Dominic Jephcott (born 28 July 1957) is a RADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work in The Beiderbecke Affair , The Beiderbecke Connection , Midsomer Murders , and in Holby City and Casualty , as the adulterous surgeon Alistair Taylor.
Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Jephcott worked professionally as a child actor. [1] He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1975. [2] He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 [3] and later worked extensively in television.
Jephcott played Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in The Scarlet Pimpernel , Mount in Good and Bad at Games , [4] Reggie in The Jewel in the Crown , Det. Sgt. Hobson BA in The Beiderbecke Affair [5] [6] (later Det. Insp. Hobson PhD in The Beiderbecke Connection ), [6] Capt. Sandy Ransom in "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim", Magnus Strove in Paradise Postponed , David Warner in The Bill , George Compton in A Touch of Frost , Dr. Sam Fallowfield in Dalziel and Pascoe , Simon Dymock in Judge John Deed , Suspicious Monk in Relic Hunter , Father Jonathan in Doctors , Peter Gosford in Casualty and Alistair Taylor in Holby City .[ citation needed ] He was David Durance in the first London production of Indian Ink. [7]
Jephcott appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders as two different characters: "Death's Shadow" and seven years later in 2006, "Four Funerals and a Wedding".
His film credits include All Quiet on the Western Front (1979), the horror film Inseminoid (1981), The Opium War (1997), An African Dream [8] (1990), and O Jerusalem (2006). Jephcott has also worked in radio including the part of Marlowe in The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries . This aired briefly on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
Jephcott is married to author Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott. They have collaborated on screenplays selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship, the Austin Film Festival, [9] and Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope.
Year | Film or Television | Role | Ref |
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1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Peter Leer | [1] |
1980 | War Game | Untersturmbannfuhrer Kleist | [1] |
1981 | Inseminoid | Dean | [1] |
1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Second French Lord | [10] [11] |
1982 | Stalky and Co. Part 5 "A Little Prep" | Purvis | [1] |
1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Andrew Ffoulkes | [1] |
1982 | A New Life | Sebastian | [1] |
1982 | Ivan the Ninny | Brother | [1] |
1983 | Good and Bad at Games | Mount | [1] [12] |
1983 | The Aerodrome | Flt Lieut Mark | [1] |
1984 | The Jewel in the Crown Episode 1 "Crossing the River" | Reggie | [1] |
1985 | Oliver Twist Parts 8, 10 and 11 | Harry Maylie | [1] |
1985 | That Was a Very Funny Evening | cast member | [1] |
2001–2002 | Holby City | Alistair Taylor | [ citation needed ] |
2004 | The Brief | Donald Bell | [13] |
Note: This table is incomplete and Jephcott's filmography from 1985 to 2013 can be found at here |
Year | Play | Author | Role | Theatre | Ref |
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1994 | Gaucho | Doug Lucie | Spencer Taplow | Hampstead Theatre | [14] |
2007 | Fallujah | Jonathan Holmes | US general | Truman Brewery | [15] |
2008 | Scenes from a Marriage | Peter, Arne | Ingmar Bergman | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry | [16] [17] |
2015–2016 | King Charles III | Mike Bartlett | UK tour | [18] | |