Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
David Roper
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 7Series: 11
TMDB ID: 219264
IMDb ID: nm0740581
Known for: Acting
Born: June 20, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2016
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.99
Wikidata: Q5239201
Biography
David Roper is a British film and television actor, who is best known for playing Chris Hawthorne in The Cuckoo Waltz (1975-1980) and Charlie Fisher in Leave It to Charlie (1978-1980). Later during his career he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1985-) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street (1960-). Roper also appeared in Crown Court (1972-1984), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Gift (1990), Taggart (1983-2000), The Bill (1984-2010), Heartbeat (1992-2010), Midsomer Murders (1997-), The Crown (2016-2023), Emmerdale (1972-), Holby City (1999-2022), Doctors (2000-2024) and Casualty (1986-).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Roper.
7.2
The Damned United
as Sam Bolton
2009 Movie
5.3
The Sight
as Sgt. Eric Mills
2000 Movie
3.8
The Cater Street Hangman
as Maddock
1998 Movie
5.0
Downtime
as Mike
1997 Movie
6.0
The Robbie Coltrane Special
as Self
1989 Movie
10.0
The Oresteia
as Watchman
1983 Movie
On the Razzle
as Melchior
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Roper.
8.2
The Crown
as Bishop of Norwich • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Afternoon Play
as Frank Manning • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
The Royal
as Dennis Cording • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Bad Girls
as Mr Adams • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Anton Thorneycroft • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Dobey • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as James Crick • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as DI Randall • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.1
Birds of a Feather
as D.I. Fearnley • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.7
The Cuckoo Waltz
26 eps
1975 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Christopher Wren • 1 eps
1974 Series