Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 16, 1949
Place of Birth
Holbrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
Credits
29 titles
John Tams
Biography
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 Live Act at the BBC Folk Awards 2012) or in a duo with Barry Coope (Duo of the Year 2008). In 2015 it was announced that Tams was retiring from Home Service.
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: War Horse
Songs
Sharpe: The Legend
Hagman
Sharpe's Waterloo
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Justice
Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Revenge
Original Music Composer
Sharpe's Mission
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Siege
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Regiment
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
When Saturday Comes
Brewery Worker
Sharpe's Sword
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Battle
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Gold
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Honour
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Enemy
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Company
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Eagle
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Sharpe
Daniel Hagman
Sharpe's Rifles
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Original Music Composer
Heartbeat
Don Tetley
The Fool
The Rainbow
Uncle Frank
The Raggedy Rawney
Blakey
No Further Cause for Concern
Roy
ScreenPlay
Roy
The Mysteries
Thomas / Shepherd
Travelling Man
Barman
Sons and Lovers
Pappleworth
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Narrator (voice)