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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 28, 1952
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Ray Ashcroft
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.
Known For
Credits
The Long Shadow
as Mr. Neale
2023
7.5
I Remember When We Danced
as Husband
2021
0.0
New Mars
as Apollo 1
2019
7.3
Truckers
as Bob
2013
6.0
Survivors
as Don
2008
7.1
The Royal
as Sid
2003
7.6
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Steve Lennox
1996
7.3
Criminal
as DC Harris
1994
0.0
Heartbeat
as Jim Swaby
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Jim Wainwright
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Richard Smith
1992
7.1
Prime Suspect
as Tony's Teacher
1991
7.7
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Night Voice
as Caller
1990
0.0
Shoot to Kill
as Constable Frederick Robinsin
1990
0.0
The Chief
as PC Tom Edgell
1990
6.0
The Four Minute Mile
as British Journalist
1988
6.8
The Bill
1984
6.7
Birth of The Beatles
as Ringo Starr
1979
6.4
All Creatures Great and Small
as Bowling
1978
7.8
The Professionals
as Turner
1977
7.5
Emmerdale
1972
4.2