Alan Ford (actor)
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Alan Ford is an English
actor
. Ford was trained at East 15 Acting School
. He is perhaps best known today for his roles in the Guy Ritchie
crime capers Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
and Snatch
, and guest starring in The Bill
. He also appeared in Exorcist: The Beginning
and, much earlier, as 'Roosta' in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
, along with a small speaking role in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday
. Ford has also recently appeared in the 2010 music video 'For He's a Jolly Good Felon' by Welsh rockers Lostprophets
.
Ford played Clifford Harding in G.F. Newman's Law & Order in 1978, then had a brief role in the film An American Werewolf in London
, where he plays the taxi driver who says the line, "It puts you in mind of the days of the old demon barber
of Fleet Street
, doesn't it?" in response to the recent wave of murders around London. He has also proved himself a comic actor. He was involved in the Armando Iannucci
production Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
, playing a boxing
promoter called Terry Norton; and he worked again with Iannucci playing the 'East End Thug' in The Armando Iannucci Shows
. He later appeared as a priest in every episode of the Matt Berry
and Rich Fulcher
created sketch show, Snuff Box
. He has also had a role in radio adverts for Virgin Media
.
Alan Ford has also written a novel, Thin Ice (2006) and provided voice acting to the video game Fable 2
as Arfur, a wanted criminal living in Bowerstone.
Alan Ford is famed for his very prominent east London Cockney
accent, which adds to his 'mobster' roles. The majority of these roles portray a hard, no-nonsense gangster type character. He is a vegetarian. His voice is featured in the dubstep
song Cockney Thug by Rusko (clips from the Iannucci Show), Crunch by Flux Pavilion
and Datsik, the death metal
song A Child Is Missing from the Illdisposed
album The Prestige
, the song "I am the Doctor" by TMF, the deathgrind
song Iron Lotus from the Whorecore EP The Mundane Corruption, and the hip-hop song Sinister by Aesop Rock
, Vast Aire and Yeshua from the 2001 Centrifugal Phorce compilation, Euphony. 2011 sees him starring as crime boss Carter in the British film noir Jack Falls
alongside his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
co-stars Jason Flemying and Dexter Fletcher
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Ford was trained at East 15 Acting School
East 15 Acting School
East 15 is a British drama school in Debden, Loughton, Essex. At the main campus, Loughton, it occupies an 18th century mansion, Hatfields, and has its own theatre, the Corbett, which is adjacent. The Corbett Theatre is an adaptation of a 15th-century barn...
. He is perhaps best known today for his roles in the Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English screenwriter and film maker who directed Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver, RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes.-Early life:...
crime capers Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag...
and Snatch
Snatch (film)
Snatch is a 2000 crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish ...
, and guest starring in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
. He also appeared in Exorcist: The Beginning
Exorcist: The Beginning
Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 prequel to the 1973 film The Exorcist. This is the second version of the third Exorcist sequel. It was adapted by William Wisher Jr., Caleb Carr and Alexi Hawley, and directed by Renny Harlin...
and, much earlier, as 'Roosta' in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
, along with a small speaking role in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film...
. Ford has also recently appeared in the 2010 music video 'For He's a Jolly Good Felon' by Welsh rockers Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...
.
Ford played Clifford Harding in G.F. Newman's Law & Order in 1978, then had a brief role in the film An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 British-American horror film, written and directed by John Landis. It stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Griffin Dunne....
, where he plays the taxi driver who says the line, "It puts you in mind of the days of the old demon barber
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as then antagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls and he was later introduced as an antihero in the broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and its film adaptation...
of Fleet Street
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in central London, United Kingdom, named after the River Fleet, a stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s...
, doesn't it?" in response to the recent wave of murders around London. He has also proved himself a comic actor. He was involved in the Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci
Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy....
production Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes , and a Christmas special in 1995...
