Roy Marsden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 25, 1941 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Stepney, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 73
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.
Known for
Doctor Who
2005TV
Mr. Stoker
The Eagle Has Landed
1976Movie
Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
Only Fools and Horses
1981TV
Danny Driscoll
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
John Stockton
Space: 1999
1975TV
Alien Invisible, Crael
King Solomon's Mines
2004TV
Captain Good
Filmography
Prisoners in Space
2025Movie
Crael
Partners in Crime
2015TV
Commander Haydock
The Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail
2013Movie
Narrator
The Escape Artist
2013TV
Peter Simkins
Game
2013Movie
James Brooke
Holy Flying Circus
2011Movie
Mervyn Stockwood
Moving On
2009TV
Eddie
Margaret
2009Movie
Norman Tebbit
She Stoops to Conquer
2008Movie
Sir Charles Marlow
The Palace
2008TV
Sir Iain Ratalick
Heroes and Villains
2006Movie
Fred
All In The Game
2006Movie
George
Eleventh Hour
2006TV
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
2005Movie
Joseph
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
2005TV
Joseph
The Green Green Grass
2005TV
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
2005Movie
Oberon
Doctor Who
2005TV
Mr. Stoker
Salvage
2004Movie
David Foster
King Solomon's Mines
2004TV
Captain Good
Foyle's War
2002TV
Ted Cartwright
Rebus
2000TV
Sir Vivian Kirkwood
A Certain Justice
1998TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Original Sin
1997TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Silent Witness
1996TV
Prof Nigel Silverlake, Prof. Nigel Silverlake
Dangerous Lady
1995TV
A Mind to Murder
1995Movie
Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Against All Odds
1994TV
Col Mark Cook
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993TV
Blick
The Last Vampyre
1993Movie
John Stockton
Unnatural Causes
1993Movie
Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Pebble Mill
1991TV
Self
Devices and Desires
1991TV
Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Yellowbacks
1990Movie
David Caesar
A Taste for Death
1988TV
Adam Dalgliesh
The Play on One
1988TV
David Caesar
Inside Story
1986TV
John Bennet
The Black Tower
1985TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Theatre Night
1985TV
Agamemnon
Cover Her Face
1985TV
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
John Stockton
Shroud for a Nightingale
1984TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Goodbye Mr Chips
1984TV
Charles Edward 'Mr Chips' Chipping
Dalgliesh
1983TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Death of an Expert Witness
1983TV
Adam Dalgliesh
Airline
1982TV
Jack Ruskin
Only Fools and Horses
1981TV
Danny Driscoll
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Gerald Overton
Children of the Gods
1979Movie
Rev. Thompson
The Sandbaggers
1978TV
Neil Burnside
Stargazy on Zummerdown
1978Movie
Sidney Frederick Haynes
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977TV
Sidney Frederick Haynes
Target
1977TV
Mac
The Squeeze
1977Movie
Barry
The Eagle Has Landed
1976Movie
Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
The New Avengers
1976TV
Frank Turner
Dickens of London
1976TV
Stanfield
The Legend of Robin Hood
1975TV
Military Prior
Space: 1999
1975TV
Alien Invisible, Crael
Survivors
1975TV
The Captain
Family Tree
1973Movie
Gavin
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973Movie
Bright
Late Night Theatre
1972TV
Bright, Gavin
The Dolly Scene
1970Movie
Gerry Gurland
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970TV
Sycamore
Toomorrow
1970Movie
Alpha
The Elusive Pimpernel
1969TV
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
The Jazz Age
1968TV
Gervase Kent-Cumberland
Vanity Fair
1967TV
George Osborne
Mystery and Imagination
1966TV
Captain Battenburg
The Man in Room 17
1965TV
Lt. David Stanton
No Hiding Place
1959TV
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Gerry Cartland