Overview
- He was best known for playing Detective Charles Wycliffe in the ITV drama that ran from 1993 to 1998.
- His family shared the news through the PA news agency, and agents Markham, Froggatt & Irwin named his survivors as wife Ann Scott and children Jan, Jake, Victoria, Catherine and Ben.
- He earned a Bafta best actor nomination in 1977 for Trevor Griffiths’ series Bill Brand.
- He won an Olivier Award for the original 1983 production of Glengarry Glen Ross and later directed The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare’s Globe in 1996, which transferred to Broadway.
- He studied fine art at Newcastle University, trained at The Central School for Speech and Drama, became a leading figure at the Royal Court, worked at the National Theatre, and appeared on film including The Golden Compass (2007).