, playing a boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
promoter called Terry Norton; and he worked again with Iannucci playing the 'East End Thug' in The Armando Iannucci Shows
The Armando Iannucci Shows
The Armando Iannucci Shows is a series of eight programmes directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Iannucci with Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil. It was shown on UK's Channel 4 from September to October 2001...
. He later appeared as a priest in every episode of the Matt Berry
Matt Berry
Matthew Charles "Matt" Berry is an English actor, writer, comedian and musician. Berry is perhaps best known for his appearances in The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The Mighty Boosh; he also had his own series, Snuff Box...
and Rich Fulcher
Rich Fulcher
Rich Fulcher is an American comedian and author based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for co-starring in the British comedy series The Mighty Boosh, alongside comedy duo Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.-Early life:...
created sketch show, Snuff Box
Snuff Box
Snuff Box is a BBC Three British dark comedy starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano. It first aired on Monday 27 February 2006....
. He has also had a role in radio adverts for Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
.
Alan Ford has also written a novel, Thin Ice (2006) and provided voice acting to the video game Fable 2
Fable 2
Fable II is an action role-playing game in the Fable game series developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360. It is the sequel to Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters, it was originally announced in 2006 and released in October 2008...
as Arfur, a wanted criminal living in Bowerstone.
Alan Ford is famed for his very prominent east London Cockney
Cockney
The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End...
accent, which adds to his 'mobster' roles. The majority of these roles portray a hard, no-nonsense gangster type character. He is a vegetarian. His voice is featured in the dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
song Cockney Thug by Rusko (clips from the Iannucci Show), Crunch by Flux Pavilion
Flux Pavilion
Joshua Steele, known professionally as Flux Pavilion, is an English dubstep producer and DJ. He is the co-founder of Circus Records, along with Doctor P and DJ Swan-E. He is best known for his 2011 single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart, and was placed on the Radio...
and Datsik, the death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
song A Child Is Missing from the Illdisposed
Illdisposed
Illdisposed is a death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark that was formed in 1991 by vocalist Bo Summer. As of 2011, the band consists of vocalist Bo Summer, guitarists Jakob "Batten" Hansen, guitarist Ken Holst, bassist Jonas "Kloge" Mikkelsen, and drummer Thomas "Muskelbux" Jensen.Since their...
album The Prestige
The Prestige (album)
The Prestige is the eighth album by Danish death metal band Illdisposed.-Track listing:# "Let Go" – 1:08# "The Tension" – 3:53# "Weak Is Your God" – 3:48# "Working Class Zero" – 3:41# "A Song of Myself" – 3:33# "Like Cancer" – 3:46...
, the song "I am the Doctor" by TMF, the deathgrind
Deathgrind
Deathgrind is a musical genre that fuses death metal and grindcore. The genre, along with pornogrind, is related to the goregrind subgenre...
song Iron Lotus from the Whorecore EP The Mundane Corruption, and the hip-hop song Sinister by Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz , better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop artist and producer. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it...
, Vast Aire and Yeshua from the 2001 Centrifugal Phorce compilation, Euphony. 2011 sees him starring as crime boss Carter in the British film noir Jack Falls
Jack Falls
Jack Falls is a British independent feature film starring Simon Phillips, Jason Flemying, Dexter Fletcher, Alan Ford, Adam Deacon, Martin Kemp, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan, Doug Bradley, Jing Lusi and Zach Galligan and the third installment in the Jack Says Trilogy, the first ever British film...
alongside his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag...
co-stars Jason Flemying and Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Guy Ritchie film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as television roles in such shows as the dramedy Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show...
.
