List of Heartbeat cast members
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Heartbeat is a British period drama series, based upon the "Constable" series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by ITV Studios (formerly Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV)[1] from 1992 until 2010. The following is a list of actors who served as cast members for the programme, grouped by category of the role they maintained, ordered by first appearance and listing the series they served in. This list also included actors who maintained recurring roles during the programme's history.
Main cast
Aidensfield and Ashfordly police cast
Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||||||||||
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Series 1 (April 1992 – June 1992) |
Series 2 (April 1993 – June 1993) |
Series 3 (October 1993 – December 1993) |
Series 4 (September 1994 – December 1994) |
Series 5 (September 1995 – December 1995) |
Series 6 (September 1996 – December 1996) |
Series 7 (August 1997 – February 1998) |
Series 8 (September 1998 – February 1999) |
Series 9 (September 1999 – March 2000) |
Series 10 (October 2000 – April 2001) |
Series 11 (October 2001 – April 2002) |
Series 12 (October 2002 – May 2003) |
Series 13 (September 2003 – June 2004) |
Series 14 (September 2004 – June 2005) |
Series 15 (September 2005 – July 2006) |
Series 16 (October 2006 – August 2007) |
Series 17 (November 2007 – September 2008) |
Series 18 (October 2008 – September 2010) | ||
Nick Berry | PC Nicholas Rowan | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Derek Fowlds | Sgt Oscar Blaketon | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
William Simons | PC Alfred Ventress | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Mark Jordon | PC Philip Bellamy | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Jason Durr | PC Michael Bradley | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Simon Molloy | DI Shiner | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | |||||||||||||||
Philip Franks | Sgt Raymond Craddock | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Ryan Early | PC Thomas Nicholson | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Duncan Bell | Sgt Dennis Merton | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
James Carlton | PC Stephen Crane | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Kerrigan | PC Robert Walker | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Steven Blakeley | PC Geoffrey Younger | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
John Duttine | Sgt George Miller | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Clare Wille | DS Rachel Dawson | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Joe McFadden | PC Joe Mason | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Rupert Ward-Lewis | PC Don Wetherby | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Georgie Glen | Sgt Jennifer Nokes | Recurring | Recurring | Guest |
Medical staff cast
Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||||||||||
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Series 1 (April 1992 – June 1992) |
Series 2 (April 1993 – June 1993) |
Series 3 (October 1993 – December 1993) |
Series 4 (September 1994 – December 1994) |
Series 5 (September 1995 – December 1995) |
Series 6 (September 1996 – December 1996) |
Series 7 (August 1997 – February 1998) |
Series 8 (September 1998 – February 1999) |
Series 9 (September 1999 – March 2000) |
Series 10 (October 2000 – April 2001) |
Series 11 (October 2001 – April 2002) |
Series 12 (October 2002 – May 2003) |
Series 13 (September 2003 – June 2004) |
Series 14 (September 2004 – June 2005) |
Series 15 (September 2005 – July 2006) |
Series 16 (October 2006 – August 2007) |
Series 17 (November 2007 – September 2008) |
Series 18 (October 2008 – September 2010) | ||
Niamh Cusack | Dr Kate Rowan | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Middlemass | Dr Alex Ferrenby | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Peter Firth | Dr James Radcliffe | Recurring | |||||||||||||||||
Kazia Pelka | Nurse Maggie Bolton | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
David Michaels | Dr Neil Bolton | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Clare Calbraith | Dr Tricia Summerbee | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Sarah Tansey | Pharmacist Jenny Latimer | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Aislín McGuckin | Dr Liz Merrick | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Sophie Ward | Dr Helen Trent | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Lisa Kay | Nurse Carol Cassidy | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Leon Ockenden | Dr Chris Oakley | Recurring |
