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Lloyd McGuire

Actor · b. 1947 · Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK

Lloyd McGuire is an English actor who has appeared in film and TV for over 35 years. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, McGuire attended Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys. He began work as a Commercial Apprentice at the Austin Motor Company in Birmingham in 1964 and toyed with developing a career as a footballer (even playing in King Norton's League and for Alvechurch second team). He became disillusioned with both football and life at "the Austin" and, after watching a Michael Caine film, declared he was going to be an actor. He was encouraged by his apprentice supervisor and gained entry to drama school. While training to be a British Leyland salesman, McGuire made the move to become an actor. Introduced to the Alvechurch Amateur Dramatic Society, he did some work at Crescent Theatre before being trained at the Birmingham College of Speech and Drama His most popular role was that of Bob in the Channel 4 TV series Teachers but he has also appeared in many TV programmes over the last few decades such as Coronation Street, Juliet Bravo, Midsomer Murders and so on. He has often played policemen, including the role of Sgt. Calder on the second series of Prime Suspect, recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in Juliet Bravo, and multiple characters in The Bill. Other TV show appearances include Bergerac, Boon, Birds of a Feather, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Holby City, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, Lovejoy and Agatha Christie's Poirot. In 2010, he played the Master of Ceremonies in Chris Shepherd's award winning film Bad Night for the Blues. In 2013, he appeared as Valco boss Martin Shell in the third series of Sky One's Trollied. On stage, McGuire appeared and performed in Scotland and at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company with appearances at Aldwych Theatre and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as Richard II in New York

Series24

  • TV7.5

    Midsomer Murders

    1997 · 375 votes

  • TV4.3

    EastEnders

    1985 · 230 votes

  • TV7.9

    Doctor Who

    1963 · 723 votes

  • TV8.2

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    1989 · 586 votes

  • TV5.2

    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Bill

    1984 · 47 votes

  • TV7.1

    Heartbeat

    1992 · 34 votes

  • TV7.1

    Minder

    1979 · 30 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Professionals

    1977 · 47 votes

  • TV7.0

    Bergerac

    1981 · 25 votes

  • TV6.4

    Birds of a Feather

    1989 · 25 votes

  • TV7.1

    Space: 1999

    1975 · 166 votes

  • TV7.6

    Jonathan Creek

    1997 · 78 votes

  • TV7.8

    Prime Suspect

    1991 · 105 votes

  • TV7.3

    Monarch of the Glen

    2000 · 24 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Play on One

    1988 · 3 votes

  • TV7.3
  • TV6.8

    Dempsey and Makepeace

    1985 · 33 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Chief

    1990 · 2 votes

  • TV7.2

    Goodnight Sweetheart

    1993 · 50 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV5.1

    The Grand

    1997 · 7 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Thin Blue Line

    1995 · 119 votes

  • TV7.3

    Teachers

    2001 · 39 votes

Movies16

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.3

    Loophole

    1981 · 28 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Crucifer of Blood

    1991 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.5
  • Movie
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie7.5

    Out Of My Head

    1995 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie10.0

    Dear Sarah

    1990 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Broke

    1991 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Chips with Everything

    1975 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Prostitute

    1980 · 12 votes

  • Movie4.2

    Killing Me Softly

    1996 · 4 votes

  • Movie