Home Service. In the following decades, Tams spent time fronting Home Service (Best Liv…
Filmography
movieNational Theatre Live: War Horse
2014 · Songs
movieSharpe: The Legend
1997 · Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Waterloo
1997 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Justice
1997 · Daniel Hagman, Additional Writing, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Revenge
1997 · Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Mission
1996 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Siege
1996 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Regiment
1996 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieWhen Saturday Comes
1996 · Brewery Worker
movieSharpe's Sword
1995 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Battle
1995 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Gold
1995 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Honour
1994 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Enemy
1994 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Company
1994 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
movieSharpe's Eagle
1993 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman
movieSharpe's Rifles
1993 · Rifleman Daniel Hagman, Original Music Composer
tvSharpe
1993 · Daniel Hagman
movieSix Characters in Search of An Author
1992 · Original Music Composer
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Don Tetley
The Fool
movieThe Fool
1990
movieThe Rainbow
1989 · Uncle Frank
movieThe Raggedy Rawney
1988 · Blakey
movieNo Further Cause for Concern
1988 · Roy
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Roy
tvThe Mysteries
1985 · Thomas / Shepherd
tvTravelling Man
1984 · Barman
movieSons and Lovers
1981 · Pappleworth, Music
movieHere We Come A-Wassailing
1977 · Narrator (voice)