"Loveable rogue" cast
Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||||||||||
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Series 1 (April 1992 – June 1992) |
Series 2 (April 1993 – June 1993) |
Series 3 (October 1993 – December 1993) |
Series 4 (September 1994 – December 1994) |
Series 5 (September 1995 – December 1995) |
Series 6 (September 1996 – December 1996) |
Series 7 (August 1997 – February 1998) |
Series 8 (September 1998 – February 1999) |
Series 9 (September 1999 – March 2000) |
Series 10 (October 2000 – April 2001) |
Series 11 (October 2001 – April 2002) |
Series 12 (October 2002 – May 2003) |
Series 13 (September 2003 – June 2004) |
Series 14 (September 2004 – June 2005) |
Series 15 (September 2005 – July 2006) |
Series 16 (October 2006 – August 2007) |
Series 17 (November 2007 – September 2008) |
Series 18 (October 2008 – September 2010) | ||
Bill Maynard | Claude Jeremiah Greengrass | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Hughes | Vernon Scripps | Starring | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Gwen Taylor | Peggy Armstrong | Starring |
Aidensfield residents cast
Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||||||||||
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Series 1 (April 1992 – June 1992) |
Series 2 (April 1993 – June 1993) |
Series 3 (October 1993 – December 1993) |
Series 4 (September 1994 – December 1994) |
Series 5 (September 1995 – December 1995) |
Series 6 (September 1996 – December 1996) |
Series 7 (August 1997 – February 1998) |
Series 8 (September 1998 – February 1999) |
Series 9 (September 1999 – March 2000) |
Series 10 (October 2000 – April 2001) |
Series 11 (October 2001 – April 2002) |
Series 12 (October 2002 – May 2003) |
Series 13 (September 2003 – June 2004) |
Series 14 (September 2004 – June 2005) |
Series 15 (September 2005 – July 2006) |
Series 16 (October 2006 – August 2007) |
Series 17 (November 2007 – September 2008) |
Series 18 (October 2008 – September 2010) | ||
Stuart Golland | George Ward | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Tricia Penrose | Gina Ward | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Rupert Vansittart | Lord Ashfordly | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||||||
David Lonsdale | David Stockwell | Guest | Recurring | Starring | |||||||||||||||
Anne Stallybrass | Eileen Reynolds | Guest | Starring | ||||||||||||||||
Juliette Gruber | Joanna Weston | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Peter Benson | Bernard Scripps | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Bernard Gallagher | Graham Weston | Recurring | |||||||||||||||||
Arbel Jones | Mary Ward | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Fiona Dolman | Jacqueline Lambert | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Martin Ledwith | Andy Ryan | Recurring | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Lintern | Ben Norton | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Vanessa Hehir | Rosemary Cartwright | Starring | |||||||||||||||||
Murray Head | Jack Hollins | Starring | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Josefina Gabrielle | Debbie Black | Recurring | |||||||||||||||||
Nikki Sanderson | Dawn Bellamy | Starring |
Recurring characters
This section lists other characters who have appeared in more than one episode.
- Jack Deam as Alan Maskell (1992).
- Eileen O'Brien as Susan Maskell (credited as "Mrs Maskell") (1992).
- Barrie Rutter as Walter Maskell (credited as "Mr Maskell") (1992).
- Suzanne Hitchmough as Sandra Murray (1992).
- Shirley Stelfox as Mrs. Parkin (1992).
- Anne Rye as Angela Hamilton ("Miss Hamilton") (1992–1993)
- Andy Abrahams as unnamed local magistrate (1992–2003).
- Mike Kelly as Malcolm Mostyn (1993).
- Dean Gatiss as Graham Blaketon (1993–1994; 4 episodes).
- Sue Holderness as Joan Forrester (1993; 2 episodes).
- Russell Boulter as Inspector Crossley (1993–1994; 3 episodes).
- Melanie Kilburn as Rosie Tinniswood (1993, 1995; 2 episodes).
- Karen Meagher as Inspector Murchison (1994; 7 episodes)
- Julia Lane as Christine Ferguson (1994; 6 episodes).
- Lucy Robinson as Jennifer Radcliffe (1994; 3 episodes).
- Emelye Robinson as Susan Radcliffe (1994; 2 episodes).
- Lesley Nicol as Rita Stirling (1995; 3 episodes).
- Jenny Agutter as Susannah Temple-Richards (1994, 1996; 2 episodes).
