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List Of Heartbeat Characters
'' Heartbeat'' is a British period drama series, based upon the "Constable" series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by ITV Studios (formerly Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV) from 1992 until 2010. The following is a list of actors who served as cast members for the programme, grouped by category of the role they maintained, ordered by first appearance and listing the series they served in. This list also included actors who maintained recurring roles during the programme's history. Main cast Aidensfield and Ashfordly police cast Medical staff cast "Loveable rogue" cast Aidensfield residents cast Recurring characters This section lists other characters who have appeared in more than one episode. * Jack Deam as Alan Maskell (1992). * Eileen O'Brien as Susan Maskell (credited as "Mrs Maskell") (1992). * Barrie Rutter as Walter Maskell (credited as "Mr Maskell") (1992). * Suzanne Hitchmough as Sandra Murray (1992). * Shirley Stelfox as Mrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbeat (British TV Series)
''Heartbeat'' is a British police procedural period drama series, based upon the ''Constable'' series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by Yorkshire Television until it was merged with ITV, then by ITV Studios, from 1992 until 2010. The series is set in the North Riding of Yorkshire during the 1960s, with plots centred on the fictional locations of Aidensfield and Ashfordly. The programme initially starred Nick Berry, Niamh Cusack, Derek Fowlds, William Simons, Mark Jordon and Bill Maynard, but as more main characters were added to the series, additional actors included Jason Durr, Jonathan Kerrigan, Philip Franks, Duncan Bell, Clare Wille, Lisa Kay, Tricia Penrose, Geoffrey Hughes, Peter Benson and Gwen Taylor. Fowlds as Oscar Blaketon and Simons as Alf Ventress were the only actors to be in the programme for its entire 18 series run. Production of episodes involved filming of outdoor and exterior scenes around the North Riding, including in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Kerrigan
Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including '' In the Club'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Merseybeat, The Five'' and ''Reach For The Moon''. Films include '' Diana'', ''FLiM'', ''The Somnambulists'' ,''The Best Possible Taste'' and ''The Santa Incident''. He wrote and composed and starred in the short film, ''Fellow Creatures'' which has had some success in the festival circuit. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film. Career He had his screen debut in The Chemical Brothers music video, Life Is Sweet. In Peak Practice he played climber Ewan Harvey. From 1996 to 1999 he played a Project 2000 nurse, Sam Colloby, in BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. In 2001, as well as starring in '' Merseybeat'' as Police Constable Steve Traynor, Kerrigan also composed the theme tune. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aislín McGuckin
Aislín McGuckin (born May 1974) is a Northern Irish actress. She has appeared in theatre, television, and film roles. Her early film work includes '' The Nephew'' and ''The White Countess''. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as Letitia MacKenzie in the Starz series '' Outlander'', and in 2020, played Marianne's mother, Denise, in the BBC One miniseries ''Normal People''. Early life McGuckin was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland to parents Lorcan and Margaret. She grew up the eldest of three children in a Catholic family in Lurgan, County Armagh. She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School in Newry. She was going to study law at university, but changed her mind and instead pursued a degree in acting at Rose Bruford College in South East London. Personal life McGuckin met Aidan McArdle in London through a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Tansey
Sarah Victoria M Tansey (born 1971) is a British actress. She had a role in '' Heartbeat'' as pharmacist Jenny Merton (née Latimer) who was brought in to help Dr Summerbee (Clare Calbraith) in the Aidensfield surgery. When Dr Summerbee was killed off, Jenny continued as the pharmacist alongside Dr Merrick, but she developed mental health symptoms and was diagnosed with mania, which was Sarah and Duncan Bell’s (Dennis Merton) exit storyline. Other roles included the shows ''Casualty'', '' Where the Heart Is'' and ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...''. She has also appeared in films '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1998) and '' Beginner's Luck'' (2001). She is married to actor Hywel Simons. External links * British actresses Actors from the Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Calbraith
Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford, Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in ''Vera'', the ITV period drama series '' Home Fires'' and ''Downton Abbey'', together with the BBC2 drama '' The Shadow Line''. Biography Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including ''Vera'', '' DCI Banks'', '' Silent Witness'', '' Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''The Bill'', '' 55 Degrees North'' and as Dr Tricia Summerbee in '' Heartbeat''. She joined ''Coronation Street'' in 2005 for a short time to play Robyn, girlfriend of Martin Platt. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas '' Urban Myths'' and '' Son of the Dragon''. In 2008, she guest-starred in the ''Sapphire and Steel'' audio drama '' Second Sight'' and ''Doctors''. In 2011, she played Laura Gabriel in the BBC TV series, '' The Shadow Line''. From 2012 to 2014, she played Shep in the ITV series ''Vera Vera m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Michaels (actor)
