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george jackson , amy raine jackson retford , nottinghamshire , england 150px 18 june 1948 sally baxter 1969 -- present philip jackson -lrb- actor -rrb-
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philip jackson -lrb- actor -rrb-

philip jackson -lrb- born 18 june 1948 -rrb- is an english actor , known for his many television and film roles , most notably as chief inspector japp in the television series `` poirot '' and as abbot hugo , one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series `` robin of sherwood '' .
jackson was born in retford , nottinghamshire .
he started acting while studying drama and german at the university of bristol , and has worked in the theatre in leeds , liverpool and london .
his stage work includes pozzo in samuel beckett 's `` waiting for godot '' at the queen 's theatre in the west end in 1991 and willy loman in arthur miller 's `` death of a salesman '' at the west yorkshire playhouse , leeds in 2010 .
he was nominated for a screen actors guild award for his role in `` little voice '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
his many television appearances have included `` coronation street '' , `` robin of sherwood '' , `` a touch of frost '' , `` foyle 's war '' , `` midsomer murders '' , `` heartbeat '' , `` little britain '' , `` hamish macbeth '' and `` last of the summer wine '' .
he has also appeared in films , including the 1979 `` scum '' and paul mccartney 's `` give my regards to broad street '' , `` brassed off '' , '' '' , `` grow your own '' , and `` my week with marilyn '' .
in 2007 he starred in the bbc radio adaptation of the petrella mysteries by michael gilbert , and guest-starred in the `` doctor who '' audio play `` valhalla '' .
in 2009 he starred as gaynor 's father roy in the bbc 2 sitcom home time .
in `` night watch '' , he played commander vimes and in `` mort '' , he played death 's butler/cook , albert who is eventually revealed to be alberto malich .
he also voiced risda tarkaan on the bbc radio drama version of `` the last battle '' .
he recently read `` gulliver 's travels '' as an audiobook , and martin cruz smith 's `` three stations '' for radio 4 book at bedtime .
in 2011 , jackson starred as ron in the three-part bbc comedy drama series `` sugartown '' alongside `` the royle family '' star sue johnston and actor tom ellis , who plays gary in `` miranda '' .
he also appeared in the music video of a-ha 's `` take on me '' .
in 2012 , he appeared in the twice oscar nominated film `` my week with marilyn '' as marilyn 's security guard .
