Roger Sloman
Roger Sloman | |
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Born |
Harlesden, London, England, UK | 19 May 1946
Occupation | Actor |
Roger Sloman (born 19 May 1946) is an English actor. He grew up and was educated in South East London. He trained to be a teacher and then went to East 15 acting school between 1967 - 1970.
He started work at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, followed by spells in theatre in Nottingham, Birmingham and Sheffield. He toured England and Scotland with the 7:84 theatre company and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
On TV he is best known as Keith in Mike Leigh's Nuts in May, also as Baldy Davitt in Ripping Yarns, Three-Fingered Pete in The Black Adder and Right Bleedin' Bastard in The Young Ones. He was also known as Rocky Wesson in the return series of the ITV series Crossroads, and as the funeral director Les Coker in the BBC Series Eastenders. He also played the abrasive games teacher Mr Dan 'Frosty' Foster in the first series of Grange Hill (1978) and he appeared in one edition of Bad Boyes (1987).
His film appearances include Lenin in Reds, by Warren Beatty.
He has worked many times at The National Theatre in London playing, amongst others, Bardolph in Henry IV. Also appeared as Magwitch in Great Expectations at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He is married and has three children.
TV and filmography
The Sweeney - Trojan Bus (1975)
- Nuts in May (1976)
- All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
- Grange Hill (1978)
- Ripping Yarns (1979)
- Lovely Couple (1979)
- The Monster Club (1980)
- Reds (1981)
- Grace & Favour (1993)
- A Kick Up the Eighties (1981)
- The Young Ones (1982)
- Minder (1982)
- The Black Adder (1983)
- Duty Free (1984)
- Hardwicke House (1987)
- Bad Boyes (1987)
- Spin Off (1988)
- Snakes and Ladders (1989)
- Bergerac (1991)
- Bottom (1991, 1992)
- Doctor at the Top (1991)
- Mr. Bean (1990, 1992)
- The Brittas Empire (1994)
- The Tomorrow People (1994)
- Loch Ness (1996)
- The Treasure Seekers (1996)
- Goodnight Sweetheart (1997)
- Beautiful People (1999)
- Beowulf (1999)
- Midsomer Murders, episode "Beyond the Grave" (2000)
- The Vicar of Dibley (2000)
- My Family (2000)
- Crossroads (2001–03)
- Shameless (2011)
- EastEnders (2012, 2014–16)
- Inside No. 9, episode "The Understudy" (2014)
External links
- Roger Sloman on IMDb