Tony Rohr
{{Short description|Irish actor (1939–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Sources|date=November 2023}}
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| name = Tony Rohr
| birth_name = Harold Anthony Rohr
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|05|21}}
| birth_place = Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|29|1939|05|21}}
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1966–2023
| spouse =
| children = 1
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Harold Anthony Rohr (21 May 1939 – 29 October 2023) was an Irish actor.[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=32912 Tony Rohr: Aveleyman.com]
Career
Rohr played Grandad in The Lakes and Solomon Featherstone in Middlemarch. He also appeared in The Bill, The Long Good Friday, McVicar, Softly, Softly, Crown Court, The Sweeney, Casualty, Lovejoy, I Hired a Contract Killer, Cracker, The Vet, Father Ted, Waking the Dead, Hustle and Inspector George Gently (in the memorable role of "China").
He played the railway station master in the 2010 film Leap Year. He also played the IRA Brigade Commander in Yorkshire TV's Harry's Game. He later played Anthony, the estranged father of the title character, Derek, in the series of the same name written and directed by Ricky Gervais.
Personal life and death
Rohr had a daughter, Louise, with actress Pauline Collins.{{cite news|title=A SPECIAL LOVE LETTER|newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 13, 1992|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-12-13-9204230305-story,amp.html}} Collins gave baby Louise up for adoption in 1964. They were reunited 22 years later. Collins' book, Letter To Louise, documents these events.[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/100/1007034/letter-to-louise/9780552167994.html Letter to Louise]
Tony died from prostate cancer on 29 October 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Tony Rohr obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/nov/17/tony-rohr-obituary |access-date=17 November 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=17 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=The team here at the ICC are deeply saddened by the news that our wonderful friend, the great Irish Actor Tony Rohr has passed away. |url=https://www.facebook.com/IrishCulturalCentre/posts/pfbid02J6mTEjze7dgDtraDScfsRk5iXbW4cSxSjvvx53WsD6LuHovYKLZbiry3oYGY5Laql |website=Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith on Facebook |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Terror | Villager #3 | |
| 1980 | McVicar | Bootsie Hagan | |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | O'Flaherty | |
| 1982 | Angel | George | |
| 1983 | Ascendancy | Chauffeur | |
| 1985 | No Surrender | McCarthur | |
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Patrick Callaghan | |
| 1986 | Rocinante | Stan | |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Christy | |
| 1989 | Desmond's | Priest | |
| 1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer | Frank the Doctor | |
| 1992 | The Playboys | Kelly | |
| 1992 | Into the West | Traveller | |
| 1997 | The Butcher Boy | Bogman in Mental Hospital | |
| 1998 | The Nephew | Crony #1 | |
| 1998 | Titanic Town | Cork Driver | |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweety Barrett | Flick Hennessy | |
| 1999 | Most Important | Paudie O'Neill | |
| 2008 | Hustle | Archie | |
| 2009 | Dead Man Running | Mr. Jeff | |
| 2010 | Leap Year | Frank | |
| 2010 | Mr. Nice | Landlord | |
| 2010 | Round Ireland with a Fridge | Willy | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Overseer | |
| 2013 | The Double | Rudolph | |
| 2013–2014 | Derek | Anthony |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0737575}}
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Category:20th-century Irish male actors
Category:21st-century Irish male actors
Category:Irish male film actors
Category:Irish male television actors
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