Roger Booth (actor)
{{Short description|English actor (1933–2014)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
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| birth_name = Roger Thomas Booth
| birth_date = 12 November 1933
| birth_place = East Stonehouse, Devon, England
| death_date = 26 February 2014 (age 80)
| death_place = London, England
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| occupation = Actor
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Roger Thomas Booth (12 November 1933 – 26 February 2014{{Cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=booth+&SurnameGrants=booth+&FirstName=roger&FirstNameGrants=roger&YearOfDeath=2014&YearOfDeathGrants=2014&AdvancedSearch=True&IsGrantSearch=True&IsCalendarSearch=False#wills|title=Find a will | GOV.UK|website=probatesearch.service.gov.uk}}) was an English actor, often on television. He appeared in many British television series and films, which include Z-Cars, No Hiding Place, The Avengers, Robbery, The Tomorrow People, Law & Order, EastEnders, The Bill and others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2aca60e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044933/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2aca60e|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|title=Roger Booth|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=1806|title=Roger Booth|website=www.aveleyman.com}}
His theatre work includes Alan Bleasdale's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" at the Liverpool Playhouse, and plays with the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic.{{Cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1300807|title=Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Voytek | V&A Search the Collections|date=18 October 2019|website=V and A Collections}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/12mm/roger-booth/past|title=Roger Booth | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}
Acting credits
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! Title ! Year ! Role ! Notes |
| Z-Cars
|1964 |Hobson |Episode: "Clues Are What You Think" |
| Compact
|1964 |Mr. Rawson |Episode: "Many Questions" |
| Paris 1900
|1964 |Gendarme |Episode: "Half a Husband" |
| Hereward the Wake
|1965 |Gilbert's Cook |Episode: "The War Arrow" |
| No Hiding Place
|1965 |Insp. Logan |Episode: "The Street" |
| The Avengers
|1965-1967 |'Porky' Purser / Tubby Vincent |2 episodes |
| Disneyland
|1966 |Lord Calmsden |2 episodes |
| ITV Play of the Week
|1967 |Trenchard |Episode: "The Voysey Inheritance" |
| The White Rabbit
|1967 |German orderly on train |Episode: "O Absalom" |
| Robbery
|1967 |Detective |Film, uncredited |
| Orlando
|1968 |Sheik Abu Hassan |Episode: "Orlando and the Return of Moosh: Beau Geste and All That" |
| Work Is a Four-Letter Word
|1968 |Pincher |Film, uncredited |
| ITV Playhouse
|1968 |Porky Leighton |Episode: "The Tigers of Subtopia" |
| The Tyrant King
|1968 |Tourist |2 episodes |
| Resurrection
|1968 |3rd Judge |Episode: "Dmitri" |
| Hadleigh
|1969 |Vic Bennett |Episode: "The Wrong Side of the Hill" |
| The First Churchills
|1969 |Bentinck / Portland |4 episodes |
| Mystery and Imagination
|1970 |Major O'Rooke |Episode: "The Suicide Club" |
| Daniel Deronda
|1970 |Mr. Lush |3 episodes |
| The Passenger
|1971 |Jack Steen |1 episode |
| The Trouble with 2B
|1972 |Mr. Grotti |Film |
| Adult Fun
|1972 |Mr. Charles |Film |
| Play for Today
