Alan Parnaby is a British television and film actor whose career has spanned four decades and who perhaps is best known for playing William Russell in the period drama ''

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'' (1979). Parnaby's television roles include ''

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'' (1979), William Russell in ''

'' (1979), Tim in the episode 'Mary's Wife' in the series ''

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'' (1980), Wilfrid Corder in ''Hannah'' (1980), Mr Flax in ''Pinkerton's Progress'' (1983), Johnnie Purvis in ''

Juliet Bravo ''Juliet Bravo'' is a British television police procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980, that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes on BBC1. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over con ...

'' (1984), Mr

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in ''

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'' (1985), Defence lawyer in ''Them and Us'' (1985), DC Price in '' The Chief'' (1991), Satoh in ''A Diplomat in Japan'' (1992), Paul Beaty/Peter Graley in ''

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'' (1994-1996), First Soldier in ''David'' (1997), Prison Governor in '' NCS: Manhunt'' (2002), Colin Draper in '' Heartbeat'' (2002),

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in ''Justifying War: Scenes from the Hutton Enquiry'' (2004), Mr. Boykin/Ricky Carson in ''

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'' (1986-2004), Nick Bell/PC Terry Sanders in ''

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'' (2001-2005), Businessman in '' Spooks'' (2005), Steve Shaw in ''

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'' (2006), Mike in '' Jane Hall'' (2006), Soco in '' Hunter'' (2009), and Chris Huhne in '' On Expenses'' (2010).Parnaby
on the

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Film roles include the Boatman in ''

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'' (1986) and Policeman in ''

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'' (1986), Theatre appearances include ''Guantanamo: Honour Bound to Defend Freedom'' (2004), '' Four Nights in Knaresborough'' (1999) and ''

The Riots ''The Riots'' is a play created by Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence, which explains and evaluates the events that took place during the 2011 England riots. The play is written in the style of verbatim theatre using interviews from politicians ...

'' (2011) at the

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; ''Factory Birds'' ( West Yorkshire Playhouse); ''Scraps'' (

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); ''Ten Times Table'' and ''

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'' (

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); ''Black Blood and Gold'', ''

Love on the Dole ''Love on the Dole'' is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film. The novel Walter Greenwood's novel (1933) was written during the early 1930s as a respons ...

'', ''

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'' ( Royal Exchange)(1981), '' Doctor Faustus'' (1981), '' Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'', ''

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'' ( Royal Exchange); '' One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (

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tour); and ''Frankenstein'' and ''Dracula'' (

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).Parnaby on the Dublin Theatre Festival website
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Filmography

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'' (1986, TV Movie) - The Boatman (uncredited) *''

'' (1986) - Policeman at Telephone Box

References

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