- Simon Rouse
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birthdate = 24 June 1951
birthplace = Heaton,Bradford ,England
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yearsactive = 1972-present
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notable role =Jack Meadows in "The Bill "
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awards =Simon Rouse (born
24 June ,1951 inHeaton ,Bradford ,West Yorkshire ) is an Englishactor .He is probably best known for playing the role of DCI
Jack Meadows in the long-runningITV police drama "The Bill ".Prior to "The Bill", he had a long career working mainly with the
BBC , appearing twice in their "Play for Tomorrow " strand, asci-fi offshoot of the "Play for Today " series. He also guest starred in the 1982 "Doctor Who " story "Kinda", and a character called Yissel (or Yizzle?) inCarla Lane 's Bread in 1986.He later played the role of another police officer, Detective Sergeant Vernon Cooper, in "
Operation Julie ", a three-hour dramatisation (shown in three parts) of the real-life drugs investigation. Coincidentally,Robert Gwilym also appeared as Detective Constable Dan Richard: he would return opposite Rouse for a recurring role in "The Bill" in 2004.He has also guest starred on such shows as "Boon", "
Robin of Sherwood ", "The Professionals", "Casualty", and "Minder".He first appeared on "The Bill" in 1990 as Jack Meadows, then in AMIP (Area Major Incident Pool, a precursor to the
Murder Investigation Team ) and holding the rank ofDetective Superintendent . He appeared twice in 1990 and then twice again in 1991. Meadows was subsequently demoted from Superintendent to Chief Inspector after it was discovered that one of his officers was corrupt, and he was returned to divisional CID, joining Sun Hill in 1992 to replace D.C.I. Kim Reid.External links
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