|1972-1982 |Father George / Holland / Tom Barton / Trade union official / Frank |5 episodes |
| Kidnapped
|1973 |Duke of Cumberland |Film |
| The Tomorrow People
|1973 |Rabowski |4 episodes |
| Harriet's Back in Town
|1973 |Harry Palmer |2 episodes |
| The Prince of Denmark
|1974 |Mr. Yates |Unknown episode |
| You're on Your Own
|1975 |Roger Whitby |Episode: "No One Wants Any Trouble" |
| The Main Chance
|1975 |Magnus Tait |Episode: "We're the Bosses Now" |
| Barry Lyndon
|1975 |Film |
| Yes, Honestly
|1976 |Tug Lavenham |Episode: "Black and White and Red All Over" |
| The Sweeney
|1976 |Ashcroft |Episode: "May" |
| Armchair Thriller
|1978 |C.I.D. Supt. |Episode: "Rachel in Danger: Part 4" |
| A Sharp Intake of Breath
|1978 |Mr. Mathews |Episode: "See You in Court" |
| Law & Order
|1978 |Chief Officer Carne |Episode: "A Prisoner's Tale" |
| The Life Story of Baal
|1978 |Mech |Film |
| Matilda's England
|1979 |Mr. Frye |3 episodes |
| Secret Army
|1979 |Reichskommissar Glaub |2 episodes |
| Suez 1956
|1979 |Peter Thorneycroft |Television film |
| Escape
|1980 | |Episode: "The Cartland Murder" |
| BBC2 Playhouse
|1980 |Major Deans |Episode: "Fatal Spring" |
| Rumpole of the Bailey
|1980 |Alderman Pertwee |Episode: "Rumpole's Return" |
| Remembrance
|1982 |Mark's father |Film |
| The Barchester Chronicles
|1982 |Plomacy |1 episode |
| The Last Song
|1983 |Bruce |2 episodes |
| The Nation's Health
|1983 |Staff – Mortuary Technician |Episode: "Chronic" |
| Diana
|1984 |Hawthorn |Episode: "Part Five – May 1937" |
| Kim
|1984 |Father Victor |Television film |
| Dempsey and Makepeace
|1985 |Jack |Episode: "Blind Eye" |
| Lamb
|1985 |Farmer on Train |Film |
| All in Good Faith
|1986 |Poultney |Episode: "No Stone Unturned" |
| Big Deal
|1986 |Mr. Rye |Episode: "Playing the Ace" |
| The Fools on the Hill
|1986 |Commissionaire |Television film |
| Miss Marple: Nemesis
|1987 |Mr. Pelham |2 episodes |
| Pulaski
|1987 |Buffy Saunders |Episode: "No Guns Please We're British" |
| Inspector Morse
|1988 |Bartender |Episode: "Last Seen Wearing" |
| Blind Justice
|1988 |Arnold Flowers |Episode: "Crime and Punishment" |
| Boon
|1989 |Mr. Hancock |Episode: "Arms and the Dog" |
| Capital City
|1989 |Jerome Heron |Episode: "Max in Space" |
| The Wars of the Roses
|1990-1991 |Earl of Northumberland / Williams / Saunder Simpco / Father / Lord Hastings |7 episodes |
| Strauss Dynasty
|1991 | |2 episodes |
| Billy Webb's Amazing Stories
|1991 |Mayor |2 episodes |
| EastEnders
|1993 |Cab Passenger |1 episode |
| All or Nothing at All
|1993 |Parishioner |Unknown episodes |
| Cadfael
|1994 |Baldwin Peche |Episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow" |
| A Pin for the Butterfly
|1994 |Party Guest |Film |
| The Bill
|1994-2003 |Tyrone / Fred McCormack |2 episodes |
| Cutthroat Island
|1995 |Auctioneer |Film |
| Spark
|1997 |Kimberley's Father |Episode: "Fourth Cousin Kimberley" |
| The Mill on the Floss
|1997 |Mr. Riley |Television film |
| The Famous Five
|1997 |Farmer |Episode: "Five Have a Wonderful Time: Part 1" |
| Doc Martin
|2001 |Boy |Television film |
| Crush
|2001 |Hearty Governor |Film |
| Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali
|2002 |Cafe Owner |Television film |
| My Uncle Silas
|2003 |Lord Chadwell |Episode: "A Funny Thing" |
| Ladies in Lavender
|2004 |Arthur |Film, (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0095795|name=Roger Booth}}
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