John Rowe (actor)

John Rowe (born January 1941) is a British actor. After reading English at Oxford he worked as a teacher before training at the Birmingham School of Acting. After some years in repertory theatre he joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company at Broadcasting House and has been a prolific radio actor ever since, notably as Professor Jim Lloyd in The Archers . He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and has extensive stage experience, touring with the Old Vic in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia.

Filmography

Film

• The Chain (1984)
• Clockwise (1986)
• The Heart of Me (2001)
• Lagaan (2001)
• The Lost Prince (2003)
• Victoria & Abdul (2017)

TV

• BBC Television Shakespeare - Henry VIII (Cromwell, 1979)
• BBC Television Shakespeare - Macbeth (Lennox, 1983)
• Juliet Bravo (1980–85)
• When the Boat Comes In (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981)
• Chambers (Judge Riseby, 1990)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Cornish Mystery, 1990)
• Seekers (1992)
• Trial & Retribution (2006)
• Law & Order: UK (series 5) (2011)
• Casualty (2013)
• Mr Selfridge (2015)
• BBC Television - Holby City Series 18, Episode 24: Who You Are (Thomas Bell Humphries, 2016)
• Vera (TV series) (2016 - episode: The Moth Catcher)
• The Crown (2016)

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
March 1973	Henry IV Part 1 by William Shakespeare	Prince Hal	Martin Jenkins (Producer)	BBC Radio 3 [1]
1997	The Chimes of Midnight by Nick Fisher	Jonathan Tempray	Marion Nancarrow	BBC Radio 4 Fear on 4 Drama
30 July 1999	Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint Exupery		David Hunter	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
23 February 2004 – 5 March 2004	The L-Shaped Room		Alison Hindell	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
3 May 2004	Inspector Cadaver		Ned Chaillet	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
23 January 2006 – 27 January 2006	To Serve Them All My Days	Howarth	Marc Beeby and Cherry Cookson	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
2007–08, 2009–	The Archers	Jim Lloyd		BBC Radio 4
4 September 2007	The Architects[2]	Alan & Policeman	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
27 January 2008 – 2 March 2008	Fortunes of War	Inchcape	Colin Guthrie	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
16 June 2008 – 4 July 2008	The Way We Live Right Now	Anthony Trollope	Jonquil Panting	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
17 June 2008	The Ring and the Book	The Judge	Abigail le Fleming	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
18 June 2008	Listen to the Words	Clive	Jessica Dromgoole	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
6 July 2008	Piper Alpha		Toby Swift	BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
11 July 2008	One Chord Wonders: Parallel Lines	Announcer	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
25 July 2008	One Chord Wonders: Damned, Damned, Damned	Announcer	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
8 August 2008	One Chord Wonders: Television's Over	Voke	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
1 September 2008	Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre	Judge Burnett Wolfson	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
23 November 2008	The Pattern of Painful Adventures	Richard Burbage	Jeremy Mortimer	BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
24 November 2008 – 28 November 2008	Aubrey's Brief Lives	Anthony Wood	Abigail le Fleming	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
16 March 2009	Where Three Roads Meet	Shepherd	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
11 June 2010	Philip and Sydney	Hotel Keeper & Drinker	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
22 December 2010	Alice Through the Looking Glass[3]	The White Knight	Stephen Wyatt	BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama
3 November 2013	Sword of Honour[4]	Peregrine Crouchback	Tracey Neale	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
7 January 2015	Wants and Desires: the Ferryhill Philosophers[5]	Rollo Ironside	Marilyn Imrie	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

References

1. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f3e10d401d204cc298d0128337f38f69
2. BBC – Afternoon Play – The Architects
3. Radio 4 Saturday Drama website
4. BBC Sword of Honour webpage
5. The Ferryhill Philosophers on BBC Radio 4 website

External links

• John Rowe on IMDb
• John Rowe's Radio performances