Career
John Rudling was a qualified draughtsman before making his mark as a character actor, beginning with the Royal Society of Chemistry . He moved on to work at the Players" Theatre, London, before touring with ENSA. He appeared in the Ealing comedy films. He appeared on television in a number of television programmes such as The Invisible Manitoba in 1959, Porridge in 1975, Wodehouse Playhouse, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Liver Birds and The Two Ronnies. He also played a prison officer called Mr.
Birchwood in Porridge in an episode entitled "Just Desserts".
One of his final television appearances was in 1982 in Ronnie Corbett"s sitcom Sorry!. On television he is most fondly remembered and best known for playing as Brabinger, the aged and dedicated butler in To the Manor Born.
Whilst appearing in To the Manor Born he suffered a heart attack. Rudling died in 1983 from respiratory complications.
