David Roper is a British film and television actor, who is best known for playing Chris Hawthorne in The Cuckoo Waltz (1975-1980) and Charlie Fisher in Leave It to Charlie (1978-1980). Later during his career he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1985-) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street (1960-). Roper also appeared in Crown Court (1972-1984), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Gift (1990), Taggart (1983-2000), The Bill (1984-2010), Heartbeat (1992-2010), Midsomer Murders (1997-), The Crown (2016-2023), Emmerdale (1972-), Holby City (1999-2022), Doctors (2000-2024) and Casualty (1986-). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Roper (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• The Crown — Bishop of Norwich
• 2009The Damned United — Sam Bolton
• The Afternoon Play — Frank Manning
• The Royal — Dennis Cording
• 2000The Sight — Sgt. Eric Mills
• Bad Girls — Mr Adams
• 1998The Cater Street Hangman — Maddock
• 1997Downtime — Mike
• Midsomer Murders — Anton Thorneycroft
• Wavelength — Tony Horton
• Ain't Misbehavin' — Dobey
• 1994Stanley's Dragon — DI Walsh
• Harry — Nick
• Peak Practice — James Crick
• Heartbeat — DI Randall, Spooner, Sid Bestwick
• A Bit of a Do — Kevin Loudwater
• Birds of a Feather — D.I. Fearnley
• 1983On the Razzle — Melchior
• 1983The Oresteia — Watchman
• Leave it to Charlie — Charlie Fisher
• The Cuckoo Waltz — Chris Hawthorne
• Churchill's People — Christopher Wren

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1989The Robbie Coltrane Special — Self