Works
- Thin Ice (Orion Publishing Group, Limited; ISBN 978-0-7538-2103-9 / 2006, Orion Publishing Group, Limited; ISBN 978-0-297-84785-4)
Films
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | The Sweeney | Harry | filming |
Airborne | Max | post-production | |
2011 | Strippers vs Werewolves | Harry | post-production |
Cockneys vs Zombies | Ray Macguire | post-production | |
Lethal | Simon | post-production | |
Jack Falls Jack Falls Jack Falls is a British independent feature film starring Simon Phillips, Jason Flemying, Dexter Fletcher, Alan Ford, Adam Deacon, Martin Kemp, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan, Doug Bradley, Jing Lusi and Zach Galligan and the third installment in the Jack Says Trilogy, the first ever British film... |
Carter | ||
2010 | Mission London | Sibling | |
The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins | Johnson | ||
2009 | Dead Man Running Dead Man Running Dead Man Running is a 2009 British crime film directed by Alex De Rakoff and written by Alex De Rakoff and John Luton. The film was budgeted on $1 million... |
Sol | |
2008 | NightDragon Nightdragon NightDragon is a 2009 thriller film co-written, produced & directed by British Filmmaker Tim Biddiscombe. The film stars Alan Ford, Imogen Church, Annette Kellow, James Fisher, Scott Thomas.... |
Hansen | |
2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning Exorcist: The Beginning Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 prequel to the 1973 film The Exorcist. This is the second version of the third Exorcist sequel. It was adapted by William Wisher Jr., Caleb Carr and Alexi Hawley, and directed by Renny Harlin... |
Jefferies | |
2002 | The Great Dome Robbery | Narrator | |
2000 | Snatch Snatch (film) Snatch is a 2000 crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish ... |
Brick Top | |
Furry Story | Fredglob (voice) | ||
1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag... |
Alan/Narrator | |
1992 | Chaplin | Warder | |
1991 | Buddy's Song | Phil | |
1981 | Venom Venom Venom is the general term referring to any variety of toxins used by certain types of animals that inject it into their victims by the means of a bite or a sting... |
Peters | |
An American Werewolf in London An American Werewolf in London An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 British-American horror film, written and directed by John Landis. It stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Griffin Dunne.... |
Taxi Driver | ||
1980 | The Long Good Friday The Long Good Friday The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film... |
Jack | |
1977 | The Squeeze The Squeeze For other films called "The Squeeze" see The Squeeze )The Squeeze is a 1977 British gangster thriller, directed by Michael Apted, based on a novel by Bill James... |
Taff | |
TV
Year | TV Show | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Norman Danvers | 1 episode : Partners |
2010 | Hotel Trubble Hotel Trubble Hotel Trubble is a children's comedy drama made by the BBC and broadcast on its television channels CBBC and BBC One. It stars Dominique Moore as Sally, the receptionist; Gary Damer as Lenny; Sam Phillips as Jamie, the bellboy; and Tanya Franks as Dolly and Sheila Bernette as Mrs. Poshington, a... |
Delgado | 1 episode : Hello Dolly |
2009 | My Almost Famous Family My Almost Famous Family My Almost Famous Family is a British children's television series produced by the BBC and originally aired between 12 September to 21 November 2009 on CBBC on BBC Two.... |
Terry | 2 episodes : Beat Surrender / The Girl Is Mine |
Doctors | George Swade | 1 episode : Mr Jelly | |
The Legend of Dick & Dom | King of Kong | 1 episode : Rock Hard | |
2008 | Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One... |
Terry McCaffrey | 1 episode: Episode #3.5 |
Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Tony Tillings | 1 episode : Thicker Than Water | |
2007 | The Real Outlaws | Himself - Presenter | |
2006 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Davey Rolfe | 1 episode: 470 |
Jane Hall Jane Hall (TV series) Jane Hall was a six-part British television comedy drama on ITV, written by Sally Wainwright and starring Sarah Smart and Stephen Mangan, revolving around Jane Hall's job training to be a bus driver and her home life in Hounslow, "the arsehole of London".... |
Dougie Stringer | 1 episode: Episode #1.1 | |
Snuff Box Snuff Box Snuff Box is a BBC Three British dark comedy starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano. It first aired on Monday 27 February 2006.... |
Rick - Priest | 1 episode : Rich's Mother | |
