Jeff Rawle
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Jeff Rawle (born 1951 in Birmingham, England) is a British actor.
His family moved to Sheffield and it was at High Storrs Grammar school that he first became interested in drama when he appeared in school plays. He worked at Sheffield playhouse before going to LAMDA. He then landed his first major role in a TV series as Billy in the TV version of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's Billy Liar.
He has played Amos Diggory in the Harry Potter films; and is perhaps best known for playing the long-suffering George in the news-gathering sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey.
In 1984 he appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontios.
Jeff has provided numerous narrations including A Bear Called Paddington, three series of the Duchess of York's Budgie, the Little Helicopter, Stephen Hawking's Universe and Tom Fort's The Grass is Always Greener for BBC Radio 4.
Jeff is also an accomplished writer with film credits that include The Young Poisoner's Handbook in 1995 and Who Goes There?
