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Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor. He studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He has recurring roles in the television medical drama '' Holby City'', as Michael Beauchamp, and ''
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'' as DAC Robert Strickland. He has also worked in theatre, where his credits include productions of ''
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'' with the National Theatre and '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''The false servant'' at the National Theatre and ''Rock'n Roll'' at the
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. He was nominated as best actor in the
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2008 for his work in ''
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'' at the
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. He was featured in ''
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'' on Broadway in 2015.


Career

He made his television debut in the 1982 '' Doctor Who'' episode '' The Visitation'', he returned to the series 35 years later in the 2017 episode "
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". Also in 1982, he landed the role of Digby Geste in a television adaptation of ''
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''. His other television credits include the part of novelist
Lawrence Durrell Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial p ...
in ''
My Family and Other Animals ''My Family and Other Animals'' (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on ...
'' (1987), Pip in '' Great Expectations'' and Colonel Fitzwilliam in the 1995
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adaptation of '' Pride and Prejudice'' as well as Tom Faggus in the BBC adaptation of ''Lorna Doone''. He has also appeared in episodes of ''
Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...
'', ''
Foyle's War ''Foyle's War'' is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by '' Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series ...
'', '' Midsomer Murders'' and ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...
''. In 2010, Calf played the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in the BBC's revival of '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', reprising his stage role as Eden (twenty years older as Prime Minister at the time of
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) in Howard Brenton's '' Never So Good'' (2008). In 2019 he played William Wickham, founder of the British foreign secret service, in some episodes of ''
Poldark ''Poldark'' is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002. The first novel, '' Ross Poldark'', was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was adapted twice ...
'', series 5.


Personal life

He is married to the actress
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, with whom he has three daughters.


