John Rowe (born January 1941) is a British actor.
After reading English at Oxford he worked as a teacher before training at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama. After some years in repertory theatre he joined the BBC Radio Drama Company at Broadcasting House and has been a prolific radio actor ever since, notably as Professor Jim Lloyd in The Archers. He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and his extensive stage work includes touring with the Old Vic in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia.
Filmography Film The Chain (1984) Clockwise (1986) The Heart of Me (2001) Lagaan (2001) The Lost Prince (2003) Victoria & Abdul (2017)
TV BBC Television Shakespeare - Henry VIII (Cromwell, 1979) BBC Television Shakespeare - Macbeth (Lennox, 1983) Juliet Bravo (1980–85) When the Boat Comes In (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981) Intimate Contact (Managing Director, 1987) Chambers (Judge Riseby, 1990) Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Cornish Mystery, 1990) Seekers (1992) The Final Cut (Sir Clive Watling, 1995) Trial & Retribution (2006) Law & Order: UK (series 5) (2011) Casualty (2013) Mr Selfridge (2015) BBC Television - Holby City Series 18, Episode 24: Who You Are (Thomas Bell Humphries, 2016) Vera (TV series) (2016 - episode: The Moth Catcher) The Crown (2016) Anna Lee (TV series 1994) as Commander Martin Brierly; Anna's boss
Radio Date Title Role Director Station March 1973Henry IV Part 1 by William ShakespearePrince HalMartin Jenkins (Producer) BBC Radio 3April 1984An Uncommon Love by Michelene WandorArthur MunbyRichard WortleyBBC Radio 41992Inspector Purbright- Charity ends at home by Colin Watson, dramatised by Christopher DenysInspector PurbrightBBC Radio 4 1997The Chimes of Midnight by Nick FisherJonathan TemprayMarion Nancarrow BBC Radio 4 Fear on 4 DramaOctober 1997Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha ChristieDr GravesEnyd Williams BBC Radio 4 Drama Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry David Hunter BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – The L-Shaped Room Alison Hindell BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama Inspector Cadaver Ned Chaillet BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – To Serve Them All My DaysHowarthMarc Beeby and Cherry Cookson BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play 2007–08, 2009– The ArchersJim Lloyd BBC Radio 4 The ArchitectsAlan & PolicemanLu Kemp BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play 2008The Karla Trilogy - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People by John Le CarréControladapted by Shaun McKenna BBC Radio 4 Drama – Fortunes of WarInchcapeColin Guthrie BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial – The Way We Live Right NowAnthony TrollopeJonquil Panting BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama The Ring and the BookThe JudgeAbigail le Fleming BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Listen to the WordsCliveJessica Dromgoole BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Piper Alpha Toby Swift BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 One Chord Wonders: Parallel LinesAnnouncerToby Swift BBC Radio 4 Friday Play One Chord Wonders: Damned, Damned, DamnedAnnouncerToby Swift BBC Radio 4 Friday Play One Chord Wonders: Television's OverVokeToby Swift BBC Radio 4 Friday Play Peter Lorre vs Peter LorreJudge Burnett WolfsonToby Swift BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play The Pattern of Painful AdventuresRichard BurbageJeremy Mortimer BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 – Aubrey's Brief LivesAnthony WoodAbigail le Fleming BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama Where Three Roads MeetShepherdKirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Philip and SydneyHotel Keeper & DrinkerKirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Alice Through the Looking-GlassThe White KnightStephen Wyatt BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama Sword of HonourPeregrine CrouchbackTracey Neale BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Wants and Desires: the Ferryhill PhilosophersRollo IronsideMarilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play 24 Kildare Road (episodes 7-10)Joe KellyMary Peate BBC Radio 4
John Rowe has also appeared in two audio dramas published by Big Finish.
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John Rowe's Radio performances