Neil Dudgeon was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire on 2 January 1961 and attended Danum Grammar School among others. He established himself as an actor in school plays and went on to study drama at university . He made his first screen appearance in 1987. The following year, he appeared as a World ... War II pilot in Piece of Cake, alongside Tim Woodward, Jeremy Northam and Nathaniel Parker. As well as occasional appearances in long-running series such as Casualty, London`s Burning and Lovejoy, he has appeared as George the Chauffeur in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (alongside Diana Rigg), in Inspector Morse (episode “The Way Through The Woods”), A Touch of Frost with David Jason, Between The Lines, Common As Muck (in 1994 & 1997) , Out of the Blue, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking and all four series of Messiah with Ken Stott. In 2007 Dudgeon appeared in the eponymous role of self-made millionaire Roman Pretty in the BBC2 sitcom Roman`s Empire. Since 2009 he has played Jim Riley in the BBC`s successful comedy Life of Riley. In 2010, Dudgeon appeared in an episode of the long-running ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders, called “The Sword of Guillaume”. He was introduced in the episode as the cousin of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles, who has announced his retirement from the role. Neil, also cast as a senior detective, will take over as the lead character in Midsomer Murders after the last episodes featuring John Nettles are screened in 2011. Neil appeared for the first time in Midsomer Murders in the opening episode of the fourth series (“Garden of Death”), Neil is married to Radio Producer Mary Peate, they have two children.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Midsomer Murders
as DCI John Barnaby
Episodes: 61
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Out of the Blue
as D.C. Marty Brazil
Episodes: 12
First Aired: May 23, 1995
Common As Muck
as Ken Andrews
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 07, 1994
Messiah
as DI Duncan Warren
Episodes: 9
First Aired: May 26, 2001
Piece of Cake
as 'Moggy' Cattermole
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 02, 1988
The Street
as Brian Peterson
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 13, 2006
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as George Moody
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Aug 31, 1998
The Nativity
as Joachim
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 20, 2010
Nice Town
as Tom Edmonds
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 18, 1992
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Puppeteer’s Assistant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1997
Lovejoy
as DS Graham Bentley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1986
Midsomer Murders
as Daniel Bolt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Survivors
as Sean
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 23, 2008
Kingdom
as Terry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 22, 2007
Casualty
as Mick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
A Touch of Frost
as Costello
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 06, 1992
Murder in Mind
as Edward Buttimore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 22, 2001
Silent Witness
as Det Supt Paul Barker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 1996
Inspector Morse
as David Michaels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1987
Life of Riley
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Jan 08, 2009
Roman's Empire
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 12, 2007
Between the Lines
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 04, 1992
London's Burning
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 07, 1986
Rose and Maloney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2002
Bornebusch i tevefabriken
as Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 16, 2016
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 2011
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