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Hugh Ross (actor)

{{Short description|Scottish actor (born 1945)}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

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{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}

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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

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| occupation = Actor

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Hugh Ross (born 28 April 1945) is a Scottish actor, with a wide variety of British TV, film and theatre credits. He is known for his supporting roles in the films Trainspotting and Bronson; and for his performances as Major Mungo Munro in the Sharpe, and as Narcisse in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.

Biography

=Career=

Ross was born in Glasgow, where his parents were both doctors. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, an independent school, followed by the University of St Andrews. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Ross began his career in repertory all over England. He played Romeo (1971) at the Open-air Theatre in Regent’s Park; Jaques in As You Like It (1990) for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Dr Brooks in Lady in the Dark (1997) at the National Theatre. In 1997, he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End. His performance as Malvolio in Cheek by Jowl’s Twelfth Night (1987) won the Time Out Performer Award.[http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/awards.php] Cheek By Jowl Awards In 2010, he played Polonius in Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with John Simm;[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8020074/Hamlet-Crucible-theatre-Sheffield-review.html] The Daily Telegraph review and in 2013, Duncan in Macbeth with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

In September 2016, his production company, The Other Cheek, in association with Cahoots Theatre Company, presented a revival of J. B. Priestley's The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, London, to great acclaim.[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/aug/26/the-roundabout-review-jb-priestley-play] The Guardian review of "The Roundabout"[https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/john-osbornes-the-entertainer-is-a-big-fat-boring-slice-of-prime-time-chitchat/] The Spectator review of "The Roundabout"[https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/the-roundabout-review-at-park-theatre-london/] The Stage review of "The Roundabout" Hugh is currently directing the West End production of The Mousetrap at the St. Martin's Theatre.

Hugh is a member of the Associate committee of RADA. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/governance-and-advisors] RADA Governance and Advisors page on the official RADA website

Credits

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Year

! Title

! Role

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| {{dts|format=y|1969-7-6}} || Dr. Finlay's Casebook || Youth || Episode: "The Call"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1972-6-19}}

| Doomwatch

| Ian

| Episode: "Say Knife, Fat Man"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1972-9-22}}

| Kate

| Mike Stewart

| 4 episodes: "A Very Long Spoon", "A Step in the Right Direction", "The Woman Behind the Man", "Back to Square One"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1973-11-7}}

| Crown Court

| P.C. Walker

| 3 episodes: "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 1", "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 2", "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 3"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1973-11-12}}

| Six Days of Justice

| Mr. Simmonds

| Episode: "The Complaint"

|-

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1975-1-9}} || General Hospital || Jonathan Armstrong || 4 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1975-12-14}}

| Play of the Month:Love's Labours Lost[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d6772234469b4fe09a9dd9efa9028f1c] BBC Radio Times

| A Forester

| "Love's Labour's Lost"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1976-3-9}}

| Warship

| Sg. Lt. Gladman

| Episode: "The Buccaneer"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1977-10-16}}

| Anna Karenina

| Sludin

| 4 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1978}}

| Killer's Moon

| Government Minister

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1978}}

| Tycoon

| Tommy Meadowes

| 9 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1980}}

| Screenplay – Lives of Our Own

| Dr. Porteous

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1982}}

| The Stanley Baxter Hour

|

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1983}}

| Jury

| Defence Counsel

| 13 episodes in total

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1985}}

| {{sortname|The|Pickwick Papers|dab=TV series}}

| Jackson

| 3 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1985}}

|Dempsey and Makepeace

| Van Gelder

| Episode: "Set a Thief"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1986}}

| Dramarama

| Trimmer

| 1 episode

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1988}}

|Codename: Kyril

| Detective Fitzgerald

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1988}}

| God’s Frontiersmen

| King James I

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1988}}

| Playing for Real

| Minister

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1989}}

| Screen Two

| Duffy

| 1 episode: "Leaving"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1989}}

| Screen One

| Doctor

| 1 episode: "She’s Been Away"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1989}}

| Boon

| Patterson

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1989}}

| 4Play- Family

| McWhirter

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1990}}

| Taggart

| Richard Smiley

| Episode: "Love Knot"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1990}}

| Nightbreed

| Narcisse

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1990}}

| This Is David Harper – Born Again Yesterday

| Apostle Crompton

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1991}}

| Kinsey

| Potter

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1991}}

| Misterioso

|

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1991}}

| Advocates I

| Archie Hoseason

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1992}}

| Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games

| Barrister Atkinson

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1992}}

| {{sortname|An|Ungentlemanly Act|nolink=y}}

| Maj. Garry Noott

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1992}}

| Warburg: A Man of Influence

| Lord Halifax

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1993}}

| Agatha Christie's Poirot

| Stephen Carter

| Episode: "The Yellow Iris"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1993}}

| Lovejoy

| Adrian Stoneleigh-Stibbs

| Episode: "Poetic Licence"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1993}}

