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'''Jeffrey Alan Rawle''' (born 20 July 1951) is an English actor. He is known for portraying George Dent in the news-gathering sitcom ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]''. He also portrayed [[Silas Blissett]] in ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' from December 2010 until 2012. Rawle returned to ''Hollyoaks'' in 2016 and |
'''Jeffrey Alan Rawle''' (born 20 July 1951) is an English actor. He is known for portraying George Dent in the news-gathering sitcom ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]''. He also portrayed [[Silas Blissett]] in ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' from December 2010 until 2012. Rawle returned to ''Hollyoaks'' in 2016, 2020 and 2022. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Jeff Rawle | |
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 Rawle in 2011 | |
| Born | 20 July 1951 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Spouse |
Nina Marc (m. 1998) |
| Children | 4 |
Jeffrey Alan Rawle (born 20 July 1951) is an English actor. He is known for portraying George Dent in the news-gathering sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. He also portrayed Silas Blissett in Hollyoaks from December 2010 until 2012. Rawle returned to Hollyoaks in 2016, 2020 and 2022.
Early life
Rawle was born on 20 July 1951 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. His first secondary school was King Edward VI School in Aston, Birmingham. When he was 15 his family moved to Sheffield, and it was at High Storrs Grammar School that he first became interested in drama when he appeared in school plays. He worked at the Sheffield Playhouse before training at LAMDA.[1]
Career
Rawle landed his first major role in 1973 as Billy in the television version of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's Billy Liar. In 1979, he appeared with Ian McKellen and Tom Bell in Bent at the Criterion Theatre, London. In 1984, he appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontios as the character Plantaganet. He appeared in Faith in the Future on ITV from 1995 to 1998. In 2004, Rawle began appearing in the ITV series Doc Martin as Roger Fenn. The actor went on to make a guest appearance in the fourth episode of the fourth series of New Tricks as lawyer Jonathan Blunt. The following year, he starred in the fourth series of Spooks as the Home Secretary. He also appeared in Ultimate Force – "Never Go Back" alongside Ross Kemp.
Rawle portrayed Amos Diggory, father to Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 2008 saw Rawle play Gilbert Murray in the National Theatre's production of Tony Harrison's play Fram. The following year, he guested in The Bill and appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures on CBBC. During 2010, Rawle joined the cast of Hollyoaks in the role of Silas Blissett.[2] He stated that he was delighted to be playing such a sinister character. He has won various awards for his portrayal of Silas.[3]
In October 2012, it was announced Rawle had joined the cast of Doctors as Rory Bishton, .a road sweeper with something to hide.[4] Rawle made his screen debut as Rory in early 2013.[4] He had previously appeared in the series in 2004.[4]
Rawle has provided numerous narrations including A Bear Called Paddington, three series of the Duchess of York's Budgie the Little Helicopter, Stephen Hawking's Universe and Tom Fort's The Grass is Always Greener for BBC Radio 4. Rawle's writing credits include The Young Poisoner's Handbook in 1995 and Who Goes There?
Filmography and television
| Title | Year(s) | Character | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Liar | 1973-1974 | Billy Liar | TV series; 26 Episodes |
| Whodunnit | 1975 | Arthur | TV Series Episode 22 Worth Dying For |
| Crown Court | 1975 | ||
| Van der Valk | 1977 | Diederick | TV Series; episode The Professor |
| The Life Story of Baal | 1978 | TV | |
| A Hitch in Time | 1978 | 'Sniffy' Kemp | |
| The Wilde Alliance | 1978 | Pusher | TV series; episode A Game for Two Players |
| Leave It to Charlie | 1979 | TV series; episode Never a Cross Word | |
| Home Before Midnight | 1979 | Johnnie McGee | |
| Hammer House of Horror | 1980 | Franks | TV series; episode Charlie Boy |
| Juliet Bravo | 1981 | Steve Ramsey | TV series; episode Lies and Liars |
| Crystal Gazing | 1982 | Julian | |
| Bergerac | 1983 | Mitch | TV series; episode Almost Like a Holiday |
| Angels | 1983 | Jeff Harris | TV series; episodes 22 and 24 of season 9 |
| The Case of Marcel Duchamp | 1984 | ||
| Doctor Who | 1984 | Plantagenet | TV series; episode Frontios |
| Remington Steele | 1985 | Chalky | TV series; episode Steele Searching: Parts 1 and 2 |
| The Doctor and the Devils | 1985 | Lambert | |
