Robert Pugh

British actor

Robert Pugh
Born	(1948-11-03) 3 November 1948 (age 75) Tyntetown, Glamorgan, Wales
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

Robert Pugh (born 3rd November 1948) is a Welsh actor, known for his many television appearances, including the role of Craster in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Life and career

Pugh was born in the Tyntetown, Mountain Ash early schooling at Ynysboeth school down the road and grew up with his Grandmother in Pentwyn Avenue , Tynte near Pontypridd. He decided to become an actor after watching From Russia with Love at a cinema in Treforest with a cousin.^{[citation needed]} A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976.^[1]

He appeared as Sapper Powell in the 1979 production of Danger UXB , The great Blitz has taken London by surprise. A young Royal Engineer who finds himself posted to a Bomb Disposal Company to combat the hundreds of unexploded bombs in London and he later appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama Longford and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.^[2] In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering after an 18-year coma. In his early career, he frequently appeared in Welsh language productions, for example as Edgar Evans in the 1984 TV film Terra Nova, and as a soldier in Karl Francis's Milwr Bychan (1987). Even in more recent years, he has often portrayed Welsh characters, such as Owain Glyndwr in the 2012 BBC adaptation of Henry IV, Part I.^[3]^[4]

In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part Doctor Who story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood".^[5] He had a supporting role in 2008 in an episode of Torchwood, another BBC Wales production.

In 2011 Pugh became Judge Patrick Coburn in Justice.^[6] The following year he joined HBO's Game of Thrones in the recurring role of Craster.^[7] In 2013 he portrayed Baron Rivers in The White Queen.^[8] Pugh played Jack Reynolds in Doctor Foster,^[9] and in 2016 joined the cast of Mr Selfridge as Lord Wynstay, another Welsh character.^[10]

Filmography

Film

1980 SOS Titanic UK/US Made for TV movie as James Farrell
1981 Inseminoid as Roy
1981 Nighthawks as Kenna
1982 Britannia Hospital as Picket
1982 Giro City as John Williams
1984 Milwr Bychan as RSM
1989 The Angry Earth as Emlyn
1991 Old Scores as Bleddyn Morgan
1993 Tender Loving Care as Keith Dobbs
1994 Priest as Mr. Unsworth
1995 The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain as Williams the Petroleum
1995 The Near Room as Eddie Harte
1996 Different for Girls as DS Cole
1998 The Tichbourne Claimant as The Claimant
2000 The Testimony of Taliesin Jones as Handycott
2001 Enigma as Skynner
2001 Happy Now? as Hank Thomas
2002 The Intended as Le Blanc
2002 Undertaking Betty as Hugh Rhys-Jones
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as John Allen
2005 Kinky Boots as Harold Price
2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
2007 The Last Legion as Kustennin
2008 Goodnight Irene as Alex
2010 The Ghost Writer as Richard Rycart
2010 Robin Hood as Baron Baldwin
2010 West Is West as Mr Jordan
2012 Hunky Dory as Headmaster
2012 Love Bite as Sergent Rooney
2012 Metamorphosis as Mr. Samsa
2013 The Thirteenth Tale as John the Dig
2018 Colette as Jules
2019 Eternal Beauty (2019) as Dennis

Television

1977 Survivors: "Mad Dog"
1979 Danger UXB as Sapper Powell
1983 Woodentop (pilot episode of The Bill) as DI Roy Galloway
1984 Amy
1984 Terra Nova as PO Edgar Evans
1985 Brookside
1986-1987 Casualty as Andrew Ponting
1992 Inspector Morse: "Absolute Conviction" as Geoff Harris, Prison Officer
1993 Telltale as Billy Hodge
1995 Resort to Murder
1995 The Bill: "Powerless"
1997 Drovers' Gold
1997 Dangerfield: "Inappropriate Adults"
1997-1999 The Lakes
1999 Silent Witness
1999 French and Saunders: "Witless Silence"
2001 Sword of Honour as Brigadier Ritchie Hook
2001 In A Land Of Plenty
2002 Plots with a View
2002 Clocking Off
2003 Prime Suspect: "The Last Witness" as DS Alun Simms
2003 Waking the Dead: "Multistorey" as Robert Cross
2004 Hustle “Faking it” as Frank Gorley
2005 New Tricks “Home Truths” as Eric Grant
2005 The Virgin Queen
2005 Agatha Christie's Marple: "A Murder is Announced" as Colonel Easterbrook
2005 Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cards on the Table” as Colonel Hughes
2005 Shameless
2006 Prime Suspect: "The Final Act" as DS Alun Simms
2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Hermann Göring
2006 Longford
2008 Torchwood: "Adrift" as Jonah
2009 Robin Hood BBC Series 3 as Lord Sheridan (1 episode)
2009 Into the Storm
2009 Framed
2010 Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood" as Tony Mack
2011 Justice: (TV Mini-Series) as Judge Patrick Coburn
2011 The Shadow Line as Bob Harris
2011 Midsomer Murders: "The Sleeper Under the Hill" as Caradoc Singer
2011 Death in Paradise: "Wicked Wedding Night"
2012 Shameless
2012-2013 Game of Thrones as Craster
2012 Henry IV, Part I as Glendower
2013 Murder: Joint Venture as DI Sheehy
2013 The White Queen as Baron Rivers
2014 Inspector George Gently: "Gently Between The Lines" as Chief Lewington
2014 Undeniable as Pete
2014 Common as Detective Inspector Hastings
2014 Atlantis as Lord Sarpedon
2015 Doctor Foster as Jack Reynolds
2016 Mr Selfridge as Lord Wynnstay
2016 Damilola, Our Loved Boy as DCI Nick Ephgrave
2017 Vera: "Dark Angel"
2017 Knightfall as Jacques de Molay
2018 The Repair Shop (Series 2–4) as narrator^[11]
2020 - present The Tuckers as Murphy
2021 - C. B. Strike - as Geraint Winn
2021 - present Take a Hike as narrator^[12]

2023 - Casualty as Gethin West

Audio

2017 - Tracks as Sam

References

^ "Game of Thrones actor falls for Bermuda". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 29 September 2016 – via royalgazette.com.
^ "Mr Nice v Mr Nazi; Robert Pugh reveals why he'd rather play Goering than an affable cop: Nuremberg – Nazis on Trial". Retrieved 29 September 2016 – via thefreelibrary.com.
^ "Cast confirmed for BBC Two's cycle of Shakespeare films" (Press release). BBC Drama Publicity. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ "Creative casting: Shakespeare featuring Game of Thrones actors". The Bardolator. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ Bond, Christian (28 August 2015). "19 Game of Thrones Actors Who Appeared on Doctor Who". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Robert Pugh in TV drama Justice". 1 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2016 – via walesonline.co.uk.
^ "Game of Thrones: Meet Craster (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ Harvey, Interview by Chris. "Robert Pugh: 'The White Queen is more interesting than Game of Thrones because it's real'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2016 – via telegraph.co.uk.
^ "Meet the cast of Doctor Foster". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Meet the cast of Mr Selfridge series four". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Who narrates the Repair Shop on BBC One?".
^ "BBC Two - Take a Hike, Series 1, Devon - Helen".