| Between the Lines

| Cmdr. Graham Sullivan

| 11 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1994}}

| Absolutely Fabulous

| Judge

| 2 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1995}}

| Doctor Finlay

| George Renfrew

| 1 episode: A Natural Mistake

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1995}}

| Sharpe’s Gold

| Major Mungo Munro

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1995}}

| Sharpe’s Battle

| Major Mungo Munro

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1995}}

| Sharpe’s Sword

| Major Mungo Munro

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1996}}

| Trainspotting

| Interviewer

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|1998}}

| Invasion: Earth

| Dr. Vickers

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2001}}

| {{sortname|The|Mists of Avalon|dab=miniseries}}

| Bishop Patricius

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2001}}

| {{sortname|The|Cazalets}}

| Dr. Bailey

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2001-9-13}}

| Rebus

| Dr. Joseph Margolies

| Episode: "Dead Souls"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2001}}

| Murder Rooms

| Doyle Senior

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2001}}

| Charlotte Gray

| Psychiatrist

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| Snoddy

| Chief Inspector Chalmers

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| Shackleton

| Marsh

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| Monarch of the Glen

| Greg MacDonald

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| {{sortname|The|Four Feathers|dab=2002 film}}

| Regimental Priest

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| Before You Go

| Mr Berry

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2002}}

| Post

| Boss

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2003-1-4}}

| Taggart

| William Moyles

| Episode: "New Life"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2004}}

| Sea of Souls

| Dean Claremont

| 6 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2004}}

| Mine All Mine

| Mr. Coltrane

| 3 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2005}}

| Egypt

| Sylvestre de Sacy

| 1 episode: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2006}}

| Pinochet in Suburbia

| Magistrate

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2006}}

| Dalziel and Pascoe

| Andrew Caulfield

| Episode: "Guardian Angel"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2006}}

| Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

| Senator Piso

| Episode: "Nero"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2007}}

| Legit

| Locatelli

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2007}}

| Rendition

| Solicitor

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2007}}

| Hannibal Rising

| Professor Dumas

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2008}}

| {{sortname|The|Palace}}

| Jeremy Robinson

| 8 episodes

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2009-7-22}}

| Midsomer Murders

| Ed Monkberry

| Episode: "The Dogleg Murders"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2009}}

| Dorian Gray

| Confessor

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2009}}

| Bronson

| Uncle Jack

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2010}}

| Foyle’s War

| Richard Carstairs KC

| Episode: "The Hide"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2010}}

| First Night

| Bunny

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2010}}

| Agatha Christie's Marple

| Lord Justice Carmichael

| Episode: "The Blue Geranium"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2010}}

| Silk

| Victor Cornish

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2011}}

| Psychoville

| Vicar

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2011}}

| Rab C. Nesbitt

| Ramsey

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2011}}

| Jabberwock

| Reginald

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2011-10-26}}

| Midsomer Murders

| Bishop Graves

| Episode: "A Sacred Trust"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2011}}

| {{sortname|The|Iron Lady|dab=film}}

| Christopher Soames

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2012}}

| Dark Matters: Twisted But True

| Sir Arthur Woodward / Benjamin Franklin

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2014-10-22}}

| Waterloo Road

| Mr. Carmichael

| Episode: "One Good Turn"

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2015-12-4}}

| Sunset Song

| Inspector

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2015-2-22}}

| {{sortname|The|Team|dab=2015 TV series}}

| William MacLean

|

|-

| {{dts|format=y|2015}}

| The Age of Adaline

| Narrator

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| {{dts|format=y|2018-9-3}} || Married to a Paedophile || Robert ||

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| {{dts|format=y|2020-2-14}} || Outlander (TV series) || Arch Bug ||

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| {{dts|format=y|2020-9-9}} || {{sortname|The|Sands of Time|dab=2020 film}} || Bartender ||

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References

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External links

  • [https://hugh-ross.com Official Site: Hugh Ross]
  • {{IMDb name|0743462|Hugh Ross}}
  • [http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Hugh-Ross-s-love-affair-Shakespeare/story-24509716-detail/story.html Interview with Hugh Ross]
  • [http://scifibulletin.com/doctor-who/interviews/interview-hugh-ross-counter-measures/ Interview with Hugh Ross on his role in Counter-Measures]
  • [https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=hugh+ross Catalogue of Hugh Ross' work with Big Finish]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150114040904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/charles-spencer/4787007/Plague-over-England-at-Duchess-Theatre-review.html The Daily Telegraph review of Plague over England 2009]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20141205085508/http://www.ett.org.uk/productions/81/twelfth-night Production details of Twelfth Night 2014]
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/nov/21/twelfth-night-review-english-touring-theatre The Guardian review of Twelfth Night 2014]

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Category:1945 births

Category:20th-century Scottish male actors

Category:21st-century Scottish male actors

Category:Male actors from Glasgow

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:Scottish male stage actors

Category:Scottish male television actors

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews