Midsomer Murders - "Schooled in Murder" - 12:00 am Thursday, December 11 on Ovation Arts Network

John Nettles (Actor) .. DCI Tom Barnaby

Born: October 11, 1943
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.

Jane Wymark (Actor) .. Joyce Barnaby

Born: October 31, 1952
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) .. Dr. Bullard

Born: March 29, 1938
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.

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.

Daniel Casey (Actor) .. Sgt. Gavin Troy

Born: June 01, 1972
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.

Jason Hughes (Actor) .. DS Ben Jones

Born: May 24, 1905
Birthplace: Porthcawl, South Wales, Wales

Trivia: Joined the National Youth Theatre as a teenager. Won the Alec Clunes award for Best Actor while studying drama at LAMDA. In 1998, performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Herbal Bed. Between 2005 and 2017, played DI Ben Jones in ITV Drama Midsomer Murders. In 2012, was nominated for the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series award at the Monte Carlo TV Festival for his role in Midsomer Murders.

John Hopkins (Actor) .. Sgt. Dan Scott

Kirsty Dillon (Actor) .. WPC Gail Stephens

Birthplace: Portsmouth

Neil Dudgeon (Actor)

Born: January 02, 1961
Birthplace: Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Trivia: British character actor Neil Dudgeon debuted in the late '80s in his native U.K., and specialized in working-class types with a forceful edge, such as policemen, constables, and inner-city taxi drivers. Dudgeon debuted in Stephen Frears' acclaimed Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your Ears (1987), then graced the casts of numerous low-profile theatrical movies and telefilms over the following decades, including Revolver (1992), Dirty Tricks (2000), and Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002). Dudgeon elevated his profile somewhat in the mid- to late 2000s with bit parts in two key films: the Renée Zellweger/Hugh Grant comedy Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and director Garth Jennings' bittersweet coming-of-age nostalgia Son of Rambow (2007).

Fiona Dolman (Actor)

Born: January 01, 1970
Birthplace: Findhorn, Moray, Scotland

Trivia: Made her television debut in a 1993 episode of Crime Story. Between 1998 and 2001, starred as Jackie Bradley in period drama Heartbeat. Between 2011 and 2018, starred as Sarah Barnaby in ITV Crime Drama Midsomer Murders. In 2012, was nominated for the Golden Nymph award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, for her role in Midsomer Murders.

Tamzin Malleson (Actor)

Born: May 01, 1974
Birthplace: Yeovil, Somerset, England

Trivia: Made her television debut in a 1996 episode of A Touch of Frost. Between 1996 and 1997, starred as Alison Dangerfield in medical drama Dangerfield. Between 2002 and 2004, starred as Penny Neville in drama series Teachers. Between 2011 and 2015, starred as Dr. Kate Wilding in crime drama Midsomer Murders. In 2017, opened a diner in Stroud with partner Keith Allen.

Hattie Morahan (Actor)

Born: March 07, 1978
Birthplace: London, England

Trivia: Comes from a theatrical background; Laurence Olivier once helped her with her homework at a summer party. Met her fiance Blake Ritson when both were invited to be in a Cambridge Footlights pantomime; she played Little Red Riding Hood. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2001, making her professional theatre debut at Stratford-upon-Avon in Love in a Wood. In 2008, played Clair in Martin Crimp's The City alongside Benedict Cumberbatch at the Royal Court Theatre, London. In 2012, won the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Nora in A Doll's House.

Patrick Robinson (Actor)

Born: November 06, 1963
Birthplace: London, England

Trivia: Joined the South East London School Drama Group at the age of 14. Studied architecture before turning to a career in acting. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company following graduation from drama school. Between 1990 and 1996, played the role of Martin "Ash" Ashford in Casualty, returning to the role in 2013 and 2016. In 2013, took part in the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing, making it to the semi-final.

Lucy Liemann (Actor) .. Beatrix Ordish

Richard Dillane (Actor) .. Oliver Ordish

Born: January 01, 1964
Birthplace: England

Trivia: Raised in England but moved to Australia for a short time, where he worked as a white-water rafting guide. Acted in stage productions at the National Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Began appearing on British television in the mid-1990s. Narrated an audiobook titled Stranger House by Reginald Hill. Stephen and Frank Dillane, his brother and nephew, are also famous actors.

