Richard O'Callaghan

Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke; 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor.

He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. He is best known for his role in the British film Carry On at Your Convenience (1971).

Film credits

 * The Bofors Gun (1968) ... Rowe
 * Carry On Loving (1970) ... Bertram Muffet
 * Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) ... Lewis Boggs
 * Butley (1974) ... Joey Keyston
 * Galileo (1975) ... Fulganzio
 * Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Dandelion
 * Dangerous Beauty (1998) ... Zealot

Television credits

 * Out of the Unknown ('Stranger in the Family', episode) (1965)...Boy
 * Z-Cars (1965) ... Jim Blackitt
 * The Flower of Gloster (1967) ... Richard Doherty
 * The Good and Faithful Servant (1967)
 * The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968) ... Shelley Longfellow Morgan (1 episode) 'Tennyson' (1968)
 * Public Eye ... Frank (2 episodes, 1968–1969) – "Mercury in an Off-White Mac" (1968), "Divide and Conquer" (1969)
 * The Wednesday Play (1969) (1 episode: 'The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel' (1969) ... Fowler
 * Thirty-Minute Theatre (1970) (1 episode: 'The Tidewatchers'
 * Vile Bodies (1970) ... Adam
 * Thriller (1973) 1 episode: 'File It Under Fear' ... George Bailey
 * Professional Foul (1977) ... Chetwyn
 * Renoir, My Father (1978) ... Auguste Renoir
 * Two's Company ... Richard (1 episode ("The Silence"), 1979)
 * The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog (1983) (TV).
 * Boon "The Fall and Rise of the Bowman Empire" (1989) ... Cecil Bowman
 * Spatz (1992) ... Horace Flint ( 1 episode, 1992)
 * The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997) TV series ... Mr Fitzpatrick
 * Midsomer Murders (1 episode)  (2005) ... Trevor Machin ... "Bantling Boy"
 * Heartbeat 1 episode) (2005)... Ringer Redknapp ... "Rustlers & Hustlers"
 * The Afternoon Play ... Harry ... 1 episode ... "Molly" (2006)
 * Dalziel and Pascoe ... Aiden Scarman ... 4 episodes ... "Demons on Our Shoulders" & "Project Aphrodite" (2007)
 * Casualty ... Eddie Morris ... 1 episode ... "When Love Came to Town" (2008)
 * New Tricks ... Will Carter ... 1 episode ... "Loyalties and Royalties" (2008)
 * Red Dwarf: Back to Earth ... The Creator ... 1 episode ... "Part Three" (2009)
 * Red Dwarf X ... Hogey the Roguey ... 1 episode ... "The Beginning" (2012)

Theatre credits

 * Dirty Linen (1976); Almost Free Theatre
 * Brimstone and Treacle (1979); Open Space Theatre
 * Amadeus (1981); Her Majesty's Theatre, London
 * The Happiest Days of Your Life (1984); Barbican Theatre, London
 * The Magistrate (2000); Royal Exchange, Manchester
 * Educating Rita (2002; UK tour)
 * 1605 (2005); Chichester Festival Theatre
 * King Lear (2005); Chichester Festival Theatre
 * Titus Andronicus (2006; as Marcus Andronicus); Shakespeare's Globe
 * The Last Confession (2007); Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal, Haymarket
 * Twelfth Night (2008; as Malvolio); Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
 * The Story of Vasco (2009; as Caesar); Orange Tree Theatre
 * Haunting Julia (2011; as Joe Lukin); Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
 * The Last Confession (2014; World tour)
 * The Importance of Being Earnest (2015);(Vaudeville Theatre)

Radio credits

 * Murder Must Advertise (1979, BBC Radio) ... Mr Willis
 * The Lord of the Rings (1981, BBC Radio) ... Meriadoc Brandybuck
 * Have His Carcase (1981, BBC Radio) ... Julian Perkins
 * Patterson (1981, BBC Radio) ... Cuthbertson