- Harry Beety as Joseph Walker (1995; 9 episodes).
- Diane Langton as Ruby Rowan (1995–97; 6 episodes).
- William Ash as Joe Norton (1995; 2 episodes).
- Mark Addy as "Norman" (1995–96; 2 episodes).
- Mary Healey as Mrs Watkins (1996; 4 episodes).
- Elizabeth Bennett as Joyce Jowett (1996–2009, 16 episodes).
- Kenneth Cranham as Charlie Wallace (1996; 2 episodes).
- Wanda Ventham as Fiona Weston (1996–1997, 4 episodes).
- Steven Townsley as Billy Burke (1996, 3 episodes).
- Dominic Rickhards as Steve Adams (1997; 5 episodes).
- Carol Royle as Lady Patricia Brewster (1997–2003; 4 episodes).
- Charlotte Mitchell as Bessie Bellamy (1997–1999; 4 episodes).
- Stratford Johns as Cyril Isaiah Greengrass (1997, 1998; 2 episodes).
- Alan Halsall as Trevor Chivers (1998–1999; 4 episodes).
- Stefan Podolchuk as Stuart Chivers (1998–1999; 4 episodes).
- Lesley Clare O'Neill as Doreen Chivers (1998–1999; 3 episodes).
- Keeley Forsyth as Sue Driscoll (1998, 2000; 7 episodes).
- Phillippa Wilson as Penny Craddock (1998–1999, 2000, 2002; 7 episodes).
- Maggie Tagney as Gladys Smethurst (1998–2000; 5 episodes).
- Georgie Glen as Sgt Jennifer Nokes (2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2005, 2010).
- Paul Opacic as Graham Rysinski (2000; 3 episodes).
- Susan Jameson as Edwina Lambert (2000–2001; 2 episodes).
- Barbara Bolton as Mrs Kellett (2001–2005; 9 episodes).
- Francis Matthews as Dr James Alway (2002-2003; 4 episodes).
- Christine Bottomley as Susie Ward (2002; 5 episodes).
- Beatrice Kelley as Olive Winstanley (6 episodes, 2003–2009).
- Anita Carey as Barbara Crane (2 episodes, 2003).
- Trevor Ray as William Barraclough (2 episodes, 2003–2004).
- Jane Hazlegrove as Diane Crichard (4 episodes, 2004).
- Helena Calvert as Clare Owen (4 episodes; 2005).
- Victor McGuire as Brian Parker (2005, two episodes).
- Tim Brooke-Taylor as Ronnie Smethers (2005, 2008, 2009; 4 episodes).
- Lauren Drummond as Jane Black (2005–2006).
- Gabriella Dixon as Susan Black (2005–2006).
- Jack Ferguson as Peter Black (2005–2006).
- Geoffrey Chater as Col Hal Clifford (2004, two episodes as different characters)
Guest stars
Over the years, a number of well-known guest stars have made one-off appearances in Heartbeat, either in cameo roles or more substantial single-episode parts. These include Richard Todd, David Essex, David McCallum, Charlotte Church, Michelle Dockery, John Nettles, Philip Jackson, Geraldine Newman, Siobhan Finneran, John Simm, Gary Barlow, David Dickinson, Todd Carty, Philip Glenister, Lulu, George Cole, Ray Illingworth, Brian Close, Margaret Tyzack, Roy Dotrice, Roland Gift, Ralf Little, Dickie Bird, Daniel Craig, Clive Swift, Jean Alexander, Geoffrey Bayldon, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Twiggy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Noel Fitzpatrick, Leslie Phillips, Lindsey Coulson, George Layton, Gabrielle Drake, Robin Ellis, Leslie Grantham, George Baker, Paul Nicholas, Brigit Forsyth, Jan Francis, Peter Vaughan, Celia Imrie, Helen Lederer,Alan Price, Sam Kelly, Duncan Preston, Rodney Bewes, Bobby Ball, Tommy Cannon, Russ Abbot, Jon Culshaw, Freddie Garrity, Miranda Raison and Dave King.
See also
References
- ^ "TV recruits rogue to rival Greengrass". The Daily Telegraph. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
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