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.
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
''The Archers'' is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word Radio broadcasting, channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now pr ...
''. He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and his extensive stage work includes touring with
the Old Vic
The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal ...
in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia.
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Filmography
Film
*''The Chain
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'' (1984)
*''Clockwise
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'' (1986)
*'' The Heart of Me'' (2001)
*'' Lagaan'' (2001)
*'' The Lost Prince'' (2003)
*'' Victoria & Abdul'' (2017)
TV
*''BBC Television Shakespeare
The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to ...
'' - ''Henry VIII
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'' ( Cromwell, 1979)
*''BBC Television Shakespeare
The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to ...
'' - ''Macbeth
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'' (Lennox, 1983)
*''Juliet Bravo
''Juliet Bravo'' is a television in the United Kingdom, British television police procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980, that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes on BBC One, BBC1. The theme of the series concerned ...
'' (1980–85)
*'' When the Boat Comes In'' (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981)
*'' Intimate Contact'' (Managing Director, 1987)
*'' Chambers'' (Judge Riseby, 1990)
*''Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', or simply ''Poirot'' (), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2020. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie's famous crime fiction series, wh ...
'' ('' The Cornish Mystery'', 1990)
*'' Seekers'' (1992)
*'' The Final Cut'' (Sir Clive Watling, 1995)
* Trial & Retribution (2006)
* Law & Order: UK (series 5) (2011)
*Casualty
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*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
(2013)
* Mr Selfridge (2015)
*''BBC Television
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'' - ''Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...
'' Series 18, Episode 24: Who You Are'' (Thomas Bell Humphries, 2016)''
*Vera (TV series)
''Vera'' is a British crime drama television series based on the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves. It ran on ITV for 14 years from 1 May 2011 to 2 January 2025 and starred Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspect ...
(2016 - episode: The Moth Catcher)
*''The Crown
The Crown is a political concept used in Commonwealth realms. Depending on the context used, it generally refers to the entirety of the State (polity), state (or in federal realms, the relevant level of government in that state), the executive ...
'' (2016)
Radio
References
External links
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John Rowe's Radio performances
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Living people
British male stage actors
British male film actors
British male television actors
Audiobook narrators
1940 births