Roy Galloway
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| Roy Galloway | |
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 John Salthouse as DI Roy Galloway |
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| First appearance | Woodentop (16/08/1983) |
| Last appearance | Not Without Cause (07/12/1987) |
| Cause/Reason | Resigned |
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| Occupation | Police Officer |
| Title | Detective Inspector |
| Portrayed by | Robert Pugh (Pilot) John Salthouse (series) |
Detective Inspector Roy Galloway was a character on the ITV police series The Bill. He was one of the very first regular characters in the series, and was played by Robert Pugh (in the pilot episode) and by John Salthouse (in the series itself).
Roy Galloway prided himself on being one of the youngest Inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. An impulsive man, he was a thief taker in the classic mould, always seeming to be playing a game of good old fashioned cops and robbers. Nobody was above suspicion for Galloway. Even when fencing information from one of his snouts, he always took what they said with a grain of salt.
Although he sometimes shown a wisdom of years beyond his own age, Galloway was also every bit as fiery as his red-coloured hair would suggest. When frustrated, he wouldn't hesitate to take those frustrations out on colleagues. This placed him in many tricky situations with his immediate subordinate, DS Ted Roach, who wanted Galloway's job. WPC June Ackland once considered resigning after Galloway blamed her for his own troubles. Only the timely intervention of Sergeant Bob Cryer stopped the situation from escalating out of control.
He was married, with one daughter. The pressures of his job lead to him spending less and less time with them, however. Eventually he went through a bitter divorce which Galloway took hard. Characteristically, this only led to him throwing himself even further into his work.
Over time he mellowed to the point where he was even willing to step in defence of Bob Cryer after he accidentally ran into a pensioner in a car during a wet night-time call out. The two men had shared a strong long-time bond, but rarely before had Galloway been so proactive in helping his uniform colleagues.
He left Sun Hill in 1987. The exact reasons for his departure were kept vague and confidential, but whatever it was he moved onto it came as a shock to some and a relief to others.
