# James Gaddas

James Gaddas (born 9 June 1960) is an English actor best known for his roles in Coronation Street, Bad Girls, Doctors, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.

## Career

Gaddas played Eddie Ainsworth in the tenth episode of the seventh series of Heartbeat. Since leaving Bad Girls, Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical, productions of Peter Pan and Spamalot and Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia! in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on The Bill, Between the Lines, Tracy Beaker Returns, Medics, Dogtown, Doctors, Waterloo Road and in 2015, he acted in Emmerdale, playing Ged, who is a prisoner awaiting trial for murder.
In 2017 he played John in the musical The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. In 2020, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Cormac Ranger.
In September 2021, it was announced that Gaddas would write and star in a new version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Gaddas will portray 15 characters during the show, which is to tour England in 2022 and include music by Jeremy Swift.

## Politics

Gaddas is a member of the Conservative Party and was selected as a candidate for Stockton South in the 2005 UK general election, but finished in second place behind Labour's incumbent Dari Taylor, winning 34.1% of the vote.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Crown Court | PC Robertshaw | Episode: "Window Shopping Part 1" |
| 1983 | Seaview | Malcolm | Episode: "In Sickness" |
| 1984 | Last Day of Summer | Pete | Television film |
| 1984 | The Secret Servant | Major Jackaman | Series 1 Episode 3 |
| 1984 | Crown Court | Paul Walker | Episode: "Dirty Washing Part 1" |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Stretcher bearer | Episode: "The Unknown Soldier" |
| 1985 | Late Starter | Mr. Ferrar | Series 1 Episode 3 |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Sergeant | Episode: "The House on Kirov Street" |
| 1985 | Operation Julie | Sid Bell | Television film |
| 1985 | Jackanory Playhouse | King Amaranth | Episode: "The Princess and the Lute Player" |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly | Young Foreign Man | Uncredited |
| 1986 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Andy | Episode: "Extreme Prejudice" |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Lord John Burley | |
| 1987 | Crime in the City | Jimmy | Short film |
| 1988 | Wish Me Luck | Soldier in cinema | |
| 1988 | Troubles | Pike | |
| 1988 | The Bill | Sgt. Towers | Episode: "The Silent Gun" |
| 1989 | Something for the Weekend | Various roles | Also co-writer |
| 1989 | The Pied Piper | RAF driver | Television film |
| 1989 | Coronation Street | Robert Prescott | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. | Bendel | Episode: "Copping Out" |
| 1991 | The Black Candle | Joe Skinner | Television film |
| 1991 | Paul Merton: The Series | | Series 1 Episode 4 |
| 1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Tony | 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Dream Kitchen | | |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | DS Markham | Episode: "Watching the Detectives" |
| 1992 | The Dying of the Light | Terry Lewis | |
| 1992-1995 | Medics | Dr Robert Nevin | 33 episodes |
| 1993 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Gary | Episode: "Awards" |
| 1993 | The Bill | Brian Ashmore | Episode: "Tangled Webs" |
| 1994-1995 | Class Act | D.I Latham | 13 episodes |
| 1997 | Backup | PC Jim "Grim" Reaper | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | The Informant | British I.O | |
| 1997 | Bombay Blue | David Jackson | Series 1 Episode 3 |
| 1997 | Stone Cold | Vince | |
| 1997 | Heartbeat | Eddie Ainsworth | Episode: "Playing with Trains" |
| 1998 | Human Bomb | Franck | Television film |
| 1998 | Girls' Night | Paul | |
| 1998 | Peak Practice | Ian Tate | Episode: "A Child I Dreamed" |
| 1998 | Grafters | Ray | Series 1 Episode 2 |
| 1999 | Jonathan Creek | Craig Downey | Episode: "The Eyes of Tiresias" |
| 1999-2000 | Coronation Street | Vinny Sorrell | 108 episodes |
| 2001 | Starhunter | Senaca | 2 episodes |
| 2002-2006 | Bad Girls | Neil Grayling | 52 episodes |
| 2005 | Casualty @ Holby City | Carl O'Leary | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Holby City | Carl O'Leary | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Casualty | Carl O'Leary | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | Martin Jackson | |
| 2006 | Dogtown | Geogg Torville | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Vincent | DI Deighton | Series 2 Episode 3 |
| 2008-2011 | Doctors | Jack Harcourt | 13 episodes |
| 2009 | The Bill | Ian Ellis | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Heartbeat | Danny Riggs | Episode: "Pass the Parcel" |
| 2012 | Waterloo Road | Alan Dixon | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Denis | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Emmerdale | Ged | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Casualty | Howard Munroe | Episode: "Fall on Me" |
| 2017 | Against the Law | Governor Cockayne | Television film |
| 2017 | Starhunter Redux | Senaca | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Casualty | Howard Munroe | Episode: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" |
| 2020 | Outlander | Judge Martin Atticus | Episode: "Better to Marry Than Burn" |
| 2020 | A short film about Serial Killing | Sir Anthony Farrow QC | |
| 2020-2021 | Hollyoaks | Cormac Ranger | 9 episodes |
| 2024 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Lindsay Calder-Marshall | Episode: "It's Just Not Cricket" |