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philip bretherton

philip bretherton -lrb- born 30 may 1955 -rrb- is an english actor best known for his role as alistair deacon in the british television series `` as time goes by '' .
bretherton was born in preston , lancashire , and studied english and drama at the university of manchester , where he decided to become an actor .
bretherton appeared in `` rumpole of the bailey '' in `` the barrow boy '' as hugo shillingford in november 1988 and made a brief appearance as `` rod '' in `` coronation street '' also in 1988 .
he then returned as `` robert weston '' in 1991 , and again as `` ian davenport '' in 2004 .
bretherton appeared in `` casualty '' as andrew bower -lrb- lisa `` duffy '' duffin 's husband -rrb- , `` footballer 's wives '' as stefan hauser , `` new tricks '' as doug standeven .
he also appeared in an episode of `` the casebook of sherlock holmes '' , `` the problem of thor bridge '' in 1990 as mr. joyce cummings q.c. .
he has appeared in series 1 of `` murder in suburbia '' , as phillip whitmore .
he further appeared in the episode `` last seen wearing '' of the television series `` inspector morse '' in the role of french teacher david acum .
as a young man bretherton was in an episode of agatha christie 's marple : `` at bertram 's hotel '' , playing the character detective inspector campbell .
he is also active in theatre , performing as henry higgins in a nationally acclaimed production of `` pygmalion '' at clwyd theatr cymru , mold , flintshire .
in 2013 he appeared in `` the fifth estate '' in the role of bill keller .
