Norman Eshley

Norman Eshley (born 30 May 1945) is an English actor best known for his television roles in I, Claudius and George and Mildred as Jeffrey Fourmile.
== Biography ==
Eshley attended Bristol Grammar School and worked in a bank, before training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He played many Shakespearean roles on stage. His first screen role was in the 1968 film The Immortal Story, directed by Orson Welles. He played a lead character, Steve, in Blind Terror (1971) and appeared in the Pete Walker horror film House of Mortal Sin in 1975.
He is possibly best known for his role in the sitcom George and Mildred (1976–79) as the snobbish, right-wing estate agent Jeffrey Fourmile, the foil to George. He had previously played characters in its direct predecessor, Man About the House (1976), as Robin Tripp's brother Norman who married Chrissy, but in an earlier episode in 1974 he had played a sleazy married executive named Ian Cross who tried to seduce Chrissy.[1] Other TV credits include: Department S (1969), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970), Thriller ("The Colour of Blood"/US title: "The Carnation Killer", 1973) as an escaped serial killer, Warship (1973–74), The Onedin Line (1974), The Duchess of Duke Street, I, Claudius, The Sweeney (all 1976), Secret Army (1977), Return of the Saint (1978), The Professionals(1980), Minder (1985), Brookside (1986), Taggart (1990), Cadfael (1994), One Foot in the Grave (1997), Dangerfield(1998), Murder Most Horrid (1999), and The Bill (1999–2000).
In 1988 he appeared in a public information film about road safety called "Accident in Park Road". His character is seen driving a Ford Escort before running over a child who dashes out between cars in front of him. He is questioned by Graham Cole who plays a policeman, a role he played as PC Tony Stamp in The Bill.
Along with Douglas Fielding, he provided the narration for the Blind Guardian album Nightfall in Middle-Earth.[2] He had roles in the BBC TV series New Tricks (2007) and A Christmas Campaign (short, 2011).
== Personal life ==
In 1993 he was a passenger in a car which was involved in a crash in the Dordogne in France. He sustained multiple injuries, including head trauma. He has appeared in few TV programmes since then.[3]
== Television roles ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1968 	A Most Unfortunate Accident 	Roger 	
1968 	A Man of Our Times 	Simon 	
1968 	Mystery and Imagination 	Jean Lemaistre 	
1968 	City '68 	Jeremy 	
1969 	Department S 	Red 	
1969 	Thirty-Minute Theatre 	Rab 	
1969 	Canterbury Tales 	Lover 	
1970 	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 	Mike Hales 	
1970 	Parkin's Patch 	Vickory 	
1972 	The Regiment 	Simon Howarth 	
1972 	A Splinter of Ice 	Jude 	
1972 	Play for Today 	Dave Osmond 	
1973 	Justice 	Nick Adams 	
1973 	Thriller 	Arthur Page 	
1973 	Between the Wars 	Vincent 	
1973 	Vienna 1900 	Alfred Beratoner 	
1973 	Warship 	Lieutenant Bob Last 	
1974 	Man About the House 	Ian Cross 	
1974 	The Onedin Line 	Hon. Hugh Kernan 	
1974 	Zodiac 	Paul Deening 	
1974 	The Skin Game 	Charles Hornblower 	
1974 	And Mother Makes Five 	Mr. Witherspoon 	
1975 	Whodunnit? 	Roy Sharp 	
1976 	House of Mortal Sin 	Father Bernard Cutler 	
1976 	Man About the House 	Norman Tripp 	
1976 	Orde Wingate 	Cpl. Thomas 	
1976–1980	George and Mildred 	Jeffrey Fourmile 	
1976 	The Sweeney 	Det. Sgt. Robert Hargreaves	
1976 	The Duchess of Duke Street 	Wilson 	
1976 	I, Claudius 	Marcus Vinicius 	
1976 	Centre Play 	William Wilson 	
1977 	Supernatural 	Edward 	
1977 	Yanks Go Home 	Lt. Beamish Cooke-Cooke 	
1977 	Secret Army 	Sgt. Clifford Howson 	
1978 	1990 	Tony Borden 	
1978 	Out 	Turpitt 	
1978 	Return of the Saint 	Detective Caufield 	
1978 	Return of the Saint 	Inspector George 	
1980 	The Professionals 	Jimmy Keller 	
1983 	Maybury 	Larry Chalmers 	
1983 	The Outsider 	Donald Harper 	
1985 	Hilary 	Dr. Fenwick 	
1985 	Minder 	Reverend Redwood 	
1985 	The Black Tower 	Victor Holroyd 	
1986 	Executive Stress 	Gascoigne 	
1987 	Late Expectations 	Harry 	
1989 	William Tell 	Woodsman 	
1989 	After Henry 	Philip 	
1990 	Taggart 	Commander Gunner 	
1991 	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 	Jon Walsh 	
1994 	Cadfael 	Baron Huon de Domville 	
1994 	All Night Long 	Roy Morris 	
1997 	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	Baron Royston 	
1997 	Thief Takers 	CI Samson 	
1997 	One Foot in the Grave 	Detective Inspector Rickles	
1998 	The Broker's Man 	Leigh Dunwell 	
1998 	Get Real 	Martin 	
1998 	Dangerfield 	Superintendent Studley 	
1999 	Murder Most Horrid 	DCI Reed 	
1999 	The Bill 	Terry Riley 	
1999 	Harbour Lights 	Mayor 	
1999 	Goodnight Sweetheart 	Priestley 	
2000 	The Bill 	Mr. Gibbs 	
2007 	New Tricks 	Billy Pierce 	
2011 	A Christmas Campaign 	Creative Director 	(Short)
2017 	The White Princess 	The Abbot 	
== Filmography ==
* The Immortal Story (1968) – Paul, the sailor
* The Lost Continent (1968) – Jonathan, the Prisoner
* Crossplot (1969) – Athol
* See No Evil (1971) – Steve Reding
* House of Mortal Sin (1975) – Father Bernard Cutler
* The Disappearance (1977) – Young Husband
* George and Mildred (1980) – Jeffrey Fourmile
* Empty Mirror (2000) – Oz Riley
* Hide & Seek (2018) - Counter Terrorism Commander