Grout married Noreen, a schooldays sweetheart. In 1977, they moved on a whim from west London to Malmesbury, Wiltshire, where he contributed a column to the local paper, the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald.[2]
He died on 24 June 2012, aged 84, at the Ashgrove nursing home in Purton, Wiltshire, after a long illness.[2][3][4]
james, grout, james, david, grout, october, 1927, june, 2012, english, actor, radio, television, best, known, playing, chief, superintendent, strange, inspector, morse, bornjames, david, grout, 1927, october, 1927london, englanddied24, june, 2012, 2012, aged, . James David Grout 22 October 1927 24 June 2012 was an English actor of radio and television He was best known for playing Chief Superintendent Strange in Inspector Morse James GroutBornJames David Grout 1927 10 22 22 October 1927London EnglandDied24 June 2012 2012 06 24 aged 84 Purton Wiltshire EnglandOccupationActorSpouseNoreen Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editGrout was born in London the son of Beatrice Anne and William Grout 1 He trained to be an actor at RADA Career editHis BBC Radio 4 appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings headmaster Harry Beeston in all ten series of the Radio 4 comedy series King Street Junior 1985 1998 Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton s Hell based comedy Old Harry s Game 1995 2003 Rev Timothy Corswell in The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue 1991 and Any Other Business 1995 His television credits include Chief Inspector Prescott in Waste Land series 17 episode 1 of Dixon of Dock Green 1970 Dai Owen in Looking For Clancy 1975 Jonas Bradlaw in Murder Most English 1977 Superintendent Rafferty in Turtle s Progress Series 1 only Div Supt Albert Hallam in Juliet Bravo 1981 The Doctor in Shelley 1982 Mr McAllister in The Beiderbecke Affair 1984 the Inspector in The Box of Delights 1984 Professor George Bunn in A Very Peculiar Practice 1988 Granville Bennett in All Creatures Great and Small Chief Superintendent Strange in Inspector Morse and Mr Justice Ollie Oliphant in Rumpole of the Bailey as well as the chief whip in Yes Minister He also played William Rowland in The Girl on the Train in The Agatha Christie Hour 1982 He was nominated for a 1965 Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor musical for Half a Sixpence Other TV roles include George Batt in Mother Love 1989 based on the novel by Laura Black and starring Diana Rigg David McCallum and James Wilby and also Mr Spenlow in David Copperfield for two episodes in 1999 Personal life editGrout married Noreen a schooldays sweetheart In 1977 they moved on a whim from west London to Malmesbury Wiltshire where he contributed a column to the local paper the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald 2 He died on 24 June 2012 aged 84 at the Ashgrove nursing home in Purton Wiltshire after a long illness 2 3 4 References edit James Grout Biography 1927 a b Coveney Michael 3 July 2012 James Grout obituary The Guardian Retrieved 3 July 2012 Inspector Morse actor James Grout dies at 84 BBC News 5 July 2012 Retrieved 5 July 2012 Cohen Lewis 5 July 2012 Malmesbury actor James Grout dies aged 84 This Is Wiltshire Retrieved 5 July 2012 External links editJames Grout at IMDb James Grout in Theatre Archive University of Bristol nbsp nbsp This article about an English actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Grout amp oldid 1155055769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
