Roger Alborough

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".

Roger Alborough
Born	(1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 71)
Occupation	Actor

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Velvet Goldmine	Middle Age Man
1999	Julie and the Cadillacs	Joe Tex
2003	Please	Martin	(Short)
2009	Unscripted	Freeland Carter	(Short)
2013	I, Anna	Security Guard
2015	Brothers of War	Frank Willis
	Blue Borsalino	Frank Delaware	(Short)
2016	Last Chance Saloon	Barman	(Short)
2019	Once Upon a Time in London	Mr. Pickett

TV

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Escape	2nd Policeman	(TV Movie)
1984	More Lives Than One	Sergeant	(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
1991	Merlin of the Crystal Cave	Uther	(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"
1993	Night of the Golden Brain	Mick	(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"
1999	Body Story	John	(Documentary), 1 episode, "The Beast Within"
2001	Shaka Zulu: The Citadel	Hawkins (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 Debt	CS 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Club	Renwick (voice)
2022	Not For Broadcast	Peter Clement	Video Game^[6]

References

1. Shenton, Mark (9 February 2016). "Andy Capp the Musical review at Finborough Theatre, London – 'utterly charming'". The Stage. London. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. James Inverne (2 December 2003). . Playbill. Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
3. Maria Mackay (28 April 2007). "Theatre Review: African Snow". Christian Today. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
4. Cavendish, Dominic (8 August 2007). . The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
5. "First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast". first-night-records.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: First Night Records. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
6. "Not For Broadcast Credits". notgames.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

External links

• Roger Alborough at IMDb