David Michaels (born 15 June 1964) is an English stage and screen actor. Career Screen In 1984–5, Michaels played Alexander Holroyd in the fifth series of ITV educational drama '' How We Used to Live''. He played hairdresser Jon Welch in Coronation Street between 1994 and 1996. He played Dr. Neil Bolton in the TV series Heartbeat (1998-1999). He also appeared in the series '' As Time Goes By'' as Harry the policeman (1998-2002). In 1991, he appeared in "Misterioso", an episode of the BBC series ''Play on One''. In 1993, he appeared as Mister Burger in "Money for Nothing", an episode in the fifth series of the BBC anthology series ''Screen One''. In 2001, he appeared in the film '' Nowhere in Africa'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2011, he appeared as Brian Worsley in the BBC crime drama '' Hidden''. In 2019 he played CS Kier Pritchard in the ITV drama '' A Confession''. Stage In 1988, Michaels played Peter in Academy Award-winner Richard Rodg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazia Pelka
Kazia Pelka (born 1962) is a British actress who has worked primarily in UK television, appearing in the soap opera series Brookside in the early 1990s, the period police drama series '' Heartbeat'' in the late 1990s, the police procedural series ''The Bill'', and the BBC medical drama series ''Doctors'', and ''Casualty''. Early life Pelka was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1962 to a Polish engineer father (Tadeusz Pelka) and an Irish actress (Alma Herley). She is the niece of actor Randal Herley, and her maternal grandparents were WWI veteran and ophthalmologist Randal Herley and Irish singer Annie ( Mahon) Herley. Kazia spent her childhood in the Roundhay district of Leeds and received her formal education at Notre Dame High School. Before becoming an actress, she briefly worked as a make-up artist. She subsequently trained in acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where she was awarded the Wilfred Foulis prize. Upon graduating from LAMDA, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Firth
Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme '' Spooks''; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in '' Equus'' (1977), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received Academy Award nomination. Early life, family and education Firth was born on 27 October 1953 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of publicans Mavis (née Hudson) and Eric Macintosh Firth. He attended Hanson School in Bradford. Early career Child actor Firth was a leading child actor by the middle of 1969, having starred in the first series of '' The Flaxton Boys'' as Archie Weekes and then the following year in the series '' Here Come the Double Deckers'', both of which featured child actors in the leading roles. Firth played Scooper, the leader of the gang. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Middlemass
Francis George Middlemass (28 May 1919 – 8 September 2006) was an English actor, who even in his early career played older roles. He is best remembered for his television roles as Rocky Hardcastle in '' As Time Goes By'', Algy Herries in '' To Serve Them All My Days'', and Dr. Alex Ferrenby in 20 episodes of '' Heartbeat.'' Middlemass was also active in the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was the fourth and final actor to play Dan Archer in ''The Archers''. Early life Middlemass was born in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, the son of a shipping company director. He was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne, and educated in Stockton-on-Tees. He entered the army at the age of nineteen and was wounded in the Dunkirk retreat. He left the army when he was 30 and was by then a lieutenant colonel. Middlemass started his acting career in rep in Penzance, Cornwall and then went on to join the Old Vic Company. While with them he toured North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack ( ; born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born into a family with deep roots in the performing arts, she has performed extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and other prominent theatre ensembles. Cusack is best known for her television role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the British series '' Heartbeat'' (1992–1995). Her further screen credits include the medical drama '' Always and Everyone'' (1999–2002), the animated series '' The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends'' (1992–1995), and films such as ''The Closer You Get'' (2000), ''Testament of Youth'' (2014), and ''The Ghoul'' (2016). Notable television appearances include episodes of ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' ("4:50 from Paddington", 2004), ''Midsomer Murders'' (2008), '' A Touch of Frost'' (2010), '' Death in Paradise'' (2021), and'' The Tower ''(2023), alongside performances in dramas like'' In Love with Alma Cogan ''(2011), ''Departure'' (2015), and'' The Virtues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Glen
Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series ''Call The Midwife'' from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' from 2012 to 2015. Life and career Glen is from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England. She has featured in the BBC One drama series ''Call the Midwife'', '' Waterloo Road'', and ''Les Misérables'' as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she appeared in the film ''Les Misérables'' as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film ''Amazing Grace'', John Ruskin's mother in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McFadden
Joseph McFadden (born 9 October 1975) is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles in ''The Crow Road'', '' Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Holby City'', and ''Take The High Road''. He won the 2017 series of the BBC One series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' with professional dance partner Katya Jones. Biography The third of four siblings (two older brothers, one younger sister), McFadden was born on 9 October 1975, in Glasgow to Irish immigrants from County Donegal. He was educated at Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow, where a drama teacher recognised his talent and recommended him for a part in the ITV Glasgow-based detective show ''Taggart''. After taking a role in ''Take the High Road'', he then developed his career in the theatre with roles as diverse as ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Rent'' and '' Rainbow Kiss'' at the Royal Court. He then took roles in television series ''The Crow Road'' and '' Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll''. He played the title role of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
