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Blue Herrings
Season , Episode 1
Barnaby investigates deaths in a nursing home where his favourite aunt lives.
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Cast & Crew
John Nettles
(Actor)
.. DCI Tom Barnaby
Daniel Casey
(Actor)
.. Sgt. Gavin Troy
Jane Wymark
(Actor)
.. Joyce Barnaby
Barry Jackson
(Actor)
Deborah Findlay
(Actor)
.. Hilary Richards
Laura Howard
(Actor)
.. Cully Barnaby
Phyllis Calvert
(Actor)
.. Alice Bly
Nigel Davenport
(Actor)
.. William Smithers
Geoffrey Bayldon
(Actor)
.. Arthur Prewitt
Mary Wimbush
(Actor)
.. George Watson
Gudrun Ure
(Actor)
.. Celia Armstrong
Georgine Anderson
(Actor)
.. Madge Fielding
Angela Down
(Actor)
.. Pru Bennett
Colin Tierney
(Actor)
.. Mungo Mortimer
Clive Wood
(Actor)
.. Dr. Clive Warnford
Cyril Shaps
(Actor)
.. Jeweller
Carolyn Pickles
(Actor)
.. Sister Lovelace
Miranda Kingsley
(Actor)
.. Nurse Bartlett
Sam Beazley
(Actor)
.. Cyril Toft
Mali Harries
(Actor)
.. Nurse O'Casey
Matyelok Gibbs
(Actor)
.. Muriel Harrap
Daphne Goddard
(Actor)
.. Miss Laybourne
Arthur Cox
(Actor)
.. Landlord
Sarah Ball
(Actor)
.. Shop Assistant
Caroline John
(Actor)
.. Florist
Katherine Tozer
(Actor)
.. Hotel Receptionist
David Killick
(Actor)
.. Waiter
Richard Dee Roberts
(Actor)
.. Police officer
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Did You Know..
John Nettles
(Actor)
.. DCI Tom Barnaby
Born:
October 11, 1943
Birthplace: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Birthplace: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Trivia:
Left university to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Was narrator of BBC series Airport between 1996 and 2005. Appointed an OBE in 2010. Awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Plymouth in 2012. Patron of The Mare and Foal Sanctuary.
Daniel Casey
(Actor)
.. Sgt. Gavin Troy
Born:
June 01, 1972
Birthplace: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Birthplace: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Trivia:
Joined the Stockton Youth Theatre as a 14-year-old. Performed in the award-winning Dead Fish at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Reprised his role in the touring production of Dead Fish throughout 1994 and 1995. Played the role of DS Gavin Troy in Midsomer Murders between 1998 and 2003. Ran for Leukaemia Research in the 2003 Great north Run.
Jane Wymark
(Actor)
.. Joyce Barnaby
Born:
October 31, 1952
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Trivia:
Starred in the 1975 Birmingham Rep production of Equus. Played Sasha in a 1978 production of Ivanov at the Old Vic. Portrayed the role of Joyce Barnaby in Midsomer Murders between 1997 and 2011. Performed in a world tour of Hamlet throughout 1978, alongside Sir Derek Jacobi. Is a Drama tutor at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Barry Jackson
(Actor)
Born:
March 29, 1938
Died: May 12, 2013
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: May 12, 2013
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Trivia:
At the age of nine, presented radio broadcasts for Children's Hour. Worked as a stage hand at the Birmingham Rep at the age of 16. Moved to London to become an actor immediately upon getting his O-Levels. Worked as a fight director and stunt man throughout the 1960s, under the name 'Jack Barry'. Portrayed Dr George Bullard in Midsomer Murders from 1998 to 2011.
Deborah Findlay
(Actor)
.. Hilary Richards
Born:
December 23, 1947
Birthplace: Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Birthplace: Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Trivia:
Performed as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1980s. In 1997, won the Best Supporting Actress Olivier Award for her role as Hilda in Stanley. Won the 2015 Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Female for her role as Volumnia in Coriolanus. In 2017, was nominated for the Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony Award for her role in The Children. As of 2020, has played Ruth in BBC legal drama The Split since its 2018 debut.
