Graham Roberts (actor)

Graham Roberts (10 October 1929 – 28 October 2004) was an English actor best known for his work on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, including 31 years playing George Barford, the gamekeeper in Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. He was born and raised in Chester, and was educated at King's School in the city. Later, he studied at Bristol and later Manchester University.

He also appeared on film and television, including the series Z Cars. He was also a continunuity announcer with Yorkshire Television until 1993, alongside announcing colleague Redvers Kyle - both announcers made a rare in-vision appearance on the regional news programme Calendar the same evening. He also worked at Grampian Television.

Roberts died on 28 October 2004. His wife Yvonne survived him.