Richard O'Callaghan

Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor.

He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. O'Callaghan took over the role of the clumsy but sympathetic romantic lead, played in earlier Carry On films by Jim Dale, in Carry On Loving (1970) and Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). He is married to the American actress Elizabeth Quinn.

He is Chairman of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA) (formerly the Catholic Stage Guild).

Film credits

• The Bofors Gun (1968) ... Rowe^[1]
• Carry On Loving (1970) ... Bertrum Muffet^[1]
• Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) ... Lewis Boggs^[1]
• Butley (1974) ... Joey Keyston^[1]
• Galileo (1975) ... Fulganzio^[1]
• Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Dandelion^[1]
• Dangerous Beauty (1998) ... Zealot

Television credits

• Out of the Unknown ... Boy (1 episode, 1965)
• Z-Cars ... Jim Blackitt (1 episode, 1965)
• The Flower of Gloster (1967) TV series ... Richard Doherty
• The Good and Faithful Servant (1967)
• The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968) TV series ... Shelley Longfellow Morgan (1 episode 'Tennyson' (1968))
• Public Eye ... Frank (2 episodes, 1968–1969) - "Mercury in an Off-White Mac" (1968), "Divide and Conquer" (1969)
• The Wednesday Play ... Fowler (1 episode, 1969) - The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel (1969) (TV episode) ... Fowler
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 episode, 1970) - The Tidewatchers (1970) TV episode
• Vile Bodies (1970) (TV) ... Adam
• Professional Foul (1977) ... Chetwyn
• Renoir, My Father (1978) (TV) ... Auguste Renoir
• Two's Company ... Richard (1 episode ("The Silence"), 1979)
• Boon "The Fall and Rise of the Bowman" (1983) ... Cecil Bowman

(O'Callaghan's mother Patricia Hayes also appeared in this episode)

• Spatz (1992) ... Horace Flint ( 1 episode, 1992)
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997) TV series ... Mr Fitzpatrick
• Midsomer Murders ... Trevor Machin ... 1 episode ... "Bantling Boy" (2005)
• Heartbeat ... Ringer Redknapp ... 1 episode ... "Rustlers & Hustlers" (2005)
• The Afternoon Play ... Harry ... 1 episode ... "Molly" (2006)
• Dalziel and Pascoe ... Aiden Scarman ... 4 episodes ... "Demons on Our Shoulders" & "Project Aphrodite" (2007)
• Casualty ... Eddie Morris ... 1 episode ... "When Love Came to Town" (2008)
• New Tricks ... Will Carter ... 1 episode ... "Loyalties and Royalties" (2008)
• Red Dwarf: Back to Earth ... The Creator ... 1 episode ... "Part Three" (2009)
• Red Dwarf X ... Hogey the Roguey ... 1 episode ... "The Beginning" (2012)

Theatre credits

• Dirty Linen (1976; Almost Free Theatre)
• Brimstone and Treacle (1979; Open Space Theatre)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1984) (Barbican Theatre, London)
• The Magistrate (2000) (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
• Educating Rita (2002) (UK tour)
• 1605 (2005) (Chichester Festival Theatre)
• King Lear (2005) ... Gloucester (Chichester Festival Theatre)
• Titus Andronicus (2006) ... Marcus Andronicus (Shakespeare's Globe)
• The Last Confession (2007) ... (Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
• Twelfth Night (2008) ... Malvolio (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
• The Story of Vasco (2009) ... Caesar (Orange Tree Theatre)
• Haunting Julia (2011) ... Joe Lukin (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith)
• The Last Confession (2014) ... (World tour)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (2015) ... (Vaudeville Theatre)

Radio credits

• Murder Must Advertise (1979, BBC Radio) ... Mr Willis
• The Lord of the Rings (1981, BBC Radio) ... Meriadoc Brandybuck
• Have His Carcase (1981, BBC Radio) ... Julian Perkins
• Patterson (1981, BBC Radio) ... Cuthbertson

Television roles

References

External links

• Richard O'Callaghan on IMDb