John Duttine (born 15 March 1949 in Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English actor noted for his roles on stage, films and television.

His first big break came when he played John in the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He then played lead roles in major BBC adaptations such as Wuthering Heights (as Earnshaw) in 1978, To Serve Them All My Days in 1980 and The Day of the Triffids in 1981. He was also the star of the sitcom Lame Ducks in 1984, and Ain't Misbehavin' from 1994 to 1995.

He also acted opposite Laurence Olivier in the episode "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" of the TV series Laurence Olivier Presents

Since 1998 he has been married to actress Mel Martin

Film roles include: Who Dares Wins and The Hawk.

More recent TV credits include: Taggart, Dangerfield, Midsomer Murders, Peak Practice, The Bill, Casualty, EastEnders, Dalziel and Pascoe, Jane Hall and Heartbeat.

In 2007 he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Exotron & Urban Myths.

Like the character he played in "To Serve Them All My Days" (1980) (mini), John Duttine hails from a mining town, but in Yorkshire rather than Wales. He, too, attended state schools rather than upper-class public (the equivalent of American private) schools. When he realized in his teens that "acting was the only thing I did well," he switched to drama, training at the Drama Centre in London. His first job after drama school was playing three characters in "Hamlet" for the Citizens Theatre Company in Glasgow, Scotland. On joining the Glasgow Repertory Company, he did most of the familiar repertory stints including Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra," Danton in "Danton's Death," and Danforth in "The Crucible." By the mid-1970s, he had shifted mainly to television and film. Then in 1979-80 came the opportunity to play the hero of "To Serve Them All My Days" (1980) (mini), arguably one of the more demanding roles in the mini-series library. His main fear about playing David Powlett-Jones was the Welsh accent: "I was rather worried that I wouldn't hit the right note. I would be angry as hell if I heard a Yorkshire accent that was wrong." Clearly, John got the accent and just about everything else about this performance exactly right. As the New York Times noted upon the series' first American broadcast in 1982, "Mr. Duttine is, even in this talented company, exceptional." Following that triumph, for which he won the TV Times magazine's Best Actor award, John appeared in numerous programs and series for British television throughout the 1980s, drawing particular acclaim for _Day of the Triffids, The (1981) (TV)_, a sci-fi mini-series that has become a cult sci-fi favorite, and "Outsider, The" (1983), a 6-part series about a newspaper editor set in John's native Yorkshire. He also returned to the stage occasionally, and in 1989 was reunited with Charles Kay, his nemesis (Alcock) of "To Serve Them All My Days" (1980) (mini), for the original cast of "The Woman in Black." In the early 1990s, John's career and life appeared to hit a rough patch. His relationship with long-time girlfriend Carolyn Hutchinson broke up (they had a son, Oscar, in 1981) and work temporarily dried up. By 1994, things had returned to a better track. John began a relationship with Mel Martin, with whom he had co-starred in the TV movie Talking to Strange Men (1992) (TV), and returned to series TV with the comedic _Ain't Misbehavin (1994)_. In 1997, he and Mel bought an 18th century farmhouse on eight acres in Cornwall, England. Today John continues to appear regularly in guest-starring roles on British television, as well as on stage. During 2003, he toured in the well-received "Art" with co-stars Les Dennis (I) and Christopher Cazenove. John also does voice-over work for commercials and documentaries, as well as radio plays for the BBC, putting his versatile voice to very effective use.