Name
Lloyd McGuire
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-09-02 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
Lloyd McGuire is an English actor who has appeared in film and TV for over 35 years. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, 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 Michael Caine 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 Crescent Theatre before being trained at the Birmingham College of Speech and Drama
His most popular role was that of Bob in the Channel 4 TV series Teachers but he has also appeared in many TV programmes over the last few decades such as Coronation Street, Juliet Bravo, Midsomer Murders and so on. He has often played policemen, including the role of Sgt. Calder on the second series of Prime Suspect, recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in Juliet Bravo, and multiple characters in The Bill. Other TV show appearances include Bergerac, Boon, Birds of a Feather, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Holby City, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, Lovejoy and Agatha Christie's Poirot.
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 Trollied.
On stage, McGuire appeared and performed in Scotland and at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company with appearances at Aldwych Theatre and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as Richard II in New York
Known For
7
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the...
6.627
While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers t...
5.364
The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to...
- 1989 A Master of the Marionettes as Jack
- 1995 Out Of My Head as Policeman
- 1988 Love Birds as Detective
- 1990 Murder East - Murder West as Detlev
- 2010 Bad Night for the Blues as Master of Ceremonies
- 1977 Doctor Who: The Face of Evil as Lugo
- 2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager as Midlands Rep
- 1980 Prostitute as Birmingham Vice Squad
- 1991 The Crucifer of Blood as P.C. Hopkins
- 1981 Loophole as Police Sergeant
- 1996 Killing Me Softly as Solicitor
- 1976 Well Thank You, Thursday as Mick
- 1990 Dear Sarah as Warder #5
- 1982 The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as Tom Gill
- 1985 Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future as Edwards
- 1977 Love on a Gunboat as Jazz enthusiast
- 1991 Broke as Hospital Patient
- 1975 Chips with Everything as Archie Cannibal
- 1989 The Robbie Coltrane Special as Self
- 1984 The Bill ( 4 episodes )
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant
- 2001 Teachers ( 40 episodes ) as Bob
- 1985 EastEnders ( 1 episode ) as PC Williams
- 1985 EastEnders ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Lugo
- 2001 Sweet Revenge ( 2 episodes ) as Denise's boss
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Juror
- 1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ( 1 episode ) as Reg
- 2011 White Van Man ( 1 episode ) as Gordon
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Kramer's Man
- 1997 Jonathan Creek ( 1 episode ) as D.S. Owen Davey
- 1984 Eh Brian! It's A Whopper ( 1 episode ) as Gavin
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Airport Officer
- 1992 Blue Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Manager
- 2009 The Queen ( 5 episodes )
- 2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse ( 1 episode ) as Magistrate
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Museum Guard
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Court Official
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Les Parnaby
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Proctor
- 2000 Monarch of the Glen ( 1 episode ) as Potts
- 1975 Space: 1999 ( 1 episode ) as First Engineer
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Bob
- 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ( 1 episode ) as Norman
- 1989 Birds of a Feather ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
- 1989 Birds of a Feather ( 1 episode ) as Letting Agent
- 1995 The Thin Blue Line ( 1 episode ) as Bank Manager
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Archie Cannibal
- 1980 Buccaneer ( 2 episodes ) as Dave
- 1990 The Chief ( 1 episode ) as Det. Chief Insp. Bill Aylwood
- 2000 Down to Earth ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Roberts
- 1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 1 episode ) as Prince Albert
- 1997 The Grand ( 1 episode ) as Eric Lloyd-Price
- 1988 The Play on One ( 1 episode ) as Jack
