Roger Lloyd-Pack

Roger Lloyd-Pack
File:Roger Lloyd-Pack.jpg
Born	(1944-02-08)8 February 1944 Islington, London, England
Died	Kentish Town, London, England
Cause of death	Pancreatic Cancer
Resting place	Highgate Cemetery
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–2014
Spouse(s)	Sheila Ball (m. 1967–1972; divorced) Jehane Markham (m. 2000–2014; his death
Children	Emily Lloyd Spencer Lloyd-Pack Hartley Lloyd-Pack Louis Lloyd-Pack
Parent(s)	Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902- 1983) Ulrike Pulay (1921-2000)

Roger Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 15 January 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for the role of Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003. He also had a supporting role of Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley from 1994 to 2007, and as Tom in The Old Guys with Clive Swift. He was also well known for his appearance as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and his appearances in Doctor Who as John Lumic in the episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". He was occasionally credited without the hyphen in his surname. He died early in 2014 from pancreatic cancer.

Early life

Lloyd-Pack was born in Islington, London, the son of Ulrike Elizabeth (née Pulay, 1921-2000), an Austrian Jewish refugee who worked as a travel agent, and Charles Lloyd-Pack, who was also an actor. He attended Bedales School near Petersfield in Hampshire, where he achieved A Level passes in English, French and Latin. He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he worked with actors including Kenneth Cranham and Richard Wilson.

Career

On British television he was best known for portraying "Trigger" in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He was also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt, and to international audiences his greatest fame was as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

In 2005, he appeared in the second series of ITV's Doc Martin as a farmer who held a grudge against Doctor Ellingham for what he believed was the malpractice-related death of his wife. In 2006, he played John Lumic and provided the voice of the Cyber-Controller in two episodes of Doctor Who, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel", opposite David Tennant, who had played his son in the same Harry Potter film. Lloyd Pack's final TV appearance was in Law & Order: UK as Alex Greene.

Personal life

Lloyd-Pack was married twice; first to Sheila Ball, from whom he was divorced in 1972, and secondly to the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham (the daughter of David Markham), whom he married in 2000. He had one daughter, actress Emily Lloyd, and three sons: Spencer, Hartley and Louis. He lived most latterly in Kentish Town, north London, though also had a home near Fakenham in Norfolk.

Lloyd-Pack supported Tottenham Hotspur. In June 2008, he appeared as a guest on the BBC's The Politics Show, arguing the case for better-integrated public transport (specifically railways). He was an honorary patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.

Lloyd-Pack supported the Labour Party and campaigned for Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election, 2012. However, in 2013, he signed a letter in The Guardian stating he had withdrawn his support from the Labour Party, in favour of a new party of the left.

In a 2008 interview, when asked what profession he would have chosen aside from acting, Lloyd-Pack said: "Psychiatrist or a psychoanalyst or something in the psycho world because I’ve always been interested in that... or I might have been a photographer... I also would have loved to have been a musician." In that same interview, he listed his favourite directors as Peter Gill, Harold Pinter, Richard Eyre, Thea Sharrock, and Tina Packer, and also listed actor Paul Scofield as both a favourite and influence.

In January 2012, he and fellow actor Sarah Parish supported a campaign to raise £1million for The Bridge School in Islington.

Lloyd-Pack had been an endorser of the Voices for the Five Cuba Solidarity Campaign.

