David Roper (born 20 June 1944 in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

) is a British film and television actor, best known for his roles in ''

The Cuckoo Waltz ''The Cuckoo Waltz'' is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1980. It was written by Geoffrey Lancashire, and produced and directed by Bill Gilmour. The series, which was set in 197 ...

'' and ''Leave It to Charlie''. Later, he played

Geoff Barnes Geoff Barnes is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by David Roper. Geoff made his first appearance on 9 May 1994 and is introduced as a love interest for Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully). Roper was written out of ...

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

(1994-95) and Bob Bradshaw in

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

in 2000.

Other credits

* '' Aces High'' (1976). * ''

Stanley's Dragon ''Stanley's Dragon'' is a 1994's British family fantasy TV miniseries on CITV starring Judd Trichter and Mia Fothergill. Plot The film takes place in present-day England. Stanley (Trichter) is an American exchange student who, upon becoming s ...

'' 1994 film, role - Inspector Walsh * ''

Downtime The term downtime is used to refer to periods when a system is unavailable. The unavailability is the proportion of a time-span that a system is unavailable or offline. This is usually a result of the system failing to function because of an un ...

'' 1997 film – Detective * ''

Heartbeat A heartbeat is one cardiac cycle of the heart. Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to: Computing *Heartbeat (computing), a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system *Heartbeat, clus ...

'' Series Eight, Episode 115 (episode 13) "

Forbidden Fruit Forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden. As a ...

", 29 November 1998 – Detective Inspector Randall * '' London's Burning'' Series 12, Episode 5 – A. D. O. Fearnley * ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

'' Series 12, Episode 72 " The Creeper", 27 January 2010 * ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...

'', Series 21, Episode 32 "When Worlds Collide", 6 August 2019 * ''

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'', "The Courier", 13 May 2020 – Brian Hershey

References

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* 1944 births Living people English male soap opera actors Male actors from Bradford {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub