Victor McGuire (born 17 March 1964 in

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, Liverpool) is an English actor perhaps best known for playing Jack Boswell in series 1–3, 5-7 of

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's ''

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'', Ron Wheatcroft in every series of '' Goodnight Sweetheart'' and its 2016 one-off episode, and Sean Hughes' neighbour Tony in ''

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'' ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed"). McGuire appeared as Gary, one of the pair of thieves in Guy Ritchie's ''

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'', and as Deputy Chief Constable Nadin in Mike Leigh's '' Peterloo''. He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical '' Chicago'' and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of ''

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'' at the

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. He later reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of ''Chicago'', in the

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, London. In 2012 he appeared in two episodes of historical drama World Without End as peasant Mark Webber. In 2005 he appeared in "A Fresh Start" and "Miller's Tale" - the first and the third episodes of the fifteenth series of ''Heartbeat'' as Brian Parker. From 2012 to 2017 he appeared as security guard Ian in the Sky1 sitcom ''

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''. His last appearance was in the Christmas special episode in December 2017. In February 2019 McGuire appeared in '' Coronation Street'' as a character called Big Garth. In May 2019 McGuire played Garanin in the Sky / HBO Mini-Series Chernobyl. In 2020 he appeared as a policeman in an advertisement for Haribo Starmix. McGuire is a supporter of

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In 2020 he starred in ITV sitcom Kate & Koji as a customer named Mr. Mulholland, a pessimistic hypochondriac. In March 2021 he appeared in a safety advertisement for Highways England having the song "Go Left" a parody version of Go West by The Pet Shop Boys sung to him by two flies on his windscreen. In 2022, he reprised his role as Mr. Mulholland in series two of Kate & Koji.

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* 1964 births Male actors from Liverpool English male television actors Living people People from Tuebrook {{England-tv-actor-stub