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Paul Brooke

{{Short description|British actor (born 1944)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{no footnotes|date=March 2013}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Paul Brooke

| image = Paul Brooke.png

| caption = Brooke in an unaired sketch from Mr. Bean

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1969–2009

| children = Tom Brooke

| relatives = Fiona Glascott
(daughter-in-law)

}}

Paul Brooke (born 22 November 1944) is a retired English actor. He made his film debut in 1972 in the Hammer film Straight on till Morning, followed by performances in For Your Eyes Only (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Scandal (1989), Saving Grace (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Alfie (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Oliver Twist (2005). Brooke is the father of actor Tom Brooke.

Career

Brooke began as a stage actor and has played in many London productions, including several years as a member of Frank Dunlop's original Young Vic Company. He played Malakili the Rancor Keeper in the 1983 Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (his voiced dubbed over by Ernie Fosselius). He played British Conservative politician Ian Gow in the 2004 BBC series The Alan Clark Diaries. In 2006, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure Year of the Pig as well as the 1990 Mr. Bean sketch "The Library". He played Mr. Fitzherbert in the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary.

Other appearances in television dramas and comedies featuring Brooke include The Blackadder, Bertie and Elizabeth, the BBC adaptation of Blott on the Landscape, Lovejoy, Foyle's War, Rab C. Nesbitt, Kavanagh QC, Sharpe's Revenge, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Covington Cross, The Kit Curran Radio Show, Between the Lines, Relic Hunter and Mornin' Sarge. He appeared in the miniseries Nostromo in 1997.

He played Gríma Wormtongue in the 1981 BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

He, Linal Haft and Frank Mills are the only actors to appear in both the classic and returning series of Minder, but playing different roles in each.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

1972

| Straight On till Morning

| style="text-align:center;" |Uneasy man {{small|(uncredited)}}

1979

| Agatha

| style="text-align:center;" |John Foster

1981

| For Your Eyes Only

| style="text-align:center;" |Bunky

1983

| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

| style="text-align:center;" |Malakili - Rancor Keeper {{small|(uncredited)}}

1984

| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

| style="text-align:center;" |The Rev. Stimson

1985

| Revolution

| style="text-align:center;" |Lord Darling

1988

| The Lair of the White Worm

| style="text-align:center;" |P.C. Erny

1989

| Scandal

| style="text-align:center;" |John, Detective Sgt

1989

| A Dry White Season

| style="text-align:center;" |Dr. Herzog

1989

| The Kitchen Child {{small|(short)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |Undetermined role

1990

| The Fool

| style="text-align:center;" |Lord Paramount

1993

| Splitting Heirs

| style="text-align:center;" |Tour Guide

1993

| The Trial

| style="text-align:center;" |Deputy Bank Manager

1993

| Genghis Cohn

| style="text-align:center;" |Hans-Dieter Pohl

1999

| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

| style="text-align:center;" |Domremy's Priest

1999

| Lighthouse

| style="text-align:center;" |Captain Campbell

2000

| Saving Grace

| style="text-align:center;" |Charlie

2000

| Il cielo cade {{small|(The Sky is Falling)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |Mr. Pitt

2001

| Bridget Jones's Diary

| style="text-align:center;" |Mr. Fitzherbert

2001

| The Affair of the Necklace

| style="text-align:center;" |Monsieur Bohmer

2004

| Alfie

| style="text-align:center;" |Flower Shop Proprietor

2004

| The Phantom of the Opera

| style="text-align:center;" |Auctioneer

2005

| Oliver Twist

| style="text-align:center;" |Mr Grimwig

2005

| Still Life {{small|(short)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |Auctioneer

2008

| The Edge of Love

| style="text-align:center;" |Mr. Judge Singleton

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
width="40" scope="col" | Year

! width="286" scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

1969

| The Wednesday Play

| Farquhar

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"| "The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel"

1970

| Daniel Deronda

| Mr. Mackworth

| Miniseries (2 episodes)

1972

| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| Reuben

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"|Young Vic production TV broadcast

1978

| The Comedy of Errors

| Angelo

| TV film

1980

| The Other 'Arf

| Smidger

| "Open to the Public" (S1E5)