| Call Me Mister | 1986 | TV series; episode Humpty Dumpty | |
| Fortunes of War | 1987 | Sgt. Ridley | TV miniseries |
| Boon | 1987 | Maurice also known as Billy Clutterbuck |
TV series; episode Credit Where it's Due |
| The Bill | 1988 | Derek Pardoe | TV series; episode Alarms and Embarrassments |
| Testimony of a Child | 1989 | TV | |
| The Gift | 1990 | John Price | TV miniseries |
| Drop the Dead Donkey | 1990–1998 | George Dent | TV series |
| This is David Harper | 1990 | Bob Benchley | TV series; episode A List of Abuses |
| A Perfect Hero | 1991 | Service Policeman | TV series |
| The Life and Times of Henry Pratt | 1992 | Ezra Pratt | TV series |
| Casualty | 1992 | Len Jackson | TV series; episode Silent Night, series 7 episode 12 |
| Minder | 1993 | Jehovah's Witness | TV series; episode Uneasy Rider |
| Budgie the Little Helicopter | 1994–1996 | Narrator and Dell the baggage cart towing truck | TV series; voice |
| Wycliffe | 1994 | Reverend Jordan | TV series; episode The Last Rites |
| Look at the State We're In! | 1995 | Jeff Jarndyce | TV mini-series |
| Faith in the Future | 1995–1998 | Paul | TV series |
| Lord of Misrule | 1996 | Derek | TV |
| Neville's Island | 1998 | Neville | TV |
| Microsoap | 1998 | Colin | TV series |
| I Saw You | 2000 | Frank | TV |
| Take a Girl Like You | 2000 | Mr. Charlton | TV |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 2002 | Raymond Miles | TV series; episode Mens Sana |
| Midsomer Murders | 2003 | Derrick Seagrove | TV Series, Episode: “A Talent for Life” |
| Blackball | 2003 | Dennis | |
| Death in Holy Orders | 2003 | Father Peregrine Glover | TV |
| Doctors | 2004 | John Marshall | TV series; episode A Late Flowering |
| The Royal | 2004 | Banks | TV series; episode Doing Time |
| The Deputy | 2004 | Graham Hammond | TV |
| Heartbeat | 2004 | Ken Simner | TV series; episode Scent of a Kill |
| William and Mary | 2004 | George Emerson | TV series; series 2 episode 5 |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister | 2004 | Union leader | TV series; episode Powerless |
| Doc Martin | 2004–2007 | Roger Fenn | TV series; episodes Haemophobia, Sh*t Happens, Gentlemen Prefer, The Family Way, Happily Ever After |
| Ultimate Force | 2005 | David Cox | TV series; episode Never Go Back |
| Holby City | 2005 | Ron Fell | TV series; episode It's Kinda Rock 'n' Roll |
| Spooks | 2005 | Home Secretary | Also known as MI-5 in the USA TV series; episodes The Special: Part I and The Special: Part II |
| A Touch of Frost | 2005 | Steve Markham | TV series; episode Near Death Experience |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Amos Diggory | |
| Sea of Souls | 2006 | James Norman | TV series; episode Oracle |
| The Large Family | 2006 | Mr. Large | TV series; voice |
| The Bill | 2009 | George Fielding | TV Series, Episode: “Innocence Betrayed” |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | 2009 | Lionel Harding | Museum Curator, Mona Lisa's Revenge |
| Hollyoaks & Hollyoaks Later |
2010–2011, 2012, 2016, 2020–2021, 2022– | Silas Blissett | Series regular |
| Midsomer Murders | 2011 | Gerry Dawkins | TV Series, Episode: “Dark Secrets” |
| An Adventure in Space and Time | 2013 | Mervyn Pinfield | Television docudrama about the creation of Doctor Who in 1963 |
| Heading Out | 2013 | Donald | One episode |
| Holby City | 2013–2017 | Jerry Clark | 4 episodes |
| Bottersnikes and Gumbles[5] | 2016 | Happi | Voice only |
| Steptoe and Son[6] | 2016 | Albert Steptoe | A one-off episode, part of the BBC's Lost Sitcom season, recreating lost episodes of classic comedies |
| Peterloo | 2018 | Magistrate Rev. Hay | Film directed by Mike Leigh |
| Father Brown | 2019 | Professor Robert Wiseman | Season 7 Episode 3: “The Whistle in the Dark“ |
| The Canterville Ghost | 2021 | Duke George 'Bluey' Stilton |
References
- ^ "Jeff Rawle". www.castaway.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
- ^ "Silas". Hollyoaks. E4.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "Jeff Rawle thrilled with 'Oaks Silas role". Digital Spy. 20 September 2011.
- ^ a b c Kilkelly, Daniel (4 October 2012). "'Doctors' role for 'Hollyoaks' star Jeff Rawle". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "The Screen Guide: Bottersnikes and Gumbles". Screen Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Lost Sitcoms". BBC Four.
External links
- Jeff Rawle at IMDb
| International | |
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| National | |
| People | |
- 1951 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- English male film actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- English male voice actors
- Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands
- People educated at High Storrs Grammar School for Boys
- Politicians from Sheffield