Thomas Anthony Scannell (14 August 1945 – 26 May 2020) was an Irish actor, known for his role as DS Ted Roach in

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''.

Career

Scannell's debut on ''The Bill'' was on 23 October 1984, in an episode called "A Friend in Need". Initially, he was signed for two episodes, but stayed until 1993 and returned for two episodes in 2000. He also appeared in the Channel 5 soap opera ''

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'' as Eddie Harris from 1997 to 1999.

Personal life

His father,

Tom Scannell Thomas Scannell (3 June 1925 – 30 November 1993) was an Irish professional footballer. Club career Born in Youghal, Ireland, Scannell began his career in England with Essex-based club Tilbury. In November 1949, Scannell signed for Southend U ...

, was a professional goalkeeper and played once for the

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against

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in 1954. In 2002, Tony Scannell was forced to declare himself bankrupt, owing the

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over £42,000. He was a

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. Scannell died on 26 May 2020 aged 74 from natural causes.

Partial filmography

* ''

Enemy at the Door ''Enemy at the Door'' is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second Wo ...

'' (1978, TV series) – 1st Sailor in Bar / Gefreiter * ''

The Playbirds ''The Playbirds'' (also known as ''David Sullivan's The Playbirds'', ''The Playbird Murders'', and ''Secrets of a Playgirl'') is a 1978 British sexploitation film directed by Willy Roe and starring Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Suzy Mandel a ...

'' (1978) – Man at depot (uncredited) * ''All the Fun of the Fair'' (1979) – Frank * ''The Professionals'' (1979, TV series) – Man 1 * ''

Armchair Thriller ''Armchair Thriller'' is a British television drama series broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980 in two seasons. Taking the form of a sequence of unconnected serials, scripts for ''Armchair Thriller'' were adaptations of published novels and storie ...

'' (1980, TV series) – Connally * ''

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'' (1980) – Ming's Officer * ''

Cribb ''Cribb'' (''Sergeant Cribb'' in North America) is a television police drama, which debuted in 1979 as a 90-minute TV film from Granada Television in the United Kingdom. Later, thirteen 50-minute episodes were produced, which ran from 1980 to ...

'' (1981, TV series) – Millar * ''

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'' (1981, TV series) – John McCleod * ''

The Gentle Touch ''The Gentle Touch'' is a British police procedural drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 24 November 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a fema ...

'' (1981, TV series) – Andy Golding * ''Blue Money'' (1982, TV movie) – Ninian * ''

The Princess and the Cobbler ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' is a 1993 animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Richard Williams (animator), Richard Williams, who intended it to be his magnum opus and a milestone in the animated medium. Originally devised in the 1960 ...

'' (1993) – Brigand (re-edited versions) (voice) * ''

'' (1997, TV series) – Eddie Harris * ''The Things You Do for Love'' (1998, TV movie) – Tony Booth * ''

'' (1984–1993, 2000, TV series) – D.S. Ted Roach * ''Point of View'' (2004, TV movie) – Stanley * ''

Monkey Trousers ''Monkey Trousers'' is a television comedy series on ITV first broadcast in 2005, featuring Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Alistair McGowan, Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ronni Ancona, Mackenzie Crook, Griff Rhys Jones, Alex Lowe, Neil Morrissey ...

'' (2005, TV series) – Police Officer * '' Waking the Dead'' (2007, TV series) – Papa McDonagh * '' Evil Never Dies'' (2014) – Harry Payne * ''Bendy Caravans and Everlasting Pens: A Portrait of Evered Wigg'' (2015) – Evered Wigg (voice) * ''With Love From... Suffolk'' (2016) – Bill * ''The House in the Clouds'' (2020, short) – Salesman (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scannell, Tony 1945 births 2020 deaths Place of death missing Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Irish Freemasons People from Kinsale Actors from County Cork