Name
David Roper
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-06-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
David Roper is a British film and television actor, who is best known for playing Chris Hawthorne in The Cuckoo Waltz (1975-1980) and Charlie Fisher in Leave It to Charlie (1978-1980). Later during his career he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1985-) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street (1960-). Roper also appeared in Crown Court (1972-1984), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Gift (1990), Taggart (1983-2000), The Bill (1984-2010), Heartbeat (1992-2010), Midsomer Murders (1997-), The Crown (2016-2023), Emmerdale (1972-), Holby City (1999-2022), Doctors (2000-2024) and Casualty (1986-). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Roper (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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- 2009 The Damned United as Sam Bolton
- 1983 On the Razzle as Melchior
- 2000 The Sight as Sgt. Eric Mills
- 1997 Downtime as Mike
- 1998 The Cater Street Hangman as Maddock
- 1983 The Oresteia as Watchman
- 1989 The Robbie Coltrane Special as Self
- 1994 Stanley's Dragon as DI Walsh
- 1993 Harry ( 19 episodes ) as Nick
- 1999 Bad Girls ( 1 episode ) as Mr Adams
- 1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as James Crick
- 2003 The Royal ( 1 episode ) as Dennis Cording
- 2016 The Crown ( 1 episode ) as Bishop of Norwich
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as DI Randall
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Spooner
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Sid Bestwick
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Anton Thorneycroft
- 1989 Birds of a Feather ( 1 episode ) as D.I. Fearnley
- 1994 Ain't Misbehavin' ( 1 episode ) as Dobey
- 2003 The Afternoon Play ( 1 episode ) as Frank Manning
- 1978 Leave it to Charlie ( 26 episodes ) as Charlie Fisher
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 1 episode ) as Christopher Wren
- 1975 The Cuckoo Waltz ( 26 episodes ) as Chris Hawthorne
- 1997 Wavelength ( 6 episodes ) as Tony Horton
