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David Roper

Acting Born Jun 20, 1944 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK 23 credits

Biography

David Roper is a British film and television actor, who is best known for playing Chris Hawthorne in The Cuckoo Waltz (1975-1980) and Charlie Fisher in Leave It to Charlie (1978-1980). Later during his career he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1985-) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street (1960-). Roper also appeared in Crown Court (1972-1984), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Gift (1990), Taggart (1983-2000), The Bill (1984-2010), Heartbeat (1992-2010), Midsomer Murders (1997-), The Crown (2016-2023), Emmerdale (1972-), Holby City (1999-2022), Doctors (2000-2024) and Casualty (1986-). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Roper (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Anton Thorneycroft
  • The Crown (2016) as Bishop of Norwich
  • Heartbeat (1992) as DI Randall
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Spooner
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Sid Bestwick
  • Peak Practice (1993) as James Crick
  • Bad Girls (1999) as Mr Adams
  • Birds of a Feather (1989) as D.I. Fearnley
  • Churchill's People (1974) as Christopher Wren
  • The Afternoon Play (2003) as Frank Manning
  • Harry (1993) as Nick
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (1994) as Dobey
  • The Damned United (2009) as Sam Bolton
  • Leave it to Charlie (1978) as Charlie Fisher
  • The Sight (2000) as Sgt. Eric Mills
  • The Cuckoo Waltz (1975) as Chris Hawthorne
  • The Royal (2003) as Dennis Cording
  • The Oresteia (1983) as Watchman
  • The Cater Street Hangman (1998) as Maddock
  • The Robbie Coltrane Special (1989) as Self
  • Downtime (1997) as Mike
  • On the Razzle (1983) as Melchior
  • Stanley's Dragon (1994) as DI Walsh