John Rowe (actor)

John Rowe (born January 1941) is a British actor.

After reading English at Oxford he worked as a teacher before training at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.^[1] After some years in repertory theatre he joined the BBC Radio Drama Company at Broadcasting House and has been a prolific radio actor ever since, notably as Professor Jim Lloyd in The Archers.^[2] He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and his extensive stage work includes touring with the Old Vic in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia.^[3]^[4]^[1]

Filmography

Film

The Chain (1984)
Clockwise (1986)
The Heart of Me (2001)
Lagaan (2001)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Victoria & Abdul (2017)^[5]

TV

BBC Television Shakespeare - Henry VIII (Cromwell, 1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare - Macbeth (Lennox, 1983)
Juliet Bravo (1980–85)
When the Boat Comes In (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981)
Chambers (Judge Riseby, 1990)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Cornish Mystery, 1990)
Seekers (1992)
Trial & Retribution (2006)
Law & Order: UK (series 5) (2011)
Casualty (2013)
Mr Selfridge (2015)
BBC Television - Holby City Series 18, Episode 24: Who You Are (Thomas Bell Humphries, 2016)
Vera (TV series) (2016 - episode: The Moth Catcher)
The Crown (2016)^[6]

Radio

References

^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Jim Lloyd". BBC.
^ "Living with the Poets podcasts – Bath Spa University". www.bathspa.ac.uk.
^ "John Rowe". BFI. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020.
^ "John Rowe | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
^ "John Rowe | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
^ "John Rowe". www.aveleyman.com.
^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 18 March 1973.
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Architects". BBC.
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Lewis Carroll - Alice through the Looking Glass". BBC.
^ "BBC Sword of Honour webpage".
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Ferryhill Philosophers, Wants and Desires". BBC.
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, 24 Kildare Road". BBC.

External links

John Rowe at IMDb
John Rowe's Radio performances