Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was an English actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley from 1994 to 2007. He later starred as Tom in The Old Guys with Clive Swift. He is also well known for the role of Barty Crouch Sr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and for his appearances in Doctor Who as John Lumic in the episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". He was sometimes credited without the hyphen in his surname. He died in 2014 from pancreatic cancer.
Roger Lloyd-Pack | |
|---|---|
 Lloyd-Pack in 2011 | |
| Born | Roger Anthony Pack[1] 8 February 1944 Islington, London, England |
| Died | 16 January 2014 (aged 69)[2] Kentish Town, London, England |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2014 |
| Spouses | Sheila Ball
(m. 1967; div. 1972)Jehane Markham
(m. 2000) |
| Children | 4, including Emily Lloyd |
| Parent | Charles Lloyd-Pack (father) |
| Relatives | David Markham (father-in-law) |
Early life
editLloyd-Pack was born in 1944 in Islington, London, the son of actor Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902–1983) and Ulrike Elisabeth (née Pulay, 1921–2000), an Austrian Jewish refugee who worked as a travel agent.[3][4] His uncle was George Pulay, one of the secret listeners to German POW in Trent Park during World War II.[5] He attended Bedales School near Petersfield in Hampshire, where he achieved A Level passes in English, French and Latin.[6] He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1965 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).[7]
Career
editLloyd-Pack began his acting career at Northampton's Royal Theatre, making his stage debut in the Thomas Dekker play The Shoemaker's Holiday.[3]
He featured on an episode of The Professionals (Long Shot 1978) as a terrorist hitman.
Only Fools and Horses
editOn British television, he was best known for portraying "Trigger", Del Boy's slow-witted “Village idiot” friend in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, from 1981 to 2003.[8]
Lloyd-Pack was cast by pure chance: an Only Fools and Horses executive producer, Ray Butt, hired him to portray the character Trigger after seeing him in a stage play, and had only attended that play to observe potential Del Boy actor Billy Murray.[9]
Later career
editHe was also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt and to international audiences for his performance as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In addition, he had a semi-regular role during the 1990s as the plumber Jake "The Klingon" Klinger, Ben Porter's arch-rival, in the sitcom 2point4 Children.
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.[10] Lloyd-Pack's final TV appearance was in Law & Order: UK as Alex Greene.
He voiced the pre-match build-up montage video shown ahead of all Tottenham Hotspur's home matches which is still played today.
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),[11] and, in January 2012, he and fellow actor Sarah Parish supported a campaign to raise £1million for The Bridge School in Islington.[12]
In 2012, he portrayed the Duke of Buckingham in the play Richard III,[13] and in 2013, portrayed Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, both plays by William Shakespeare, both at the Apollo Theatre, London.[13]
Personal life
editLloyd-Pack was married twice: first to Sheila Ball, from whom he was divorced in 1972, and secondly to the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham (daughter of David Markham), whom he married in 2000.[14] He had a daughter, actress Emily Lloyd and three sons. He later lived in Kentish Town, North London,[15] and also had a home near Fakenham in Norfolk.[16]
Lloyd-Pack was a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur.[17]
He was an honorary patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.[18]
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."[19] In that same interview, he listed his favourite directors as Peter Gill, Harold Pinter, Richard Eyre, Thea Sharrock and Tina Packer, and listed actor Paul Scofield as both a favourite and influence.[19]
Political views
editLloyd-Pack supported the Labour Party and campaigned for Ken Livingstone in the 2012 London mayoral election.[20] 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, Left Unity.[21]
Death and tributes
edit
Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town, aged 69, on 16 January 2014.[22][2][23][24][25] His funeral was held at the church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.[26] It was attended by Sir David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, John Challis and Sue Holderness.[27] He was buried at Highgate Cemetery East.[28]
Nigel Havers, Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Alison Steadman, Kathy Burke and Joely Richardson paid tribute to him.[29]
In March that year, the Sport Relief special of Only Fools and Horses was dedicated to the memory of both Lloyd-Pack and John Sullivan. Similarly, the final episode of the lockdown edition of The Vicar of Dibley ended with a tribute just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory of Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to him and three other late Dibley cast members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Emma Chambers). The third episode of series 8 of Law & Order: UK, which Lloyd-Pack appeared in, aired two months after his death and similarly ended with a tribute title card.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Magus | Young Conchis | |
