Roger Alborough Explained

Roger Alborough
Birth Date:1953 2, df=yes
Occupation:Actor

Roger Alborough (born 19 February 1953) is a British TV and Theatre actor appearing in many dramas on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and in film. Recent work includes Black Mirror by Charlie Brooker Thieftakers 2, The 8 Days that Made Rome, Washington for The History Channel as General Braddock. Alborough has also appeared in Doctors, Silent Witness, The Queen as Sir William Heseltine, Body Story, Judge John Deed, EastEnders, The Bill, Mr Pye, Strife, Merlin of the Crystal Cave, and Unnatural Causes among others. In the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, Alborough played the part of Jonty in the 2005 Christmas Special episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock".

In 2018, Alborough played the role of The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson at the award-winning Hope Theatre in London. He followed this with role of Tom in Goodnight Mr Tom at East Riding Theatre. In 2016, Alborough played the role of Andy Capp at the Finborough Theatre in London in a stage musical based on the long-running cartoon strip.[1]

Films include Shaka Zulu as Hawkins, I Anna, Velvet Underground.

Roger has also played radical co-prime minister Peter Clement in the game Not for Broadcast.

West End includes Buddy and Jailhouse Rock. Up'n Under, Chasing Dragons at the Soho Theatre, African Snow at the Trafalgar Studios, Enjoy original cast at the Vaudeville, Annie Get Your Gun Haymarket.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Filmography

Films

Film! Year! Title! Role! Notes
1998Velvet Goldmine Middle Age Man
1999Julie and the CadillacsJoe Tex
2003Please Martin(Short)
2009Unscripted Freeland Carter(Short)
2013I, AnnaSecurity Guard
2015Brothers of WarFrank Willis
Blue Borsalino Frank Delaware(Short)
2016Last Chance SaloonBarman(Short)
2019Once Upon a Time in LondonMr. Pickett

TV

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1980Escape 2nd Policeman(TV Movie)
1984More Lives Than One Sergeant(TV Movie)
1986Mr Pye Sergeant(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Made for the Moonlight"
1988Theatre NightGeorge Rous(TV Series), 1 episode, "Strife"
1990The Castle of AdventureArmy Sergeant(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.1"
1990–2001The BillNossek (1990) / Charlie Basham (1993) / Mike Marshall (1998) / Roger Hargreaves (2000) / Ch. Supt. Draper (2001)(TV Series), 5 episodes
1991Merlin of the Crystal Cave Uther(TV Series), 5 episodes
1991–2001CasualtyDS Cod (1991) / Detective Constable (1992) / Father Benson (2001)(TV Series), 3 episodes, "Facing Up" "Will You Still Love Me?" and "Crash Course"
1993Night of the Golden BrainMick(TV Movie)
Frank Stubbs PromotesMoss(TV Series), 1 episode, "Beginners"
Unnatural CausesSuperintendent Maitland(TV Movie)
1994–2005EastEndersCharles (1994) / Malcolm Kittle (2005)(TV Series), 6 episodes
1995London's BurningStation Officer Grant(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #8.2"
1996Pie in the SkyPlainclothes 1(TV Series), 1 episode, "Chinese Whispers"
1997Thief TakersOfficer Green (TV Series), 1 episode, "Black Mist"
1998Trial & RetributionSgt. Morris(TV Series), 1 episode, "Part One"
An Unsuitable Job for a WomanBarman (uncredited)(TV Series), 1 episode, "A Last Embrace"
1999Body StoryJohn(Documentary), 1 episode, "The Beast Within"
2001Shaka Zulu: The CitadelHawkins (credited as Richard Alborough)(American TV Movie)
PoirotChief Constable Weston(TV Series), 1 episode, "Evil Under the Sun"
2002–2005Judge John DeedSupt Craddock / Detective Sergeant Craddock / Det. Supt. Craddock (TV Series), 4 episodes,
2003My HeroPatient Requesting Magazine(TV Series), 1 episode, "The Family Way"
Rosemary & ThymeSam Trent(TV Series), 1 episode, "And No Birds Sing"
The DebtCS Baxter(TV Movie)
2003–2015DoctorsChristopher Moulding (2003) / Peter Mckenna (2006) / Henry Sumner (2009) / Ciarran O'Malley (2012) / Reece Williams (2015)(TV Series), 5 episodes,
2005The Green Green GrassJonty(TV Series), 1 episode, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock"
2006Surviving Disaster Anatoli Dyatlov(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster"
2009The QueenWilliam Heseltine(TV drama-documentary Series), 1 episode, "Episode 3:The Rivals"
2012Silent WitnessDI Stroud(TV Series), 2 episodes, "Paradise Lost: Part 1" and "Paradise Lost: Part 2"
2013Lucan Whitehouse(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode,
DriftersInterviewer(TV Series), 1 episode, "Work Experience"
2017EmmerdaleHarry(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.7741"
Tina and Bobby Rev. Michael Stone(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.1"
2018Patrick Melrose Funeral Director(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "At Last"
2019The FeedDevan(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.4"
Black MirrorJoe(TV Series), 1 episode, "Smithereens"
2020Washington General Braddock(TV Mini-Series documentary), 1 episode, "Loyal Subject"

Video games

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2008 The Club Renwick (voice)
2022Not For BroadcastPeter ClementVideo Game[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shenton . Mark . Andy Capp the Musical review at Finborough Theatre, London – 'utterly charming'. 9 February 2016. . London. 23 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Elvis' Jailhouse Rock Set to Rock London March 26. 18 September 2008. Playbill. 2 December 2003. James Inverne. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050428233134/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83084.html. 28 April 2005.
  3. Web site: Theatre Review: African Snow. 18 September 2008. 28 April 2007. Maria Mackay. Christian Today.
  4. News: Les Dennis in Certified Male at the Edinburgh Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20071215075830/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/08/08/btmale108.xml. dead. 15 December 2007. 18 September 2008. 8 August 2007. The Telegraph . London . Dominic . Cavendish.
  5. Web site: First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast . first-night-records.co.uk . First Night Records . London, United Kingdom . 6 June 2012.
  6. Web site: Not For Broadcast Credits . notgames.co.uk . 20 January 2021.