John Stride
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John Stride (born July 11, 1936) is an English actor best known for his television work during the 1970s.
Stride was born in London and trained at RADA, where he met his first wife, Virginia Stride (née Thomas). He made his first, uncredited, screen appearance in the British film, Sink the Bismarck! (1960). In 1975 he played the television role with which he became most closely associated, that of businessman David Main in the ITV series, The Main Chance. In 1978 he appeared in another successful ITV drama series, The Wilde Alliance, co-starring with Julia Foster. After being surprisingly cast as King Henry VIII in the BBC's production of the Shakespeare play, of the same name, his career waned. After playing one of the leads in the BBC's adaptation of Kingsley Amis's Booker Prize-winning novel, The Old Devils in 1992, he effectively retired.
