James Gaddas | |
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Born | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England | 9 June 1960
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1981–present |
Notable credits |
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Spouse | Deborah Gaddas |
Children | 1 |
James Gaddas (born 9 June 1960) is an English actor best known for his roles in Coronation Street , Bad Girls , Doctors , Emmerdale and Hollyoaks .
Gaddas played Eddie Ainsworth in the tenth episode of the seventh series of Heartbeat . Since leaving Bad Girls, Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical , productions of Peter Pan and Spamalot and Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia! in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on The Bill , Between the Lines , Tracy Beaker Returns , Medics , Dogtown, Doctors , Waterloo Road and in 2015, he acted in Emmerdale , playing Ged, who is a prisoner awaiting trial for murder.
In 2017 he played John in the musical The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. [1] In 2020, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Cormac Ranger. [2] [3]
In September 2021, it was announced that Gaddas would write and star in a new version of Bram Stoker's Dracula . Gaddas will portray 15 characters during the show, which is to tour England in 2022 and include music by Jeremy Swift. [4] [5]
Gaddas is a member of the Conservative Party and was selected as a candidate for Stockton South in the 2005 UK general election, but finished in second place behind Labour's incumbent Dari Taylor, winning 34.1% of the vote. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Crown Court | PC Robertshaw | Episode: "Window Shopping Part 1" |
1983 | Seaview | Malcolm | Episode: "In Sickness" |
1984 | Last Day of Summer | Pete | Television film |
The Secret Servant | Major Jackaman | Series 1 Episode 3 | |
Crown Court | Paul Walker | Episode: "Dirty Washing Part 1" | |
1985 | Screen Two | Stretcher bearer | Episode: "The Unknown Soldier" |
Late Starter | Mr. Ferrar | Series 1 Episode 3 | |
Summer Season | Sergeant | Episode: "The House on Kirov Street" | |
Operation Julie | Sid Bell | Television film | |
Jackanory Playhouse | King Amaranth | Episode: "The Princess and the Lute Player" | |
1986 | Dead Man's Folly | Young Foreign Man | Uncredited |
Dempsey and Makepeace | Andy | Episode: "Extreme Prejudice" | |
1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Lord John Burley | |
Crime in the City | Jimmy | Short film | |
1988 | Wish Me Luck | Soldier in cinema | |
Troubles | Pike | ||
The Bill | Sgt. Towers | Episode: "The Silent Gun" | |
1989 | Something for the Weekend | Various roles | Also co-writer |
The Pied Piper | RAF driver | Television film | |
Coronation Street | Robert Prescott | 3 episodes | |
1990 | El C.I.D. | Bendel | Episode: "Copping Out" |
1991 | The Black Candle | Joe Skinner | Television film |
Paul Merton: The Series | Series 1 Episode 4 | ||
1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Tony | 5 episodes |
Dream Kitchen | |||
Between the Lines | DS Markham | Episode: "Watching the Detectives" | |
The Dying of the Light | Terry Lewis | ||
1992-1995 | Medics | Dr Robert Nevin | 33 episodes |
1993 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Gary | Episode: "Awards" |
The Bill | Brian Ashmore | Episode: "Tangled Webs" | |
1994-1995 | Class Act | D.I Latham | 13 episodes |
1997 | Backup | PC Jim "Grim" Reaper | 6 episodes |
The Informant | British I.O | ||
Bombay Blue | David Jackson | Series 1 Episode 3 | |
Stone Cold | Vince | ||
Heartbeat | Eddie Ainsworth | Episode: "Playing with Trains" | |
1998 | Human Bomb | Franck | Television film |
Girls' Night | Paul | ||
Peak Practice | Ian Tate | Episode: "A Child I Dreamed" | |
Grafters | Ray | Series 1 Episode 2 | |
1999 | Jonathan Creek | Craig Downey | Episode: "The Eyes of Tiresias" |
1999-2000 | Coronation Street | Vinny Sorrell | 108 episodes |
2001 | Starhunter | Senaca | 2 episodes |
2002-2006 | Bad Girls | Neil Grayling | 52 episodes |
2005 | Casualty @ Holby City | Carl O'Leary | 4 episodes |
Holby City | Carl O'Leary | 2 episodes | |
Casualty | Carl O'Leary | 2 episodes | |
2006 | Starter for 10 | Martin Jackson | |
Dogtown | Geogg Torville | 6 episodes | |
Vincent | DI Deighton | Series 2 Episode 3 | |
2008-2011 | Doctors | Jack Harcourt | 13 episodes |
2009 | The Bill | Ian Ellis | 2 episodes |
Heartbeat | Danny Riggs | Episode: "Pass the Parcel" | |
2012 | Waterloo Road | Alan Dixon | 2 episodes |
Tracy Beaker Returns | Denis | 2 episodes | |
2015 | Emmerdale | Ged | 6 episodes |
2016 | Casualty | Howard Munroe | Episode: "Fall on Me" |
2017 | Against the Law | Governor Cockayne | Television film |
Starhunter Redux | Senaca | 2 episodes | |
Casualty | Howard Munroe | Episode: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | |
2020 | Outlander | Judge Martin Atticus | Episode: "Better to Marry Than Burn" |
A short film about Serial Killing | Sir Anthony Farrow QC | ||
2020-2021 | Hollyoaks | Cormac Ranger | 9 episodes |
2024 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Lindsay Calder-Marshall | Episode: "It's Just Not Cricket" |
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