Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh (born 11 October 1950) is a Welsh actor, known for his many television appearances, including the role of Craster in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''.

Life and career

Pugh was born in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and grew up in Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd. He decided to become an actor after watching '' From Russia with Love'' at a cinema in Treforest with a cousin. A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976.

He appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama ''Longford'' and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary '' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial''. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama ''The Time of Your Life'', in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering after an 18-year coma. In his early career, he frequently appeared in Welsh language productions, for example as Edgar Evans in the 1984 TV film ''Terra Nova'', and as a soldier in Karl Francis's ''Milwr Bychan'' (1987). Even in more recent years, he has often portrayed Welsh characters, such as Owain Glyndwr in the 2012 BBC adaptation of ''Henry IV, Part I''.

In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part '' Doctor Who'' story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and " Cold Blood". He had a supporting role in 2008 in an episode of ''Torchwood'', another BBC Wales production.

In 2011 Pugh became Judge Patrick Coburn in ''Justice''. The following year he joined HBO's ''Game of Thrones'' in the recurring role of Craster. In 2013 he portrayed Baron Rivers in '' The White Queen''. Pugh played Jack Reynolds in ''Doctor Foster'', and in 2016 joined the cast of ''Mr Selfridge'' as Lord Wynstay, another Welsh character.

Filmography

Film

* 1980 '' SOS Titanic'' UK/US Made for TV movie as James Farrell
* 1981 ''Inseminoid'' as Roy
* 1981 ''Nighthawks'' as Kenna
* 1982 ''Britannia Hospital'' as Picket
* 1982 '' Giro City'' as John Williams
* 1984 ''Milwr Bychan'' as RSM
* 1989 ''The Angry Earth'' as Emlyn
* 1991 ''Old Scores'' as Bleddyn Morgan
* 1993 ''Tender Loving Care'' as Keith Dobbs
* 1994 ''Priest'' as Mr. Unsworth
* 1995 ''The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'' as Williams the Petroleum
* 1995 ''The Near Room'' as Eddie Harte
* 1996 '' Different for Girls'' as DS Cole
* 1998 '' The Tichbourne Claimant'' as The Claimant
* 2000 '' The Testimony of Taliesin Jones'' as Handycott
* 2001 '' Enigma'' as Skynner
* 2001 '' Happy Now?'' as Hank Thomas
* 2002 ''The Intended'' as Le Blanc
* 2002 ''Undertaking Betty'' as Hugh Rhys-Jones
* 2003 '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' as John Allen
* 2005 '' Kinky Boots'' as Harold Price
* 2005 ''Kingdom of Heaven'' as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
* 2007 ''The Last Legion'' as Kustennin
* 2008 ''Goodnight Irene'' as Alex
* 2010 ''The Ghost Writer'' as Richard Rycart
* 2010 ''Robin Hood'' as Baron Baldwin
* 2010 '' West Is West'' as Mr Jordan
* 2012 ''Hunky Dory'' as Headmaster
* 2012 '' Love Bite'' as Sergent Rooney
* 2012 '' Metamorphosis'' as Mr. Samsa
* 2013 ''The Thirteenth Tale'' as John the Dig
* 2018 ''Colette'' as Jules
* 2019 '' Eternal Beauty'' (2019) as Dennis

Television

* 1977 '' Survivors'': "Mad Dog"
* 1979 ''Danger UXB'' as Sapper Powell
* 1983 '' Woodentop'' (pilot episode of ''The Bill'') as DI Roy Galloway
* 1984 '' Amy''
* 1985 '' Brookside''
* 1986-1987 '' Casualty''
* 1992 ''Inspector Morse'': "Absolute Conviction" as Geoff Harris, Prison Officer
* 1993 '' Telltale'' as Billy Hodge
* 1995 ''Resort to Murder''
* 1995 ''The Bill'': "Powerless"
* 1997 ''Drovers' Gold''
* 1997 '' Dangerfield'': "Inappropriate Adults"
* 1997-1999 '' The Lakes''
* 1999 ''Silent Witness''
* 1999 ''French and Saunders'': "Witless Silence"
* 2001 ''Sword of Honour'' as Brigadier Ritchie Hook
* 2001 '' In A Land Of Plenty''
* 2002 '' Plots with a View''
* 2002 ''Clocking Off''
* 2003 ''Prime Suspect'': "The Last Witness" as DS Alun Simms
* 2003 '' Waking the Dead'': "Multistorey" as Robert Cross
* 2004 ''Hustle “''Faking it” as Frank Gorley
* 2005 ''New Tricks'' “Home Truths” as Eric Grant
* 2005 '' The Virgin Queen''
* 2005 ''Agatha Christie's Marple'': " A Murder is Announced" as Colonel Easterbrook
* 2005 ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'': Cards on the Table” as Colonel Hughes
* 2005 '' Shameless''
* 2006 ''Prime Suspect'': "The Final Act" as DS Alun Simms
* 2006 '' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial'' as Hermann Göring
* 2006 ''Longford''
* 2008 ''Torchwood'': " Adrift" as Jonah
* 2009 ''Robin Hood BBC Series 3'' as Lord Sheridan (1 episode)
* 2009 '' Into the Storm''
* 2009 '' Framed''
* 2010 '' Doctor Who'': "The Hungry Earth" and " Cold Blood" as Tony Mack
* 2011 ''Justice'': (TV Mini-Series) as Judge Patrick Coburn
* 2011 '' The Shadow Line'' as Bob Harris
* 2011 ''Midsomer Murders'': "The Sleeper Under the Hill" as Caradoc Singer
* 2011 '' Death in Paradise'': "Wicked Wedding Night"
* 2012 '' Shameless''
* 2012-2013 ''Game of Thrones'' as Craster
* 2012 ''Henry IV, Part I'' as Glendower
* 2013 ''Murder: Joint Venture'' as DI Sheehy
* 2013 '' The White Queen'' as Baron Rivers
* 2014 ''Inspector George Gently'': "Gently Between The Lines" as Chief Lewington
* 2014 '' Undeniable'' as Pete
* 2014 ''Common'' as Detective Inspector Hastings
* 2014 ''Atlantis'' as Lord Sarpedon
* 2015 ''Doctor Foster'' as Jack Reynolds
* 2016 ''Mr Selfridge'' as Lord Wynnstay
* 2016 '' Damilola, Our Loved Boy'' as DCI Nick Ephgrave
* 2017 '' Vera'': "Dark Angel"
* 2017 '' Knightfall'' as Jacques de Molay
* 2018 ''The Repair Shop'' as Narrator
* 2020 - present ''The Tuckers'' as Murphy

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pugh, Robert
1950 births
20th-century Welsh male actors
21st-century Welsh male actors
Alumni of Rose Bruford College
Living people
People from Pontypridd
Welsh male Shakespearean actors
Welsh male film actors
Welsh male television actors