Acting
Roy Marsden
EN, NL cinema · 23 credits
Born
25 June 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Stepney, London, England, UK
Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould, 25 June 1941 in Stepney, London, England) – English actor, trained at RADA, best known for his 16-year portrayal of Commander Adam Dalgliesh in the ITV adaptations of P. D. James's detective novels (1983–1998, 48 episodes). His most notable film roles include Alpha in Toomorrow (1970), a Gestapo officer in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Barry in The Squeeze (1977), and Oberon in Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005). On television he is also best known for Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers (1978–1980, 20 episodes), Mr. Chips in Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), John Stockton in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993), Captain Good in King Solomon's Mines (2004), Mr. Stoker in Doctor Who (2007), and Commander Haydock in Partners in Crime (2015). He has also appeared in Only Fools and Horses (1989), Foyle's War (2006), The Palace (2008), and The Green Green Grass (2005). He has since devoted his full attention to stage work, including directing and starring in his own production of A Christmas Carol.
Known for
Filmography
Game
2013
Game
as James Brooke
Holy Flying Circus
as Mervyn Stockwood
Margaret
as Norman Tebbit
She Stoops to Conquer
2008
She Stoops to Conquer
as Sir Charles Marlow
All In The Game
as George
Salvage
as David Foster
A Mind to Murder
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Unnatural Causes
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
The Last Vampyre
as John Stockton
Yellowbacks
as David Caesar
Children of the Gods
1979
Children of the Gods
as Rev. Thompson
Stargazy on Zummerdown
as Sidney Frederick Haynes
The Squeeze
as Barry
The Eagle Has Landed
as Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
The Dolly Scene
1970
The Dolly Scene
as Gerry Gurland
Toomorrow
as Alpha