Portrait of Bernard Gallagher

Bernard Gallagher

Acting

Biography

Bernard Gallagher was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England in 1929. He was an actor, best known for his role as Ewart Plimmer, the leading character in the first three series of the long running BBC drama Casualty, as Jonathan Fry, QC in Crown Court, and Bill Molesley in Downton Abbey. He died in November 2016 aged 87.

Born: January 1, 1929

Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Filmography

2015
Together

as Ern

2011
The Trip

as Steve's Dad

2010
Downton Abbey

as Bill Molesley

2003
The Royal

as Alf Wilkinson

2001
Murder in Mind

as Jimmy Greenham

1999
Bad Girls

as Judge Hardy

1997
Touching Evil

as Chief Supt Beecham

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Vernon Surtees

1995
The Thin Blue Line

as Mr. Glockenspiel

1994
Wycliffe

as Vic Garland

1994
Cadfael

as Gervase Bonel

1993
Peak Practice

as Arthur Bannerman

1992
Heartbeat

as Graham Weston

1990
The Chief

as Governor Miles

1990
The Chief

as Judge Leyton

1989
First and Last

as Man on Beach

1989
Countdown to War

as Greenwood

1987
The New Statesman

as Chief Whip

1987
Rockliffe's Babies

as CS Hodgkiss

1986
Casualty

as Ewart Plimmer

1986
Frankie and Johnnie

as Police Superintendent

1983
1983
Red Monarch

as Vovka

1982
Rolling Home

as Harold

1982
1981
Bergerac

as Col. Measures

1979
Casting the Runes

as Derek Gayton

1978
Red Shift

as Tom's Father

1977
1977
1977
Love on a Gunboat

as Mr. Biffen

1976
Bill Brand

as Walter Marland

1975
The Sweeney

as Desk Sergeant

1973
Jack Point

as Faulkner

1972
Crown Court

as Jonathan Fry QC