Roger Alborough

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Roger Alborough
Born (1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 70)
OccupationActor

Roger Alborough (born 19 February 1953) is a British TV and Theatre actor appearing in many dramas on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and in film. Recent work includes Black Mirror by Charlie Brooker Thieftakers 2, The 8 Days that Made Rome, Washington for The History Channel as General Braddock. Alborough has also appeared in Doctors , Silent Witness , The Queen as Sir William Heseltine, Body Story, Judge John Deed , EastEnders , The Bill , Mr Pye, Strife, Merlin of the Crystal Cave, and Unnatural Causes among others. In the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass , Alborough played the part of Jonty in the 2005 Christmas Special episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock".

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In 2018, Alborough played the role of The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson at the award-winning Hope Theatre in London. He followed this with role of Tom in Goodnight Mr Tom at East Riding Theatre. In 2016, Alborough played the role of Andy Capp at the Finborough Theatre in London in a stage musical based on the long-running cartoon strip. [1]

Films include Shaka Zulu as Hawkins, I Anna, Velvet Underground.

Roger has also played radical co-prime minister Peter Clement in the game Not for Broadcast .

West End includes Buddy and Jailhouse Rock. Up'n Under, Chasing Dragons at the Soho Theatre, African Snow at the Trafalgar Studios, Enjoy original cast at the Vaudeville, Annie Get Your Gun Haymarket. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Filmography

Films

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Velvet Goldmine Middle Age Man
1999Julie and the CadillacsJoe Tex
2003PleaseMartin(Short)
2009UnscriptedFreeland Carter(Short)
2013 I, Anna Security Guard
2015Brothers of WarFrank Willis
Blue BorsalinoFrank Delaware(Short)
2016Last Chance SaloonBarman(Short)
2019 Once Upon a Time in London Mr. Pickett

TV

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Escape 2nd Policeman(TV Movie)
1984More Lives Than OneSergeant(TV Movie)
1986 Mr Pye Sergeant(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Made for the Moonlight"
1988 Theatre Night George Rous(TV Series), 1 episode, "Strife"
1990 The Castle of Adventure Army Sergeant(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.1"
1990–2001 The Bill Nossek (1990) / Charlie Basham (1993) / Mike Marshall (1998) / Roger Hargreaves (2000) / Ch. Supt. Draper (2001)(TV Series), 5 episodes
1991Merlin of the Crystal CaveUther(TV Series), 5 episodes
1991–2001 Casualty DS Cod (1991) / Detective Constable (1992) / Father Benson (2001)(TV Series), 3 episodes, "Facing Up" "Will You Still Love Me?" and "Crash Course"
1993Night of the Golden BrainMick(TV Movie)
Frank Stubbs Promotes Moss(TV Series), 1 episode, "Beginners"
Unnatural Causes Superintendent Maitland(TV Movie)
1994–2005 EastEnders Charles (1994) / Malcolm Kittle (2005)(TV Series), 6 episodes
1995 London's Burning Station Officer Grant(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #8.2"
1996 Pie in the Sky Plainclothes 1(TV Series), 1 episode, "Chinese Whispers"
1997 Thief Takers Officer Green (TV Series), 1 episode, "Black Mist"
1998 Trial & Retribution Sgt. Morris(TV Series), 1 episode, "Part One"
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Barman (uncredited)(TV Series), 1 episode, "A Last Embrace"
1999Body StoryJohn(Documentary), 1 episode, "The Beast Within"
2001Shaka Zulu: The CitadelHawkins (credited as Richard Alborough)(American TV Movie)
Poirot Chief Constable Weston(TV Series), 1 episode, "Evil Under the Sun"
2002–2005 Judge John Deed Supt Craddock / Detective Sergeant Craddock / Det. Supt. Craddock(TV Series), 4 episodes,
2003 My Hero Patient Requesting Magazine(TV Series), 1 episode, "The Family Way"
Rosemary & Thyme Sam Trent(TV Series), 1 episode, "And No Birds Sing"
The DebtCS Baxter(TV Movie)
2003–2015 Doctors Christopher Moulding (2003) / Peter Mckenna (2006) / Henry Sumner (2009) / Ciarran O'Malley (2012) / Reece Williams (2015)(TV Series), 5 episodes,
2005 The Green Green Grass Jonty(TV Series), 1 episode, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock"
2006 Surviving Disaster Anatoli Dyatlov(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster"
2009 The Queen William Heseltine (TV drama-documentary Series), 1 episode, "Episode 3:The Rivals"
2012 Silent Witness DI Stroud(TV Series), 2 episodes, "Paradise Lost: Part 1" and "Paradise Lost: Part 2"
2013 Lucan Whitehouse(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode,
Drifters Interviewer(TV Series), 1 episode, "Work Experience"
2017 Emmerdale Harry(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.7741"
Tina and Bobby Rev. Michael Stone(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.1"
2018 Patrick Melrose Funeral Director(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode, "At Last"
2019 The Feed Devan(TV Series), 1 episode, "Episode #1.4"
Black Mirror Joe(TV Series), 1 episode, "Smithereens"
2020 Washington General Braddock (TV Mini-Series documentary), 1 episode, "Loyal Subject"

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Club Renwick (voice)
2022 Not For Broadcast Peter ClementVideo Game [6]

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