Philip Bretherton

Philip Bretherton (born 30 May 1955) is an English actor best known for his role as Alistair Deacon in the long-running British television series As Time Goes By.

Philip Bretherton
Born (1955-05-30) 30 May 1955
Preston, Lancashire, England
OccupationActor, presenter
Years active1977–present
Spouse(s)
Sherry Baines
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(m. 1988)​
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Early life

Bretherton was born in Preston, Lancashire, and studied English and drama at the University of Manchester, where he decided to become an actor.

As a young man, Bretherton was in an episode of the BBC TV series Miss Marple: "At Bertram's Hotel", playing Detective Inspector Campbell. Another early screen role came in The Balance of Nature (1983).[2]

Career

Bretherton appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey in "The Barrow Boy" in November 1988 and made a brief appearance as "Rod" in Coronation Street also in 1988. He returned as "Robert Weston" in 1991, and again as "Ian Davenport" in 2004.

He was in Casualty as Andrew Bower (Lisa "Duffy" Duffin's husband), Footballer's Wives as Stefan Hauser, New Tricks as Doug Standeven. He also appeared in an episode of The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, "The Problem of Thor Bridge" in 1990 as Mr. Joyce Cummings Q.C. He has appeared in Series 1 of Murder in Suburbia, as Phillip Whitmore. He further appeared in the episode "Last Seen Wearing" of the television series Inspector Morse in the role of French teacher David Acum. He also appeared in the fifth and final series of Young Dracula as Roquelaire, the vampire high council's head of security and father of Vlad Dracula's bodyguard Talitha. He played Matthew Woodley in Midsomer Murders “Made to Measure Murders”. Bretherton is probably best known in the role of Alistair Deacon in As Time Goes By from 1992 to 2005.

Theatre

He is also active in theatre, performing as Henry Higgins in a nationally acclaimed production of Pygmalion at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, Flintshire.

Filmography

References
  1. "atgbcentral.com/kathiephillip.html". atgbcentral.com. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. [https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f1425c8 The Balance of Nature at bfi.org.uk



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