Cast & creator
David Roper
Best known for Midsomer Murders, The Crown, Peak Practice
David Roper is a British film and television actor, who is best known for playing Chris Hawthorne in The Cuckoo Waltz (1975-1980) and Charlie Fisher in Leave It to Charlie (1978-1980). Later during his career he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1985-) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street (1960-). Roper also appeared in Crown Court (1972-1984), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Gift (1990), Taggart (1983-2000), The Bill (1984-2010), Heartbeat (1992-2010), Midsomer Murders (1997-), The Crown (2016-2023), Emmerdale (1972-), Holby City (1999-2022), Doctors (2000-2024) and Casualty (1986-). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Roper (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
17
television credits
25
1974–2016 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (25)
Showing 25 of 25 credits
Midsomer Murders
Anton Thorneycroft
1997
The Crown
Bishop of Norwich
2016
Peak Practice
James Crick
1993
Heartbeat
DI Randall
1992Heartbeat
Spooner
1992Heartbeat
Sid Bestwick
1992
Birds of a Feather
D.I. Fearnley
1989
Bad Girls
Mr Adams
1999
Churchill's People
Christopher Wren
1974
The Afternoon Play
Frank Manning
2003Harry
Nick
1993Leave it to Charlie
Charlie Fisher
1978
The Damned United
Sam Bolton
2009
A Bit of a Do
Kevin Loudwater
1989
Ain't Misbehavin'
Dobey
1994
The Cuckoo Waltz
Chris Hawthorne
1975
The Cater Street Hangman
Maddock
1998
Downtime
Mike
1997
The Robbie Coltrane Special
Self
1989
The Royal
Dennis Cording
2003Wavelength
Tony Horton
1997
The Sight
Sgt. Eric Mills
2000
Stanley's Dragon
DI Walsh
1994
On the Razzle
Melchior
1983
The Oresteia
Watchman
1983