Philip Martin Brown
Acting
Biography
Philip Martin Brown is a British actor best known for his role as cantankerous teacher Grantly Budgen across all ten series of the BBC television series Waterloo Road.
Born: July 9, 1956
Place of Birth: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Known For
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
All Creatures Great & Small
The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series.
Endeavour
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Enemy at the Door
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Murphy's Law
Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms. This time around, however, Murphy has an ally in Detective Inspector Annie Guthrie.
The Royal
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Father Brown
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Filmography
as Robert Browning
as Larry
as Father Martin
as Mr. Bolton
as Terry
as Angry Citizen
as Sawyers
as Mr Algernon Rowan-Webb
as Kindred (Father)
as Mr. Bidwell
as Bernard Yelland
as Mr. John Mulch
as Bob
as Alan Fisher
as Tufty Thesinger
as Stan Convile
as Gaoler
as Grantly Budgen
as Danny
as D.I. Trelawney
as Thomas Copley
as Andrew Neame
as Smedley
as Martin
as Headmaster
as Constable
as Headmaster
as Cook
as Saunders
as John Whittle
as George Barkham
as Inspector Furse
as Philip Hoskins
as Mr Moore
as Chief Inspector Kendon
as Colin Meadows
as Jack Scarman
as Frank Jackson
as Psycho
as M.C.
as Peter Noonan
as Jack Fairbrother
as Bill Brook
as David
as John Adams
as Tony
as Billy Parkin
as Pike
as Sam Potter
as Private Hoskins
as Jack Scott
as Cook
as Miles