Laura Howard
(Actor)
.. Cully Barnaby
Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England
Trivia:
Made her television debut in the 1992 historical series Covington Cross.Landed her first leading television role in 1992, playing Tammy Rokeby in sitcom So Haunt Me. In 1996, appeared in drama series Soldier Soldier as Deborah Briggs. Is perhaps best known for playing Cully Barnaby in crime-mystery procedural Midsomer Murders between 1997 and 2011. Performed as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Making Mischief Season in 2016.
Phyllis Calvert
(Actor)
.. Alice Bly
Born:
February 18, 1915
Died: October 08, 2002
Died: October 08, 2002
Trivia:
As the heroine of the British romantic melodrama Madonna of the Seven Moons (1946), Phyllis Calvert was placed under a gypsy curse which forced her to be wife, mother and mistress all in one. This triumvirate sums up the range of characters played by Ms. Calvert throughout her career. Starting out as a dancer, Phyllis switched to acting after a suffering an injury. Beginning with 1943's The Man in Grey, Phyllis established herself as Britain's favorite "Gothic" heroine, seldom carrying on a romance unless she was dressed in 19th-century fashion, with her long black hair cascading in the wind. Occasional efforts were made to turn Phyllis into a Hollywood star; the best of these was Appointment with Danger (1950), in which she plays a nun who witnesses a murder committed by future Dragnet co-stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan! Long married to publisher Peter Murray-Hill, Phyllis Calvert cut back on her filmmaking activities in the 1970s, though she starred on the popular BBC TV series Kate (1970-71).
Nigel Davenport
(Actor)
.. William Smithers
Born:
May 23, 1928
Died: October 25, 2013
Died: October 25, 2013
Trivia:
A character player even in youth, British actor Nigel Davenport spent nearly fifty years in briskly businesslike stage, screen and TV roles. He made his film debut as the police sergeant in Michael Powell's notorious Peeping Tom (1959). Among his many colorful screen characterizations were the Duke of Norfolk in A Man For All Seasons (1966), Bothwell in Mary Queen of Scots (1971), Van Helsing in the 1973 Frank Langella version of Dracula and Lord Birkenbed in the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire. Nigel Davenport's TV credits include the miniseries Prince Regent (1979, as King George III), and Masada (1981). Towards the end of his career, he made appearances in popular British TV series such as Keeping Up Appearances and Midsomer Murders, and played Dan Peggotty in a TV movie version of David Copperfield (2000). Davenport died in 2013 at age 85.
Geoffrey Bayldon
(Actor)
.. Arthur Prewitt
Born:
January 07, 1924
Birthplace: Leeds
Birthplace: Leeds
Trivia:
A British character actor, Bayldon was onscreen from the '50s.
Mary Wimbush
(Actor)
.. George Watson
Gudrun Ure
(Actor)
.. Celia Armstrong
Georgine Anderson
(Actor)
.. Madge Fielding
Angela Down
(Actor)
.. Pru Bennett
Born:
June 15, 1946
Colin Tierney
(Actor)
.. Mungo Mortimer
Trivia:
Made his professional television debut in a 1991 episode of Casualty. In 1994, played the role of Harriman in crime drama series Cracker. In 1998, performed in a Royal National Theatre production of Guiding Star. In 2000, performed as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. In 2009, played John Lennon's father, Alf, in the biopic Nowhere Boy.
Clive Wood
(Actor)
.. Dr. Clive Warnford
Cyril Shaps
(Actor)
.. Jeweller
Born:
October 13, 1923
Died: January 01, 2003
Birthplace: Highbury, London
Died: January 01, 2003
Birthplace: Highbury, London
Carolyn Pickles
(Actor)
.. Sister Lovelace
Born:
February 08, 1952
Birthplace: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Birthplace: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Miranda Kingsley
(Actor)
.. Nurse Bartlett
Sam Beazley
(Actor)
.. Cyril Toft
Mali Harries
(Actor)
.. Nurse O'Casey
Matyelok Gibbs
(Actor)
.. Muriel Harrap
Daphne Goddard
(Actor)
.. Miss Laybourne
Arthur Cox
(Actor)
.. Landlord
Born:
April 07, 1934
Sarah Ball
(Actor)
.. Shop Assistant
Caroline John
(Actor)
.. Florist
Born:
September 19, 1940
Katherine Tozer
(Actor)
.. Hotel Receptionist
David Killick
(Actor)
.. Waiter
Richard Dee Roberts
(Actor)
.. Police officer
