Ray Ashcroft

Ray Ashcroft

Birthday: 1952-06-28

Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0038785

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.

Played in movies:

New Mars

Score: 7.3

The Four Minute Mile

Score: 6.8

Birth of The Beatles

Score: 6.7

Shoot to Kill

Score: 0.0

Night Voice

Score: 0.0

Criminal

Score: 0.0

I Remember When We Danced

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Prime Suspect

Score: 7.8

All Creatures Great and Small

Score: 7.7

The Long Shadow

Score: 7.7

The Royal

Score: 7.6

The Professionals

Score: 7.5

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Score: 7.3

Survivors

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Dalziel & Pascoe

Score: 6.5

The Chief

Score: 6.0

Truckers

Score: 6.0

Emmerdale

Score: 4.2