Selected film television and theatre roles

Television credits include: *''
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'' (2019) – as William Wickham *''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' (2018) – as
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*'' Midsomer Murders'' ''“The Village That Rose From The Dead”'' (2016) – as Julian Lennard *'' Dracula'' (2013) – as Dr William Murray *''
New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the ...
'' (2005–15) – as DAC Robert Strickland *'' Restless'' (2012) – as Gerald Laird *''
Call the Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Ha ...
'' (2012) – as Mr. Tracey *'' Upstairs Downstairs'' (2011) – as Anthony Eden *''
Identity Identity may refer to: * Identity document * Identity (philosophy) * Identity (social science) * Identity (mathematics) Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Identity'' (1987 film), an Iranian film * ''Identity'' (2003 film), ...
'' (2010) – as Max *''
Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...
'' (2010) – as Malcom Finneston *''
Material Girl "Material Girl" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her second studio album, '' Like a Virgin'' (1984). It was released on November 30, 1984, by the Sire label as the second single from ''Like a Virgin''. It also appears slightly ...
'' (2010) – as Anthony Chatsworth *''
Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God th ...
'' (2009) – as Lord Ravensby *''
Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...
'' (2009) – as Richard Wenn *''
Mistresses Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to: Romance and relationships * Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a d ...
'' (2008) – as John *''
Dalziel and Pascoe Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill. Characterisation and style Dalziel is ...
'' (2007) – as Joe Furst *''The Good Samaritan'' (2007) – as Michael Ambley *'' Holby City'' (2005–06) – as Michael Beauchamp *''Tom's Christmas Tree'' (2006) – Officer *'' The Impressionists'' (2006) – as Émile Zola *'' Beau Brummell: This Charming Man'' (2006) – as Frederick, Duke of York *''The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle'' (2006) – as Bryan Charles Walker *''
The Robinsons ''The Robinsons'' is a British comedy television series that debuted on BBC Two on 5 May 2005. The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson (played by Martin Freeman), who realises that reinsurance is not his passio ...
'' (2005) – as Peter *'' Amnesia'' (2004) – as John Deen *''
The Murder Room ''The Murder Room'' is a 2003 detective novel and the 12th in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It takes place in London, particularly the Dupayne Museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath in the London Borough of Camden. Plot The Dupayne ...
'' (2004) – as Lord Martlesham *''Indian Dream'' (2003) – as David *''
The Brides in the Bath ''The Brides in the Bath'' is a 2003 television film by Yorkshire Television for ITV, based on the life and trial of British serial killer and bigamist George Joseph Smith, the "Brides in the Bath Murderer". Martin Kemp plays the role of Smith ...
'' (2003) – as Howard Munday *''
Judge John Deed ''Judge John Deed'' is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Mr Justice Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real j ...
'', 2 episodes (2003) – as James Brooklands *''
Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...
and the Legend of the Cloutie'' (2003) – as Tim Bowden *''
Lucky Jim ''Lucky Jim'' is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctan ...
'' (2003) – as Cecil Goldsmith *''
Sirens Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisco ...
'' (2002) – as Anthony Soames *''
Foyle's War ''Foyle's War'' is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by '' Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series ...
'', 1 episode (2002) – as Wing Commander Martin Keller *''
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' is a British crime drama television series that aired on BBC One from 12 March 2001 to 1 June 2008, consisting of six series and 24 episodes. The protagonist, Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl o ...
: A Great Deliverance'' – as Simon St James *''
Lorna Doone ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly ar ...
'' (2000) – as Tom Faggus *'' Midsomer Murders “Dead Man's Eleven”'' (1999) – as Stephen Cavendish *'' Our Mutual Friend'' (1998) – as Alfred Lammle *'' Kavanagh QC, Mute of Malice'' (1997) – as Miles Beddoes *''
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, True Confessions'' (1997) – as James Barr *'' Pride and Prejudice'' (1995) TV Mini-Series - as Colonel Fitzwilliam *'' Bramwell'' (1995) – as Andrew Armstrong *'' Riders'' (1993) – as Billy Lloyd-Foxe *''
Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...
-
The Mysterious Affair at Styles ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'' is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United ...
'' (1990) – Lawrence Cavendish *'' Great Expectations'' (1989) TV Mini-Series - as Pip *'' Tanamera - Lion of Singapore'' (1989) – as Tim Dexter *''
My Family and Other Animals ''My Family and Other Animals'' (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on ...
'' (1987) – as Lawrence Durrell *'' Fortunes of War'' (1987) – as Cpl. Arnold *''
Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...
'' (1982) – as Digby Geste *'' Doctor Who, The Visitation'' (1982) – as Charles Film credits include: * '' The Children Act'' (2017) – as Mark Berner * ''
The Man Who knew Infinity ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life ...
'' (2015) – as Howard *'' Straightheads'' (2007) – as Heffer *'' Dead Cool'' (2004) – as Mark *''Fairy Tale: a True Story'' (1997) – as Hodson *''A woman of the North'' (1997) – as Hugo *''
Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...
'' (1997) – as Serpuliovskoy *''
The Madness of King George ''The Madness of King George'' is a 1994 British biographical historical comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play '' The Madness of George III''. It tells the true story of George III of G ...
'' (1994) – as Fitzroy *'' Great Expectations'' (1989) as Pip *''
Oxford Blues ''Oxford Blues'' is a 1984 British comedy-drama sports film written and directed by Robert Boris and starring Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays. It is a remake of the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film ''A Yank at Oxford'' and was Lowe's first ...
'' (1984) – as Gareth Rycroft Theatre credits include: * ''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' (2017) – as Malvolio at the Royal Exchange, Manchester * '' The Hard Problem'' (2015) *'' Stephen Ward the Musical'' (2013–2014) *''
Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetu ...
'' (2013) *''
My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play '' Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons ...
'' (2012–13) *''
Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetu ...
'' (2012) *'' Death and the Maiden'' (2011) *'' The Deep Blue Sea'' (2011) *''
Les Parents Terribles ''Les Parents terribles'' is a 1938 French play written by Jean Cocteau. Despite initial problems with censorship, it was revived on the French stage several times after its original production, and in 1948 a film adaptation directed by Cocteau ...
'' (2011) *''The White Guard'' (2010) *''The Power of Yes'' (2009–10) *''
Wallenstein (play) ''Wallenstein'' is the popular designation of a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays ''Wallenstein's Camp'' (''Wallensteins Lager''), a lengthy prologue, ''The Piccolomini'' (''Die Piccolomini''), and ''W ...
'' (2009) *'' Gethsemane (play)'' (2008–09) *'' Never So Good (play)'' (2008) *''
Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the dir ...
'' (2007) *''Rock'n Roll'' (2006) *''The False Servant'' (2005) *''The Hotel in Amsterdam'' (2003) *''A Buyer's Market'' (2002) *''
Cressida Cressida (; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. She is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Calchas, a Greek seer. She falls in love with Troilus, ...
'' (2000) *''
Dolly West's Kitchen ''Dolly West's Kitchen'' is a dark Irish and deeply Chekhovian play written by playwright Frank McGuinness. ''Dolly West's Kitchen'' was first staged in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1999. Set during the Second World War in the town of Buncrana ...
'' (2000) *''
Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...
'' (1998) *''
Neverland Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live. Altho ...
'' *''
Cracked Cracked may refer to: Television * ''Cracked'' (British TV series), a 2008 British comedy-drama television series that aired on STV * ''Cracked'' (Canadian TV series), a 2013 Canadian crime drama series that aired on CBC * "Cracked", a Season 8 ( ...
'' *''
My Night with Reg ''My Night with Reg'' is a play by British playwright Kevin Elyot which was produced in 1994 by the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Roger Michell. The production later transferred to the West End. Entirely set among London's gay com ...
'' *''
The Madness of George III ''The Madness of George III'' is a 1991 play by Alan Bennett. It is a fictionalised biographical study of the latter half of the reign of George III of the United Kingdom, his battle with mental illness, and the inability of his court to handle h ...
'' *''Green Fingers'' *'' Another Country'' *''Filumena'' *''
She Stoops to Conquer ''She Stoops to Conquer'' is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays from the 18t ...
'' *'' The Boy Friend'' *'' A Midsummer Night's Dream''


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Calf, Anthony English male television actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art 1959 births Living people People from Hammersmith Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male stage actors