Struan Rodger

{{Short description|British actor (born 1946)}}

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Struan Rodger (born 18 September 1946) is a British actor who has appeared widely in a range of supporting roles. He appeared briefly in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? in 1978 but his first major film role was as Eric Liddell's friend and running coach Sandy McGrath, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film, Chariots of Fire. His later films included Diamond Skulls (1989), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Madness of King George (1994), The Innocent Sleep (1996) and Stardust (2007).{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3a4ed93|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309224615/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3a4ed93|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2017|title=Struan Rodger}}

Rodger is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Barbara Flynn's husband in the television detective series Chandler & Co.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/chandler-and-co/|title=Chandler & Co.|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}} Rodger had a recurring role on Rumpole of the Bailey as Detective Inspector Brush, a police detective noted for what Rumpole perceives as flagrant abuses of the law.{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1205794/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-83, 87-92) Credits|website=screenonline.org.uk}} He provided the voice for the Doctor Who character Face of Boe in the stories "New Earth" and "Gridlock".{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8baf3a7b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719091121/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8baf3a7b|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2018|title=New Earth (2006)}}

Rodger has also appeared on television in episodes of Boys from the Blackstuff, Bergerac, Miss Marple, Maigret, Midsomer Murders (in the episode Four Funerals and a Wedding), [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5896952 Vera] and Look and Read, as well as portraying Bonnie Prince Charlie in "Through a Glass, Darkly," a season four episode of Highlander: The Series.

In 2009, he appeared in The First Domino at Brighton Festival Fringe.{{Cite web |title=Bomb survivor writes Brighton play |publisher=The Argus |date=5 May 2009 |author=Emily-Ann Elliott |access-date=27 July 2011 |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4340368.Bomb_survivor_writes_Brighton_play/}} In 2014, he played the mythical Three-Eyed Raven in the Game of Thrones episode "The Children";{{cite web|title='Game of Thrones' Season 4 casts Struan Rodger: Is he Bloodraven?|url=http://zap2it.com/2013/10/game-of-thrones-season-4-casts-struan-rodger-is-he-bloodraven/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029043723/http://zap2it.com/2013/10/game-of-thrones-season-4-casts-struan-rodger-is-he-bloodraven/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2015|website=Zap2it|access-date=29 September 2016|date=17 October 2013}} he was replaced by Max von Sydow when the character reappeared in the sixth season.

Also in 2009, Rodger made his video game debut in Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures as the con artist Monty Muzzle, in the episodes "Muzzled!" and "The Bogey Man", although he was erroneously credited as "Straun Rogers"{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734654/ |title=IMDB cite...|website=IMDb }}

From 2011 to 2018, he narrated annual official films for The Open Championship.