English actor
Paul Bown
Born (1957-10-11 ) 11 October 1957 (age 67) Occupation Actor Years active 1984–present Spouse Jane Jamieson Children 4
Paul Bown (born 11 October 1957) is an English actor.
Acting career
Bown is best known for playing a leading role in the Granada Television sitcom Watching (1987–1993) and Casualty in 2000 more recently[when? ] as Philip Reid in BBC 's Holby City .
He starred as an AA Patrolman in the television series by the BBC, The Last Salute at the end of the 1990s. Bown also appeared in November 2007, in acclaimed British drama Britz . He appeared in the first episode of Mr. Bean as "The Student". He was in an episode of New Tricks on 25 August 2008.
In 2009, he appeared briefly as Mike Bamber , chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club , in the Brian Clough bio pic The Damned United . In the 2010 Christmas Special of My Family , he played the grandfather of a young girl who Ben meets whilst filling in for Father Christmas . Bown appeared in an advert for Toffee Crisp in the 1980s. Paul played Vladimir Ivanov in Heartbeat in 1994 and John Boaden in 2005.
In 2016, he appeared in the television series by the BBC, Father Brown as Mordaunt Jackson in "The Sins of the Father" episode. In 2017, he appeared in the television series by ITV, Endeavour as Rev Mervyn Golightly.
In 2019, Bown appeared in episode 4 of the ITV drama A Confession , alongside Martin Freeman and Joe Absolom . Bown played the ex-cellmate of serial killer Christopher Halliwell.
In 2019 he appeared in Coronation Street as the brother of Roy Cropper, while in 2020 he appeared as Michael Connors in series 2 of the ITV drama Bancroft .
In 2022 he appeared in Death in Paradise as UK chess champion Maurice Holburne.
Personal life
Bown is married and has four children.
Filmography
Film
Television
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1984
Still Life
Orderly
TV movie
1987
Up Line
Victor Technology
Miniseries
1987 –1988
Screen Two
Prynne - The Journalists / Police Constable
2 episodes
1987 –1993
Watching
Malcolm Stoneway
56 episodes
1990
Mr. Bean
The Exam Student
Episode 1: "Mr. Bean "
1991
Time Riders
Captain
Miniseries 2 episodes
1993
Last of the Summer Wine
Space Watcher
Christmas special: "Welcome to Earth"
1994 –1997
Pirates
Roger Bones
24 episodes
1994
Heartbeat
Vladimir Ivanov
Series 4, Episode 9: "Red Herring"
1997 –2006
The Bill
Tony Dean
Series 13, Episode 22: "Just Looking"
1998
Peak Practice
James "Mac" Macarty
Credited as Paul Brown Series 6, Episode 9: "Glass Houses"
1998 –1999
The Last Salute
Harry Thorpe
12 episodes
2000
Badger
First Investigator
Series 2, Episode 1: "Troubled Waters"
2000 –2015
Casualty
Col Morrison / Ed Connors
2 episodes
2000 –2017
Doctors
Christian Glover / Paul Chandley / Graeme Goodson / William Ribble / Neil Langley / Frank James
6 episodes
2001
Out of the Ashes
Ben
TV movie
My Uncle Silas
Charlie White
Credited as Paul Brown Series 1, Episode 1: "The Wedding/Queenie White"
2001 –2002
Merseybeat
Dr. Al Blake
18 episodes
2002 –2003
Born and Bred
Don McClure
2 episodes
2003
Murder Investigation Team
Gary Sutcliffe
Credited as Paul Brown Series 1, Episode 6: "Models and Millionaires"
2003 –2011
Holby City
Julian Wells / Philip Reid / Karl Massey
3 episodes
2004
The Courtroom
George Bowes
Episode 37: "The Postman"
2005
Heartbeat
John Boaden
Series 15, Episode 8: "The Good Samaritan"
Planespotting
Ralph
TV movie
Diamond Geezer
Guv'nor
Episode 1: Pilot
2006
The Bill
Trevor Wright
Series 22, Episode 39: "Desperation and Jelousy"
2006 –2007
The Green Green Grass
Colin Cakeworthy
2 episodes
2007
The History of Mr. Polly
Teacher
TV movie
Britz
Phipps
TV movie
2008
New Tricks
Rod Erskine
Series 5, Episode 8: "Mad Dogs"
Caught in a Trap
Mr. Thornton
TV movie
2009
Missing
Tom Laird
Series 1, Episode 3: "Repeat Offender"
2010
Law & Order: UK
John Stirman
Series 2, Episode 5: "Survivor"
My Family
Frank
Christmas special: "Mary Christmas"
2011
Gates
Mr. Fielding
Episode 1: "The First Day"
Rosamunde Pilcher
Episode: "In der Mitte eines Lebens"
2014
Harriet's Army
Harbourmaster
Miniseries Episode 3: "Casualties of War"
2016
Father Brown
Mordaunt Jackson
Series 4, Episode 9: "The Sins of the Father"
Hetty Feather
Collins
2 episodes
Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Narrator
3 episodes
2017
Endeavour
Rev. Mervyn Golightly
Series 4, Episode 2: "Canticle"
Hollyoaks
Judge Francis Hume
3 episodes
2019
A Confession
Roy Sandlake
Miniseries Episode 4
Coronation Street
Richard Lucas
13 episodes
2020
Bancroft
Michael Connors
2 episodes
Belgravia
Jacob Astley
Miniseries 2 episodes
2022
Death in Paradise
Maurice Holburne
Series 11, Episode 8: "Death of a Pawn"
The Walk-In
Renshaw's Solictor
Miniseries 2 episodes
2023
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Quentin Waterford
Series 2, Episode 5: "St George's Defence"
Vera
Glynn Allen
Series 12, Episode 1: "Against the Tide"
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