Matthew Crompton (born 17 July 1971) is a British actor, most famous for his role as Sam Harker in

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''. He has also appeared in various other TV shows, including two distinct roles in ''

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'' (Darren Murphy in 1992, and

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in 2002–2003). From 3 December 2007 he played

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in ''

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'', signing a new one-year contract in April 2008, but left the show on completion of the extended contract. He was once gunged on ''Mad For It''. Crompton has performed at the

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in ''Somewhere'', directed by

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, and took the male lead in ''Westend Girls'' written by Jonathan Harvey for ITV. He also took to the stage at the

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in an operetta called ''Siren Song'' which was composed by Jonathan Dove and directed by Ian McDirmid. He also presented ''Saturday Disney'' for ITV before leaving to join ''The Bill''. He has guest-starred in ''Casualty'', ''Holby'', ''Doctors'' and ''Heartbeat''. Matthew also writes and performs comedy at venues such as the Canal Cafe and the Landor theatres in London. Crompton has finished filming and recording on a variety of projects including ''Waterloo Road'' for the BBC, ''Romeo Echo Delta'' by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and some character work for a new exhibition ''Revolution'' at the

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. Matthew has also completed filming on a new film called ''Advance to Contact'', which is about soldiers returning from

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with

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. Richard Marson's book celebrating fifty years of ''

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'' comments that Crompton once auditioned as a presenter on the show.

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1971 births Living people English male television actors Actors from St Helens, Merseyside Male actors from Lancashire {{England-actor-stub