1980

| Metal Mickey

| Harry

| "Taking the Mickey" (S1E4)

1980

| Play for Today

| Mornington

| "Minor Complications" (S11E5)

1981

| BBC Television Shakespeare

| Lavache

| "All's Well That Ends Well"

1981

| The History Man

| Henry Beamish

| Series 1 (4 episodes)

1981

| The Olympian Way

| Trevor Watt

| Series 1 (4 episodes)

1981

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217968/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_86 World's End]

| Lord Arvin

| Series 1 (8 episodes)

1982

| Shine on Harvey Moon

| Doctor Thrush

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"|

"In Sickness and in Health" (S2E3)

1983

| Phantom of the Opera

| Inspector

| TV film

1983

| Blackadder

| Friar Bellows

| "The Black Seal" (S1E6)

1983

| The Mad Death

| Bob Nicol

| Miniseries (3 episodes)

1983

| Jemima Shore Investigates

| Acton Tindall

| "The Damask Collection" (S1E11)

1983

| Reilly, Ace of Spies

| Granier

| "Anna" (S1E4)

1984

| Minder

| Hamster

| "High Drains Pilferer" (S4E3)

1984–86

| The Kit Curran Radio Show

| Les Toms

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"| Series 1–2 (main role, 12 episodes)

1985

| Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

| Gen. Josef Biegler, SA

| TV film

1985

| Blott on the Landscape

| Hoskins

| Series 1 (main role, 6 episodes)

1985

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253132/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_75 Hommage à Rossini]

| Signor Gioachino Rossini

| TV film

1985

| Girls on Top

| Lawrence

| "C.O.D." (S1E3)

1986

| King and Castle

| Edward Halliday-Mostyn

| Series 1 (4 episodes)

1986

| Bergerac

| Malcolm Croxted

| "Fires in the Fall" (S4E10)

1987

| Still Crazy Like a Fox

| Constable

| TV film

1987

| Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

| Junot

| Miniseries (3 episodes)

1988

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178154/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_68 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers]

| Dr. Hofrat Behrens

| Miniseries (1 episode)

1988

| After Henry

| Paul

| "The Birthday" (S1E6)

1988

| The StoryTeller

| Chancellor

| "The Luck Child" (S1E4)

1988

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095762/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_65 Number 27]

| Karmel

| TV film

1989–90

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137051/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_58 The Justice Game]

| Alistair Sinclair Murray

| Series 1–2 (5 episodes)

1989

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143053/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_60 Mornin' Sarge]

| Sarge

| Series 1 (main role, 7 episodes)

1989

| Somewhere to Run

| Abrahams

| TV film

1989

| Anything More Would Be Greedy

| Mr. Leadweller

| Miniseries (3 episodes)

1989

| Saracen

| Charles Lighthill

| "Infidels" (S1E2)

1989

| About Face

| Howell

| "Send Her Victorious" (S1E5)

1989

| Screen One

| Lilliwhite

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"| "The Mountain and the Molehill” (S1E6)

1990

| Campion

| Mr. Parrott

| "Sweet Danger" (2 parts, S1E1/2)

1990–91

| El C.I.D.

| James Henley Dodd

| Series 1–2 (5 episodes)

1990

| All Creatures Great and Small

| Captain Crawford

! style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:113%"|

"A Grand Memory for Forgetting" (S7E9)

1990

| Mr. Bean

| Reader in Library

| "The Library" (unaired sketch)

1991

| Screen One

| Feature Writer

| "Hancock" (S1E2)

1991

| Children of the North

| Ballister

| Series 1 (4 episodes)

1991

| Stay Lucky

| Simon Owen

| "An Unsavoury Business" (S3E4)

1992

| Screen One

| Martin Poyser

| "Adam Bede" (S3E9)

1992

| Lovejoy

| Gently Bentley

| "Scotch on the Rocks" (S3E7)

1992

| Love Hurts

| Bryan Appleford

| Series 1 (3 episodes)

1992

| A Masculine Ending

| Humphrey Morris

| TV film

1992

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180850/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_48 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade]

| Doctor

| (S1E2)

1992

| Covington Cross

| Friar

| Season 1 (9 episodes)

