# Robert Daws

Robert Daws (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor, and crime fiction author. He is best known for his television roles, including Tuppy Glossop in Jeeves and Wooster (1990–93), gruff cricketer Roger Dervish in the comedy Outside Edge (1994–96), mini-cab firm owner Sam in the sitcom Roger Roger (1996–2003), and East Yorkshire GP Dr Gordon Ormerod in the period medical drama The Royal (2003–11).

## Acting career

Daws was trained at RADA. Daws appeared in the 1982 stage play On Your Way, Riley! with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman. He played Tuppy Glossop in the early 1990s ITV version of Jeeves and Wooster. He played pompous cricket captain Roger Dervish alongside Brenda Blethyn in the award-winning ITV comedy-drama Outside Edge 1994–96, for which he was nominated for Best Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards.
Daws has also appeared in a number of one-off dramas including the 1997 BBC drama, The Missing Postman, Sword of Honour (Channel 4), Take a Girl Like You (BBC), Mystery of Men (BBC) and in 1996 he starred in a pilot of what would become the long-running series Roger Roger, a comedy-drama which ran until 2003. Daws starred as Sam Mountjoy, the co-owner of Cresta Cabs. Daws also appeared as Ernie Rayner in the three-part prequel to Only Fools and Horses, Rock and Chips (BBC).
He played Mike Spicer in Midsomer Murders "Hidden Depths" (2005), and Hamish Rafferty in "The Curse of the Ninth" (2017).
Daws plays the trumpet, as evidenced when in 1994 he appeared as a guest in the final episode of the BBC comedy series A Bit of Fry and Laurie (series four) and played over the credits, accompanied by Hugh Laurie on the piano.
Daws appeared as Dr. Gordon Ormerod in the long-running ITV drama series The Royal, the last scenes of which showed Ormerod fighting for his life after an attack at the hospital.
Robert Daws played a recurring role in Robin of Sherwood as King John's herald, Hubert de Guiscarde in the episodes "The Greatest Enemy" and "The Sheriff of Nottingham".
In November and December 2009, he appeared in Public Property by Sam Peter Jackson at the Trafalgar Studios.
In May and June 2010, he appeared in Coronation Street as Gail McIntyre's barrister as part of her murder trial storyline where she was wrongly accused of murdering husband Joe McIntyre.
From July 2010 to 11 September 2010, Daws appeared as Dr Watson in The Secret of Sherlock Holmes at the Duchess Theatre. In this production, Sherlock Holmes was played by Peter Egan. Daws also appeared as Jim Hacker in the West End production of Yes, Prime Minister and the national tour of Blackbird by David Harrower, for which he was nominated for Best Actor in the Manchester Evening News Drama Awards. He also appeared in the first Classic Comedy Company productions of Ten Times Table and How the Other Half Loves, by Alan Aykbourn. Also, Michael Frayn's Alarms and Excursions.
He appeared as Charles Pooter in a new adaptation of Diary of a Nobody and as John Carlisle, in an episode of New Tricks (Series 8, episode 9) which was first shown on BBC1 on 29 August 2011. He played Gavin Dibbs the husband of the new GP in Port Wenn in an episode of Doc Martin (Series 5, episode 1) first shown on ITV on 12 September 2011.
He played appeared as the father in Jack Whitehall's episode of the British holiday series Little Crackers, and portrays Mayor Len Winkler in Ben Elton's comedy series, The Wright Way, for BBC One.
He portrayed Arthur Lowe (June 2019) on BBC Radio 4, in Dear Arthur, Love John and Ronnie Barker in Goodnight from Him and John Betjeman in New Fame. New Love (BBC Radio 4). He also co-created the BBC Radio detective series Trueman and Riley and played Trueman in all three series.
In 2014, he began filming Poldark as Dr Thomas Choake. (BBC 2015–2019)
In 2016, he appeared in the BBC TV series Father Brown as Robert Twyman, and as John Green in Death in Paradise. He also starred as Professor James Cheeseman in the horror movie The Unfolding. He also appeared in Agatha Raisin "Love from Hell" as Ted Huxley (2019). Also as psychotic drug baron Shank, in Sky's black comedy series, Sick Note (2019)
In 2022-2023, he appeared in 7 episodes of the BBC series Sister Boniface Mysteries as Chief Constable Hector Lowsley. He starred as Peter Weiss in the 2023 film The Piper.

## Literary career

Daws worked with best-selling mystery writer Adam Croft on a radio-play adaptation of Croft's 2011 book, Exit Stage Left, which was released in 2012 with Daws playing the lead character Kempston Hardwick. Daws and Croft present the crime fiction podcast 'Partners In Crime'.
Daws' first crime novella, The Rock, was published in July 2012. This was followed in September 2016 with a sequel, The Poisoned Rock. A third volume of the series, The Killing Rock, was published in 2020.

