Stephen Yardley (born 24 March 1942) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1963, he became known for his many roles on UK television between 1964 and 2004. In the mid-1960s, Yardley was a permanent member of the company at Dundee Repertory Theatre. Yardley made early appearances on television in the 1960s in series including Danger Man and United!, and had an extended run during 1967–68 in Z-Cars. His subsequent work included performances as semi-reformed cat burglar William "Spider" Scott in The XYY Man (1976–77); as Detective Inspector Laker in Regan, the Armchair Theatre instalment which served as the pilot for The Sweeney; Max Brocard in Secret Army (1978); Roy Swetman, a professional hit man in "Hijack" (1980), an episode of The Professionals; and as Police Inspector Cadogan in Virtual Murder (1992). Yardley twice had roles in Doctor Who – Sevrin in Genesis of the Daleks (1975) and Arak in Vengeance on Varos (1985) – and also took a part in the science fiction series Blake's 7 (1981) and the BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids (1981). Yardley had a regular role as Ken Masters in the BBC television series Howards' Way (1985–90), appeared in an episode of Heartbeat in 1996, and played Vince Farmer in Channel 5's soap opera Family Affairs (1999–2003). Yardley most recently appeared in the Sky One series Hex (2004). Source: Article "Stephen Yardley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• Tales of the Tardis — Arak
• Hex — Thomas McBain
• 1998RPM — Chiarkos
• Bugs — Matt
• Brighton Belles — Gilbert
• I, Lovett — Sergeant
• Heartbeat — Arnold Sampson
• Virtual Murder — Inspector Cadogan
• 1985Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos — Arak
• Howards' Way — Ken Masters
• 1985The Doctor and the Devils — Joseph
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense — Knowles
• Mitch — Shepherd
• 1984Morgan's Boy — Alan
• Morgan's Boy — Alan
• 1984Slayground — Turner
• 1984The Corvini Inheritance — Stanley Knowles
• Widows — Vic Morgan
• Break Point — Mr. Grieves
• 1982Funny Money — Ridley
• Bergerac — Ken Lewis
• Fanny by Gaslight — 'Duke' Hopwood
• The Day of the Triffids — John
• A Tale of Two Cities — Ernest Defarge
• The Gentle Touch — Jed Blanden
• Blake's 7 — Investigator Reeve
• 1978One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day — Stu
• Secret Army — Max Brocard
• The Professionals — Swetman
• 1976Enemy — The Detective Constable #2
• The XYY Man — William 'Spider' Scott
• 1975Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks — Sevrin
• 1975Kill Two Birds — Tosher
• 1974Clydescope — Visitor from the South
• Napoleon and Love — Jean Lannes
• 1974Norma — Norma's Lover
• 1974Regan — Det. Insp. Laker
• 1973Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall — Lt. Martin
• Thriller — Tosher
• Crown Court — Squadron Leader Pardoe
• New Scotland Yard — DI Corral, Jack McNeil
• Pebble Mill at One
• Villains — Erskine
• The Guardians — Cockney Guardian
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — First Officer Clayton
• 1970Atlantic Wall — Bobby
• 1970Chariot of Fire — PC Bradley
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre
• The Champions — Pieter
• Tom Grattan's War — Army Officer
• ITV Playhouse — Norma's lover
• Public Eye — Carter
• The Mask of Janus — Hughes
• United! — Kenny Craig
• Story Parade — Barman
• Doctor Who — Arak, Sevrin
• Z-Cars — Roy Hollis, PC Alec May
• Drama 61-67 — Private.Webber

Appearances as themselves (1)

• That's What I Call Television — Self