Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould, 25 June 1941 in Stepney, London, England) – English actor, trained at RADA, best known for his 16-year portrayal of Commander Adam Dalgliesh in the ITV adaptations of P. D. James's detective novels (1983–1998, 48 episodes). His most notable film roles include Alpha in Toomorrow (1970), a Gestapo officer in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Barry in The Squeeze (1977), and Oberon in Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005). On television he is also best known for Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers (1978–1980, 20 episodes), Mr. Chips in Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), John Stockton in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993), Captain Good in King Solomon's Mines (2004), Mr. Stoker in Doctor Who (2007), and Commander Haydock in Partners in Crime (2015). He has also appeared in Only Fools and Horses (1989), Foyle's War (2006), The Palace (2008), and The Green Green Grass (2005). He has since devoted his full attention to stage work, including directing and starring in his own production of A Christmas Carol.
as Crael
as Commander Haydock(3 eps)
as Narrator
as Peter Simkins(3 eps)
as James Brooke
as Mervyn Stockwood
as Eddie(1 ep)
as Norman Tebbit
as Sir Charles Marlow
as Sir Iain Ratalick(8 eps)
as Fred
as George
as Joseph
as Joseph(2 eps)
as Danny Driscoll(3 eps)
as Mr. Stoker(1 ep)
as David Foster
as Captain Good(2 eps)
as Ted Cartwright(1 ep)
as Sir Vivian Kirkwood(1 ep)
as Adam Dalgliesh(3 eps)
as Adam Dalgliesh(3 eps)
as Prof Nigel Silverlake(1 ep)
as Prof. Nigel Silverlake(1 ep)
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
as Col Mark Cook(1 ep)
as Blick(3 eps)
as John Stockton
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh
as Self(1 ep)
as Commander Adam Dalgliesh(6 eps)
as David Caesar
as Adam Dalgliesh(6 eps)
as David Caesar(1 ep)
as John Bennet(6 eps)
as Adam Dalgliesh(6 eps)
as Agamemnon(1 ep)
as Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh(6 eps)
as John Stockton(1 ep)
as Adam Dalgliesh(5 eps)
as Charles Edward 'Mr Chips' Chipping(6 eps)
as Adam Dalgliesh(48 eps)
as Adam Dalgliesh(7 eps)
as Jack Ruskin(9 eps)
as Danny Driscoll(1 ep)
as Gerald Overton(2 eps)
as Rev. Thompson
as Neil Burnside(20 eps)
as Sidney Frederick Haynes
as Sidney Frederick Haynes(1 ep)
as Mac(1 ep)
as Barry
as Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
as Frank Turner(1 ep)
as Stanfield(1 ep)
as Military Prior(1 ep)
as Alien Invisible(1 ep)
as Crael(1 ep)
as The Captain(1 ep)
as Gavin
as Bright
as Bright(1 ep)
as Gavin(1 ep)
as Gerry Gurland
as Sycamore(1 ep)
as Alpha
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes(9 eps)
as Gervase Kent-Cumberland(1 ep)
as George Osborne(5 eps)
as Captain Battenburg(1 ep)
as Lt. David Stanton(1 ep)
as Gerry Cartland(1 ep)