## Personal life

Daws was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
Since February 2003 he has been married to Amy Robbins (his co-star in The Royal, who played Dr. Jill Weatherill, who later became his screen wife). They have two daughters, Elizabeth and May, and a son, Benjamin. They live in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, where Robert compered the town's first Proms in June 2009 and helped to set up the Ampthill Literary Festival.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Trumps | Robert | Short film |
| 2001 | Arthur's Dyke | Arthur | |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Jones | |
| 2016 | The Unfolding | Professor Chessman | |
| 2017 | Amazon Adventure | Charles Darwin | |
| 2017 | An Unkind Word | Tom Spurlock | Short film |
| 2018 | Swimming with Men | Michael Blore | |
| 2019 | Car Keys | Keith | Short film |
| 2023 | The Piper | Peter Weiss | |
| TBA | The Chelsea Cowboy | Tony Block | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | The Squad | Mike Jenkins | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | There Comes a Time | Peter James | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | Fresh Fields | Barman | Episode: "Alarums and Excursions" |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story | John Dunbar | Television film |
| 1985–1986 | Robin of Sherwood | Hubert de Giscard | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Vicar | Episode: "Partners" |
| 1988 | Screen Two | Adrian Vowchurch | Episode: "Dead Lucky" |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Kidder | Television film |
| 1988 | Game, Set, and Match | Academic | Episode: "London Match: Part 2" |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen | Mitchell | Episode: "Don Danko" |
| 1989 | A Woman of Substance | Roger | Episode: "The Contract" |
| 1989 | London's Burning | Dave | Episode: 2.8 |
| 1990–1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Tuppy Glossop | 8 episodes |
| 1990 | Chain | Police Sergeant in Court | Episode: "Vicky Elliott" |
| 1991 | The House of Eliott | Piggy Garstone | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Birds of a Feather | Mark | Episode: "Schooling" |
| 1992–1993, 2012 | Casualty | Simon Eastman/Hugh Blakeley | 12 episodes |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Stevens | Episode: "The Colour of Mary" |
| 1993 | Paul Merton: The Series | Jacket Owner/Gerald/Submarine Captain | 2 episodes |
| 1994–1996 | Outside Edge | Roger Dervish | 22 episodes, nominated for British Comedy Award for Best Actor in 1995 |
| 1994 | Woof! | Mr. Farthington | Episode: "Goodbye Mrs. Chips" |
| 1995 | The Bill | Michael Swift | Episode: "Is That the Time?" |
| 1995 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Self | Episode: 4.7 |
| 1996, 1998–2003 | Roger Roger | Sam | 17 episodes |
| 1997 | Embassy | Peter Nevin | Television film |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | Peter Robson | Television film |
| 1997 | Pie in the Sky | Carver | Episode: "Squashed Tomatoes" |
| 1997 | Out of Sight | Mr. Pincher | Episode: "Little Tommy Dawkins" |
| 1999 | The Mystery of Men | Oscar Mansfield | Television film |
| 2000, 2003 | Heartbeat | Anthony Mottram/Dr. Gordon Omerod | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Take a Girl Like You | Dick Thompson | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | Major Hound | Television film |
| 2001 | Office Gossip | Rod Battle | 6 episodes |
| 2003–2011 | The Royal | Dr. Gordon Omerod | 87 episodes |
| 2005, 2017 | Midsomer Murders | Hamish Rafferty/Mike Spicer | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | You Can Choose Your Friends | Simon Snell | Television film |
| 2007 | The Marchioness Disaster | Cannon John Jeffrey | Television film |
| 2010 | Coronation Street | Detective Ron Zef | Episode: "Laughing on the Inside" |
| 2010 | The Slammer | Adam Fairley | 3 episodes |
| 2010-2011 | Rock & Chips | Ernie Rayner | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | New Tricks | John Carlisle | Episode: "Half Life" |
| 2011 | Doc Martin | Gavin Dibbs | Episode: "Preserve the Romance" |
| 2011 | Little Crackers | Michael | Episode: "Jack Whitehall's Little Cracker: Daddy's Little Princess" |
| 2013 | The Wright Way | Mayor Len Winkler | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Holby City | Will Tudor-Bass | Episode: "Self Control" |
| 2015–2018 | Poldark | Dr. Choake | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Father Brown | Robert Twyman | Episode: "The Sins of the Father" |
| 2016 | Death in Paradise | John Green/Marcus Knight | Episode: "Lost in Identity" |
| 2018 | Sick Note | Shank | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Agatha Raisin | Ted Huxley | Episode: "Love from Hell" |
| 2022–present | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Chief Constable Hector Lowsley | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Wyant Bridge | Episode: "New Angels of Promise" |

### Select stage credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001-2002 | Caught in the Net | John Smith | |
| 2006 | Summoned by Betjeman | John Betjeman | |
| 2008 | Blackbird | Ray | |
| 2009 | Public Property | Geoff | |
| 2010 | The Secret of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson | Replaced Philip Franks |
| 2011 | The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | |
| 2012 | Yes, Prime Minister | Jim Hacker | |
| 2014 | The Perfect Murder | Victor Smiley | Written by Peter James |
| 2017 | How the Other Half Loves | Frank Foster | |
| 2019-2020 | Ten Times Table | Ray | |
| 2021 | The Cherry Orchard | Pishchik | |

### Select audio credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002-2012 | Trueman and Riley | Detective Inspector Trueman | BBC Radio 4/BBC Radio 7 |
| 2012 | Dear Arthur, Love John | Arthur Lowe | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2013 | Goodnight from Him | Ronnie Barker | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2013 | Sword of Honour | Arthur Box-Bender | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2017 | Torchwood One: Before the Fall: Through the Ruins | Soren/Lord Jacobin | Big Finish |
| 2017 | The Erpingham Camp | Erpingham | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2017 | The War Master: Only the Good: The Sky Man | Anvar | Big Finish |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: The Early Adventures: The Dalek Occupation of Winter | Gaius Majorian | Big Finish |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Devil's Hoofprints | Sir Basil Hexworthy | Big Finish |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Adventures: Sunstrike | The Quartermaster / Howard | Big Finish |