Lloyd McGuire (born 2 September 1947) is an English actor in film and television.

Education

Born in

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, McGuire attended Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys. He began work as a Commercial Apprentice at the Austin Motor Company in Birmingham in 1964 and toyed with developing a career as a footballer (even playing in King Norton's League and for Alvechurch second team). He became disillusioned with both football and life at "the Austin" and, after watching a

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film, declared he was going to be an actor. He was encouraged by his apprentice supervisor and gained entry to drama school. While training to be a British Leyland salesman, McGuire made the move to become an actor. Introduced to the Alvechurch Amateur Dramatic Society, he did some work at

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before being trained at the Birmingham College of Speech and Drama."From soccer to stage", '' Sunday Mercury'', 12 May 1974 (pg.16)

Career

His most popular role was that of Bob in the

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TV series ''

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'' but he has also appeared in many TV programmes over the last few decades such as '' Coronation Street'', ''

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'', '' Midsomer Murders'' and so on. He has often played policemen, including the role of Sgt. Calder on the second series of ''

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'', recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in ''

'', and multiple characters in ''

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''. Other TV show appearances include '' Bergerac'', ''

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'', '' Birds of a Feather'', ''

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'', '' Doctors'', '' Heartbeat'', '' Holby City'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Lovejoy'' and ''

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''. In 2010, he played the Master of Ceremonies in Chris Shepherd's award winning film Bad Night for the Blues. In 2013, he appeared as Valco boss Martin Shell in the third series of Sky One's ''

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''. On stage, McGuire appeared has performed in Scotland and at the

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before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company with appearances at

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and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as '' Richard II'' in New York."Likely Lad", ''

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'', 11 May 1974 (pg.2)

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Lloyd McGuire
at Theatricalia Living people English male film actors English male television actors 1947 births People from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of Birmingham School of Acting Royal Shakespeare Company members {{England-actor-stub