Martine Mccutcheon (Actor) .. Debbie Moffett

Born: May 14, 1976
Birthplace: Hackney, East London, England

Trivia: Began her career at a young age and starred in advertising billboards and television adverts from the age of 4. Took her stepfather's name at age 10, when her mother remarried. Won the 1997 National Television Award for her role in EastEnders. Her debut solo single "Perfect Moment" went to number 1 in the UK in 1999 and stayed there for 3 weeks, with the album You Me and Us going platinum. Released her autobiography Who Does She Think She Is? in 2000 and made a donation to the charity Refuge with money from the book's sales. Played the role of Eliza Doolittle in 2001 West End production of My Fair Lady, opposite Jonathan Pryce as Henry Higgins. Won the Laurence Olivier Award in 2002 for her role in My Fair Lady. Was one of seven bridesmaids at Liza Minnelli and David Gest's wedding in 2002. Won the 2004 Empire Award and the 2004 MTV Movie Award for her role in Love Actually. Released her first novel, The Mistress, in 2009. Was declared bankrupt in 2013 by the Kingston-upon-Thames County Court with creditors including HM Revenue and Customs. Was awarded an Honorary Degree by Bolton University in 2014 for her services to entertainment. Released the album Lost and Found in 2017, which peaked at number 17 in the UK and became her highest-charting record since her debut album.

Eloise Webb (Actor) .. Poppy Ordish

Born: March 09, 2003

Maggie Steed (Actor) .. Sylvia Mountford

Born: December 01, 1946
Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon

Trivia: Studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and graduated in the 1960s. Has regular performances with Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first big role was on the British series entitled Shine on Harvey Moon (1982-1985). Went on tour in 2008 in the comedy Noise's Off which was produced by the Ambassador Theatre Group. Was told at the start of her career that she wouldn't probably make it because she wasn't beautiful enough.

Con O'neill (Actor) .. Jim Caxton

Born: August 15, 1966
Birthplace: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Trivia: Was encouraged to join the army but decided to pursue a career as an actor.Started his career as an actor in theater in Liverpool.Made his debut on television in small roles when he was 16-years-old.Made his debut on film in 1990.Has been frequently recognized for his performances in musicals.Is skilled in football, rugby, and tennis.

Kate Ashfield (Actor) .. Helen Caxton

Born: May 28, 1972
Birthplace: Birmingham, England

Trivia: Made her film debut in 1994 as Ella in Princess Carboo. Made her stage debut in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre in Blasted. Starred in the film War School which won the CTRL.ALT.SHIFT. film competition in 2009.

Isabella Blake-Thomas (Actor) .. Holly

Sian Clifford (Actor) .. PC Milton

Born: March 20, 1982
Birthplace: London, England

Trivia: Her father worked for the local council and her mother was an executive assistant.Grew up in Ealing, a district of West London.Participated in youth theater as she knew she wanted to be an actor.Worked as a writing consultant before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Met co-star and creator of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, while attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Founder of the online wellness and meditation platform Still Space.

Mike Ray (Actor) .. CID Officer

Pamela Betsy Cooper (Actor) .. Dairy Farm Worker

Chris Cowlin (Actor) .. CID Officer

Born: August 09, 1980

Sarah Dorsett (Actor) .. PTA Parent

Anthony Farrelly (Actor) .. C.I.D. Officer

Susan Fordham (Actor) .. CID Officer

Richard Herdman (Actor) .. School Handyman

Pete Meads (Actor) .. Cyclist

June Smith (Actor) .. Bar Maid

Gillian Steventon (Actor) .. Holly's Gran

Chris Wilson (Actor) .. Police Officer

Jonathan Firth (Actor)

Emily Mortimer (Actor)

Born: December 01, 1971
Birthplace: Finsbury Park, London

Trivia: An attractive and talented actress who is as comfortable in historical dramas as in modern day thrillers and comedies, Emily Mortimer was born in Great Britain in 1971. Mortimer's father is author John Mortimer, best known for his series of Rumpole of the Bailey mystery novels, and she seems to have absorbed her father's literary influence -- before her career as an actress took off, Mortimer wrote a column for the London Telegraph, and she's served as screenwriter for an screen adaptation of Lorna Sage's book Bad Blood. Mortimer was a student at the prestigious St. Paul's Girls School when she first developed an interest in acting, appearing in several student productions. After graduating from St. Paul's, she moved on to Oxford, where she majored in Russian. Mortimer found time to perform in several plays while studying at Oxford, and while acting in a student production she impressed a producer who cast her in a supporting role in a television adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin in 1995. Several more television roles followed, including the British TV movie Sharpe's Sword, before she won her first film role, playing the wife of John Patterson (Val Kilmer) in 1996's The Ghost and the Darkness. Mortimer had a much showier role in the Irish coming-of-age story The Last of the High Kings, released later the same year, and in 1998, Mortimer played Miss Flynn in the TV miniseries Cider With Rosie, which was adapted for television by her father, John Mortimer. Also in 1998, Mortimer appeared as Kat Ashley in the international hit Elizabeth, and in 1999, she enjoyed three showy roles that raised her profile outside the U.K.: She was the ill-fated "Perfect Girl" dropped by Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, appeared as Esther in the American TV miniseries Noah's Ark, and was Angelina, the star of the film-within-a-film, in the upscale slasher flick Scream 3. In 2000, Mortimer was cast as Katherine in Kenneth Branagh's ill-fated musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost, but the experience had a happy ending for her -- she met actor Alessandro Nivola, and the two soon fell in love and have been together ever since. That same year, Mortimer took on her biggest role in an American film to date, playing opposite Bruce Willis in The Kid, and 2002 promised to be a big year for her, with major roles in two major releases -- The 51st State, starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson, and a key supporting character in John Woo's war drama Windtalkers.

