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John Rowe (actor)

British actor (born 1941)

John Rowe (actor)
Summary

British actor (born 1941)

Rowe in 2019

John Rowe (born January 1941) is a British actor.

After reading English at Oxford he worked as a teacher before training at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama. After some years in repertory theatre he joined the BBC Radio Drama Company at Broadcasting House and has been a prolific radio actor ever since, notably as Professor Jim Lloyd in The Archers. He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and his extensive stage work includes touring with the Old Vic in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia.

Filmography

Film

  • The Chain (1984)
  • Clockwise (1986)
  • The Heart of Me (2001)
  • Lagaan (2001)
  • The Lost Prince (2003)
  • Victoria & Abdul (2017)

TV

  • BBC Television Shakespeare - Henry VIII (Cromwell, 1979)
  • BBC Television Shakespeare - Macbeth (Lennox, 1983)
  • Juliet Bravo (1980–85)
  • When the Boat Comes In (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981)
  • Intimate Contact (Managing Director, 1987)
  • Chambers (Judge Riseby, 1990)
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Cornish Mystery, 1990)
  • Seekers (1992)
  • The Final Cut (Sir Clive Watling, 1995)
  • Trial & Retribution (2006)
  • Law & Order: UK (series 5) (2011)
  • Casualty (2013)
  • Mr Selfridge (2015)
  • BBC Television - Holby City Series 18, Episode 24: Who You Are* (Thomas Bell Humphries, 2016)*
  • Vera (TV series) (2016 - episode: The Moth Catcher)
  • The Crown (2016) Anna Lee (TV series 1994) as Commander Martin Brierly; Anna's boss /ref https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105942/characters/nm0746546

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
March 1973Henry IV Part 1 by William ShakespearePrince HalMartin Jenkins (Producer)
April 1984An Uncommon Love by Michelene WandorArthur MunbyRichard Wortley
1992Inspector Purbright- Charity ends at home by Colin Watson, dramatised by Christopher DenysInspector Purbright
1997The Chimes of Midnight by Nick FisherJonathan TemprayMarion Nancarrow
October 1997Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha ChristieDr GravesEnyd Williams
Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDavid Hunter
–The L-Shaped RoomAlison Hindell
Inspector CadaverNed Chaillet
–To Serve Them All My DaysHowarthMarc Beeby and Cherry Cookson
2007–08, 2009–The ArchersJim Lloyd
The ArchitectsAlan & PolicemanLu Kemp
2008The Karla Trilogy - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; The Honourable Schoolboy ; Smiley's People by John Le CarréControladapted by Shaun McKenna
–Fortunes of WarInchcapeColin Guthrie
–The Way We Live Right NowAnthony TrollopeJonquil Panting
The Ring and the BookThe JudgeAbigail le Fleming
Listen to the WordsCliveJessica Dromgoole
Piper AlphaToby Swift
One Chord Wonders: Parallel LinesAnnouncerToby Swift
One Chord Wonders: Damned, Damned, DamnedAnnouncerToby Swift
One Chord Wonders: Television's OverVokeToby Swift
Peter Lorre vs Peter LorreJudge Burnett WolfsonToby Swift
The Pattern of Painful AdventuresRichard BurbageJeremy Mortimer
–Aubrey's Brief LivesAnthony WoodAbigail le Fleming
Where Three Roads MeetShepherdKirsty Williams
Philip and SydneyHotel Keeper & DrinkerKirsty Williams
Alice Through the Looking-GlassThe White KnightStephen Wyatt
Sword of HonourPeregrine CrouchbackTracey Neale
Wants and Desires: the Ferryhill PhilosophersRollo IronsideMarilyn Imrie
24 Kildare Road (episodes 7-10)Joe KellyMary Peate

References

References

  1. "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Jim Lloyd".
  2. "Living with the Poets podcasts – Bath Spa University".
  3. "John Rowe".
  4. "John Rowe | Theatricalia".
  5. "John Rowe | Movies and Filmography".
  6. "John Rowe".
  7. (18 March 1973). "BBC Programme Index".
  8. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hidden Treasures, An Uncommon Love by Michelene Wandor".
  9. "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Architects".
  10. "BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Lewis Carroll - Alice through the Looking Glass".
  11. "BBC Sword of Honour webpage".
  12. "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Ferryhill Philosophers, Wants and Desires".
  13. "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, 24 Kildare Road".
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