| 1968 | Secret Ceremony | Cleaner | Uncredited |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Bandmaster | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Reynaldo | |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | Soldier | |
| 1971 | The Go-Between | Charles | |
| 1971 | Fright | Constable | |
| 1971 | Fiddler On The Roof | Sexton | |
| 1974 | Confessions of a Sex Maniac | Henry Milligan | aka The Man Who Couldn't Get Enough |
| 1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | Pavlov | |
| 1979 | Cuba | Nunez | |
| 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 | The Trial | Stairman | |
| 1993 | U.F.O. | Solo | |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Magistrate Haythorne | |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Piano Teacher | |
| 1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Fred | |
| 1996 | Hollow Reed | Hannah's Lawyer | |
| 1997 | Van Gogh's Ear | Michael Ash | Short film |
| 1997 | Preaching to the Perverted | Mr. Cutts Watson | |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Professor | Uncredited |
| 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 | |
| 2013 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | (The Globe on Screen) |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Villager | Episode: "It's Your Funeral", uncredited |
| 1968 | Virgin of the Secret Service | Cuthbert Blake | Episode: "Entente Cordiale" |
| 1968 | Crime Buster | Laboratory Analyst | Episode: "The Third Thief" |
| 1970 | The Roads to Freedom | Bobby | Episode: #1.2 |
| 1972 | Jason King | Radio Operator | Episode: "A Kiss for a Beautiful Killer" |
| 1972 | Spyder's Web | Albert Mason | 11 episodes |
| 1973 | Special Branch | Paul | Episode: "Red Herring" |
| 1972–1973 | The Protectors | Paparazzo
Russi |
2 episodes |
| 1974 | Within These Walls | Dr. Osmonde | Episode: "The Group" |
| 1974 | Crown Court | Dr. Patrick Attwater | Episode: "The Alb of St. Honoratus: Part 1" |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | Thug | Episode: "The Fine Art of Bubble Blowing" |
| 1975 | Play for Today | Sidney Bagley | Episode: "Brassneck" |
| 1975 | Softly, Softly: Taskforce | Martin Webb | Episode: "Homicide" |
| 1975 | The Naked Civil Servant | Bermondsey Liz | Television film |
| 1976 | Dixon of Dock Green | Ron Fielding | Episode: "Everybody's Business" |
| 1976 | Survivors | Wally | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Ramos the terrorist | Episode: "Long Shot" |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare | Jack Heminge | 6 episodes |
| 1979 | BBC Television Shakespeare | 2nd Gentleman | Episode: "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight" |
| 1980 | Bloody Kids | Hospital Doctor | Television film |
| 1980 | Turtle's Progress | Corsican | Episode: #2.2 |
| 1981 | Chronicle | Chambers | Episode: "The Crime of Captain Colthurst" |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Melvin | Episode: #1.6 |
| 1983 | Video Stars | Bus Enthusiast | Television film |
| 1983 | Bouncing Back | Unknown | Television film |
| 1984 | Miracles Take Longer | Terry Noble | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | I Thought You'd Gone | PC Balmforth | Episode: #1.7 |
| 1985 | Moving | Jimmy Ryan | 6 episodes |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Victor | Episode: "One for the Road" |
| 1986 | Comrade Dad | Black market stallholder | Episode: "Londongrad 1999" |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest | Lt. Chmielewski | Television film |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Donald Martin | Episode: "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" |
| 1987 | The Finding | Fowles | Television film |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Rosmer | Episode: "Henrik Isben" |
| 1988 | Room at the Bottom | Stranger | Episode: "Withcraft" |
| 1988 | Bad Boyes | Boggs | Episode: "The Holiday" |
| 1989 | Theatre Night | Glendenning | Episode: "The Contractor" |
| 1989 | The Stone Age | Herb | Television film |
| 1989 | Made in Spain | Den | Television film |
| 1990 | Mr. Bean | Waiter | Episode: "The Return of Mr. Bean" |
| 1990 | Byker Grove | Beckett | 5 episodes |
| 1990 | Zorro | Carrillo | Episode: "The Marked Man" |
| 1991 | The Chief | Kenneth Rudyard | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Selling Hitler | David Irving | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Stay Lucky | Eddie Vernon | Episode: "The Food of Love" |
| 1991 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Ferenc Plitplov | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Boon | Ray Watts | Episode: "Cab Rank Cowboys" |
| 1992 | Archer's Goon | Quentin Sykes | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Screen One | Gordon | Episode: "Trust Me" |
| 1992 | Party Time | Fred | Television film |
| 1993 | Anna Lee: Headcase | Desk clerk | Television film |
| 1985–1993 | Screen Two | Selser David Power Derek |
3 episodes |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Smallman-Smith | Episode: "Who Is the Fairest of Them All?" |
| 1994 | Citizen Locke | Captain | Television film |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Phillips | 2 episodes |
| 1993–1995 | Inside Victor Lewis-Smith | Policeman | 8 episodes |
| 1993–1995 | Health and Efficiency | Rex Regis | 12 episodes |