Death

On 15 January 2014, Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town at the age of 69. He is survived by his four children, one of whom is the actress Emily Lloyd. His funeral was held at the church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. His coffin was made of straw and was driven in a pink hearse. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery, northwest London.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1968	The Magus	Young Maurice Conchis
1969	Hamlet	Reynaldo
1971	The Go Between	Charles
1971	Fright	Constable
1971	Fiddler On The Roof	Russian Orthodox Sexton
1974	Confessions of a Sex Maniac	Henry
1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Bermondsey Liz
1979	Meetings with Remarkable Men	Pavlov
1980	Bloody Kids	Hospital Doctor
1984	1984	Waiter
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Actor 2
1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Geoff
1990	Wilt	Dr. Pittman
1991	American Friends	Dr. Butler
1991	The Object of Beauty	Frankie
1993	U.F.O.	Solo
1994	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Piano Teacher
1995	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Fred
1997	Preaching to the Perverted	Mr. Cutts Watson
2004	Vanity Fair	Francis Sharp
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Barty Crouch, Sr.
2006	The Living and the Dead	Donald Brocklebank
2010	Made in Dagenham	George
2011	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Mendel
2011	In Love with Alma Cogan	Norman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	The Avengers	Man with Bloodhounds
1968	Crime Buster
1970	The Roads to Freedom	Bobby
1972	Spyder's Web	Albert	12 episodes
1972	Jason King	Radio Operator
1972	The Protectors	Paparazzo	Uncredited 1 episode
1973	Special Branch	Paul	1 episode
1973	The Protectors	Russi	1 episode
1974	Within These Walls	Dr Osmonde	1 episode
1974	Crown Court	Dr Patrick Attwater	1 episode
1975	Churchill's People	Thug	1 episode
1975	Play for Today	Sidney Bagley	1 episode
1975	Softly, Softly: Taskforce	Martin Webb	1 episode
1976	Dixon of Dock Green	Ron Fielding	1 episode
1976	Survivors	Wally	2 episodes
1977	The Professionals	Ramos the terrorist	Episode: "Long Shot"
1978	Life of Shakespeare	Jack Heminge	6 episodes
1981	Chronicle	Chambers	1 episode
1981	Private Schulz	Melvin	1 episode
1981–2003	Only Fools and Horses	Trigger	39 episodes
1985	Moving	Jimmy Ryan	6 episodes
1985–1993	Screen Two	Selser David Power Derek	3 episodes
1987	Inspector Morse (TV series)	Donald Martin	1 episode
1990	Mr. Bean	Waiter	Episode: "The Return of Mr. Bean"
1990	Byker Grove	Beckett	5 episodes
1990	Zorro	Carrillo	1 episode
1991	The Chief		2 episodes
1991	Selling Hitler	David Irving	2 episodes
1991	The Bill	Arnie	1 episode
1991	Stay Lucky	Eddie Vernon	1 episode
1991	The Gravy Train Goes East	Ferenc Plitplov	4 episodes
1991	Boon	Ray Watts	1 episode
1992	Archer's Goon	Quentin Sykes
1992	Screen One	Gordon
1993	Lovejoy	Smallman-Smith	1 episode
1993–1995	Health and Efficiency	Rex Regis	12 episodes
1993–1996	2point4 Children	Jake Klinger	3 episodes
1994–2013	The Vicar of Dibley	Owen Newitt	25 episodes
1996–1997	Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's...	Various Characters
1996	Murder Most Horrid	Frank Foster	1 episode
1996	Heartbeat	Reggie Rawlins	Episode: "Catch Us If You Can"
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Anderson	2 episodes
1997	Noel's House Party	Builder
1997–1998	Knight School	Sir Baldwin De'Ath	2 episodes
1999	Kavanagh QC	Alex Watkins	1 episode
1999	Oliver Twist	Mr Sowerberry	2 episodes
2001	Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Ibbotson
2002	Born and Bred	Norman Pendleton	1 episode
2002	The Bill	Mick Mortimer	7 episodes
2002	Dalziel and Pascoe	Bishop Halliwell	1 episode
2004	Where the Heart Is	Don Nicholls	1 episode
2005	Doc Martin	Phil Pratt	1 episode
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Inspector Caux	Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train"
2006	Doctor Who	John Lumic	Episodes: "Rise of the Cybermen", "The Age of Steel"
2008	New Tricks	Danny Jones	1 episode
2009	The Catherine Tate Show	Ghost of Christmas Future	Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol"
2009–2010	The Old Guys	Tom Finnan	12 episodes
2010	Arena	Various Characters	Episode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration"
2010	Survivors	Billy Stringer	2 episodes
2011	Hustle	Clive Ban	Episode: "Clearance From A Deal"
2012	The Borgias	Friar
2012	Inspector George Gently	Hector Blackstone
2014	Law & Order: UK	Alex Greene	Episode: "I Predict a Riot"

Stage

• Wild Honey (1984) by Anton Chekhov, playing the part of Osip
• Kafka's Dick by Alan Bennett – He played Kafka
• Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall
• 'Art'
• Dick Whittington – a family pantomime by Mark Ravenhill at the Barbican Centre
• One for the Road
• Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber – He played Ash, alongside Malcolm Sinclair and Stephen Wight.
• The Last Laugh – by Koki Mitani (English version of Warai no Daigaku). He played The Censor, Japan, 2007.
• The Trojan Women (2012) - Caroline Bird's adaptation of the tragedy by Euripides at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London – He played Poseidon.
• Richard III (2012) by William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre, South Bank, London – He played Duke of Buckingham.
• Twelfth Night (2013) by William Shakespeare – He played Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

External links

• Roger Lloyd-Pack at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC biography
• BBC interview about appearing in Doctor Who