2004 | Passer By Passer By (TV film) Passer By is a British television film broadcast on BBC One in two parts on 28 and 29 March 2004. It was directed by David Morrissey from a script by Tony Marchant and stars James Nesbitt as Joe Keyes, a man who sees Alice, a young woman played by Emily Bruni, accosted by some men on a train one... |
Publican | TV |
Keen Eddie Keen Eddie Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard... |
Longfellow | 1 episode: Sticky Fingers | |
The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
George Dooley | 1 episode: 188 | |
2003 | Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Jack Ely | 2 episodes: Walking on Water: Part 1 / Walking on Water: Part 2 |
William and Mary William and Mary The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of King William III & II and Queen Mary II... |
Taxi Driver | 1 episode: Episode #1.1 | |
2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows The Armando Iannucci Shows The Armando Iannucci Shows is a series of eight programmes directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Iannucci with Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil. It was shown on UK's Channel 4 from September to October 2001... |
East End Thug | 4 episodes |
2000 | Hero to Zero Hero to Zero Hero to Zero is a British children's drama television show about a young boy who has many adventures while receiving advice from the football player Michael Owen. The six-part series premiered 23 February 2000, on BBC One.-Cast:... |
Ron Warley | TV series |
1998 | Mosley Mosley Mosley is a family name.The Mosley family were the lords of the manor of Manchester, England until 1846. They also became wealthy landowners in Staffordshire... |
Prison Officer | 1 episode : Beyond the Pale |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job For A Woman is the title of a 1972 detective novel by P. D. James - and also the title of a TV series of four dramas developed from that novel.... |
City Receptionist | 1 episode | |
1997 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Jimmy Robson | 1 episode : Joker |
The Knock The Knock The Knock was a primetime UK drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.... |
Robbie Reynolds | 1 episode : Episode #3.7 | |
1996 | London Bridge London Bridge London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London... |
Ron | Episode #1.15 |
No Bananas | Bernie Silver | 2 episodes: Sitzkreig / The Wedding | |
Madson Madson If you were looking for Madison, see Madison Madson may refer to:*Ryan Madson, baseball player*David Madson, musician, DJ, and artist*Madson Formagini Caridade, brazilian footballer... |
Adrian | 1 episode : Episode #1.2 | |
1994 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Eric | 1 episodes: Ducking and Diving |
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge | Terry Norton | 1 episode : Episode #1.5 | |
Little Napoleons Little Napoleons Little Napoleons was a 1994 British television serial starring Saeed Jaffrey, Norman Beaton, Simon Callow and Lesley Manville as four politicians involved in local council elections. Beaton and Jaffrey played rival Labour candidates while Callow was their Conservative colleague.... |
Gerald Nowell | 1 episode: The Big Interview | |
Class Act Class Act Class Act is a 1992 comedy film, directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the screenplay is by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a story by Michael Swerdlick, Richard Brenne and Wayne Allan Rice... |
Geoff the Builder | 2 episodes : Episode #1.2 / Episode #1.3 | |
Murder Most Horrid Murder Most Horrid Murder Most Horrid is a BBC dark comedy anthology series starring comedian Dawn French. It ran for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999.... |
First villain | 1 episode : Smashing Bird | |
Minder Minder (TV series) Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV... |
Bennett | 1 episode: Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley | |
Love Hurts Love Hurts "Love Hurts" is the name of a song, written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top 5 hit in 1975 by Jim Capaldi.The song was introduced... |
Punter | 1 episode: The Parent Trap | |
1993 | The Upper Hand The Upper Hand The Upper Hand is a sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?.... |
Barman | Minder |
1992 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Maydell | 1 episode: On the Record, Off the Record |
The Darling Buds of May The Darling Buds of May The Darling Buds of May is a British comedy drama which was first broadcast between 1991 and 1993 produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV Network. It is set in an idyllic rural 1950s Kent, among a large, boisterous family. The three series were based on the novels by H. E. Bates. Originally... |
Danvers | 1 episode: Oh! To Be in England: Part 1 | |