1992

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414938/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_46 De terre et de sang] {{small|(Blood and Dust)}}

| Simon

| TV film

1993

| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

| Policeman #1

| "Paris, October 1916" (S2E16)

1993

| The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

| Abel Pomeroy

| "Death at the Bar" (S1E5)

1993

| Rab C. Nesbitt

| Prison Governor

| "Right" (S3E5)

1994

| In Suspicious Circumstances

| Doctor Holmes

| "The Next Mrs. Clements" (S4E5)

1994

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108878/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41 Nice Day at the Office]

| Victor Fenwicke

| "The Enemy Within" (S1S3)

1994

| Between the Lines

| Eddington

| "A Safe Pair of Hands" (S3E2)

1994

| Dandelion Dead

| Arthur

| Miniseries (2 episodes)

1995

| Joking Apart

| Dr. Strickland

| (S2E2)

1995

| Ghosts

| Dr. Brandon

| "Shadowy Third" (S1E4)

1995

| Ain't Misbehavin'

| Chuck Purvis

| Series 2 (main role, 6 episodes)

1995

| Oliver's Travels

| Rowley

| Miniseries (1 episode)

1996

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181198/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_34 Annie's Bar]

| Vernon Du Chine

| Series 1 (main role, 10 episodes)

1996

| The Moonstone

| Dr. Candy

| TV film

1996–97

| Nostromo

| Capt. Mitchell

| Miniseries (4 episodes)

1997

| Chalk

| Max

| "The Interview" (S1E2)

1997

| Have Your Cake and Eat It

| Stimpson

| Miniseries (2 episodes)

1997

| Kavanagh QC

| Richard Dynevor

| "Diplomatic Baggage" (S3E4)

1997

| Sharpe

| Roland

| "Sharpe's Revenge" (S5E1)

1997

| A Dance to the Music of Time

| Maclintick

| Miniseries (1 episode)

1998

| Heat of the Sun

| Sir Rex Willoughby

| Miniseries (2 episodes)

1998

| The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

| Attorney General

| Miniseries (1 episode)

1998

| The Scold's Bridle

| Duncan Orloff

| Miniseries (2 episodes)

1998

| Midsomer Murders

| Nigel Anderson

| "Faithful unto Death" (S1E4)

1998

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155451/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22 The Unknown Soldier]

| Urquart

| Miniseries (1 episode)

1998

| Dalziel and Pascoe

| Canon Eustace Horncastle

| "Bones and Silence" (S3E3)

1999

| The Last Salute

| Mr. Pimm

| "Bank Holiday" (S2E2)

2000

| Relic Hunter

| Chef Gerard La Grange

| "Nothing But the Truth" (S1E21)

2000

| The Prince and the Pauper

| Magistrate

| TV film

2001

| Doc Martin

| Charley

| TV film

2002

| Bertie and Elizabeth

| Tommy Lascelles

| TV film

2002

| Foyle's War

| Arthur Ellis

| "The White Feather" (S1E2)

2003

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362819/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_14 Leonardo]

| Abbot

| Miniseries (1 episode)

2003

| Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

| Charley

| TV film

2004

| The Alan Clark Diaries

| Ian Gow

| Series 1 (3 episodes)

2004–06

| The Worst Week of My Life

| Vicar

| Series 1 & 3 (4 episodes)

2004

| My Dad's the Prime Minister

| Sir Fabian Flood

| "Diaries" (S2E6)

2005

| Hustle

| Benny

| "Eye of the Beholder" (S2E6)

2005

| The Bill

| Richard Foster

| Series 21 (2 episodes)

2005

| Summer Solstice

| Derek

| TV film

2007

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944831/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6 A Class Apart]

| Godfrey

| TV film

2007

| My Family

| Mr. Salem

| "Ho Ho No" (Christmas special)

2008

| Agatha Christie's Marple

| Billingsley

| "A Pocket Full of Rye" (S4E1)

2008

| Einstein and Eddington

| H H Turner

| TV film

2009

| Minder

| Dickie Mint

| Series 11 (3 episodes)

2009

| The Royal

| Dr. Marsden

| "Counting Chickens" (S8E2)

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0111727|name=Paul Brooke}}

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Category:21st-century English male actors