Stuart Milligan is an American actor based primarily in the United Kingdom, best known for his recurring role (1998–2010) as Adam Klaus in Jonathan Creek.
Career Milligan has been seen extensively on British television. An early role was Max Sampson in the ATV soap Crossroads. He played a US Navy Drill Instructor in the 1982 black comedy Whoops Apocalypse (London Weekend Television for ITV), then garnered further TV appearances in Chalk and Secret Army. He had a brief scene in the 1985 motion picture Santa Claus: The Movie, in which he can be seen seated next to the chairman in the court room at the trial of the character BZ. In 1986 he played "Hanks" who leads the salvage team that picks up Ellen Ripley in Aliens. In 2006, he guest-starred on the Doctor Who audio drama The Reaping, while in 2007 he starred in an episode of Lewis. Milligan appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Country Matters".
Milligan has done voice-over work in such video games as Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, Rocky Legends, Farscape: The Game and more recently, Pac-Man World 3. He portrayed Mr. Green in the CD-i editions of the boardgame Cluedo (1994–95, later remade into a CD-Rom game in 1997), in addition to providing voices for the English dub of Robin Hood no Daibōken.
In 1988, Milligan played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 docudrama Superman On Trial, written and directed by Dirk Maggs. A full series followed in 1990, and a second series in 1993. He later went on to play The Riddler in the BBC Radio 1 audio dramatisation of Batman: Knightfall. He also played Judge Cord Elam in Oklahoma!.
Milligan appeared in the West End musical Jersey Boys (as of December 2011) and was a member of the original London cast of 2008.
In 2009, he played Colonel Stark in the Doctor Who animation Dreamland. He played General Randy Badger in Episode 3 ("The General") of the BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander, which aired on BBC 2 Scotland on Saturday, 5 December 2009. He played U.S. President Richard Nixon in the Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" as well as for a special prequel released online.
In 2009, he was involved in a Korean cartoon series called Rocket Boy and Toro, where he played a character called Vector. In 2014, he played the role of CIA analyst Arthur O'Neill in The Assets.
He played an unnamed US president in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
Filmography Film YearTitle Role Notes 1981 Ragtime The Marksman 1981 Outland Officer Walters 1986 Aliens Salvage Team Leader Uncredited 1995 Patlabor: The Movie Anchor / Pilot / Worker Voice, UncreditedEnglish version 1998 Prague Duet Gary Beinhart Alternative title: Lies and Whispers 2001 Spy Game Vietnam: Captain 2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Police Sergeant 2012 Gladiators of Rome Rich Man Voice, English version 2016 Angel of Decay Pathologist 2018 Red Joan Taylor Scott 2018 Hunter Killer Secretary of State 2020 Wonder Woman 1984 US President
Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Schwartz Episode: "Make Peace Not War" 1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim 'Lefty' Fay 3 episodesTelevision miniseries 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Patton Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" 1998–2010 Jonathan Creek Adam Klaus 15 episodes 2006,2020 Midsomer Murders Mr. Hundsecker,Victor Karras Episode: "Country Matters",Episode: “Happy Families” 2007 Lewis Webster Episode: "Old School Ties" 2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures Tannoy (voice) UncreditedEpisodes: "Warriors of Kudlak: Parts 1 & 2" 2009 Gary: Tank Commander General Randy Badger Episode: "The General" 2009 Doctor Who: Dreamland Colonel Stark (voice) 6 episodesTelevision miniseries 2011 Doctor Who President Richard Nixon 3 episodes 2014 The Assets Arthur O'Neill 8 episodesTelevision miniseries 2018 Benidorm Rutger Episode: "#10.1" 2019 Tourist Trap Vic (King of Wales) Episode: "#2.2" 2022 The English Major MacKay Episode: "The Buffalo Gun" 2022 Jack Ryan Bruno Ramos 3 episodes 2025 Death by Lightning George F. Hoar 4 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2005 Pac-Man World 3 Orson, Inky 2023Alan Wake 2Tor Anderson
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