Richard O'Callaghan

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name = Richard O'Callaghan

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birthname = Richard Rooke
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yearsactive = 1965-Present
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parents = Patricia Hayes
Valentine Rooke
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Richard O'Callaghan (born as Richard Rooke in London, England March 7, 1940) is an English film, stage and television character actor.

He is the son of the actress Patricia Hayes and Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. He took over the role of the clumsy but sympathetic romantic lead previously played by Jim Dale, in the Carry On films "Carry On Loving" (1970) and "Carry On at Your Convenience" (1971).

Film credits

* The Bofors Gun (1968) ... Rowe
* Carry On Loving (1970) ... Bertram Muffet
* Carry On At Your Convenience (1971) ... Lewis Boggs ... aka Carry On Round the Bend
* Butley (1974) ... Joey Keyston
* Galileo (1975) ... Fulganzio ... aka Galileo Galilei
* Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Dandelion ... aka Richard Adams' Watership Down (UK: complete title)
* Dangerous Beauty (1998) ... Zealot ... aka The Honest Courtesan (UK) (USA: working title) ... A Destiny of Her Own (Australia)

Television credits

* Out of the Unknown ... Boy (1 episode, 1965)
* Z-Cars ... Jim Blackitt (1 episode, 1965)
* The Flower of Gloster (1967) TV series ... Richard Doherty
* The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968) TV series ... Shelley Longfellow Morgan (1 episode 'Tennyson' (1968))
* Public Eye ... Frank (2 episodes, 1968-1969) - Mercury in an Off-White Mac (1968) - Divide and Conquer (1969)
* The Wednesday Play ... Fowler (1 episode, 1969) - The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel (1969) (TV episode) ... Fowler
* Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 episode, 1970) - The Tidewatchers (1970) TV episode
* Vile Bodies (1970) (TV) ... Adam
* Professional Foul (1977) ... Chetwyn
* Renoir, My Father (1978) (TV) ... Renoir
* Two's Company ... Richard (1 episode, 1979) - The Silence (1979) ... Richard
* The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997) TV series ... Mr Fitzpatrick
* Heartbeat ... Ringer Redknapp (1 episode, 2005) - Rustlers and Hustlers (2005) TV episode ... Ringer Redknapp
* Dalziel and Pascoe. Episode "Demons on our Shoulders" (TV). 2007. Doctor.

Theatre credits

* Dirty Linen ... (1976) ... (Almost Free Theatre)
* The Happiest Days of Your Life ... (1984) (Barbican Theatre, London)
* The Magistrate ... (2000) (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
* Educating Rita ... (2002) (UK Tour)
* 1605 ... (2005) (Chichester Festival Theatre)
* King Lear ... (2005) ... Gloucester (Chichester Festival Theatre)
* Titus Andronicus ... (2006) ... Marcus Andronicus (Shakespeare's Globe)
* The Last Confession (2007) ... (Chichester Festival Theatre/ Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
* Twelfth Night ... (2008) Malvolio (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)

Radio credits

* The Lord of the Rings (1981) ... Meriadoc Brandybuck

Television Roles

References

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