Barry Jackson (actor)

Barry Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English stage, film and television actor.[1]

Barry Jackson
Born(1938-03-29)29 March 1938
Birmingham, England
Died5 December 2013(2013-12-05) (aged 75)
London, England
Alma materLAMDA
OccupationActor
Years active1956–2013

Career

His film career included roles in Ryan's Daughter, Barry Lyndon, Aces High, The Raging Moon, Mr. Love, and Wimbledon.[2]

His television credits included: A for Andromeda, The Mask of Janus, Adam Adamant Lives!, Doctor Who, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Special Branch, The Troubleshooters, Man at the Top, Doomwatch, Public Eye, Poldark, Oil Strike North, The New Avengers, Blake's 7, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Enemy at the Door, All Creatures Great and Small, Minder, Bergerac, Lovejoy, Casualty, Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Kavanagh QC, The Bill, A Touch of Frost, Holby City, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.[3][4][5]

Jackson appeared in Doctor Who in the show's original run, including the stories The Romans and in the episode Mission to the Unknown. Jackson also returned to the show and played "Drax," a school chum of the Doctor, in the Fourth Doctor story The Armageddon Factor.[6] In 1977 he appeared as a Lock-Keeper in the Secret Army episode Identity in Doubt. This was followed in 1980 by his appearance as farmer Ken Billings in the All Creatures Great and Small episode, Matters of Life and Death. Jackson later played another Yorkshire farmer, Jim Hobson, in the Heartbeat episode, Risky Business.

He also starred in Horace, a drama about a middle-aged man with the mind of a 10-year-old. Written by Roy Minton and directed by Alan Clarke, it was a one-off television play broadcast as part of a BBC1 new play series on 21 March 1972. It was later revived as a TV series in 1982. It was arguably the first mainstream UK TV serial that had a person with a learning disability as the protagonist. All episodes are thought to be in existence but have yet to be released.

He appeared in the first fourteen series of Midsomer Murders as Dr George Bullard, the pathologist, although he did not appear in series two. The character outlasted the show's original lead, DCI Tom Barnaby, by one season.

Death

He died in London on 5 December 2013, aged 75, from cancer.[7][8]

Partial Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1962 The Primitives Messenger
1965 Strangler's Web Morton Bray
1966 Cathy Come Home The Rent Collector
1968 The Bofors Gun Shone
1969 Alfred the Great Wulfstan
1970 Ryan's Daughter Corporal
1971 The Raging Moon Bill Charles
1972 Play For Today Horace
1973 Diamonds on Wheels Wheeler
1975 Moll Flanders William Stubbs TV film
Barry Lyndon Second at the final duel
1976 Aces High Joyce
1977 The Glitterball Mr. Fielding
1978 The Sailor's Return Carrier
1982 Horace (tv series) Horace
1985 Mr. Love Donald Lovelace
The Shooting Party Weir
1997–2001 Bernard's Watch Grandad TV series
1997–2011[9] Midsomer Murders Dr. George Bullard, pathologist TV series
2001 The Fourth Angel Tarnowner
2004 Wimbledon Danny Oldham
2009 Toscanini in His Own Words Arturo Toscanini
2011 Foster Tom Jenkins
2012 The Wedding Video Des

References
  1. Barry Jackson biodata Aveleyman.com; accessed 16 December 2013.
  2. "Barry Jackson". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
  3. "Barry Jackson". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. "Barry Jackson - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  5. "Barry Jackson". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. Anthony Hayward (10 December 2013). "Barry Jackson: 'Midsomer Murders' pathologist who also played a rent". The Independent.
  7. Paul Cockerton (5 December 2013). "Barry Jackson dead: Midsomer Murders star played pathologist Dr George Bullard for decade". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  8. Anthony Hayward (10 December 2013). "Barry Jackson: 'Midsomer Murders' pathologist who also played a rent collector in the seminal drama 'Cathy Come Home'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. Bergan, Ronald (5 December 2013). "Barry Jackson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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