Roy Marsden
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday25 June 1941 (85 years old)
Place of birthStepney, London, England, UK
Known credits73
Biography
Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould, 25 June 1941 in Stepney, London, England) – English actor, trained at RADA, best known for his 16-year portrayal of Commander Adam Dalgliesh in the ITV adaptations of P. D. James's detective novels (1983–1998, 48 episodes). His most notable film roles include Alpha in Toomorrow (1970), a Gestapo officer in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Barry in The Squeeze (1977), and Oberon in Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005). On television he is also best known for Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers (1978–1980, 20 episodes), Mr. Chips in Goodbye Mr. Chips…
Prisoners in Space
2025 · Crael
Partners in Crime
2015 · Commander Haydock
The Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail
2013 · Narrator
The Escape Artist
2013 · Peter Simkins
Game
2013 · James Brooke
Holy Flying Circus
2011 · Mervyn Stockwood
Moving On
2009 · Eddie
Margaret
2009 · Norman Tebbit
She Stoops to Conquer
2008 · Sir Charles Marlow
The Palace
2008 · Sir Iain Ratalick
Heroes and Villains
2006 · Fred
All In The Game
2006 · George
Eleventh Hour
2006
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
2005 · Joseph
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
2005 · Joseph
The Green Green Grass
2005 · Danny Driscoll
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
2005 · Oberon
Doctor Who
2005 · Mr. Stoker
Salvage
2004 · David Foster
King Solomon's Mines
2004 · Captain Good
Foyle's War
2002 · Ted Cartwright
Rebus
2000 · Sir Vivian Kirkwood
A Certain Justice
1998 · Adam Dalgliesh
Original Sin
1997 · Adam Dalgliesh
Silent Witness
1996 · Prof Nigel Silverlake
Silent Witness
1996 · Prof. Nigel Silverlake
Dangerous Lady
1995
A Mind to Murder
1995 · Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Against All Odds
1994 · Col Mark Cook
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Blick
The Last Vampyre
1993 · John Stockton
Unnatural Causes
1993 · Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Devices and Desires
1991 · Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Yellowbacks
1990 · David Caesar
A Taste for Death
1988 · Adam Dalgliesh
The Play on One
1988 · David Caesar
Inside Story
1986 · John Bennet
The Black Tower
1985 · Adam Dalgliesh
Theatre Night
1985 · Agamemnon
Cover Her Face
1985 · Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · John Stockton
Shroud for a Nightingale
1984 · Adam Dalgliesh
Goodbye Mr Chips
1984 · Charles Edward 'Mr Chips' Chipping
Dalgliesh
1983 · Adam Dalgliesh
Death of an Expert Witness
1983 · Adam Dalgliesh
Airline
1982 · Jack Ruskin
Only Fools and Horses
1981 · Danny Driscoll
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