Jeff Rawle
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| Born | 20 July 1951 Birmingham, England |
Jeff Rawle (born 20 July 1951) is a British actor, perhaps best known for playing the long-suffering George in the news-gathering sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. He played the character as Silas Blissett in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from December 2010, until November 2011.
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[edit] Life and career
Rawle was born in Birmingham, England; 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]
[edit] Television
Rawle landed his first major role in 1973 as Billy in the TV version of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's Billy Liar.
In 1984 he appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontios as the character Plantaganet.
He appeared in Faith in the Future on ITV from 1995-1998. He also appeared in the ITV series Doc Martin as Roger Fenn.
He appeared in the fourth episode of the fourth series of New Tricks as lawyer Jonathan Blunt He has appeared in 4 episodes of doc martin,as roger fenn, in 2004.
In 2005 he appeared in the fourth series of Spooks as the Home Secretary. He also appeared in Ultimate Force - "Never Go Back" alongside Ross Kemp.
In 2009 he made an appearance on ITV's The Bill. He also appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures on CBBC.
During Christmas 2010 he joined the cast of Hollyoaks in the role of Silas[2] and has stated that he is delighted to be playing the sinister character.[3]
[edit] Theatre
In 2008 he appeared as Gilbert Murray in the National Theatre's production of Tony Harrison's play Fram.
[edit] Film
He played Amos Diggory father to Cedric Diggory played by Robert Pattinson in the fourth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[4]
[edit] Narration
Jeff 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.
[edit] Writing
Jeff is also an accomplished writer with film credits that include The Young Poisoner's Handbook in 1995 and Who Goes There?
[edit] Selected filmography
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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| Hollyoaks | 2010–11 | Silas Blissett | regular role, played a serial killer called Silas Blissett |
| The Life Story of Baal | 1978 | ||
| Home Before Midnight | 1978 | ||
| The Doctor and the Devils | 1985 | ||
| Blackball | 2003 | ||
| Billy Liar | 1973 | Billy Liar | TV Series |
| Crown Court | 1975 | TV series; episode Bad Day at Black Cape | |
| Van der Valk | 1977 | Diederick | TV Series; episode The Professor |
| The Life Story of Baal | 1978 | TV | |
| Sea of Souls | 2006 | James Norman | TV series; episode Oracle |
| Doc Martin | 2004–2005 | Roger Fenn | TV series; episodes Haemophobia, Sh*t Happens and Gentlemen Prefer |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Amos Diggory Father of Cedric Diggory | |
| A Touch of Frost Near Death Experience (2005) TV Episode .... Steve Markham | 2005 | Steve Markham | TV series; episode Near Death Experience |
| Spooks | 2005 | Home Secretary | Also known as MI-5 in the USA TV series; episodes The Special: Part I and The Special: Part II |
| Holby City | 2005 | Ron Fell | TV series; episode It's Kinda Rock 'n' Roll |
| Ultimate Force | 2005 | Cox | TV series; episode Never Go Back |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister | 2004 | Union leader | TV series; episode Powerless |
| William and Mary | 2004 | George Emerson | TV series; series 2 episode 5 |
| Heartbeat | 2004 | Ken Simner | TV series; episode Scent of a Kill |
| The Deputy | 2004 | Graham Hammond | TV |
| The Royal | 2004 | Banks | TV series; episode Doing Time |
| Doctors | 2004 | John Marshall | TV series; episode A Late Flowering |
| Death in Holy Orders | 2003 | Father Peregrine Glover | TV |
| Blackball | 2003 | Dennis | |
| Midsomer Murders | 2003 | Derrick Seagrove | TV series; episode A Talent for Life |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 2002 | Raymond Miles | TV series; episode Mens Sana |
| Take a Girl Like You | 2000 | Mr. Charlton | TV |
| I Saw You | 2000 | Frank | TV |
| Microsoap | 1998 | Colin | TV series |
| Faith in the Future | 1998 | Paul | TV series; episodes Stand by Me, Goodbye to Love, Hearts and Flowers, Share Options, and Surprise Surprise |
| Neville's Island | 1998 | Neville | TV |
| Lord of Misrule | 1996 | Derek | TV |
| Look at the State We're In! | 1995 | Jeff Jarndyce | TV mini-series |
| Wycliffe | 1994 | Reverend Jordan | TV series; episode The Last Rites |
| Budgie the Little Helicopter | 1994 | TV series | |
| Minder | 1993 | Jehovah's Witness | TV series; episode Uneasy Rider |
| Casualty | 1992 | Len Jackson | TV series; episode Silent Night, series 7 episode 12 |
| The Life and Times of Henry Pratt | 1992 | Ezra Pratt | TV series |
| A Perfect Hero | 1991 | Service Policeman | TV series |
| This is David Harper | 1990 | Bob Benchley | TV series; episode A List of Abuses |
| Drop the Dead Donkey | 1990 | George Dent | TV series |
| The Gift | 1990 | John Price | TV miniseries |
| Testimony of a Child | 1989 | TV | |
| The Bill | 1988 | Derek Pardoe | TV series; episode Alarms and Embarrassments |
| Boon | 1987 | Maurice also known as Billy Clutterbuck |
TV series; episode Credit Where it's Due |
| Fortunes of War | 1987 | Sgt. Ridley | TV miniseries |
| Call Me Mister | 1986 | TV series; episode Humpty Dumpty | |
| The Doctor and the Devils | 1985 | Lambert | |
| Remington Steele | 1985 | Chalky | TV series; episode Steele Searching: Parts 1 and 2 |
| Doctor Who | 1984 | Plantagenet | TV series; episode Frontios |
| The Case of Marcel Duchamp | 1984 | ||
| Angels | 1983 | Jeff Harris | TV series; episodes 22 and 24 of season 9 |
| Bergerac | 1983 | Mitch | TV series; episode Almost Like a Holiday |
| Crystal Gazing | 1982 | Julian | |
| Juliet Bravo | 1981 | Steve Ramsey | TV series; episode Lies and Liars |
| Hammer House of Horror | 1980 | Franks | TV series; episode Charlie Boy |
| Home Before Midnight | 1979 | Johnnie McGee | |
| Leave It to Charlie | 1979 | TV series; episode Never a Cross Word | |
| The Wilde Alliance | 1978 | Pusher | TV series; episode A Game for Two Players |
| A Hitch in Time | 1978 | 'Sniffy' Kemp |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.castaway.org.uk/clients/voices/jera.htm
- ^ "Silas". Hollyoaks. E4.com. http://www.e4.com/hollyoaks/cast/boys/silas.html. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a341396/hollyoaks-silas-role-is-the-best-part-says-jeff-rawle.html
- ^ http://robstenfanatics.blogspot.com/2011/09/jeff-rawle-amos-diggory-mentions-rob-in.html
