Richard Shelton

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Richard Shelton is an English actor known for playing the role of Dr. Adam Forsythe on ITV's Emmerdale.

He also used to be a hotel marketing manager for TrustHouse Forte and has recorded several albums of MOR jazz classics. His first major acting role was as a young Ebenezer Scrooge in the stage musical Scrooge in the late 90's playing opposite Anthony Newley as the older Scrooge.

He also played Frank Sinatra in the a touring musical called Rat Pack Confidential.

His very first acting role was as the embodiment of Death in the 80's low budget classic Dance Of Death where he played a mysterious and evil black hatted dancer whose appearance and subsequent scary dance resulted in the rapid death of whomever it was witnessed by.