Roy Marsden

Acting

Born: 1941-06-25 in Stepney, London, England, UK

Biography

Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould, 25 June 1941 in Stepney, London, England) – English actor, trained at RADA, best known for his 16-year portrayal of Commander Adam Dalgliesh in the ITV adaptations of P. D. James's detective novels (1983–1998, 48 episodes). His most notable film roles include Alpha in Toomorrow (1970), a Gestapo officer in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Barry in The Squeeze (1977), and Oberon in Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005). On television he is also best known for Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers (1978–1980, 20 episodes), Mr. Chips in Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), John Stockton in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993), Captain Good in King Solomon's Mines (2004), Mr. Stoker in Doctor Who (2007), and Commander Haydock in Partners in Crime (2015). He has also appeared in Only Fools and Horses (1989), Foyle's War (2006), The Palace (2008), and The Green Green Grass (2005). He has since devoted his full attention to stage work, including directing and starring in his own production of A Christmas Carol.

Roy Marsden

Biography

Known For

Doctor Who

The Eagle Has Landed

Only Fools and Horses

Sherlock Holmes

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

King Solomon's Mines

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Foyle's War

The Escape Artist

Tales of the Unexpected

The New Avengers

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

Partners in Crime

Holy Flying Circus

The Last Vampyre

Rebus

Survivors

The Squeeze

The Green Green Grass

The Sandbaggers

Moving On

Toomorrow

Eleventh Hour

A Taste for Death

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

Margaret

The Palace

Dalgliesh

Devices and Desires

Shroud for a Nightingale

All In The Game

Death of an Expert Witness

Armchair Theatre

Cover Her Face

A Mind to Murder

Pebble Mill

Mystery and Imagination