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Ray Ashcroft
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 20…
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Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.
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2023
The Long Shadow
TV show Mr. Neale
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2021
I Remember When We Danced
Movie Husband
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2019
New Mars
Movie Apollo 1
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2013
Truckers
TV show Bob
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2008
Survivors
TV show Don
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2003
The Royal
TV show Sid
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1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV show Dave Compton
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1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV show Steve Lennox
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1994
Chandler & Co
TV show Steve Bradley
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1994
Criminal
Movie DC Harris
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Jim Swaby
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1991
Prime Suspect
TV show Tony's Teacher
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1990
Night Voice
Movie Caller
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1990
Shoot to Kill
Movie Constable Frederick Robinsin
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1990
The Chief
TV show PC Tom Edgell
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1988
The Four Minute Mile
Movie British Journalist
More credits
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1980
The Squad
TV show Andy
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1979
Birth of the Beatles
Movie Ringo Starr
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1978
All Creatures Great and Small
TV show Bowling
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1977
The Professionals
TV show Turner
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1972
Emmerdale
TV show
