John Bowe (actor)
John Bowe (born John Wilson, 1 February 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles in "Emmerdale" as Lawrence White and "Coronation Street" as Duggie Ferguson. Early life and career. Bowe was born in Greasby, on the Wirral in Cheshire, England. His highest profile role was probably that of George Marlow in the first "Prime Suspect" serial in 1991. He also played Duggie Ferguson in "Coronation Street" from 1999 to 2002, having previously appeared in another of Granada TV's soap operas, "Families". Other TV credits include: ‘Soldier Soldier"Warship", "Secret Army", "Boon", "The New Statesman , Capital City", "Class Act", "Lovejoy", "Silent Witness", "The Royal", "Dalziel and Pascoe", "Cleopatra" and "Einstein and Eddington", "Tipping the Velvet", "The Hour" and "DCI Banks" and "Soldier Soldier." Film credits include "The Living Daylights" (1987), "Resurrected" (1989), "County Kilburn" (2000) and "Gozo" (2015). In 2007, Bowe played Dr Morgan in the BBC series "Cranford". in 2009 he played Ralph Jarvis in episode 4 series 2 of Ashes to Ashes. In April 2010, Bowe joined the cast of London's West End production "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical", playing the part of Bob. In September 2011, he appeared as  Judge Turpin in "Sweeney Todd" at Chichester, a role he continued in the West End transfer. In September 2014, Bowe joined the cast of "Emmerdale", playing Lawrence White, the former lover of Harold Birch, the husband of Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox). He arrived with his daughter Chrissie (Louise Marwood), his grandson Lachlan (Thomas Atkinson) and Chrissie's fiancé, Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), who he openly despises. Bowe's departure from "Emmerdale" was announced in April 2017, however he did not leave until January 2018, when his character was killed off in a car accident. Bowe, having no new acting roles , in November 2021 set out to grift anti-vaxxers by campaigning against public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal life. Bowe has been married three times. His son from his first marriage is fellow actor Joseph Kennedy. His third marriage is to actress Emma Bowe, daughter of Michael N. Harbour and sister of Kate Harbour. In his November 2021 tweets announcing his retirement from acting, Bowe said that he had joined the Reform UK party.