Person
Richard O'Callaghan
Acting · Born 1940-03-07 · London, England
Biography
Richard O'Callaghan is an English film, stage and television character actor. He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Trevor Machin
Play for Today
Tortoiseshell
Casualty
Eddie Morris
Heartbeat
Ringer Redknapp
The Wednesday Play
Fowler
BBC Play of the Month
Maurice
ITV Playhouse
Enoch Harris
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Frances
Red Dwarf
Creator
BBC2 Play of the Week
Chetwyn
Filmography
- 2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelf
- 2015The Importance of Being Earnest on StageReverend Canon Chasuble
- 2010The Lost CoinThe Coin
- 2009Red Dwarf: Back to EarthCreator
- 2005Twenty Thousand Streets Under The SkyBank Teller
- 2004New Tricks
- 2003The Afternoon PlayHarry
- 2001On Location: The Carry OnsBertram Muffett (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998What's a Carry On?Self - Interviewee
- 1998Dangerous BeautyZealot
- 1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingMr. Fitzpatrick
- 1997Agatha Christie's The Pale HorseDonald
- 1997Midsomer MurdersTrevor Machin
- 1997McCallum
- 1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationJuda / Baker (voice)
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeAidan Scarman
- 1994Harry Enfield and ChumsLaunderette
- 1992HeartbeatRinger Redknapp
- 1988Red DwarfCreator
- 1988Hannay
- 1986Paying Guests (Part 2)Mr. Bullingdon
- 1986Paying Guests (Part 1)Mr. Bullingdon
- 1986CasualtyEddie Morris
- 1986ScreenPlayMr. Bullingdon
- 1986Mr. PyeThorpe
- 1986Mr PyeThorpe
- 1982The Merry Wives of WindsorSlender
- 1980Name for the DayClive
- 1978Renoir, My FatherAuguste Renoir
- 1978Watership DownDandelion (voice)
- 1978Born and BredStephen Benge
- 1977That's Carry On!Bertram Muffett (archive footage)
- 1977Come the RevolutionMike
- 1977Professional FoulChetwyn
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekChetwyn
- 1975GalileoFulganzio
- 1974Churchill's PeopleRanulf
- 1974Seven Faces of WomanSam Wilton
- 1974Hot FatTortoiseshell
- 1974ButleyJoey Keyston
- 1973ThrillerGeorge Bailey
- 1973Seven of OneMortlake Owen
- 1972New Scotland YardJoseph Marriott
- 1971Carry On at Your ConvenienceLewis Boggs
- 1970Play for TodayTortoiseshell
- 1970Carry On LovingBertram Muffett
- 1969The Last Train Through Harecastle TunnelFowler
- 1968The Bofors GunGunner Rowe
- 1968The Ronnie Barker PlayhouseShelley Longfellow Morgan
- 1967The Flower of GlosterRichard Doherty
- 1967ITV PlayhouseEnoch Harris
- 1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleOliver Mountjoy Bunn
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthMaurice
- 1965Stranger in the FamilyBoy
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreFrances
- 1965Out of the UnknownBoy
- 1965Public EyeFrank
- 1964The Wednesday PlayFowler
- 1956Armchair Theatre
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