Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh
Born	1950 Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

Robert Pugh (born 1950) is a Welsh actor.

Life and career

Pugh was born in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1976.

He appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama Longford and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering from an 18-year coma.

In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part Doctor Who story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood". He portrayed Welsh leader Owen Glendower in the 2012 BBC adaptation of Henry IV, Part I.^[1]

Filmography

Film

• Inseminoid (1981) as Roy
• Nighthawks (1981) as Kenna
• Britannia Hospital (1982) as Picket
• Giro City (1982) as John Williams
• Milwr Bychan (1984) as RSM
• The Angry Earth (1989) as Emlyn
• Old Scores (1991) as Bleddyn Morgan
• Priest (1994) as Mr Unsworth
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) as Williams the Petroleum
• The Near Room (1995) as Eddie Harte
• Different for Girls (1996) as DS Cole
• The Tichbourne Claimant (1998) as The Claimant
• The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000) as Handycott
• Enigma (2001) as Skynner
• Happy Now (2001) as Hank Thomas
• The Intended (2002) as Le Blanc
• Undertaking Betty (2002) as Hugh Rhys-Jones
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as John Allen
• Kinky Boots (2005) as Harold Price
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
• The Last Legion (2007) as Kustennin
• Goodnight Irene (2008) as Alex
• The Ghost Writer (2010) as Richard Rycart
• Robin Hood (2010) as Baron Baldwin
• West Is West (2010) as Mr Jordan
• Hunky Dory (2012) as Headmaster
• Love Bite (2012) as Sergent Rooney
• Metamorphosis (2012) as Mr Samsa
• The Thirteenth Tale (2013)

Television

• Survivors: "Mad Dogs" (1977)
• Danger UXB (1979)
• The Bill: Woodentop (1983)
• Amy (1984)
• Brookside (1985)
• Casualty (1986, 1987)
• Inspector Morse: "Absolute Conviction" (1992)
• Resort to Murder (1995)
• The Bill: "Powerless" (1995)
• Drovers' Gold (1997)
• Dangerfield: "Inappropriate Adults" (1997)
• The Lakes (1997–99)
• Silent Witness (1999)
• French and Saunders: "Witless Silence" (1999)
• Sword of Honour (2001) as Brigadier Ritchie-Hook
• Plots with a View (2002)
• Clocking Off (2002)
• Prime Suspect: "The Last Witness" (2003)
• Hustle (2004)
• New Tricks (2005)
• Agatha Christie's Marple: "A Murder is Announced" (2005)
• Shameless (2005)
• Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Hermann Göring (2006)
• Longford (2006)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot: "Cards on the Table" (2006)
• Torchwood: "Adrift" (2008)
• Into the Storm (2009)
• Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood" (2010)
• Justice: "1.5" (2011)
• Midsomer Murders: "The Sleeper Under the Hill" (2011) as Caradoc Singer (2011)
• Game of Thrones as Craster (2012–2013)
• Henry IV, Part I (2012) as Glendower
• Murder: Joint Venture (2013) as DI Sheehy
• The White Queen (2013) as Baron Rivers
• Inspector George Gently: "Gently Between The Lines" (2014) as Chief Lewington
• Undeniable: (2014) as Pete
• Common (2014) as Detective Inspector Hastings
• Atlantis (2014) as Lord Sarpedon

References

1. "Cast confirmed for BBC Two's cycle of Shakespeare films" (Press release). BBC Drama Publicity. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

External links

• Robert Pugh at the Internet Movie Database