| 1995 | Blood and Peaches | Tour guide | Television film |
| 1995 | The Perfect Match | Tom | Television film |
| 1996 | Murder Most Horrid | Frank Foster | Episode: "Confess" |
| 1996 | Zig and Zag's Dirty Deeds | Clutch | Episode: "This Party Sucks" |
| 1996 | Heartbeat | Reggie Rawlins | Episode: "Catch Us If You Can" |
| 1993–1996 | 2point4 Children | Jake Klinger | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | Ken Thompson | Television film |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Anderson | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Noel's House Party | Builder | Episode: #7.9 |
| 1996–1997 | Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's... | Police constable
Sergeant |
2 episodes |
| 1998 | The Vanishing Man | Marvin | Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve" |
| 1997–1998 | Knight School | Sir Baldwin De'Ath | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Kavanagh QC | Alex Watkins | Episode: "Time of Need" |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr Sowerberry | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Longitude | Capt. Man | Television film, uncredited |
| 2000 | Fish | Jim Lumsden | Episode: "Dancing with the Devil" |
| 2001 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Ibbotson | Episode: "The Photographer's Chair" |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Norman Pendleton | Episode: "The Best Man" |
| 2002 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Bishop Halliwell | Episode: "Sins of the Fathers" |
| 1991–2002 | The Bill | Mick Mortimer
Arnie |
7 episodes |
| 2003 | Margery and Gladys | D.I. Woolley | Television film |
| 1981–2003 | Only Fools and Horses | Trigger | 39 episodes |
| 2004 | Where the Heart Is | Don Nicholls | Episode: "Bowl of Cherries" |
| 2005 | Doc Martin | Phil Pratt | Episode: "Always on my Mind" |
| 2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Inspector Caux | Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" |
| 2006 | Doctor Who | John Lumic | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Jim Taylor | Television film |
| 2007 | The History of My Polly | Mr. Johnson | Television film |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Danny Jones | Episode: "Loyalties and Royalties" |
| 2009 | The Catherine Tate Show | Ghost of Christmas Future | Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol" |
| 2010 | Arena | Various Characters | Episode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration" |
| 2010 | Survivors | Billy Stringer | 2 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | The Old Guys | Tom Finnan | 12 episodes |
| 2011 | Hustle | Clive Ban | Episode: "Clearance From A Deal" |
| 2012 | The Borgias | Friar | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Inspector George Gently | Hector Blackstone | Episode: "Gently with Class" |
| 1994–2013 | The Vicar of Dibley | Owen Newitt | 25 episodes |
| 2014 | Law & Order: UK | Alex Greene | Episode: "I Predict a Riot" |
Stage
edit- 1984 Wild Honey by Anton Chekhov, playing Osip [13] (Best Supporting Actor, BTA Awards 1984)[30]
- 1984 One for the Road by Harold Pinter (Victor) world premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith
- 1986 Kafka's Dick by Alan Bennett, playing Kafka (world premiere at The Royal Court)[13]
- 1985 The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest by Ronald Harwood (Lt. Chmielewski) premiere at Almeida Theatre
- 1989 A Flea in Her Ear (playing Étienne Plucheux) by Georges Feydeau translated by John Mortimer, directed by Richard Jones, Old Vic[31]
- 1999 'Art' at the Theatre Royal, Bath and in 2000 at the Bristol Hippodrome[13]
- 2005 Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall, as Robert at the Sheffield Crucible
- 2006 Dick Whittington, pantomime by Mark Ravenhill at the Barbican Centre, as Sarah the cook
- 2007 Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber, playing the part of Ash, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Samuel West
- 2007 The Last Laugh, by Kōki Mitani (English version of Warai no Daigaku), playing The Censor, Japan.
- 2012 The Trojan Women, Caroline Bird's adaptation of the tragedy by Euripides, playing Poseidon, at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London
- 2012 Richard III by William Shakespeare, playing Duke of Buckingham at the Globe Theatre, South Bank, London [13]
- 2013 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare playing Sir Andrew Aguecheek[13]
References
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- ^ Helen Fry, "'The Walls Have Ears'", Yale University Press, London, ISBN 978-0-300-23860-0, 2019, p. 269
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- ^ Myers, Russell (14 February 2014). "Roger Lloyd-Pack funeral: Trigger actor laid to rest - with coffin brought to packed-out service in pink hearse". Daily Mirror. MGN Limited. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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- ^ Theatre programme for A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Old Vic August 1989, cast biographies.
- ^ Theatre programme for A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, August 1989, cast list.
External links
edit- Roger Lloyd-Pack at IMDb
- Roger Lloyd-Pack at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- BBC biography
- BBC interview about appearing in Doctor Who