Rob Spendlove

{{short description|British actor (born 1953)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|5|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England, United Kingdom

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| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{marriage|Rosie Rowell|1995}}

| children = 3, including Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove

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Rob Spendlove (born 1 May 1953) is a British actor best known for his roles on British television.

He studied drama at Middlesex Polytechnic, worked as a teacher and toured schools with a fringe theatre company.

He has appeared in many television soaps and dramas. He played one of the original characters Brookside, Roger Huntington, the husband of Heather Huntington played by Amanda Burton.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=James |last2=Goldwin |first2=Clare |title=Brookside Closed; as the scouse soap ends, we track down its original cast. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BROOKSIDE+CLOSED%3B+AS+THE+SCOUSE+SOAP+ENDS%2C+WE+TRACK+DOWN+ITS+ORIGINAL...-a0109560423 |website=Daily Mirror |access-date=26 February 2021 |date=3 November 2003}}

He played D.I.Hook in the Tales of the Unexpected episode (9/8) "The Finger of Suspicion" (1988). Also in 1988, he played detective Rick Sneaden in Closing Ranks.{{cite web |title=Watching brief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72098380/ |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 February 2021 |pages=29 |date=9 January 1988|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}} In 1990, Spendlove played the role of Chris Tierney in the ITV television drama series TECX. His role a joint-owner of a detective agency co-starring with actor Urbano Barberini.{{cite web |last1=Selway |first1=Jennifer |title=This week's television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72098419/ |website=The Observer |access-date=26 February 2021 |pages=75 |date=18 March 1990|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

He also appeared in A Touch of Frost, Soldier Soldier (on which he had a major role as Company Sergeant Major and later Lieutenant Michael Stubbs) and most recently in all 17 episodes of The Last Detective as Detective Inspector Aspinall.

Spendlove also has appeared in films like In the Name of the Father (1993) and Backbeat (1994).

In the 1990s, Spendlove was in a relationship with actress Sandy Hendrickse and have one daughter together, Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Matthew |title=Dirty Donna has a baby by her Soldier, Soldier lover. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DIRTY+DONNA+HAS+A+BABY+BY+HER+SOLDIER%2C+SOLDIER+LOVER.-a061121533 |website=Sunday Mirror |access-date=26 February 2021 |date=16 March 1997}} He then began a relationship with actress Rosie Rowell and they had a daughter named Ruby. They later had a second child named Alfie.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Compton |title=Whos moving homes gossip |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-standard-west-end-final-extra-es-homes-and-property/20071024/281543696563016 |website=Homes & Property |access-date=26 February 2021 |date=24 October 2007|via=PressReader}}{{free access}}

He appeared in 2 episodes of Heartbeat. First in 2002 series 11 episode 18. He played Terry Machin and in 2006, he played Joseph Littlewood series 16 episode 5