Cast & creator
Philip Bretherton
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Sherlock Holmes
Philip Bretherton (born 30 May 1955) is an English actor best known for his role as Alistair Deacon in the long-running British television series As Time Goes By.
Movies
9
film credits
Series
14
television credits
Career
23
1975–2013 · acting roles
Credit score
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (23)
Showing 23 of 23 credits
Series
★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
Matthew Woodley
1997
Series
★ 6.2
Casualty
Andrew Bower
1986
Series
★ 8.2
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Joyce Cummings Q.C.
1984
Series
★ 7.9
Inspector Morse
David Acum
1987
Series
★ 7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
Hugo Shillingforth
1975
Series
★ 7.5
Silk
Fred Haig
2011
Series
★ 7.6
As Time Goes By
Alistair Deacon
1992
Series
★ 5.4
Footballers' Wives
Stefan Hauser
2002
Series
★ 7.5
Murder in Suburbia
Philip Whitmore
2004
Series
★ 6.2
The Paradise Club
DI Don Wright
1989
Series
★ 8.2
The Day Today
1994
Movie
★ 6.0
The Fifth Estate
Bill Keller
2013
Series
★ 7.0
The XYY Man
Police Cadet
1976
Movie
★ 7.0
Cry Freedom
Major Boshoff
1987C
Series
★ 6.0
Christabel
Commisar John
1988
Series
Sharman
Sturrock
1995
Movie
★ 4.9
Dark Floors
Walter
2008
Movie
The Foreigner
Eric
2012T
Movie
★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Self
2005
Movie
★ 4.4
Snow White: The Sequel
Additional voices (voice)
2007
Movie
Shoot to Kill
DI Gaffrey
1990B
Movie
★ 7.0
Behind the Britcoms: From Script to Screen
Host
2011
Movie
★ 6.0