Richard Cant
Richard Cant is a British actor, best known for his roles in the ITV1 television series "Midsomer Murders". He is the son of actor and children's television presenter Brian Cant. His first appearance on television was in an early episode of "The Vicar of Dibley" in 1994 as a member of the choir. He made two appearances on the long-running murder mystery series "Midsomer Murders", appearing in the 1997 pilot episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift" as undertaker Dennis Rainbird, alongside Elizabeth Spriggs who played his mother, and then again as Dennis  Rainbird's cousin, Alistair Gooding, in the 2006 story "Dead Letters". In the second story, he appeared alongside Jason Hughes, who played Detective Sergeant Ben Jones; Richard had previously appeared with Jason Hughes in an episode of the cult BBC 2 TV series "This Life", where he played Phil, a friend of Hughes's character Warren. Other television appearances include "The Way We Live Now", "Bleak House", "Gimme Gimme Gimme", and "Gunpowder Treason and Plot". In 2007 he appeared in an episode of "Doctor Who", "Blink". He has worked on stage for The National Theatre, RSC, Royal Court, Cheek by  Jowl, and Sheffield Crucible. Richard has also directed regularly at Arts Educational School of Acting, including 3-year productions of "An Experiment With an Air Pump", "Cause Celebre", "Roberto Zucco" and "Don Juan Comes Back From The War". He appeared as Friedrich in "War Horse" at the New London Theatre.