1991 | The New Statesman The New Statesman The New Statesman is an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time... |
Police Inspector | 1 episode: Keeping Mum |
1990 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Frank Litton | 1 episode: Old Wounds |
Grange Hill Grange Hill Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television... |
Mr. Ratcliffe | 3 episodes: Episode #12.2 / Episode #13.19 / Episode #13.20 | |
1989 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Harry | 1 episode: Just for the Crack |
Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather was a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1989 until 1998. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.The first episode sees sisters... |
Prison Officer | 2 episodes: Substitute / Sailing | |
1988 | Bergerac Bergerac (TV series) Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show... |
Sammy Kline | 1 episode: Private Fight |
1987 | Rockliffe's Babies Rockliffe's Babies Rockliffe's Babies was a British television drama produced by the BBC which ran for two series between 1987 and 1988. The series was devised by Richard O`Keeffe and produced by Leonard Lewis. Writers included Richard O`Keeffe, Don Webb, Charlie Humphreys and Nick Perry... |
Tommy | 1 episode: It's All Happening |
1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes C.A.T.S. Eyes C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.-Premise:The series was a spin-off from The Gentle Touch and saw Jill Gascoine reprise her role as Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes, having left the police force to join a private detective agency called "Eyes" that is... |
Unknown Role | 1 episode: Tranmere Dan and Tokyo Joe |
Running Scared Running Scared (TV series) Running Scared is a British television children's drama serial produced by the BBC and transmitted in 1986, based on the Bernard Ashley novel and is set in Woolwich with the Woolwich Ferry featuring in a key scene.... |
Ron Martin | unknown episodes | |
The Best Years of Your Life | Father | TV | |
1985 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Tony Kemp | 1 episode : Home Beat |
Summer Season | Harold | 1 episode : Rachel and the Roarettes | |
1983 | Keep It in the Family Keep It in the Family (TV series) Keep It in the Family is a British comedy television series that aired for five seasons between 1980 and 1983. It was about a likable and mischievous British cartoonist, Dudley Rush. Also featured were Dudley's wife, Muriel and their two daughters, Jacqui and Susan... |
Van driver | 1 episode : A Touch of the Orient |
1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Actor | 1 episode: Jake's End |
1981–1982 | The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective is a British television series, transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982 and created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo.... |
Jack Arthur Bross | 2 episodes : Release / Oblomov |
1981 | Maybury | Mr. Clegg | 1 episode: Maisie and Mac |
Smuggler | Giles Sawney | 2 episodes : The Respectable Traitor: Part 1 / The Respectable Traitor: Part 2 | |
1980 | Strangers Strangers (TV series) Strangers was a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982.After the success of the TV series The XYY Man, adapted from books by Kenneth Royce, Granada TV devised a new series to feature the regular characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman and his assistant Detective... |
Johnny James | 1 episode: Clowns Don't Cry |
Play for Today Play for Today Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted... |
Mr. Chancer | 2 episodes : The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something / The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice | |
1979 | Play for Today | Police sergeant | 1 episode : Waterloo Sunset |
1978 | Armchair Thriller Armchair Thriller Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and 1980. Owing something to some of the off-shoots of the earlier Armchair Theatre, the new series used scripts adapted from published novels and stories. Although not properly a horror series it included... |
Bill | 1 episode : The Limbo Connection: Part 1 |
Law & Order | Clifford Harding | 3 episodes : A Detective's Tale / A Villain's Tale / A Brief's Tale | |
1976 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Micky Dixon | 1 episode : Say It with Flowers |
1974–1975 | Romany Jones Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by LWT, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck , involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan... |
Ken | 5 episodes |
1973 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Tommy Buckley | 1 episode : Slip of the Tongue |