Roger Booth | |
Birth Name: | Roger Thomas Booth |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1933 |
Birth Place: | East Stonehouse, Devon, England |
Death Date: | 26 February 2014 (age 80) |
Death Place: | London, England |
Occupation: | Actor |
Roger Thomas Booth (12 November 1933 – 26 February 2014[1]) was an English actor, often on television. He appeared in many British television series and films, which include Z-Cars, No Hiding Place, The Avengers, Robbery, The Tomorrow People, Law & Order, EastEnders, The Bill and others.[2] [3]
His theatre work includes Alan Bleasdale's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" at the Liverpool Playhouse, and plays with the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic.[4] [5]
Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
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Z-Cars | 1964 | Hobson | Episode: "Clues Are What You Think" | |
Compact | 1964 | Mr. Rawson | Episode: "Many Questions" | |
Paris 1900 | 1964 | Gendarme | Episode: "Half a Husband" | |
Hereward the Wake | 1965 | Gilbert's Cook | Episode: "The War Arrow" | |
No Hiding Place | 1965 | Insp. Logan | Episode: "The Street" | |
The Avengers | 1965-1967 | 'Porky' Purser / Tubby Vincent | 2 episodes | |
Disneyland | 1966 | Lord Calmsden | 2 episodes | |
ITV Play of the Week | 1967 | Trenchard | Episode: "The Voysey Inheritance" | |
The White Rabbit | 1967 | German orderly on train | Episode: "O Absalom" | |
Robbery | 1967 | Detective | Film, Uncredited | |
Orlando | 1968 | Sheik Abu Hassan | Episode: "Orlando and the Return of Moosh: Beau Geste and All That" | |
Work Is a Four-Letter Word | 1968 | Pincher | Film, Uncredited | |
ITV Playhouse | 1968 | Porky Leighton | Episode: "The Tigers of Subtopia" | |
The Tyrant King | 1968 | Tourist | 2 episodes | |
Resurrection | 1968 | 3rd Judge | Episode: "Dmitri" | |
Hadleigh | 1969 | Vic Bennett | Episode: "The Wrong Side of the Hill" | |
The First Churchills | 1969 | Bentinck / Portland | 4 episodes | |
Mystery and Imagination | 1970 | Major O'Rooke | Episode: "The Suicide Club" | |
Daniel Deronda | 1970 | Mr. Lush | 3 episodes | |
The Passenger | 1971 | Jack Steen | 1 episode | |
The Trouble with 2B | 1972 | Mr. Grotti | Film | |
Adult Fun | 1972 | Mr. Charles | Film | |
Play for Today | 1972-1982 | Father George / Holland / Tom Barton / Trade union official / Frank | 5 episodes | |
Kidnapped | 1973 | Duke of Cumberland | Film | |
The Tomorrow People | 1973 | Rabowski | 4 episodes | |
Harriet's Back in Town | 1973 | Harry Palmer | 2 episodes | |
The Prince of Denmark | 1974 | Mr. Yates | Unknown episode | |
You're on Your Own | 1975 | Roger Whitby | Episode: "No One Wants Any Trouble" | |
The Main Chance | 1975 | Magnus Tait | Episode: "We're the Bosses Now" | |
Barry Lyndon | 1975 | King George III | Film | |
Yes, Honestly | 1976 | Tug Lavenham | Episode: "Black and White and Red All Over" | |
The Sweeney | 1976 | Ashcroft | Episode: "May" | |
Armchair Thriller | 1978 | C.I.D. Supt. | Episode: "Rachel in Danger: Part 4" | |
A Sharp Intake of Breath | 1978 | Mr. Mathews | Episode: "See You in Court" | |
Law & Order | 1978 | Chief Officer Carne | Episode: "A Prisoner's Tale" | |
The Life Story of Baal | 1978 | Mech | Film | |
Matilda's England | 1979 | Mr. Frye | 3 episodes | |
Secret Army | 1979 | Reichskommissar Glaub | 2 episodes | |
Suez 1956 | 1979 | Peter Thorneycroft | TV movie | |
Escape | 1980 | Episode: "The Cartland Murder" | ||
BBC2 Playhouse | 1980 | Major Deans | Episode: "Fatal Spring" | |
Rumpole of the Bailey | 1980 | Alderman Pertwee | Episode: "Rumpole's Return" | |
Remembrance | 1982 | Mark's father | Film | |
The Barchester Chronicles | 1982 | Plomacy | 1 episode | |
The Last Song | 1983 | Bruce | 2 episodes | |
The Nation's Health | 1983 | Staff – Mortuary Technician | Episode: "Chronic" | |
Diana | 1984 | Hawthorn | Episode: "Part Five – May 1937" | |
Kim | 1984 | Father Victor | TV movie | |
Dempsey and Makepeace | 1985 | Jack | Episode: "Blind Eye" | |
Lamb | 1985 | Farmer on Train | Film | |
All in Good Faith | 1986 | Poultney | Episode: "No Stone Unturned" | |
Big Deal | 1986 | Mr. Rye | Episode: "Playing the Ace" | |
The Fools on the Hill | 1986 | Commissionaire | TV movie | |
Miss Marple: Nemesis | 1987 | Mr. Pelham | 2 episodes | |
Pulaski | 1987 | Buffy Saunders | Episode: "No Guns Please We're British" | |
Inspector Morse | 1988 | Bartender | Episode: "Last Seen Wearing" | |
Blind Justice | 1988 | Arnold Flowers | Episode: "Crime and Punishment" | |
Boon | 1989 | Mr. Hancock | Episode: "Arms and the Dog" | |
Capital City | 1989 | Jerome Heron | Episode: "Max in Space" | |
The Wars of the Roses | 1990-1991 | Earl of Northumberland / Williams / Saunder Simpco / Father / Lord Hastings | 7 episodes | |
Strauss Dynasty | 1991 | 2 episodes | ||
Billy Webb's Amazing Stories | 1991 | Mayor | 2 episodes | |
EastEnders | 1993 | Cab Passenger | 1 episode | |
All or Nothing at All | 1993 | Parishioner | Unknown episodes | |
Cadfael | 1994 | Baldwin Peche | Episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow" | |
A Pin for the Butterfly | 1994 | Party Guest | Film | |
The Bill | 1994-2003 | Tyrone / Fred McCormack | 2 episodes | |
Cutthroat Island | 1995 | Auctioneer | Film | |
Spark | 1997 | Kimberley's Father | Episode: "Fourth Cousin Kimberley" | |
The Mill on the Floss | 1997 | Mr. Riley | TV movie | |
The Famous Five | 1997 | Farmer | Episode: "Five Have a Wonderful Time: Part 1" | |
Doc Martin | 2001 | Boy | TV movie | |
Crush | 2001 | Hearty Governor | Film | |
Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali | 2002 | Cafe Owner | TV movie | |
My Uncle Silas | 2003 | Lord Chadwell | Episode: "A Funny Thing" | |
Ladies in Lavender | 2004 | Arthur | Film, (final film role) |