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Ron Cook

Acting Born Dec 1, 1948 South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.

Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.

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Known for

Midsomer Murders

as Bernard Flack

Doctor Who

2005

Doctor Who

as Magpie

Death in Paradise

as Bill Calder

Vera

as Brian Gower

The Witcher

as Borch Three Jackdaws

Chernobyl

as Old Maternity Doctor

Andor

as Willi

Blackadder

as Sean, the Irish
Film

Ladies First

as Mr. Sachs

Inside No. 9

as Wilf

TNA iMPACT!

as George Merchant

Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Bernard Flack
  • Doctor Who (2005)
  • Doctor Who (2005) as Magpie
  • Death in Paradise (2011) as Bill Calder
  • Vera (2011) as Brian Gower
  • The Witcher (2019) as Borch Three Jackdaws
  • Chernobyl (2019) as Old Maternity Doctor
  • Andor (2022) as Willi
  • Waking the Dead (2001) as Dr. Milan Vaspovic
  • Bergerac (1981) as Reggie Betts
  • The Bill (1984)
  • Foyle's War (2002) as Eddie Baker
  • Blackadder (1983) as Sean, the Irish
  • Ladies First (2026) as Mr. Sachs
  • Inside No. 9 (2014) as Wilf
  • The Young Ones (1982) as Convict
  • Hornblower (1998) as Doughty
  • Sharpe (1993) as Napoleon
  • Hot Fuzz (2007) as George Merchant
  • Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
  • The King's Man (2021) as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  • Mr Selfridge (2013) as Mr. Crabb
  • Les Misérables (2018) as Hair and Teeth Dealer
  • The Chief (1990) as James Baddeley