Joanna David (Actor)

Born: January 17, 1947
Birthplace: Lancaster, England

Trivia: Father went bankrupt when she was ten, leading the family to lose all their possessions. Won a scholarship to the Elmhurst Ballet School at 13, but failed to get into the Royal Ballet School years later. Danced on stage in The Ocean Revue with Roy Hudd in Clacton-on-Sea, inspiring her to enroll at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1960's. Adopted the stage name David, taken from her mother's first name, Davida. Big break was the BBC's Sense and Sensibility in 1971, after which she worked prolifically in costume dramas. Played Francesca Annis's daughter in Lillie in 1978, although she is only eighteen months younger. Underwent brain surgery in 1993 to correct a congenital malformation. Acted with daughter Emilia in Pride and Prejudice in 1995. Married Edward Fox in 2004 after 33 years of living together. Is a patron of the Pancreatic Cancer Action charity. Is vice-president of the Theatrical Guild. Contracted Ménière's disease in 2008. Has been friends with Downton Abbey co-star Dame Maggie Smith for over four decades. Is a trustee of the National Brain Appeal, the charity dedicated to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Is a member of the RADA Council.

Elizabeth Spriggs (Actor)

Born: September 18, 1929
Died: July 02, 2008

Richard Cant (Actor)

Gwilym Lee (Actor)

Born: November 24, 1983
Birthplace: Bristol, England

Trivia: Performed as part of a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Richard III, at the age of 16. In 2011, won the Ian Charleson Award for his role in the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear. Between 2013 and 2016, starred as DS Charlie Nelson in crime drama Midsomer Murders. In 2017, starred as Samuel Castell in period drama Jamestown. Appeared in the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, portraying Brian May.

David Troughton (Actor)

Born: June 09, 1950

Andrew-Lee Potts (Actor)

Born: October 29, 1979
Birthplace: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Trivia: Attended Bradford's Scala Kids Stage School at the age of 7 for 12 years with his sister, Sarah-Jane Potts. Made his first TV appearance at the age of 10 in Children's Ward. Founded Keychain Productions in 2006 so he could collaborate with other filmmakers to produce original content. Was among the finalists at the 2012's Virgin Media Short Film Awards for the short Little Larry. Best known for his role as eccentric Connor Temple on ITV's British science fiction programme Primeval and Space's Canadian spin-off Primeval: New World. Also starred as the Hatter in the SyFy mini-series Alice and was a regular on the long-running programme Ideal. Was cast in 2019 in the role of astronaut Michael Collins in the Netflix series The Crown.

Deborah Findlay (Actor)

Born: December 23, 1947
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.

Anna Massey (Actor)

Born: August 11, 1937
Died: July 03, 2011

Trivia: The second child of actors Raymond Massey and Adrienne Allen, Anna Massey made her own film bow as the spunky daughter of Jack Hawkins in John Ford's Gideon's Day (1958). Anna was one of the few members of the female cast of the controversial Peeping Tom (1960) who was not murdered by psycho photographer Karl Boehm; conversely, she was the second victim of the necktie strangler in Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) (she's the one whose murder occurs off-camera, as Hitchcock dollies from a second-floor flat to the street below). Maturing into a versatile character actress in her 40s, Massey had an amazing facility for appearing in TV redos of earlier films: she played Miss Ronberry in the 1979 remake of The Corn is Green, Mrs. Danvers in the 1981 remake of Rebecca, and Betsy in the 1985 remake of Anna Karenina. In 1994, Anna Massey was among the stars of the weekly British sitcom Nice Day at the Office.

Judith Scott (Actor)

Rosalie Crutchley (Actor)

Born: January 01, 1921
Died: July 01, 1997

Trivia: On stage since age 17, British actress Rosalie Crutchley established her predilection for gloomy, tragic roles early on. She set a precedent for her film career by being killed off halfway through her first film Take My Life (1948). Slight, dark and sharp-featured, Rosalie found herself typed as mystery women, wronged wives and sinister housekeepers; among her best film assignments were A Tale of Two Cities (1958) (as Madame LeFarge), and The Return (1974). Like many "pigeonholed" film actors and actresses, Rosalie Crutchley enjoyed a wider range of roles on stage and in TV.

Jane Booker (Actor)

Born: May 09, 1956

Jack Shepherd (Actor)

Born: October 29, 1940
Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Trivia: Supporting actor, onscreen from 1969.

Midsomer Murders: Schooled in Murder

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Schooled in Murder