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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-01-01

Day of Death

2016-11-27 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Also Known As

Bernard Gallagher

Biography

Bernard Gallagher was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England in 1929. He was an actor, best known for his role as Ewart Plimmer, the leading character in the first three series of the long running BBC drama Casualty, as Jonathan Fry, QC in Crown Court, and Bill Molesley in Downton Abbey. He died in November 2016 aged 87.

Known For

Acting

First and Last

1989

First and Last

as

Man on Beach

Red Shift

1978

Red Shift

as

Tom's Father

The Trip

2011

The Trip

as

Steve's Dad

Red Monarch

1983

Red Monarch

as

Vovka

Frankie and Johnnie

1986

Frankie and Johnnie

as

Police Superintendent

Casting the Runes

1979

Casting the Runes

as

Derek Gayton

Jack Point

1973

Jack Point

as

Faulkner

Love on a Gunboat

1977

Love on a Gunboat

as

Mr. Biffen

Countdown to War

1989

Countdown to War

as

Greenwood

Rolling Home

1982

Rolling Home

as

Harold

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

as

Bill Molesley

Bad Girls

Bad Girls

as

Judge Hardy

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

as

Arthur Bannerman

The Royal

The Royal

as

Alf Wilkinson

Casualty

Casualty

as

Ewart Plimmer

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Col. Measures

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Graham Weston

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

as

Chief Whip

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

as

Vic Garland

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

as

Walter Marland

Touching Evil

Touching Evil

as

Chief Supt Beecham

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Vernon Surtees

Cadfael

Cadfael

as

Gervase Bonel

Crown Court

Crown Court

as

Jonathan Fry QC

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

as

Desk Sergeant

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

as

Jimmy Greenham

Inheritance

Inheritance

as

Nathan

The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

as

Mr. Glockenspiel

Production

Crew

Directing