Ray Ashcroft
Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.
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Credits
- 2023 · The Long Shadow as Mr. Neale
- 2021 · I Remember When We Danced as Husband
- 2019 · New Mars as Apollo 1
- 2013 · Truckers as Bob
- 2008 · Survivors as Don
- 2003 · The Royal as Sid
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1996 · Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Steve Lennox
- 1994 · Criminal as DC Harris
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Jim Swaby
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Jim Wainwright
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Richard Smith
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Tony's Teacher
- 1990 · Night Voice as Caller
- 1990 · Shoot to Kill as Constable Frederick Robinsin
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1979 · Birth of The Beatles as Ringo Starr
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Bowling
- 1977 · The Professionals as Turner
- 1972 · Emmerdale as