Roy Marsden
Actor
Born Jun 25, 1941 · Stepney, London, England, UK
Active 1956–present
Roy Marsden is an English actor who portrayed Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations (1983–1998) of P. D. James's detective novels, and Neil Burnside in the spy drama The Sandbaggers (1979–1980).
Filmography
Prisoners in Space (2025) — CraelDoctor Who (2005) — Mr. StokerOnly Fools and Horses (1981) — Danny DriscollSherlock Holmes (1984) — John StocktonThe Eagle Has Landed (1976) — Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)Foyle's War (2002) — Ted CartwrightSpace: 1999 (1975) — Crael · Alien InvisibleSilent Witness (1996) — Prof. Nigel Silverlake · Prof Nigel SilverlakeThe Escape Artist (2013) — Peter SimkinsKing Solomon's Mines (2004) — Captain GoodThe New Avengers (1976) — Frank TurnerSurvivors (1975) — The CaptainPartners in Crime (2015) — Commander HaydockTales of the Unexpected (1979) — Gerald OvertonThe Last Vampyre (1993) — John StocktonThe Sandbaggers (1978) — Neil BurnsideHoly Flying Circus (2011) — Mervyn StockwoodThe Elusive Pimpernel (1969) — Sir Andrew FfoulkesRebus (2000) — Sir Vivian KirkwoodDungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005) — OberonThe Green Green Grass (2005)Moving On (2009) — EddieThe Dolly Scene (1970) — Gerry GurlandHeroes and Villains (2006) — Fred