Robert Pugh

For other people named Robert Pugh, see Robert Pugh (disambiguation).

Robert Pugh
Born	1950 (age 62–63) Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Occupation	Film and television actor
Years active	1976–present

Robert Pugh (born 1950) is a Welsh film and television actor.

Life and career

Pugh was born in Cilfynydd, Pontypridd and graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1976.

He appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama Longford and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering from an 18-year coma.

In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part Doctor Who story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood". He portrayed Welsh leader Owen Glendower in the 2012 BBC adaptation of Henry IV, Part I.

He was also one of eight celebrities selected to participate in an intensive week Welsh-language learning in an eco-friendly Pembrokeshire campsite in the TV series cariad@iaith:love4language, broadcast on S4C in May 2012.

Filmography

Film

• Inseminoid (1981) as Roy
• Nighthawks (1981) as Kenna
• Britannia Hospital (1982) as Picket
• Giro City (1982) as John Williams
• Milwr Bychan (1984) as RSM
• The Angry Earth (1989) as Emlyn
• Old Scores (1991) as Bleddyn Morgan
• Priest (1994) as Mr Unsworth
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) as Williams the Petroleum
• The Near Room (1995) as Eddie Harte
• Different for Girls (1996) as DS Cole
• The Tichbourne Claimant (1998) as The Claimant
• The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000) as Handycott
• Enigma (2001) as Skynner
• Happy Now (2001) as Hank Thomas
• The Intended (2002) as Le Blanc
• Undertaking Betty (2002) as Hugh Rhys-Jones
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as John Allen
• Kinky Boots (2005) as Harold Price
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
• The Last Legion (2007) as Kustennin
• Goodnight Irene (2008) as Alex
• The Ghost Writer (2010) as Richard Rycart
• Robin Hood (2010) as Baron Baldwin
• West Is West (2010) as Mr Jordan
• Love Bite (2012) as Sergent Rooney

Television

• Danger UXB (1979)
• The Bill: Woodentop (1983)
• Amy (1984)
• Brookside (1985)
• Casualty (1986, 1987)
• Inspector Morse: "Absolute Conviction" (1992)
• Resort to Murder (1995)
• The Bill: "Powerless" (1995)
• Drovers' Gold (1997)
• Dangerfield: "Inappropriate Adults" (1997)
• The Lakes (1997–99)
• Silent Witness (1999)
• French and Saunders: "Witless Silence" (1999)
• Sword of Honour (2001) as Brigadier Ritchie-Hook
• Plots with a View (2002)
• Clocking Off (2002)
• Prime Suspect: "The Last Witness" (2003)
• Hustle (2004)
• New Tricks (2005)
• Agatha Christie's Marple: "A Murder is Announced" (2005)
• Shameless (2005)
• Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Hermann Göring (2006)
• Longford (2006)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot: "Cards on the Table" (2006)
• Torchwood: "Adrift" (2008)
• Into the Storm (2009)
• Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood" (2010)
• Justice: "1.5" (2011)
• Midsomer Murders: "The Sleeper Under the Hill" (2011) as Caradoc Singer (2011)
• Game of Thrones as Craster (2012-2013)
• Henry IV, Part I (2012) as Glendower

External links

• Robert Pugh at the Internet Movie Database