Patrick Gerald Duggan (born 24 March 1945), known professionally as Patrick Malahide, is a veteran British film, television and theatre actor, author and producer, known, amongst other things, for his roles as Inspector Alleyn in '' The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries'', Detective Sergeant Albert “Charlie” Chisholm in the TV series ''

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'', Balon Greyjoy in the TV series ''

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'' as well as the big screen in a number of international films.

Personal life

Malahide was born in

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, the son of Irish immigrants; his mother was a cook, and his father a school secretary. He was educated at

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, Woolhampton, Berkshire. Wife: Jo Ryan

Career

He made his television debut in 1976, in an episode of ''The Flight of the Heron'', then in single episodes of ''

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'' and '' The New Avengers'' (1976) and ''

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'' (1977). He was then in an adaptation of ''

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'', and his first film was ''

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'' in the following year. In 1979 he began a nine-year stint as Detective Sergeant Albert "Cheerful Charlie" Chisholm in the popular TV series ''

''. His television appearances have included dramas ''

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'' (1986) and ''

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'' (1994), and he played

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's Inspector

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in a 1993–94 series. His films include '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984), '' A Month in the Country'' (1987) and ''

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'' (2001). In 1999, he made a small appearance in the introduction to the

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'' as a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in

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. He played Mr. Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of ''

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'', and from 2012 to 2016 portrayed

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, the father of Theon Greyjoy, in the TV series ''

''. He portrayed Magnus Crome in the 2018 film '' Mortal Engines''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malahide, Patrick 1945 births Living people English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors People educated at Douai School People from Reading, Berkshire English people of Irish descent Male actors from Berkshire 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors